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Actin' Up (2023)
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The Mountain Of Gold (2018)
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Death Atlas (2019)
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Playlist: The Very Best of Corrosion of Conformity (2010)
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SpecialxDelivery deliver grindcore and death metal from Prague, combining the genres' most extreme elements into short, explosive bursts. Their straightedge-style "x" naming convention hints at a hardcore punk influence underlying their extremity.
Species Splicer is a Lynnwood, Washington band formed in 2017 that operates in the overlapping territory of blackened brutal death metal and deathcore. Their sound grafts the chromatic density and guttural extremity of brutal death metal onto deathcore's breakdown-heavy architecture, with black metal atmosphere woven throughout.
Species Traitor blend heavy metal with hardcore punk from the Finnish underground, combining classic metal riffing with punk's political urgency. Active since 2011, they bring species-betraying intensity to the Finnish crossover scene.
Speckmann Project is the ongoing death metal vehicle of Paul Speckmann, the American vocalist and bassist best known as the driving force behind Master, one of the founding bands of the American death metal scene. Reactivated in 2022 and based around Uherské Hradiště in the Czech Republic, where Speckmann has long resided, the project continues his decades-long tradition of stripped-down, riff-forward death metal.
Spectra is a heavy metal band from Rubidoux, California, formed in 2016, working within the traditional heavy metal style with an emphasis on melodic songwriting and classic genre sensibilities. Their sound reflects the enduring influence of the NWOBHM and American power metal traditions.
Spectral blend black, thrash, viking, and power metal from the Eifel village of Mullenborn, creating a genre-spanning sound that draws from four distinct metal traditions. Active since 2012, their rural Rhineland-Palatinate base belies the ambitious scope of their musical vision.
Spectral Apparition emerged from the English underground in 2016 as purveyors of murky, cavernous death metal. Their sound dwells in suffocating atmospheres and dissonant riffing that evokes dread and decay.
Spectral Archfiend is a black metal project from West Lafayette, Indiana, formed in 2017, crafting raw and aggressive black metal with a firm grounding in the genre's second-wave traditions. The project channels themes of malevolence and darkness through a deliberately harsh sonic palette.
Spectral Blood is a Tampa, Florida death/black metal band formed in 2018, drawing from the city's legendary extreme metal lineage while incorporating the cold menace of black metal. Their sound merges Floridian death metal's thick, churning low end with black metal's atmospheric hostility.
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