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People Watching (2024)
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Rituals of Power (2019)
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Phantom Divine (Shadow Empire) (2018)
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Curwensville, Pennsylvania project formed in 2025 that fuses industrial doom and death metal, layering mechanized textures over slow, crushing heaviness.
New Hampshire slam and brutal death metal band formed in 2025, embracing the genre's signature down-tuned guitars, guttural vocals, and rhythmically punishing breakdowns.
Brutal death metal band from Garrett, Indiana, formed in 2013, delivering relentless, technically driven extremity within the brutal death metal tradition.
San Jose, California death/thrash metal band formed in 2014, blending the technical ferocity of Bay Area thrash with old-school death metal brutality.
Atlanta metalcore band formed in 2011, operating in a scene-rich city with a sound rooted in the melodic and aggressive interplay that defines modern metalcore.
Melodic thrash metal band from Johnstown, Pennsylvania, formed in 2019, sharpening the genre's aggression with an ear for melody and dynamic songwriting.
Black/doom metal project from Clinton Township, Michigan, formed in 2024, combining the oppressive weight of doom metal with the icy atmosphere of black metal.
Modesto, California doom and sludge metal band formed in 2016, conjuring thick, oppressive heaviness through slow tempos, distorted low-end, and a bleak sonic palette.
Brutal death metal band from Ecorse, Michigan, formed in 2022, delivering pulverizing extremity in the vein of the Midwest's tradition of uncompromising underground brutality.
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