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Masters of Morbidity (2022)
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No Grave But The Sea (Deluxe Edition) (2017)
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Everything's Wrong (2018)
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Williamsburg, Virginia's Slaughter Stone meld death and doom into something suffocating and slow-burning, leaning into the cavernous heaviness that defines the death-doom hybrid at its most punishing. Formed in 2018, they mine the same oppressive sonic territory as the genre's European forebears but with a distinctly American bleakness.
Punishing Death Metal from San Antonio.
Queens, New York's Slaughter the Prophets traffic in brutal death metal's most pulverizing conventions — grinding tempos, guttural vocals, and technically precise carnage — drawn from the densely populated New York City extreme metal underground where they've operated since 2015.
Colorado Springs' Slaughter Thy Wicked have been delivering unadorned death metal since 2015, working at altitude in a city with a resilient but under-chronicled extreme metal tradition. Their decade-long run signals a band serious about the craft without chasing trends.
Russian deathcore powerhouse Slaughter to Prevail have become a global phenomenon largely through frontman Alex Terrible's inhuman vocal abilities, which have made him one of the most recognized extreme vocalists on the internet. Their albums 'Misery Sermon' and 'Kostolom' deliver devastating heaviness that has earned them a massive international touring presence despite the band's origins in Moscow.
San Antonio, Texas's Slaughter Witch have been dealing in death metal since 2017, occupying the same city as Slaughter Swamp and adding to San Antonio's quietly fertile extreme metal ecosystem. Their name plants one foot in occult imagery and another in the genre's violent traditions.
Kungsors Slaughtercoffin deliver death metal from the small Vastmanland town since 2016. Their death-receptacle name channels the containment of slaughtered remains into compositions of small-town Swedish extremity.
Slaughtercult channel black/thrash metal from Zaragoza, combining the atmospheric darkness of black metal with thrash's breakneck velocity. Formed in 2022, they bring cult-like intensity to the Aragonese extreme scene.
Slaughtered Cadaver deal in death metal from Leipzig, their graphically morbid name setting the tone for music that revels in extreme horror. Emerging in 2025, they represent the newest wave of Saxon death metal.
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