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Lie To My Face (2022) (2022)
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Metallica (Remastered 2021) (2021)
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Spitting Fire Live Vol. 2 (2013)
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Los Angeles death metal outfit Mortal Wound formed in 2018, bringing straight-ahead, no-frills death metal to the sprawling Southern California extreme metal scene.
La Puente, California's Mortalis blend heavy and speed metal in the tradition of the underground NWOBHM-influenced American scene, delivering punchy, guitar-forward songs with a classic feel.
San Diego stoner metal act Mortar formed in 2024, leaning into the fuzz-heavy, groove-laden side of heavy music that the Southern California desert rock and stoner metal scene has long cultivated.
Formed in 2012 in Oxnard, California, Mortificado operate at the crossroads of black and death metal, fusing the venomous spite of black metal aesthetics with death metal's pulverizing low-end attack.
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.
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.
Cameron Park, California's Mortuary bring classic thrash metal intensity to the Northern California foothills since 2021, channeling old-school speed, riff precision, and a no-frills attitude toward headbanging extremity.
Templeton, California grindcore act Mortuary Moonshine, formed in 2023, bring short, fast, and chaotic blasts of noise to the Central Coast underground, combining grindcore's trademark speed and aggression with a name that hints at backwoods grime.
San Jose death metal outfit Mortuous have been churning out dense, suffocating old-school death metal since 2010, with a filthy mid-paced assault rooted in the American underground and a pronounced taste for doom-laden tempos.
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