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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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Baton Rouge, Louisiana death metal and hardcore band formed in 2024, merging the brutality of death metal with the blunt aggression of hardcore in a style that fits naturally within Louisiana's long tradition of extreme underground music.
Nashua, New Hampshire death metal and hardcore band formed in 2024, channeling the short, aggressive intensity of deathcore and death-inflected hardcore punk into a raw and uncompromising sound.
Boston, Massachusetts death and thrash metal band formed in 2011, combining the technical precision and brutality of death metal with the relentless velocity of thrash in the tradition of the New England extreme metal underground.
Tucson, Arizona black and death metal band formed in 2015, fusing the savage extremity of both genres into a dark and violent sound shaped by the arid, unforgiving environment of the Sonoran Desert underground.
Swashbuckle are a death/thrash metal band from Trenton, New Jersey, known for their pirate-themed lyrics and relentless d-beat driven assault, releasing albums such as Back to the Noose (2009) and Crewed by the Damned (2011) on Nuclear Blast.
SweatCollector is a brutal death metal and grindcore band from Uniontown, Pennsylvania, formed in 2024, delivering slam-infused brutality and blastbeat-driven extremity.
Swelling Repulsion is a progressive melodic death metal band from Fort Collins, Colorado, formed in 2024, blending technical riffing and complex song structures with melodic death metal aggression.
Las Vegas brutal death metal act Swine Fucker formed in 2018, delivering uncompromising heaviness built on down-tuned guitars, guttural vocals, and punishing blast beats.
Swineherd is a death and groove metal band from Durham, North Carolina, formed in 2025, fusing the rhythmic punch of groove metal with the aggression of death metal.
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