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Death + Decay is a one-person experimental black metal and noise project from Dublin, Ireland, formed in 2021. The solo project's releases Persuasive Integration and Dissuasive Isolation explore the intersection of metal and noise, described by the creator as suitable for activities ranging from hiking and yoga to social revolts.
Los Angeles's Death and the Lament treat experimental black/death metal as genuine sonic research, pushing the boundaries of both genres into uncharted and often unsettling territory since 2014. Their work rewards listeners willing to sit with discomfort.
San Francisco's Death Angel are Bay Area thrash royalty, formed by Filipino-American teenagers in the mid-1980s and delivering some of the most technically ferocious and melodically sharp thrash records the scene ever produced. Decades on, they remain one of the style's most consistent forces.
Death Apocalypse is a death metal band from Laudenbach, Germany, formed in 2020. They unleash unrelenting death metal fury with apocalyptic intensity.
Death Art is a death and progressive metal band from Alfonsine, in the Ravenna province of Emilia-Romagna, Italy, formed in 2012. The project blends the brutality of death metal with progressive metal's structural ambition.
Death Assault is a death/thrash metal band from Trier, Germany, formed in 2022. They attack with a vicious blend of death metal heaviness and thrash metal speed.
Death Atlas is a death metal band from Nienburg, Germany, formed in 2025. They bring crushing death metal to the German underground with fresh aggression.
Los Angeles's Death Axiom take the death/thrash hybrid seriously, building tightly structured compositions that honor both traditions without collapsing into mere pastiche since 2016. Sharp, aggressive, and technically grounded.
Atlanta's Death Beast attack from the black/thrash crossroads with feral intensity and zero interest in restraint since 2018. Their music carries the confrontational heat of the South's underground metal scene at its most unfiltered.
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