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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)
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The Anthropocene Extinction (2015)
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Homeostase is a Brazilian grindcore band formed in 2022. They released their debut EP A Procura de Material Humano in August 2022, a six-track effort with tracks including Fase Terminal, As Viudas de Nagasaki e Hiroshima, and Progresso do Regresso.
Venomous Avant-garde Black Metal, Grindcore from Dallas.
Homestell is a death/groove metal band from Laval, France, active since 2015 and delivering uncompromising extremity through crushing riffs and guttural vocals. The project channels the relentless brutality of the genre.
Thrash/death metal band from Manresa, Spain, formed in 2021. Their punishing crossover channels extreme aggression from the Catalan interior.
Based in Catania, this brutal death metal project has been a fixture of Italy's underground since 2014. Punishing compositions and guttural fury form the core of their sound.
Brutal death metal band from Hof, Germany, active since 2016. Their merciless brand of slam-heavy brutality pushes death metal to its most extreme limits from Upper Franconia.
Black metal band from Hattingen, Germany, formed in 2020. Their fierce sound channels cold black metal aggression from the southern edge of the Ruhr industrial basin.
Spawned in Turin's underground, this thrash metal outfit channels italian ferocity since 2012. High-velocity riffs and pounding rhythms form the backbone of their sound.
Melodic thrash/heavy metal band from Utrera, Spain, active since 1996. Three decades of melodically refined thrash and heavy metal make them one of the longest-running acts in the Andalusian scene.
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