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Piles of Festering Decomposition (2020)
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Give Me Back My World (2025)
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Playlist: The Very Best of Corrosion of Conformity (2010)
05/09 @ Mr Smalls Theatre, Millvale
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The Anthropocene Extinction (2015)
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Death metal and grindcore trio from Stratford-upon-Avon, active since 2003, featuring Ewan Gibb on guitar and vocals. Their prolific catalog of splits and releases culminating in Analysis of Beauty delivers compact bursts of deathgrind and deathrash in tracks often under two minutes.
Romanian atmospheric black metal project active since 2001, layering ethereal textures and tremolo-picked melodies over blast-driven foundations. Their compositions explore vast emotional terrain through cascading guitars and immersive soundscapes.
Forged in 2018 from Khabarovsk, this black metal entity delivers uncompromising extremity built on icy tremolo riffs and relentless percussion. Their work carries the cold, misanthropic spirit that defines the genre's most devoted practitioners.
French symphonic black metal band from Limoges, active since 2000. With two-and-a-half decades of desolate beauty, they are one of central France's most established symphonic black metal acts.
Katowice-based thrash/groove metal act active since 2018, anchoring their riff-driven assault in mid-tempo grooves that demand involuntary headbanging. Their compositions balance thrash metal's speed with the crushing rhythmic weight of groove metal.
Spanish death/groove metal band from Escobedo de Camargo in Cantabria, formed in 2018. They blend death metal brutality with groove metal's rhythmic hooks.
Death metal outfit from Palermo, formed in 2021. Their sound draws from the genre's foundational playbook of crushing riffs, blast beats, and growled vocals, executed with the conviction of dedicated extremists.
Progressive thrash metal band from Lancashire, active since 2016. Their releases deliver adrenaline-fuelled, power-packed heavy metal and hard rock with progressive flourishes.
Umeå-based black metal act active since 2017, channeling the genre's core tenets of tremolo-driven riffing and blast-beat fury through a Swedish lens. Their recordings maintain a commitment to the raw, unvarnished aesthetic that defines underground black metal.
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