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Ride the Flatline (feat. Jami Morgan & Code Orange) (2024)
Featured Grindcore Album
The Anthropocene Extinction (2015)
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Featured Power Metal Album
Enemies of Reality (Remixed & Remastered) (2003)
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Portland, Maine brutal death metal band formed in 2020, pursuing relentless sonic extremity through blast-beat-driven arrangements and guttural low-end savagery.
Michigan grindcore and death metal band formed in 2025, blending the speed and aggression of grind with the sonic brutality of death metal in early-stage releases.
Canton, Ohio act founded in 2017 that fuses death metal, thrash, and hardcore into a raw, crossover-influenced style drawing from the Midwest's tradition of no-frills extreme aggression.
American slam and brutal death metal project active since 2019, specializing in the subgenre's signature low-register, percussive breakdowns and grotesque sonic extremity.
Raleigh, North Carolina death metal band formed in 2017, delivering straightforward, riff-driven death metal in the tradition of the genre's American roots.
Farmington, Missouri death metal band active since 2008, bringing uncompromising brutality to a part of the Midwest not typically associated with extreme metal.
New Philadelphia, Ohio act formed in 2023 that combines death metal, grindcore, and crossover thrash into a fast and abrasive style typical of the genre's more chaotic fringe.
New Jersey progressive and melodic death metal band active since 2016, combining technically intricate arrangements with the melodic sensibilities of the Scandinavian-influenced wing of American death metal.
Salem, Massachusetts doom and death metal project active since 2013, marrying the crawling heaviness of doom with death metal's darkness in a town historically associated with the macabre.
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