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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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Spanish melodic death metal and metalcore band from Madrid, formed in 2011. They channel wrathful melodic death metal with metalcore intensity from the Spanish capital.
Lublin-based metalcore act active since 2014, merging hardcore punk's confrontational energy with heavy metal's technical ambition. Their compositions trade between aggressive breakdowns and melodic passages with the dynamic range that defines the genre.
Metalcore crossover formation from the Kempen area of Belgium, active since 2020 with an energetic live presence. Their split with UK's Devils Grip and releases like "Shedding Skin" fuse metalcore intensity with crossover punk aggression.
German progressive and technical deathcore band from Freilassing, formed in 2018. They push deathcore into progressive and technical territory with complex song structures and precision musicianship.
Forged in 2022 from Athens, 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.
German doom/black metal band from Darmstadt, formed in 2020. They merge doom metal's crushing slow tempos with black metal's atmospheric malevolence.
bed are a Tokyo band that emerged in 2022 with a stripped-down, elusive presence and a sound that channels post-punk tension through Japanese indie rock minimalism. Their music favors repetition, dry rhythmic motion, and understated guitar figures over obvious rock spectacle, creating songs that feel nocturnal, nervous, and sharply controlled. Tracks such as "Kare Wa," "Girl," and "mother ship" suggest a band interested in atmosphere as much as hooks: vocals sit inside the groove rather than above it, while bass and drums carry much of the forward pressure. The project's phrase "Music for sleeping well" hints at its ambiguous mood, but the songs are not passive or sleepy; they use restraint to build unease, momentum, and cool distance. bed's appeal comes from that balance between anonymity and immediacy. The band sounds connected to post-punk's clipped economy and underground danceability, but the presentation feels contemporary, Tokyo-centered, and resistant to easy explanation. Their small catalog has made them a point of curiosity within Japan's independent rock landscape.
Ferocious Crossover / Thrash Metal out of Texas.
Czech thrash/death metal and metalcore act from Rokycany, formed in 2018. They bring a volatile mix of thrash and death metal intensity with metalcore breakdowns.
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