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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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Operating from Athens, this black metal project has been shaping devastating sound since 2025. Their approach balances melodic undertones with the genre's most aggressive impulses.
Black metal project from Sankt Johann im Pongau, Austria, emerging in 2025 from the Austrian alpine underground. Their sound channels raw, unfiltered black metal aggression with a bleak, uncompromising vision.
Brutal death metal/grindcore band from Barcelona, Spain, active since 2012. Their merciless blend of slam-heavy brutality and grindcore velocity erupts from the Catalan extreme underground.
Cullman, Alabama's Hog Mountin drag sludge and doom through the Southern dirt, conjuring slow, oppressive riffs that feel pulled from the red clay itself. Active since 2013, they embody the bleary, low-end heaviness of the American South.
Delaware's Hog Slammer arrived in 2019 with a singular mission: deliver brutal, slam-oriented death metal with maximum force and minimum mercy. Punishing breakdowns and guttural extremity define their approach.
Death/black metal band from the Czech Republic, active since 2012. Their darkened blend of death and black metal channels the brutality and atmosphere of both genres into a single punishing force.
Thunderous Groove Metal from Fort Worth.
Hogslayer is a sludge/stoner metal band from Cwmbrân, United Kingdom, active since 2012 and delivering fuzz-laden, groove-heavy riffs through a haze of overdriven amplification. The project channels the riff-worshipping spirit of the genre.
Stoner/Sludge Metal outfit rooted in Martinsicuro (Teramo), channeling menacing underground intensity since 2020. Their sound delivers the intensity their genre demands with focused execution.
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