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Piles of Festering Decomposition (2020)
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Give Me Back My World (2025)
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Playlist: The Very Best of Corrosion of Conformity (2010)
05/09 @ Mr Smalls Theatre, Millvale
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The Anthropocene Extinction (2015)
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German atmospheric black metal band from Schleswig-Holstein, formed in 2014. They create expansive, atmospheric black metal soundscapes from Germany's northernmost state.
German heavy/power metal band from Kehl on the French border, formed in 2012. They play anthemic heavy and power metal from the Upper Rhine region.
Blackened was a thrash and heavy metal band from Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil, formed in late 2012 by members including João Wegher and Marcelo Martins. The band released a demo titled "Third World Thrash," a split EP "Together in the Circle Pit" (2014), and an EP called "Underground Attack" before recording their first full-length album "Truth Behind Destruction" in 2016. The band has since split up.
Black metal project from Hungary, emerging in 2025. Their compositions draw from the wellspring of second-wave Scandinavian tradition while filtering it through the cultural context of their Hungarian origins.
Heavy metal outfit from Kristianstad, formed in 2016. Their material channels the spirit of iron-fisted riffing and anthemic songwriting that has defined heavy metal since its inception.
Raw black metal project from the UK, emerging in 2024. Their Scribe Sathanis demo delivers three tracks of true black metal steeped in occult imagery, satanic themes, and lo-fi rawness.
Blackened Entrails is a blackened death metal band from São Paulo, Brazil, formed in 2023. The band blends black and old-school death metal vocals with grindcore influences, singing primarily in Portuguese. Their debut full-length, Manifesto Sepulcral, was released in March 2024 through Black Hole Records, featuring seven tracks covering themes of death, decay, and philosophy.
German heavy/thrash/groove metal band from Munich, formed in 2017. They merge three strands of metal aggression into a versatile, hard-hitting sound from Bavaria's capital.
Since 2023, this Swedish thrash metal act has delivered high-velocity riff assaults from Enköping. Their sound channels the raw energy of the genre's golden era through tight musicianship.
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