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Piles of Festering Decomposition (2020)
Featured Black Metal Album
Give Me Back My World (2025)
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Brave New World (2025)
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Death metal act from Kostroma in central Russia, formed in 2021. Corpse Worship delivers morbid death metal from the ancient Volga city.
German grindcore project emerging in 2026. They deliver abrasive, blast-beat-driven extremity in the grindcore tradition.
Melodic black-thrash act from Woerden, Utrecht province, active since 2012. Corpsecandle weaves melodic hooks into blackened thrash from central Netherlands.
Jacksonville, Florida act blending death metal ferocity with the modern churn of deathcore, wringing maximum heaviness from every breakdown and blastbeat. Florida's deep extreme metal roots run through everything they do.
Fayetteville, North Carolina death metal band rooted in the straightforward brutality the genre has always demanded. No frills, no distractions — just the relentless pressure of well-executed extreme metal.
Death metal and grindcore band from Wigan, England, formed in 2023. They deliver grinding extremity from Greater Manchester.
Clovis, California black metal project conjuring cold, misanthropic atmospheres from the unlikely sun-baked terrain of the Central Valley. Their sound leans on the genre's most corrosive and unrelenting traditions.
Black-thrash metal band from Prague, Czech Republic, formed in 2020. They fuse the icy atmosphere of black metal with the breakneck speed and riffing of thrash.
Indianapolis brutal death metal and grindcore outfit that makes no effort to obscure its intentions — the name says everything about the level of restraint on display. Their music is a short, violent exercise in extreme audio punishment.
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