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Piles of Festering Decomposition (2020)
Featured Black Metal Album
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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Melodic groove metal and metalcore band from St. Albans in Hertfordshire, formed in 2020 and named after the tree spirits of Japanese folklore. Their sound pairs groove metal's chunky riffing with metalcore's melodic hooks and dynamic shifts.
Pushing the boundaries of progressive metal, this Norwegian outfit from Oslo has been refining their craft since 2011. Their sound hinges on odd-time signatures woven into surprisingly accessible songwriting, delivered with punishing consistency.
On the warpath since 2021, this Trondheim Death Metal, Progressive Metal, and Thrash Metal outfit delivers polyrhythmic complexity balanced with emotive melodic passages. Their place within the frozen north that birthed an entire genre speaks to the depth of the region's heavy music culture.
Death metal band from Tartu, Estonia's second-largest city, formed in 2020 and channeling underground brutality from the university town. Their coffin-themed name matches the sepulchral darkness of their death metal.
Black metal project Koffinmoon emerged in 2022 from Kodiak, Alaska — one of the most geographically isolated settings imaginable for this music. The remoteness is audible: their sound carries the weight of long winters and vast, empty terrain in a way few black metal acts can genuinely claim.
German black metal project formed in 2018, delivering cold, atmospheric compositions from the underground. Their minimalist approach strips black metal to its most essential, harrowing elements.
Doom/post-metal band from Salamanca, formed in 2017 and building heavy, atmospheric compositions from Castile's historic university city. Their sound merges doom's crushing weight with post-metal's dynamic progression.
Bavarian black metal project formed in 2024, with a name meaning "coal-black" or "pitch-black" in German. Their sound channels the darkest extremes of the genre from the forests of southern Germany.
Kansas City, Missouri death metal act Kohnerah has been building a case for Midwest brutality since forming in 2023. Young but purposeful, they channel the genre's classic blunt-force ethos through a scene that punches well above its national profile.
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