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Annandale, Virginia's Lepidopteran have been one of the DC-area black metal underground's more curious fixtures since 2008, taking the genre's dissonance in directions that suggest something more metamorphic than conventional. Sixteen-plus years in, their evolution remains unresolved — intentionally so.
Serbian black metal/grindcore band from Smederevska Palanka, merging blackened fury with grinding brevity since 2022. Their volatile fusion combines black metal's atmosphere with grindcore's savage speed.
British sludge/black metal/crust band from Bristol, fusing three strains of aggression since 2014. Their volatile blend of sludge weight, black metal fury, and crust punk rawness creates a uniquely abrasive sound.
Los Angeles death metal outfit Lepra have been rotting through the City of Angels' underground since 2019, offering no melodic concessions and no apologies. Old-school in instinct, unrelenting in practice.
Lepra is a grindcore band from Moreno, Pernambuco, Brazil, formed in 2019. The band plays what they describe as "rough, fast and chaotic" grindcore rooted in the Pernambuco underground scene, with releases including the 2012 demo, the "Carniceiro" EP, and the full-length "O Ódio é a Minha Existência." They have also contributed tracks to Brazilian tribute compilations honoring Nasum and Agathocles.
Brutal death metal act from Ronse, Belgium, delivering unrelenting heaviness since 2019. Their sound channels the genre's signature low-tuned aggression and percussive intensity through a no-frills approach to extremity.
Leprosity was a brutal death metal band from Erechim, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, active from around 2000 until splitting up. The band recorded the demo "Diabolically" (2004) and contributed the track "Satan My Master" to the Bathory tribute compilation "A Tribute from the Hordes to Bathory." They are listed on Metal Archives with themes of anti-Christianity and perversion.
Champaign, Illinois's Leproso have been festering at the fringes of the Midwest death metal underground since 2010, keeping it deliberately ugly and deliberately heavy. University towns breed unlikely extremists, and this is their band.
Pittsburgh's Leprosy began as a thrash band in 2021 before the rot set in and death metal claimed them fully — a natural arc for a city whose metal history runs from Carnivore to the present. Heavy, grim, and unsentimental.
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