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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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Forged in Cosio Valtellino (Sondrio)'s metal community, this black metal act channels blistering aggression since 2021. Atmospheric depth and feral intensity coexist in their compositions.
HateCrime is a black/death metal band from Saint Petersburg, Russia, formed in 2014. They forge extreme metal at the fierce intersection of black and death metal.
Hailing from Tampere in Finland, this thrash metal outfit channels aggressive energy since 1985. Tight, aggressive compositions built on speed and precision define their assault.
Death/thrash metal band from Gelsenkirchen, Germany, active since 2014. Their punishing crossover of death and thrash metal emerges from the working-class heartland of the Ruhr industrial basin.
Death/thrash metal band from Sinzig, Germany, active since 2010. Their relentless aggression channels the full fury of extreme metal from the banks of the Rhine.
Flushing, Ohio's HateDriven have been delivering groove-infused thrash since 2016, combining the latter's riff aggression with the former's locked-in rhythmic punch. Rust Belt no-nonsense is baked into every locked groove.
Hateera is a thrash/heavy metal (early); thrash/death metal (later) band from Warsaw, Poland, formed in 2010. They forge aggressive extreme metal at the crossroads of death and thrash.
HateFall is a heavy metal band from Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil, formed in 2011. The band released their debut EP Light & Fire in February 2018, a seven-track release that established their traditional heavy metal sound and was followed by work toward a planned debut full-length.
Hateflame is a black metal project from Saint Petersburg, Russia, active since 2004 and forging dark, aggressive extremity within the Russia black metal scene. The project channels the unrelenting intensity of the genre.
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