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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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Black/death metal band from Barbacena, Minas Gerais, Brazil — not to be confused with the Polish act of the same name. The Barbacena Behemoth are part of a lineage of extreme metal from the city that stretches back to the early 1990s underground, and they operate in the raw, Satanic-themed tradition of South American black and death metal.
Belgian raw black metal act created in early 2017 as a tribute to the genre's foundational bands. Self-described as "a filthy raw slap in the face of humanity," their releases like "Goat Worshipping Blasphemic Metal" channel lo-fi, uncompromising worship of classic black metal.
Cold, unrelenting black metal from Novi Sad, active since 2012. Their sound embodies the genre's core principles: razor-sharp tremolo picking, furious drumming, and an atmosphere thick with hostility and darkness.
Thrash/death metal band from João Pessoa, Paraíba, Brazil, formed in 2012. Operating out of one of Brazil's northeastern cities, Behest delivers aggressive, riff-driven metal that blends the velocity of thrash with the heavier tonality of death metal, contributing to the underground extreme scene of the Paraíba state.
Czech black metal solo project from Litomyšl, helmed by the musician Helvete, who handles all instruments and vocals. Their 2016 demo Grim Echoes of the North draws heavily on the raw sound of early 1990s Scandinavian black metal with anti-religious themes.
Finnish black metal band from Hämeenlinna, active since 2000. With two-and-a-half decades of hexing black metal, they are one of Finland's most revered and prolific black metal acts.
Thrash metal and hardcore band from Geel, Belgium, formed in 2019. They merge thrash metal's technical riffing with hardcore's aggressive directness.
Finnish melodic death metal and metalcore band from Äänekoski, formed in 2014. They deliver dead-eyed melodeath with metalcore intensity from central Finland.
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