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Tulsa's Constant Peril channel death metal, grindcore, and hardcore into a high-velocity assault that burns short and hot, drawing from Oklahoma's scrappy underground to produce raw, confrontational noise.
Cape Girardeau, Missouri death metal outfit Constant Torment build their sound on grinding riff repetition and guttural punishment, grinding through the Midwest underground with unrelenting blunt-force delivery.
Grand Rapids' Constellation Ophiuchus pursue technical death metal with an astronomical theme, building intricate and dissonant compositions that reflect the cold precision and cosmic scale their name implies.
Baltimore's Constituents blend grindcore's velocity with death metal's weight and hardcore's confrontational edge, channeling the working-class grit of the Maryland scene into short, furious blasts of aggression.
Constriction are a brutal death and slam metal act working at extreme heaviness, deploying drop-tuned gutturals and bone-crushing breakdowns in service of some of the most punishing sounds the subgenre can offer.
Construct of Corpses operate in the blood-soaked corner of technical death metal, piling intricate riff patterns and complex structures atop an unrelenting brutality that refuses to sacrifice physicality for technicality.
Woodbridge, Virginia's Construct of Lethe draw their name and spirit from the river of forgetfulness, delivering brutish, mid-paced death metal laced with a suffocating atmosphere of ancient obscurity.
Dallas's Construction Sports are a genre-bending experiment in extremity, hurling death metal, grindcore, sludge, and power metal into chaotic collision in one of Texas's most unpredictable and adventurous heavy acts.
Brutal death metal outfit from Chickamauga, Georgia delivering punishing low-tuned riffs and guttural vocals with deathcore intensity. Their sound weaponizes dense blast-beat structures and churning breakdowns into relentless aggression.
Austin, Texas brutal death metal unit that leans hard into extreme gore-soaked aesthetics and pulverizing rhythm work. Thick, down-tuned guitar tone and savage vocal delivery anchor their assault.
Allen, Texas death/grind act that fuses brutal death metal heaviness with the manic speed of grindcore. Compact, relentless songs built on blast beats and churning low-end aggression.
Bemidji, Minnesota death/thrash band blending the riff-forward attack of thrash with the darker, more punishing textures of death metal. Their northern roots lend a raw, stripped-back directness to the songwriting.
Brutal death metal band from Modesto, California steeped in the dense, gore-drenched tradition of West Coast extremity. Heavy rhythmic slams and guttural vocals define their uncompromising approach.
Long Beach, California death metal band channeling the blunt force of old-school extremity into a tight, aggressive package. Grinding riffs and forceful drumming drive their straightforward assault.
Burbank, Illinois death metal band drawing on the gritty Midwest underground tradition with grinding riffs and morbid lyrical themes. Straightforward and merciless in execution, they prioritize impact over ornamentation.
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