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Washington State's Decades of Ash traffics in the bleak intersection of black and death metal, letting the Pacific Northwest's overcast desolation seep into every track. Formed in 2016, they craft music that feels like watching a forest burn from a distance.
Philadelphia's Decades of Deception have been merging deathcore's breakdown-driven architecture with death metal's technical brutality since 2008, making them veterans of the Philly extreme underground. Their longevity speaks to a fanbase that demands the real thing.
Brand new out of Chesterton, Indiana, Decades of Grief arrived in 2024 dragging funeral doom's glacial tempos and suffocating weight into the dunes of the southern Lake Michigan shore. Patience is the entry fee — the payoff is obliteration in slow motion.
Decaen is a stoner/doom/sludge metal project conceived by Bosnian-born guitarist and vocalist Haris Dekanovic, now based in Germany, who draws on blues and grunge as foundation for heavy riff-based compositions. The 2022 debut No Rest for the Slaves — seven tracks including Forest Demon and Cosmic Stone — marks the project's first official release under his solo banner.
New Jersey's Decap Attak has been waging thrash warfare from the South Jersey suburbs since 2012, bringing riff-first intensity to a state with a proud underground metal history. Short name, blunt mission: maximum speed and maximum riff damage.
Maryland's Decapitate has been delivering uncompromising death metal from the DC suburb of Rockville since the turn of the millennium, quietly anchoring the region's underground. Two-plus decades of grinding proves their dedication goes well beyond trend-chasing.
Decapitated is a technical death metal band from Krosno, Poland, formed in 2000. One of Poland's most acclaimed extreme metal exports, the band has built an internationally respected career of progressive brutal death metal.
Decapitated Christ is a death metal band from Barcelona, Spain, active since 2012. They play blasphemous, heavy death metal from the Catalan capital.
Puyallup, Washington's Decapitated Corpses splices death metal's visceral gore aesthetic with thrash metal's riff-driven momentum, resulting in something gloriously ugly and propulsive. A Pacific Northwest band that takes influence from the filthiest corners of both genres.
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