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Actin' Up (2023)
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The Mountain Of Gold (2018)
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Death Atlas (2019)
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Playlist: The Very Best of Corrosion of Conformity (2010)
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Melodic heavy metal from Winthrop Harbor, Illinois, Deceived pairs polished, hook-driven songwriting with the grit of the Lake Michigan shore. Since 2015 they've been honing a sound that sits squarely in the tradition of classic American melodic metal.
Bay Area thrash runs deep, and Deceived tap directly into that legacy with a sound rooted in speed, crunch, and old-school aggression. Formed in 2015, they carry the NorCal torch with confidence and a chip on their shoulder.
Deceiver Legion plays black metal from Oulu, active since 2020 and channeling the frozen darkness of northern Finland into deceptive, atmospheric compositions. Their military-formation name suggests organized aggression — black metal as coordinated assault.
One of Pennsylvania's most enduring black metal acts, Eddystone's Deceiverion has been waging cold war on conformity since 2002. Their two-decade persistence is its own statement in a genre that chews through bands as fast as it creates them.
Deceivery is a thrash metal band from Uppsala, Sweden, formed in 2024. The project delivers aggressive thrash metal.
Reno's December doesn't pick sides — death metal brutality and metalcore urgency coexist in their sound like fault lines ready to rupture. Active since 2014, they've developed a hybrid attack that channels the bleakness of the Nevada high desert into punishing, breakneck songs.
Newark death metal/metalcore act December Aeternalis fuses guttural extremity with the kind of punishing rhythmic force the New Jersey underground does exceptionally well. Formed in 2015, their name — Latin for "eternal December" — hints at the relentless, grey-skied weight of their approach.
December Flower is a melodic black/death metal band from Diepholz, Germany, active since 2008. They blend the darkness of black metal with melodic death metal's emotional resonance.
December Moon is a symphonic/melodic black metal band from Ipswich, England, emerging in 2025. They deliver cold, symphonic black metal from East Anglia.
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