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Tucson's Genocaust deliver brutal death metal from the Sonoran Desert with a sound as arid and punishing as the landscape since 2012. Low-tuned, heavy, and unrelenting — desert brutality at its most direct.
Genocida is a black metal project from the Netherlands, formed in 2015. They deliver raw black metal from the Dutch underground.
Los Angeles's Genocidal Pact play old-school-minded thrash with a ferocity that recalls the genre's early days rather than its more polished modern incarnations, active since 2012. Southern California aggression channeled through riffs that owe as much to punk as to metal.
A raw black metal outfit from Toledo, Ohio, Genocidal Rites emerged in 2023 with a ferocious and uncompromising approach rooted in the grimmer traditions of the genre. Their name and ethos leave little ambiguity — this is black metal with no interest in refinement.
Genocidal Terror is an extreme metal act from Antwerp Province blending death metal, black metal, and grindcore into a savage, no-frills assault. Their discography is built largely on splits and EPs, including a four-way split with Grinder Bueno, Buffet Froid, and Assur, plus the Nerve Gas Holocaust EP (2015).
Genocidal Warfare are a black/war metal act from Antofagasta, Chile, who describe themselves as a "Satanic Cvlt of War and Death." The project released its debut EP "First Blood" in March 2025, a three-track assault produced by Daniel Contreras and featuring cover art by Alonso Tan.
Salt Lake City's Genocide plays heavy metal and hard rock with a straightforward, riff-driven intensity that stands apart from the more extreme sounds of their peers. Formed in 2013, they carry forward the blue-collar muscle of classic metal.
Out of Orange County, California, this Genocide delivers punishing death metal with the dense, suffocating weight that the genre demands. Active since 2013, they traffic in brutality without apology.
Albuquerque's Genocide channels the hostile energy of thrash metal into tight, aggressive riffing shaped by the harsh landscape of the American Southwest. They've been grinding since 2013 with no signs of slowing.
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