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Piles of Festering Decomposition (2020)
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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
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The Anthropocene Extinction (2015)
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Volatile melodic death/heavy metal/hardcore emanating from Venice/Belluno, active since 2014 within Italy's metal scene. Rooted in old-school traditions, their compositions deliver unrelenting heaviness.
Hoboth is a groove metal band from Kropyvnytskyi, Ukraine, active since 2024 and delivering heavy, rhythmic riffage with crushing mid-tempo intensity. The project channels the headbanging immediacy of groove metal.
Bred in Helsinki's underground, this act delivers raw black/death metal since 2023. Cold atmospheres and venomous vocals define their particular approach to the genre.
Hocnis is a thrash and death metal band from Belo Horizonte, Brazil, active since 2010. The band released the Demo(niac) in June 2010 and the three-track EP SS Ourang Medan in October 2016, the latter taking its name from the legendary ghost ship story and available across major streaming platforms.
Hoctaedron is a death metal band from São José dos Campos, Brazil, formed in 2003. The band released the demo "Celebration of Bloodshed" in 2003, a four-track recording featuring tracks such as "Human Incineration" and "Pleasures of Flesh." The band has since split up but their recordings remain available on Bandcamp.
A heavy metal outfit from Tamarac, Florida carrying the torch of classic metal since 1998. Straightforward riffs and old-school attitude have kept them grinding through the South Florida scene for over two decades.
Operating from Turin, this electronic progressive metal/rock project has been shaping furious sound since 1998. Their work contributes a distinctive voice to their regional underground scene.
Ferocious blackened death horde active 2007-2025. Debuted with 'Serpent' on Ibex Moon Records. Known for intense, bulletbelt-and-PBR-fueled live shows.
Heavy metal act from Bordeaux, active since 2006. Two decades of devotion to the gods of metal from France's wine capital have forged a sound steeped in classic heavy metal tradition.
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