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AntiFragile (2025)
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Ad Astra (2025)
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On The Hunt (2023)
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A death metal and grindcore band from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Cadaveric Spasm has been grinding since 2009, channeling the collision of DM brutality and grind's spastic, short-form aggression.
A brutal deathcore band from Murfreesboro, Tennessee, Cadaverous Contingency melds the crushing low-end devastation of brutal death metal with the breakdowns and rhythmic aggression of deathcore.
Formed in Santa Ana, California in 2024, Cadaverous Odour takes the splatter and speed of brutal death metal and goregrind and channels it through an intense, blood-soaked sonic attack.
A Fort Worth, Texas band operating since 2005, Caddis blends the rhythmic heaviness of groove metal with thrash aggression and progressive structural ambition, giving their sound both muscle and depth.
A doom and stoner metal project, Caduceus brings a heavy, narcotic quality to the genre, built around monolithic riffs and a slow, hypnotic sense of dread.
A progressive and technical death metal band from Champaign, Illinois, Caecus was active from 2012 before splitting up, developing a sound that merged intricate, shifting compositions with death metal brutality.
A black metal project from Albuquerque, New Mexico, Caedem Inferni has operated in the underground since 2021, delivering raw and misanthropic black metal from the American Southwest.
Death metal band from Canton, Ohio that formed in 2018, delivering straightforward brutality from the Ohio underground.
Solo grindcore project from Columbia, Missouri helmed by Kaleb Russell, releasing short bursts of caustic noise including the 2023 EP Idiots.
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