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Ad Astra (2025)
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On The Hunt (2023)
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Bakersfield, California slam/brutal death metal band formed in 2024, a new entry in the West Coast extreme metal underground.
Northumberland County, Pennsylvania slam/brutal death metal and goregrind band taking their name from the 1980 horror film and operating in the extreme underground.
New York brutal death and slam act formed in 2020, built on the genre's signature down-tuned groove and guttural vocal attack, representing the thriving East Coast slam underground.
Phoenix slam and brutal death metal band serving up the genre's trademark rhythmic heaviness with a desert-baked intensity since 2017, centering on monolithic, pit-ready breakdowns.
Chicago brutal death and slam practitioners delivering pulverizing low-tuned slams and guttural extremity since 2020, firmly planted in the genre's most punishing corner.
Sacramento brutal death and slam act formed in 2024, pursuing the genre's most visceral extremes through crushing breakdowns and low-register sonic violence.
San Diego, California brutal death metal and slam act formed in 2003, known for guttural vocals, down-tuned chugging riffs, and the punishing rhythmic intensity central to the slam subgenre; frequent comparisons to Devourment and Disgorge.
Charlotte, North Carolina brutal death metal and slam act Chainsaw Disgorgement focus on pulverizing low-end heaviness, guttural vocals, and the rhythmic chug-and-breakdown dynamics central to slam death metal. Their music is built for maximum physical impact.
Indiana brutal death and slam act Chop Shop lean into the most grotesque corners of the genre, combining pummeling slam breakdowns with hardcore-inflected brutality. Unsubtle and intentionally so.
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