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Proof (2024)
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Death Atlas (2019)
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Conquer (feat. Josh Mowery of Catch Your Breath) (2025)
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Evidence (2023)
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New Orleans death metal and grindcore outfit Mule Skinner have been trading in visceral, short-fused extremity since 2014, carrying on the Crescent City's storied tradition of bands that find brutality lurking just beneath the surface.
Lancaster, Pennsylvania's Mule Thrower arrived in 2021 with a sludge-doom sound as stubborn and heavy as their name implies — slow, punishing, and built on the kind of oppressive riffing that demands physical submission.
Salt Lake City goregrind and death metal outfit Multicyst formed in 2023, channeling the most grotesque end of the grindcore spectrum with a gore-fixated intensity that stands out sharply against Utah's more conservative cultural backdrop.
Billerica, Massachusetts deathcore outfit Mummified in Circuitry has been operating since 2011, fusing mechanical precision with the visceral weight of death metal in a style that reflects the dense, technical character of the New England extreme metal scene.
Ottumwa, Iowa death/grind band Mummifier has been keeping the flag flying for Midwest extremity since 2009, delivering punishing blasts and down-tuned brutality from one of the more unlikely addresses in American metal geography.
Valparaiso, Indiana slam and brutal death metal act Mummydust arrived in 2021 with the genre's signature low-register gutturalism and lurching slam breakdowns, delivering the style's pulverizing essentials with focused intensity.
Richmond, Virginia's Municipal Waste are one of the defining acts of the 21st-century crossover thrash revival, fusing the manic energy of hardcore punk with razor-sharp thrash riffing and an irreverent, party-metal attitude that made them scene icons.
Grand Rapids black metal project Munin draws on Norse mythology — its name taken from one of Odin's ravens — to anchor an atmospheric, ambient-inflected sound that has grown steadily since the band's formation in 2016.
Chicago heavy/power metal act Munition formed in 2023 with an approach rooted in old-school metal tradition — anthem-ready riffs, soaring vocals, and the kind of chest-out directness that the genre's classic era was built on.
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