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PA · 2011–present · active
Abominate is a black and death metal band from Pennsylvania. Active since 2011, the band has released an EP and a full-length, with 2020's "A rotten mind becomes violent" delivering eleven tracks of blackened death metal hostility.
· 2024–present · active
Death metal project of unknown origin. The Latinized name's putrid promise delivers exactly what death metal demands.
MN · 1994–present · active
Minnesota death metal project. The name leaves no room for subtlety — total annihilation from the Land of 10,000 Lakes.
Philadelphia, PA · 2019–present · active
Philadelphia death metal project. The name elevates abomination to an ideology — a philosophy of revulsion from the City of Brotherly Love.
Dover, DE · 2003–present · active
Dover, Delaware death metal and metalcore project. The name's grim imagery channels the First State's small but determined metal underground.
Philadelphia, PA · 2023–present · active
Abortion Survivor is a death metal band from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Their 2023 EP "The Laboratory: Chapter 2" delivers six tracks of unrelenting death metal from the City of Brotherly Love's underground.
Corvallis, OR · 1987–present · active
Derby, New York NWOTHM project. Yet another Abraxas — the Gnostic deity's popularity among metalheads proves the name's enduring power.
Chicago, IL · 2016–present · active
Absent Mind is a thrash metal and hardcore band from Chicago, Illinois. Across two EPs — 2016's "Brainwaves" and 2019's "Weight of the World" — the band fuses crossover thrash intensity with hardcore punk urgency.
Chicago, IL · 2018–present · active
Los Angeles death/doom project — distinct from the Chicago act. West Coast interpretation of the same absence-themed name.
NJ · 2026–present · active
New Jersey death metal project. The name's ironic contrast with death metal's nihilism creates productive tension.
Houston, TX · 2022–present · active
Heavy Death Metal / Hardcore from Houston.
Los Angeles, CA · 2011–present · active
Abysmal Dawn is a death metal band from Los Angeles, California. One of the premier acts in modern American death metal, the band has delivered a consistently punishing catalog since the mid-2000s, with albums like "Obsolescence" and "Phylogenesis" showcasing their blend of technical precision and brute force.
Plover, WI · 2022–present · active
Plover/Milwaukee, Wisconsin death metal project. Chaos at the bottom of the abyss, from two Wisconsin cities.
New Orleans, LA · 2013–present · active
New Orleans death metal project. Crescent City extremity ruling from the deepest darkness of the NOLA underground.
Ceres, CA · 2018–present · active
Abysmal Piss is a brutal death metal and goregrind act from Ceres, California. With a 2018 demo and a 2019 promo, the band delivers the kind of guttural, low-budget extremity that thrives in the goregrind underground.

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