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Ride the Flatline (feat. Jami Morgan & Code Orange) (2024)
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Head Cage (2018)
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The Second Coming (1988)
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Ogden, Utah's Deathead have been running speed and thrash metal through the Mountain West's DIY circuit since 2004 — a two-decade-plus run that's given them a well-earned tightness and a genuinely menacing live reputation.
Chapel Hill's Deathevokation summon old-school death metal with a reverence for the genre's early-nineties foundations — cavernous, deliberate, and committed to the craft rather than trend-chasing. Active since 2020.
Warrensburg, Missouri's Deathfloor approach progressive metal with the patient, structural curiosity of a band more interested in the journey than the destination — expansive without being indulgent since 2019.
Sacramento's Deathforce split the difference between death metal's brutality and thrash's kinetic momentum, channeling the Central Valley's harder edge into tight, no-nonsense aggression. Active since 2018.
San José's Deathgrave lock death metal and grindcore into a single suffocating blast, prioritizing speed and ugliness over any sense of comfort or resolution. They've been running at maximum velocity since 2014.
Phoenix's Deathgrip deal in groove metal built for the pit — heavy mid-tempo riffs, locked-in rhythm, and the kind of relentless forward drive that makes the desert heat feel even more punishing. They've been at it since 2016.
Detroit's Deathinitely fuse power metal's melodic reach with thrash metal's velocity, producing a high-energy hybrid that's been a fixture of the city's surprisingly diverse metal underground since 2001.
Los Angeles' Deathkings drag sludge and doom metal through the city's sprawling grimness, piling on suffocating low-end and tempos that test patience in the best possible way. They've been reigning over that miserable corner of the LA scene since 2014.
Cincinnati's Deathless have been sharpening a direct, aggressive thrash metal approach since 2019 — fast, undecorated, and built on the blue-collar Midwest work ethic that tends to produce bands with real staying power.
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