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A Plague in Faith is a technical death metal band from Kansas City, Missouri. Their 2015 full-length "Resonating Blasphemy" delivers nine tracks of punishing, technically demanding death metal rooted in the Midwest underground.
Laplata, Maryland death metal project whose name frames awareness itself as a disease. Philosophical extremity from Southern Maryland.
A Squandered Potential is a progressive and technical death metal band from Boston, Massachusetts. Their 2025 debut full-length "The Implication" delivers eight tracks of intricate, cerebral death metal from the heart of the New England scene.
Oakland death metal project. The name's body count matches the Bay Area's reputation for uncompromising extremity.
Florida death metal project. The Sunshine State breeding another act committed to maximum sonic damage.
St. Louis death metal project named after the angel of the abyss. Gateway City destruction channeled through ancient demonic mythology.
Augusta, Georgia death metal and deathcore project named after the StarCraft evolution master. Gaming mythology rendered in extreme metal from the Garden City.
Abattoir is a death and black metal project from Indianapolis, Indiana. In 2021, the band released a flurry of singles and an EP, laying down a foundation of dark, blackened death metal for the Indiana underground.
Marshalltown, Iowa death/doom project — distinct from the Rochester band of the same name. Midwestern isolation fueling heavy, despairing extremity.
Abducted is a progressive death metal band from Port Huron, Michigan. Their 2016 full-length "I See The World" delivers ten tracks that weave progressive complexity through a death metal foundation.
Abduction is a heavy and thrash metal band from Danbury, Connecticut. Since 2016, the band has released a full-length, two EPs, and a demo, blending high-energy thrash riffs with hard rock swagger.
Aberrant Construct is a brutal death metal and deathcore band from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Their 2018 full-length "Silience" delivers seven tracks of pummeling, low-tuned extremity where brutal death metal meets deathcore ferocity.
Miami, Florida death metal project. South Florida extremity with a name that declares war on the human race.
Springfield, Virginia death metal and deathcore project. The Beltway's contribution to grinding extremity.
Dix Hills, Long Island death metal project. Pure disgust distilled into heavy music from the New York suburbs.
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