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Tower of Torsos (2023)
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Onward (2020)
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Carnivorous Myocardium Engorgement (2021)
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Philadelphia melodic death metal and metalcore act blending Scandinavian-influenced melodeath heaviness with metalcore structure. Active in the Pennsylvania underground since the early 2020s.
Philadelphia death metal stalwarts Barbarism have been operating since 2004, releasing their self-produced EP Exposure to Madness in 2008 and maintaining an independent presence in the underground for two decades.
Erie, Pennsylvania's Baregrounds works the boundary between death metal and metalcore, a newly formed act whose 2025 formation signals fresh blood in the Great Lakes underground.
Philadelphia death/black metal band Basilysk formed in 2009 and spent over a decade exploring misanthropic and occult themes before going on hold in 2021.
A black/death metal band from New Brighton, Pennsylvania formed in 1988, later changing their name and surfacing on compilations through Thrash Records across the following decades.
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