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Space Vampires VS Zombie Dinosaurs in 3-D (2011)
Featured Speed Metal Album
House Sound Of Adonis (The Jackin' Days) Vol. 1 (2020)
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Featured Avant-Garde Metal Album
In Passing Ascension (2017)
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Chicago brutal death and slam practitioners delivering pulverizing low-tuned slams and guttural extremity since 2020, firmly planted in the genre's most punishing corner.
Richmond, Indiana melodic death metal band that pairs hook-driven, harmonized guitars with the direct aggression of straightforward death metal.
Houston death/thrash outfit channeling high-octane aggression through tight, riff-forward songwriting built on the crossover territory between both genres.
San Diego death metal act formed in 2021, carving out a sound rooted in brutality and deliberate, riff-centered songwriting.
San Francisco death/grind unit grinding out compact, savage blasts where grindcore's brevity and punk fury collide with death metal's guttural weight.
San Diego act blending metalcore's melodic structures with the groove-driven punch of death metal and down-tuned heaviness, formed in 2024.
Yukon, Oklahoma death/prog act that layers technical, progressive arrangements over death metal's brutish foundation, active since 2013.
Sacramento brutal death and slam act formed in 2024, pursuing the genre's most visceral extremes through crushing breakdowns and low-register sonic violence.
San Jose grind/death unit formed in 2025, delivering short bursts of violent, noise-soaked brutality in the tradition of West Coast goregrind and power violence.
Punishing Death Metal / Hardcore out of Texas.
Port Charlotte death metal project with a morbid sensibility, grinding out riff-heavy material from Florida's lesser-known underground with a stripped, direct approach.
Atlanta band fusing death metal's heaviness with hardcore's confrontational energy, arriving in 2023 with a sound built around punishing breakdowns and extreme vocals.
Vancouver, WA death metal outfit formed in 2023, focusing on dense, low-end riffing and a deliberate, flesh-grinding aesthetic rooted in classic death metal ugliness.
Cheyenne death metal act operating out of Wyoming's sparse underground scene, delivering filth-encrusted riffs and a deliberately ugly, caveman-death sensibility since 2017.
Chicago band combining death metal's aggression with doom's suffocating slow tempos, crafting crushing, sepulchral compositions that dwell on weight and dread.
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