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Long Beach, California's Mortal Terror traffic in high-octane speed and thrash metal, channeling the raw kinetic energy of old-school Bay Area and Southern California thrash into a modern framework.
Formed in Nashville in 2022, Mortal Thrall operate in the post-black metal space, blending the corrosive intensity of black metal with expansive, atmospheric textures drawn from the genre's more adventurous edge.
Mortal Vail is an Illinois raw black metal project launched in 2021, dealing in deliberately lo-fi, abrasive black metal that prioritizes atmosphere and hostility over polish.
Savage Technical Death Metal from Fort Worth.
Los Angeles death metal outfit Mortal Wound formed in 2018, bringing straight-ahead, no-frills death metal to the sprawling Southern California extreme metal scene.
This Ohio speed and thrash metal band formed in 2021, drawing from classic speed metal's frenetic tempos and the hard-edged attack of early thrash for a driving, old-school sensibility.
Mortality is a black metal band from Farmington, New Mexico, active since 2015 and operating in the sparse, remote desert Southwest underground with a sound as unforgiving as the landscape.
Albuquerque's Mortalizer fuse black metal with punk attitude, a New Mexico band whose raw, stripped-down approach plants them firmly in the blackpunk underground.
Brooklyn's Mortals emerged from the sludge and hardcore underground in 2011 before moving toward a heavier, more blackened sound, carving out a distinct space where sludge's oppressive weight meets the cold fury of black metal.
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