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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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Death metal outfit from Maidstone in Kent, active since 2014. Their tomb-themed name channels sepulchral darkness through over a decade of death metal from southeast England.
Hatefog emerged from Aberdeen, Washington in 2024 — Kurt Cobain's rainy hometown — with depressive black metal steeped in the Northwest's characteristic bleakness. Sparse, desolate, and drenched in the kind of grey that comes from overcast skies rather than theatrical performance.
Grindcore death metal project from Móstoles in the Madrid area, active since 2017. Their Spanish name meaning 'burial shroud' wraps their grinding assault in themes of death and decay.
Hatefrost is a black metal project from Poland, active since 2009 and forging dark, aggressive extremity within the Poland black metal scene. The project channels the unrelenting intensity of the genre.
Sterling, Virginia's Hatefuck have been grinding out their caustic blend of brutal death and grindcore since 2013, delivering short, unrelenting volleys of noise and violence with no regard for subtlety or mercy.
Madison, Wisconsin's Hatefuel run on pure adrenaline and aggression, channeling the classic thrash tradition into a sound built for whiplash and fist-pumping fury since 2019.
From Modena in Italy, this technical death metal act brings relentless intensity to the regional scene since 2020. Their work explores the genre's heaviest territories through savage delivery.
Thrash metal act from Middlesbrough in northeast England, active since 2013. Their threatening name suits over a decade of aggressive thrash forged in the industrial heartland of Teesside.
Hateful Five is a thrash metal band from Warsaw, Poland, active since 2022 and delivering aggressive, riff-driven thrash with relentless intensity. The project channels the speed and fury of the genre.
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