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Masters of Morbidity (2022)
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No Grave But The Sea (Deluxe Edition) (2017)
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Featured Melodic Death Metal Album
Everything's Wrong (2018)
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Phoenix grindcore and death metal outfit Oozing attack with the kind of blistering, sun-baked aggression you'd expect from the Arizona desert — short, violent, and utterly without mercy. Their blasts hit like heat shimmering off asphalt at noon in July.
Crust punk and thrash metal band from Córdoba, Spain, with roots dating to 1998, making them one of the longest-running acts in the Spanish crust scene. Over two decades they evolved from pure crust punk into a thrash-infused crossover sound.
German black/death metal band from Annaberg-Buchholz in the Ore Mountains, formed in 2021. Their name, meaning 'lack of transparency,' channels the impenetrable, obscure darkness of their extreme metal.
Hawaii's Open Fire bring heavy metal and hard rock energy to the Pacific islands, an unlikely but fitting home for the kind of sun-soaked, fist-raising anthems they've been crafting since 2007. Isolation has only sharpened their focus.
A one-man old school death metal project helmed by Cláudio Slayer, Open the Coffin worships the HM-2 chainsaw tone and traffics in horror imagery centered on zombies, cemetery rituals, and slasher lore. Their 2019 debut EP "Only Death Prevails" was tracked at Black Hole Studio in Natal and released through Black Hole Productions, delivering a raw, suffocating sound indebted to the Swedish death metal tradition.
Newark, Delaware's Open Wide, the Sky build progressive metal with an expansive, searching quality — compositions that stretch toward something just out of reach, layered with dynamic shifts and melodic tension that rewards close listening.
Heavy Progressive Death Metal / Deathcore from Houston.
Turin progressive power metal act formed in 2020, layering progressive complexity over power metal's energetic foundation. Their approach favors technical musicianship and compositional ambition within an accessible, melody-driven framework.
German progressive metal band from Osnabruck, crafting ambitious, multi-layered compositions since 2020. Their theatrical name channels the dramatic, operatic grandeur of their progressive approach.
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