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Piles of Festering Decomposition (2020)
Featured Black Metal Album
Give Me Back My World (2025)
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Playlist: The Very Best of Corrosion of Conformity (2010)
05/09 @ Mr Smalls Theatre, Millvale
Featured Grindcore Album
The Anthropocene Extinction (2015)
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Vicious death metal/grindcore emanating from Dubnica nad Váhom, active since 2017 within Slovakia's metal scene. Cavernous production and rhythmic complexity define their death metal approach.
Black/doom metal band from Prague, Czech Republic, formed in 2019, blending black metal with hardcore punk energy. Their self-titled debut on Metalgate delivers seven tracks of aggressive, genre-blurring extremity where tracks appear in a different sequence on the CD than on the cover art.
Blackened death metal band from Denmark, formed in 2020. Their scorching fusion of black and death metal delivers unrelenting aggression from the Danish underground.
Black metal band from Copenhagen, Denmark, formed in 2018. Their cold, atmospheric sound channels the stark, windswept landscapes of Scandinavia through raw black metal.
Hoarfrost is a black metal project from United Kingdom, active since 2024 and forging dark, aggressive extremity within the United Kingdom black metal scene. The project channels the unrelenting intensity of the genre.
Depressive/atmospheric black metal project from Madrid, Spain, formed in 2020. Their sorrowful, emotionally devastating sound channels deep despair into atmospheric black metal from the Spanish capital.
Sludge/Post-Metal outfit rooted in Ommen, channeling raw underground intensity since 2019. Energetic performances and committed songwriting define their approach.
Hoarstone is a black metal project from Chippenham, United Kingdom, active since 2006 and forging dark, aggressive extremity within the United Kingdom black metal scene. The project channels the unrelenting intensity of the genre.
Black/Death Metal act from Lappeenranta in Finland, active since 2014 and delivering cold extremity. Their compositions evoke desolate landscapes through raw, uncompromising aggression.
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