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Featured Album
Piles of Festering Decomposition (2020)
Featured Black Metal Album
Give Me Back My World (2025)
Featured Artist with an Upcoming Show
When Everything Means Nothing (Cinematic) (2021)
05/31 @ Manchester Music Hall, Lexington
Featured Progressive Metal Album
A Thousand Days (2024)
Featured Artist with an Upcoming Show
Future Sequence: Live at the Fidelitorium (2015)
05/31 @ Bourbon Theatre, Lincoln
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Maine death metal outfit active in the mid-to-late 1990s on Rattle Snake Records, playing straightforward death metal before disbanding — distinct from the Minnesota thrash act of the same name.
Wichita, Kansas act formed in 2014 fusing melodic death metal with groove metal and deathcore, delivering aggressive riffing tempered by melodic hooks.
Florida/California brutal death and black metal band formed around 2011, pairing punishing dual-genre aggression with science-fiction lyrical themes.
Phoenix, Arizona brutal death metal and goregrind act whose name signals an unflinching commitment to the goriest end of the extreme metal spectrum.
Virginia Beach death metal band formed in 1993 whose sole demo, Abysmal Abattoir, remains their only documented output before the group dissolved.
Long Island, New York thrash/death metal band formed around 2009, dealing in themes of insanity, disease, and violence before splitting up.
Irvine, California death metal and grindcore band active from 1990, rooted in misanthropic and nihilistic themes and released through Life Is Abuse before dissolving.
Charlotte, North Carolina death metal band active from 1995 exploring themes of astral realms and mental telepathy; the group served as a launching pad for members who later appeared in Lust of Decay.
Richmond, Virginia death metal project formed in 2006 by Sagar Nadgir after his departure from Rapture Cabaret, centering its themes on biology and disease.
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