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Irrational Pull (2020)
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Für Kaiser, Volk und Vaterland! / Stoßtrupp 1917 (2018)
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Featured Metalcore Album
The Powerless Rise (2010)
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Los Angeles pagan black metal project Cacaodemon emerged in 2023, adding a nature-rooted spiritual dimension to the Southern California extreme metal underground.
Denver goregrind band Cacaorcass take a comedic approach to extreme metal, centering their themes around chocolate and parody; they appeared on the 2021 A Grindcore Tribute to Nirvana compilation.
Melodic death metal act from Purmerend, Netherlands, active since 2001. Cacatory has spent over two decades crafting hook-driven death metal from North Holland.
Death metal act from the Carpathian town of Zarnesti, active since 2017 and drawing from the dark energy of Romania's mountain landscape. Their punishing sound channels old-school death metal traditions from the foothills of the Piatra Craiului massif.
Death-thrash metal band from Devon, England, active since 2007. They deliver aggressive death-thrash from the English West Country.
Cachorro da Duença is a grindcore band from Caruaru, Pernambuco, Brazil, formed in 2014. The band channels political indignation and social critique — addressing themes of religion, self-management, and human freedom — through short, furious bursts of extreme music. Their releases include the demo "Degradação Humana" (2014) and the split "4 Ways to Grind" (2017), and they have participated in international underground compilations.
Black-death metal band from Nottingham, England, active since 2013. They fuse black metal darkness with death metal aggression from the East Midlands.
Fall River, Massachusetts's Cacophonia have been pushing death metal and grindcore into experimental territory since 2021, representing a dissonant and unconventional voice in the New England underground.
Hyannis, Massachusetts black/death metal band Cacophonous Death have been active since 2017, bringing a harsh and bleak sound to Cape Cod's metal scene.
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