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Fuck Love (2018)
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Paper Tiger (2025)
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State Of Unrest (2023)
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One of the Pacific Northwest's more unusual extreme metal acts, combining grindcore's frantic brutality with sludge's slow toxicity and unexpected power metal elements into a genuinely bizarre and unpredictable listening experience.
Denver brutal death and grindcore band delivering unrelenting extremity at high altitude, blending the guttural density of brutal death metal with grindcore's short, savage bursts of violence and noise.
Progressive death metal act from Rzeszów in southeastern Poland, formed in 2017. Carrion Crow blends technical complexity with death metal from the Podkarpacie region.
Tallahassee death-thrash act forged in Florida's fertile extreme metal soil, combining the Sunshine State's legacy of swampy, technical death metal with thrash's aggressive picking and riff-first songwriting.
Northwest Indiana death metal outfit formed in 2025, dealing in raw, putrid extremity rooted in the old-school tradition of flesh and decay.
Santa Fe groove/thrash outfit blending down-tuned, neck-snapping riffs with the aggressive forward momentum of classic thrash, forged since 2013.
Binghamton post-metal and sludge act whose drawn-out, crushing compositions balance atmospheric weight against oppressive low-end heaviness.
Florence, Kentucky black metal act conjuring cold, ritualistic darkness through raw, tremolo-driven riffs and a relentless misanthropic atmosphere.
Houston outfit threading progressive and thrash sensibilities through death metal since 2012, known for technically ambitious arrangements and sharp, aggressive riffing.
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