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Piles of Festering Decomposition (2020)
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Give Me Back My World (2025)
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Three Sides of One (2022)
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Las Vegas, Nevada death metal band Spun in Darkness have been active since 2010, forging a persistent presence in the Southwest extreme metal underground with straightforward, punishing death metal.
Globe, Arizona heavy metal act Spungee Goodness formed in 2020, bringing classic heavy metal sensibilities to a small Arizona city outside the state's main metropolitan metal scenes.
San Antonio, Texas stoner and sludge metal band Spunkous formed in 2023, fusing the hazy, heavy grooves of stoner metal with the abrasive weight of sludge within San Antonio's active underground scene.
Chicago, Illinois heavy metal band Spyderbone have been active since 2014, operating within the city's broad and long-standing heavy metal tradition with a direct, no-frills approach to the genre.
Detroit, Michigan black metal act Spymaster emerged in 2014, channeling the cold, aggressive energy of the black metal genre through the lens of Detroit's harsh industrial and musical landscape.
La Vergne, Tennessee heavy metal band Spyne formed in 2014, contributing to Middle Tennessee's underground metal community with a foundation in traditional heavy metal songwriting and delivery.
Tuscaloosa, Alabama doom metal band Sqquat formed in 2022, adding a heavy, slow-burning presence to the Deep South's doom and heavy underground with oppressive, low-tempo riffs.
Chicago, Illinois heavy metal outfit Squadron have been active since 2013, drawing from the classic traditions of the genre and contributing to the city's enduring heavy metal underground.
Detroit, Michigan goregrind band Squalid trace their origins back to 1985, making them one of the longer-running acts in the city's extreme underground with decades of gory, blast-driven aggression.
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