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Everyone's Talking! (2025)
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Blind (Expanded Edition) (2021)
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Blood Dynasty (24-bit HD audio) (2024)
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Crushing Deathcore out of Texas.
Sacramento deathcore project whose name evokes cinematic violence in the City of Light. Dramatic extremity from California's capital.
Chicago deathcore project that borrows its name from the Lone Star State despite operating from the Windy City. Southern death rites rendered in crushing breakdowns.
A Wake in Providence is a symphonic deathcore band from Staten Island, New York. Known for blending orchestral arrangements with crushing breakdowns, the band continues to push the boundaries of modern extreme metal.
Portland, Oregon deathcore project. The incomplete name invites the listener to fill in what's missing — hope, perhaps, or mercy.
Boston deathcore project. The name's monochrome imagery strips away color and nuance, leaving only stark extremes.
Sterling, Virginia deathcore project named after the Mortal Kombat blood code. Gaming culture meets crushing breakdowns from the DC suburbs.
Augusta, Georgia death metal and deathcore project named after the StarCraft evolution master. Gaming mythology rendered in extreme metal from the Garden City.
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.
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