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Piles of Festering Decomposition (2020)
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Give Me Back My World (2025)
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Three Sides of One (2022)
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Los Angeles metalcore project. Aquatic-sounding heaviness from the City of Angels.
Uniontown, Ohio death metal outfit whose 2005 debut Human Meat Gluttony announces its intentions from the title alone. Brutal, unsubtle, and committed to the gory end of the death metal spectrum.
Dayton death metal project from the Ohio underground.
Raleigh death metal project from the North Carolina underground.
Chandler death metal project from the Arizona underground.
California grindcore project that surfaced in 2022 with the single Rabbits. Brief and punishing — the grindcore ethos distilled to its essence, delivering maximum violence in minimum time.
Fort Lee, New Jersey thrash metal act active since 2011. Their debut Out of the Box and the remastered Pitamaha II showcase a band drawing from global thrash traditions, with the remaster suggesting a commitment to refining their craft over the long haul.
Worthington black metal project from the Ohio underground.
Crushing Technical / Avant-garde Death Metal / Grindcore out of Texas.
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