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Butterflies (2025)
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I Am the Void (Drumcorps Remix) (2024)
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Sonic Brew 20th Anniversary Blend 5.99 - 5.19 (2019)
05/29 @ O2 Forum Kentish Town, London
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Evidence (2023)
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South Bend, Indiana's Basura is a death metal act that released material through Reaper Records U.S.A., including the title Ministry of Hate, active in the American underground since 2000.
Raleigh, North Carolina's Basura began as a grindcore outfit before evolving toward death metal/grindcore crossover territory, distinguished by their use of dark humor throughout their work.
Relentless Black / Death / Groove Metal / Grindcore from Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas (early); Austin, Texas (later).
Chicago death metal and grindcore act Bat Eater has been grinding since 2020, tackling themes of satire, paranoia, and coronavirus-era zeitgeist with characteristically vicious brevity.
A black/death metal act from Columbus, Ohio active since 2018, with minimal documentation beyond their Metal Archives entry.
A death/doom project from Bristol, Connecticut active since 2020, with no released recordings yet catalogued.
A black/death metal band from New Brighton, Pennsylvania formed in 1988, later changing their name and surfacing on compilations through Thrash Records across the following decades.
Brutal Symphonic Deathcore from Pennsylvania /.
Metallic hardcore from Austin.
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