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Denver's Decimation fuses thrash and death metal into high-altitude aggression, cutting through the Mile High City's increasingly diverse metal landscape with old-school directness. Active since 2007, they're a reliable pillar of Colorado's underground.
Kenosha death metal act Decimation punches up from a city that sits between two of the Midwest's major metal markets — Milwaukee and Chicago — absorbing the best of both with a sound that's pure, unadorned brutality. Formed in 2007, they've since been quietly grinding through Wisconsin's underground.
Baldwin Park speed metal act Decimation presses the accelerator and doesn't let up — tight, fast, and rooted in the classic LA-area metal tradition that made Southern California's suburbs a breeding ground for velocity. Formed in 2007 in the San Gabriel Valley.
West Bloomfield death metal act Decimator emerged in 2024 with a sound shaped by Michigan's long tradition of underground extremity. The Detroit-area suburbs have produced some of the Midwest's finest death metal, and this newcomer shows every sign of continuing that lineage.
Warren, Ohio speed/thrash act Decimator storms out of the Mahoning Valley with the stripped-down urgency of classic American speed metal — all burning solos, locked-in rhythm attack, and barely contained aggression. Formed in 2024, they arrive already knowing exactly what kind of band they want to be.
Decimator is a thrash metal band from Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, founded in 1999 with the aim of playing fast, aggressive, old-school-influenced thrash. The band released their debut full-length "Killing Tendency" in 2007, followed by "Bloodstained" in 2011, and their third album "Alienist" in January 2020 via Thrash or Death Records. Their music draws on themes of violence, war, psychopathy, and conspiracy.
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Decipher is a black/death metal band from Athens, Greece, formed in 2023, featuring guitarist-vocalist Kostas Gerochristos (Lucifer's Child), bassist Kostas Ragiadakos (Dephosphorus), and drummer Nodas Chatzopoulos. Their 2026 album Thelema, released through Transcending Obscurity Records, delivers steely, riff-focused black metal with melodic undertones across seven tracks.
Deciphered plays symphonic black/death metal from Dimitrovgrad in Ulyanovsk Oblast, active since 2017. Their code-breaking name suits music that layers orchestral complexity over extreme metal, creating compositions that reward repeated decoding.
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