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Manual Manic Procedures (2024)
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Wake up Dead (feat. Dave Mustaine) (2022)
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Hands of Eternity (2024)
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Queens, New York death metal act whose 2021 EP Space Adaptation Syndrome applies NASA medical terminology to extreme music. Death metal that sounds like it was recorded in zero gravity — disorienting and crushing.
Ruthless Death Metal from Sherman.
Chicago grindcore band tearing through the Windy City's aggressive music scene with unrelenting blasts and grinding fury, contributing to the city's extreme music legacy.
Death metal and grindcore project of undisclosed origin whose 2023 releases — including Breathplay In D Standard — make their thematic fixation aggressively literal. Transgressive grind that pushes every boundary of taste.
Punishing Melodic Thrash / Death Metal from Austin.
Dallas death metal project with four releases since 2023, including the social-commentary tinged DEFEATIZEN. Rapid output from the DFW Metroplex's extreme underground.
New York City death metal project whose 2024 debut Most Despised Blood channels blasphemous fury through punishing extremity. Anti-religious death metal from the city that houses both cathedrals and chaos.
Brutal Slam / Brutal Death Metal out of Texas.
Portland, Maine death metal project whose 2020 releases — DELETED SCENES and Original Motion Picture Soundtrack — treat the genre through a cinematic lens. Film-obsessed death metal from New England's hippest small city.
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