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Depression (2024)
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Empire (2010)
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Of Arcane Magic & Forbidden Knowledge: The Necromantical Passage (2026)
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Port Charlotte death metal project with a morbid sensibility, grinding out riff-heavy material from Florida's lesser-known underground with a stripped, direct approach.
Atlanta band fusing death metal's heaviness with hardcore's confrontational energy, arriving in 2023 with a sound built around punishing breakdowns and extreme vocals.
Vancouver, WA death metal outfit formed in 2023, focusing on dense, low-end riffing and a deliberate, flesh-grinding aesthetic rooted in classic death metal ugliness.
Cheyenne death metal act operating out of Wyoming's sparse underground scene, delivering filth-encrusted riffs and a deliberately ugly, caveman-death sensibility since 2017.
Chicago band combining death metal's aggression with doom's suffocating slow tempos, crafting crushing, sepulchral compositions that dwell on weight and dread.
Madison brutal death metal band with over a decade of activity, known for their pulverizing low-tuned riffs, inhuman guttural vocals, and uncompromising commitment to brutality.
Casa Grande, Arizona act bridging death metal and grindcore with disgust-fueled riffing and a splatter-obsessed aesthetic that nods to the nastier end of goregrind.
Sacramento act blending technical death metal with progressive structures and thrash-driven aggression, channeling complex rhythmic shifts into a sound that feels both cerebral and visceral.
Cast Adrift from Dallas, NC merge melodic death metal's hook-forward songwriting with metalcore's rhythmic punch, leaning hard into dual-guitar melody over breakdowns.
Connecticut's Cast in Blood occupy the cross-section of melodic death and metalcore, favoring driving tempos and clean-to-harsh vocal contrast over the more abrasive end of the death metal spectrum.
Madison's Cast in Fire play straightforward death metal rooted in mid-tempo brutality and downtuned riffwork, with no frills — just dense, punishing heaviness delivered with workmanlike precision.
Baltimore's Cast upon the World fuse death metal's guttural intensity with deathcore's structural breakdowns, carving out a sound centered on abrupt tempo drops and suffocating low-end density.
Lakeland, FL's Castaway draw on both straightforward death metal and its melodic Scandinavian derivatives, building songs around tightly wound riff progressions and moments of atmospheric lead work.
Cincinnati's Casteless graft thrash metal's kinetic riff attack onto death metal's heavier tonal palette, producing a sound defined by high-speed picking and a raw, no-nonsense production sensibility.
New York's Castigate operate firmly in brutal death metal territory, prioritizing gore-drenched guttural vocals and relentlessly technical riffing over any melodic concession.
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