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Oh No! (2025)
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diorama (2024)
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Mt.Skull (2018)
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Akron, Ohio metalcore/thrash hybrid combining the breakdown-driven aggression of metalcore with the driving riff velocity of thrash.
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Minneapolis melodic death metal band combining hook-driven Scandinavian-school melodicism with crushing death metal heaviness.
Reading, Pennsylvania's Cavum pursue straightforward, grimly melodic black metal drawing on the European second-wave tradition — tremolo-driven riffs, blasting drums, and vocals smeared in reverb.
Celestial Theory is a symphonic melodic death metal band from Mercedes, Texas, in the Rio Grande Valley. They fuse death metal's brutality with melodic death metal's harmonic sensibility and orchestral arrangements to create layered, cinematic compositions.
Central Disorder is a melodic death metal and metalcore band from Crestwood, Illinois, blending the hooky, Gothenburg-influenced melodic sensibility of melodic death metal with the breakdown-driven intensity of American metalcore.
Los Angeles, California band blending melodic death metal's harmonic sensibility with the riff aggression of thrash, resulting in a melodically charged and technically driven sound.
Santa Barbara, California melodic death metal band Chao Lux combine the melodic sensibility of Gothenburg-influenced death metal with more aggressive death metal intensity. Their music features clean melodic hooks alongside harsher riffing and growled vocals.
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