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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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Lyndhurst, New Jersey's Slaughtersun take a progressive approach to death metal, layering technical ambition and compositional complexity over the genre's foundational brutality since their 2023 formation. The NJ progressive death metal scene has long punched above its weight, and Slaughtersun continue that tradition.
Pitea's Slaughtersword thrash from the Norrbotten coast since 2017. Their killing-blade name and Arctic-adjacent origins channel the violence of edged weaponry into compositions of northern Swedish aggression.
San José, California's Slaughteruin emerged in 2024 at the black/death metal crossroads, channeling the bestial extremity that the Bay Area underground has historically produced alongside its better-known thrash and death scenes. Their name suggests total annihilation as an aesthetic and a philosophy.
Slaughterwar is a black/death metal act formed in 2021 with no fixed location on record, operating in the shadowy margins where those two genres produce music that is more weapon than song. The war metal atmosphere their name projects places them in a tradition that treats extreme metal as an instrument of pure sonic devastation.
Maastricht's Slavantas play heavy metal from the Limburg capital since 2014. Their name and southern Dutch origins at the crossroads of Netherlands, Belgium, and Germany reflect a border-region identity.
Rockford, Illinois's Slave Cylinder combine sludge metal's filth and doom metal's glacial weight into something that feels built for the post-industrial grimness of their Midwest home since 2015. Their Bandcamp handle ties their identity firmly to their Illinois roots.
Progressive death metal/deathcore band from Antwerp formed in 2023, with releases including "Architecture of Oppression" that channel technical complexity through crushing heaviness. Their modern approach to extreme metal draws from both progressive and deathcore traditions.
Slave Hands blend doom, sludge, and hardcore from Helsinki, combining crushing heaviness with punk's confrontational energy. Active since 2013, they bring shackled fury to the Finnish capital's underground.
Rochester, New York's Slave One have been forging industrial metal since 2014, threading cold mechanical textures and electronic aggression through heavy guitar work in a city with a strong tradition of post-industrial sonic experimentation. Their sound reflects both the genre's European origins and a distinctly American directness.
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