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Everyone's Talking! (2025)
Featured Sludge Metal Album
Blind (Expanded Edition) (2021)
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Featured Melodic Death Metal Album
Blood Dynasty (24-bit HD audio) (2024)
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Phoenix, Arizona brutal death metal and goregrind act whose name signals an unflinching commitment to the goriest end of the extreme metal spectrum.
Virginia Beach death metal band formed in 1993 whose sole demo, Abysmal Abattoir, remains their only documented output before the group dissolved.
Long Island, New York thrash/death metal band formed around 2009, dealing in themes of insanity, disease, and violence before splitting up.
Irvine, California death metal and grindcore band active from 1990, rooted in misanthropic and nihilistic themes and released through Life Is Abuse before dissolving.
Charlotte, North Carolina death metal band active from 1995 exploring themes of astral realms and mental telepathy; the group served as a launching pad for members who later appeared in Lust of Decay.
Richmond, Virginia death metal project formed in 2006 by Sagar Nadgir after his departure from Rapture Cabaret, centering its themes on biology and disease.
Long Island, New York death metal and hardcore hybrid that emerged in 2014, blending the brute force of death metal with the urgent, confrontational energy of hardcore.
Chicago death metal band active since 1997 and one of the Midwest's most devoted practitioners of old-school horror and gore worship, building a catalog of grotesque, zombie-obsessed brutality across multiple releases.
Chicago-based act fusing melodic death metal's harmonic sensibility with the brutality of deathcore breakdowns, delivering technically precise riffwork alongside moments of punishing heaviness.
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