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Comes the Green Man, Flees the Winter Witch (2025)
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Battle Maximus (2023)
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Summer Demos (2016)
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Crushing Deathcore from San Antonio.
Heavy Deathcore from San Antonio.
Brutal Black / Death Metal from Brownsville/Harlingen/Raymondville.
Ferocious Thrash Metal / Crossover from Austin.
Heavy Blackened Death Metal from Houston.
Devastating Blackened Death Metal from Houston.
Punishing Technical / Progressive Death Metal out of Texas.
Ferocious Technical / Melodic Death / Thrash Metal from Denton.
Savage Melodic Black / Death Metal from San Antonio.
Devastating Death Metal out of Texas.
Poughkeepsie death/black metal act C.A.I.N. — the acronym standing for "Christ Aborted in Nativity" — formed in 2000 and released material independently before splitting up.
Burlington, Vermont death metal band Ca$e Closed have been active since 2020, representing the state's small but devoted extreme metal underground.
Wellsville, Ohio death/thrash outfit Cabal was a side project of Killjoy of Necrophagia formed after that band's initial breakup; the name comes from Clive Barker's novella Cabal, and the band released through Red Stream, Inc.
Cabinet are a black/death metal band from the remote mountain town of Mammoth Lakes, California, active since 2021 and exploring themes of decomposition and sordidity.
Fall River, Massachusetts's Cacophonia have been pushing death metal and grindcore into experimental territory since 2021, representing a dissonant and unconventional voice in the New England underground.
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