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Piles of Festering Decomposition (2020)
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Give Me Back My World (2025)
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The Anthropocene Extinction (2015)
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Melodic death metal band from the San Diego area, active since 2012 and part of the South Bay scene that has long cultivated both heavy and melodic extremes.
Los Angeles progressive/technical death metal outfit active since the mid-2010s, weaving complex rhythmic structures and melodic density into a forward-thinking extreme metal framework.
Black/death metal act from the Albany, New York area, blending corrosive blackened riffing with death metal brutality since 2015.
Melodic death metal band from Funchal, the capital of Madeira island in the Atlantic, active since 2012. Calamity Islet delivers island-forged extreme metal from Portugal's most remote outpost.
Pirate folk metal band from Winterthur, Switzerland, self-described as five pirates whose music inspires moshing, headbanging, and celebration. Their releases Surrender Or Die and Cruel and Cold merge folk and death metal with a raucous pirate theme.
Gothic metal band from London, formed in 2014. They weave dark, melancholic atmospheres into heavy metal from the English capital.
Argentine thrash metal outfit Calavera formed in Buenos Aires in 2013, delivering high-velocity riffing and aggressive vocals inspired by the classic Bay Area and South American thrash traditions. Their sound carries the intensity of Sepultura and Slayer filtered through a distinctly Latin American fury. The band has become a fixture in the South American metal underground, earning a reputation for punishing live performances.
Atmospheric black metal project from Halle (Saale), Germany, formed in 2024. They craft dense, layered black metal atmospheres inspired by nature and introspection.
Los Angeles death metal project active around 2015, brief and unsigned, leaving no recorded output before splitting up.
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