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New York black metal act Christ Deception operate in the raw, adversarial tradition of the American underground, keeping their sound stripped of anything that might compromise its hostility. Bleak and confrontational.
Los Angeles raw black metal act Christ Desecration traffic in primitive, lo-fi blasphemy in the Southern California underground tradition. Nothing clean, nothing polished, nothing forgiving.
Relentless Black Metal out of Texas.
Indiana thrash act Christ in Flesh draw from the aggressive, confrontational end of the genre, delivering blunt metal with religious provocation baked into the name itself. Old-school and unsubtle.
New Orleans' Christ Inversion fold industrial noise and sludge heaviness into their black metal framework, producing something as murky and corrosive as the city they call home. Genuinely strange and unsettling.
San Diego crossover thrash act Christ Killer hit at the intersection of punk speed and thrash aggression, making short and vicious work of their material. Southern California underground in full attack mode.
Houston brutal death metal act Christ Malformation deliver relentless extremity from deep in the Texas underground, combining technical brutality with blasphemous intent. Heavy and unsparing.
Brutal death metal band from Nuneaton, England. They deliver punishing, guttural extremity from the West Midlands.
Christ Rotten Flesh is a black metal band from Araguari, Minas Gerais, Brazil. In 2018 they released their debut album "666," an eight-track record centered on Satanism and anti-Christian imagery, with songs including "Lucifer on His Throne" and "Baphomet the Profane God." The band remains active and releases music through their Bandcamp page.
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