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Proof (2024)
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Death Atlas (2019)
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Conquer (feat. Josh Mowery of Catch Your Breath) (2025)
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Evidence (2023)
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Las Vegas deathcore project whose 2017 EP Cease The Plague Of Despair delivers crushing breakdowns from the desert entertainment capital. The name evokes a mental ward consumed by fire.
Fort Worth, Texas death metal act with two releases since 2014. Committed and Sharpen play on the asylum theme — first institutionalized, then weaponized — delivering focused death metal from the DFW Metroplex.
Cleveland, Ohio progressive metal project whose 2012 EP Room 17: Hours Between Shadows and Light suggests a concept album exploring liminal spaces. The mathematical name reflects the precision of their approach to prog from the Rock Hall city.
Bixby, Oklahoma death metal project with four releases since 2024. Death And Conceptual Terror pairs philosophical anxiety with brutal extremity, building a rapid-fire catalog from suburban Tulsa.
Denver death metal project named after the cardiac flatline condition. Their 2023 debut Siren to Blight channels the sound of biological failure through crushing extremity from the Mile High City.
New Jersey melodic death metal project blending Scandinavian melody with extreme metal aggression, contributing to the Garden State's diverse heavy music landscape.
Politically charged metalcore from Austin.
Cincinnati, Ohio metalcore act whose 2010 split with Daggers creates a recursively violent pairing. Queen City aggression in its most direct form.
Yuba City/Sacramento metalcore and thrash project with an impressive eleven releases since 2019. Albums like Eclipse and Fusion demonstrate a prolific output spanning multiple stylistic approaches from the Sacramento Valley.
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