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Proof (2024)
Featured Progressive Metal Album
Death Atlas (2019)
Featured Artist with an Upcoming Show
Conquer (feat. Josh Mowery of Catch Your Breath) (2025)
05/21 @ 170 Russell, Melbourne
Featured Groove Metal Album
Evidence (2023)
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San Diego act blending metalcore's melodic structures with the groove-driven punch of death metal and down-tuned heaviness, formed in 2024.
Massachusetts melodic black metal project drawing on the atmospheric, nature-charged spirit of Pacific Northwest cascadian black metal despite its East Coast origins.
Yukon, Oklahoma death/prog act that layers technical, progressive arrangements over death metal's brutish foundation, active since 2013.
Sacramento brutal death and slam act formed in 2024, pursuing the genre's most visceral extremes through crushing breakdowns and low-register sonic violence.
Cincinnati heavy and stoner metal band fusing fuzz-drenched riffs and swaggering grooves with the hard-rock DNA that underpins classic heavy metal.
Tucson black metal act conjuring bleak, lo-fi atmospheres with a raw and ritualistic approach that emphasizes darkness over production polish.
San Jose grind/death unit formed in 2025, delivering short bursts of violent, noise-soaked brutality in the tradition of West Coast goregrind and power violence.
Punishing Death Metal / Hardcore out of Texas.
Port Charlotte death metal project with a morbid sensibility, grinding out riff-heavy material from Florida's lesser-known underground with a stripped, direct approach.
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