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Out of Normal, Illinois, Mortificare have been delivering straightforward, uncompromising death metal since 2012 — a Midwest act rooted in the tradition of gut-punch riffing and guttural vocals without genre embellishment.
A raw black metal project active since 2003, Mortification traffic in the most primitive and caustic strain of the genre, stripping production to bare wire and leaning hard into the lo-fi, venomous spirit of underground black metal.
Minneapolis thrashers Mortificator have been ripping through the Twin Cities underground since 2014, carrying the torch of old-school thrash metal with tight, aggressive riffing and a no-nonsense approach to speed and heaviness.
Relentless Black Metal from San Antonio.
Based in Rancho Palos Verdes, California and active since 2022, this incarnation of Mortified pursues straight-ahead death metal rooted in the Southern California tradition of punishing extremity and underground dedication.
Punishing Brutal Death Metal from Comanche.
Los Angeles black metal act Mortis Inanis, formed in 2015, conjure cold, misanthropic soundscapes befitting their name — 'hollow death' — with a style that emphasizes atmosphere and desolation over spectacle.
Denver newcomers Mortis Witch, formed in 2025, brew a hazy concoction of stoner and doom metal rooted in the Colorado high-altitude heavy music scene, blending fuzz-drenched riffs with slow, hypnotic doom weight.
Nashville death metal act Mortius, active since 2018, represent the Tennessee capital's underground heavy music community with a direct, meat-and-bones approach to the genre that favors crushing riffs and guttural intensity.
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