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Turn of the Wheel (2021)
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The Black Plot - Single (2015)
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grieving and growing up (2022)
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Active since 2016, Denver's Morgue Whore weave melodic death, black, and traditional heavy metal into a distinctive hybrid — one that tempers extremity with hook-conscious songwriting and a flair for atmospheric contrast.
Boston's Morgued have been carving out caustic death metal territory since 2020, drawing on the deep well of old-school influences that have long thrived in New England's underground while keeping the sound lean and savage.
Dallas death metal act Morguetology have been active since 2018, representing the Texas capital of extremity with a methodical and punishing brand of death metal that honors the old-school template without apology.
Pittsfield, New Hampshire's Morgul have pursued a death metal course since 2019, crafting the kind of cold, rural-flavored extremity that fits naturally with New England's long tradition of isolated underground metal.
Long-running Salinas, California act Moria have been bridging deathcore and death metal since 2004, outlasting countless scene trends to remain a fixture of the Central Valley underground with a brutal, technically grounded sound.
Toledo, Ohio's Morkast play progressive death metal with a sharp focus on structure and technical craft since 2019, part of a broader wave of Midwest bands injecting cerebral ambition into the extremity of death metal.
Boston's Morne have been one of the most distinctive voices in American post-metal and sludge since 2009, fusing crushing Neurosis-influenced heaviness with a somber, searching emotionalism that sets them apart from peers in the genre.
Chicago's Morningstar have been working the black/death metal corridor since 2015, drawing on the Windy City's storied underground to craft music that channels infernal aggression with the coldly atmospheric darkness the genre demands.
New Jersey black metal and punk hybrid Moroi formed in 2020, channeling the raw, stripped-down ferocity of black metal's punk roots with a confrontational urgency that keeps the music more physical than cerebral.
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