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Binghamton's Face of Korruption arrived in 2023 with a focus on the most extreme end of death metal — slam and brutal death metal that prioritizes heaviness above all else.
Lowell, Massachusetts's Faceless Enemy started in 2022 as brutal deathcore before pivoting toward slam and brutal death metal — an evolution toward pure extremity with no interest in accessibility.
Philadelphia's Facial Fracture launched in 2020 squarely in the slam and brutal death metal tradition, delivering the kind of utterly crushing, low-tuned savagery that the genre demands.
Denver's Failure of Flesh emerged in 2026 with the brutal death metal scene's full arsenal at their disposal — guttural, pulverizing, and uncompromising in a city whose metal underground has been quietly expanding for years.
Oregon's Falxifer is a fresh 2025 act pushing brutal death metal and deathcore into each other with ruthless efficiency. The name itself — Latin for 'sickle-bearer' — points to a sound that has no interest in subtlety.
San Antonio brutal death metal/grindcore. Relentlessly heavy and fast.
Filthy old school death metal on Me Saco un Ojo Records. 2022 debut 'Unburied Corpse' is a slab of cavernous OSDM that earned strong underground buzz.
Crushing Brutal Deathcore from Florida / Texas (early); Florida / Canada (later).
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