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Sexual Defecation is a brutal death metal band from Lima, Peru, formed in 2023. The project released its debut demo "Demofecation" in December 2023, a six-track offering of dense, aggressive material with Spanish-language song titles. The band operates in the tradition of Lima's underground extreme metal scene and makes their music available as a free download on Bandcamp.
Tallahassee, FL · 2015–present · active
Tallahassee's Sexual Predator traffic in a chaotic convergence of black metal, death metal, and grindcore that resists easy categorization — raw and confrontational in all three modes at once. Formed in 2015 in Florida's fertile extreme music underground, they favor intensity and dissonance over any single style's rulebook.
Kingsport, TN · 2004–present · active
Kingsport, Tennessee's SeñorX occupy a niche corner of the heavy metal world where shred guitar technique and neoclassical composition meet traditional metal structures, active since 2004 in the Appalachian corridor's quiet but dedicated metal scene. Their work is guitar-centric and technically ambitious, rooted in the virtuoso tradition.
Portland, ME · 2010–present · active
Portland, Maine's Shabti have been developing a sophisticated strain of progressive death metal since 2010, weaving technical complexity and compositional ambition into material that still hits with the weight the genre demands. They sit in the upper tier of the Northeast's underground extreme scene.
Seattle, WA · 2014–present · active
Portland, Oregon's Shade of Ice work the space between melodic death metal's harmonic sensibility and straight death metal's blunt force, delivering a sound that's harsher than most melodeath but more structured than pure brutality. Formed in 2014, they've built a presence in the Pacific Northwest underground on the strength of that balance.
Seattle, WA · 2004–present · active
Seattle melodic death metal band Shaded Enmity have been active since 2004, accumulating two decades in the Pacific Northwest metal underground with a sound that draws from the Gothenburg tradition while incorporating the technical and heaviness priorities of American death metal. Longevity in that scene is its own credential.
Richmond, VA · 2013–present · active
Richmond, Virginia death metal act Shades Below emerged from one of the East Coast's most historically rich heavy music environments in 2013, playing dense and punishing material that owes a debt to the city's legacy of extreme and sludge-adjacent sounds. Their approach is deliberate and crushing, built for maximum impact.
Chesterton, IN · 1996–present · active
Chesterton, Indiana's Shades of Grey have been playing technical thrash since 1996, an unusual longevity for a band from the small-city Midwest that speaks to a genuine obsession with the form. Their sound leans into the complex, riff-forward end of thrash, prioritizing intricacy alongside aggression.
Seattle, WA · 2020–present · active
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