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Necromanteum (2023)
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Vertigo (Sunbather: 10th Anniversary Remix / Remaster) (2023)
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Featured Power Metal Album
We Three Kings (Metal Holiday) (2015)
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Summoned is a death metal and grindcore band from Whittier, California, formed in 2007, combining the brutality of death metal with the speed and aggression of grind.
Suntorn are a brutal death metal and deathcore band from San Diego, California, formed in 2016, unleashing punishing down-tuned brutality that combines the hyper-technical slaughter of brutal death metal with the breakdowns and heaviness of deathcore.
Sutratma is a Santa Barbara, California funeral doom and death metal project formed in 2012, producing lengthy, oppressively slow compositions that dwell in dense atmospheres of grief and decay.
Los Angeles death metal and grindcore band formed in 2017, beginning with a raw grindcore and death metal attack before evolving into a more death/black metal direction, combining brutality and ferocity throughout their catalog.
Modesto, California act founded in 2015 that blends deathcore brutality with groove metal's mid-tempo churn, delivering a heavy sound built on syncopated riffs and punishing low-end.
Stockton, California act formed in 2011 that blends technical and melodic death metal, combining intricate fretwork with the harmonic sensibilities of the Gothenburg school to produce a sophisticated and aggressive sound.
Black/death metal band from Hawthorne, California, formed in 2012, combining the rawness of black metal with the brutality of death metal in the tradition of South Bay extreme metal.
Synrah is an industrial symphonic death/black metal band from Norco, California, formed in 2013, blending orchestral grandeur with mechanized heaviness and extreme metal aggression into a densely layered sound.
Syrebris is a progressive death metal band from Los Angeles, California, formed in 2013, weaving intricate song structures and technical proficiency into a sound that balances brutality with compositional depth.
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