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Arlington, Texas's Hope Deferred occupy the grinding intersection of deathcore and death metal, channeling spiritual despair into brutally heavy music since 2016. The name comes from scripture; the sound comes from somewhere far darker.
Crushing Death Metal / Deathcore from Amarillo.
Des Moines, Iowa's Hours of Decay have been fusing the rhythmic punch of groove metal with deathcore's heaviness since 2015. Midwest persistence channeled into something dense and relentless.
Devastating Deathcore from Grand Prairie.
Seattle's deathcore battalion has been laying down relentless sonic assaults since reforming in 2024, blending punishing breakdowns with death metal brutality that leaves little room for survivors.
Hailing from Shelton, Washington, this deathcore outfit brings a small-town ferocity to the genre, hammering out suffocating breakdowns and blastbeat onslaughts that punch well above their remote origins.
Phoenix deathcore outfit forged in 2016, combining scorched-earth heaviness with the kind of technical flair that makes the Arizona heat feel even more oppressive — outcast by name, predatory by nature.
Frederick, Maryland's progressive death metal practitioners have been weaving complex, technically demanding compositions since 2010 — the kind of music that rewards close attention with layers that reveal themselves slowly.
Devastating Progressive Melodic Death Metal / Deathcore out of Texas.
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