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Hands of Eternity (2024)
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No Cross No Crown (2018)
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Ad Astra (2025)
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Austin, Texas brutal death metal unit that leans hard into extreme gore-soaked aesthetics and pulverizing rhythm work. Thick, down-tuned guitar tone and savage vocal delivery anchor their assault.
Allen, Texas death/grind act that fuses brutal death metal heaviness with the manic speed of grindcore. Compact, relentless songs built on blast beats and churning low-end aggression.
Brutal death metal band from Modesto, California steeped in the dense, gore-drenched tradition of West Coast extremity. Heavy rhythmic slams and guttural vocals define their uncompromising approach.
Brutal death metal band from the Ticino canton of Switzerland. They deliver unrelenting brutality drawn from the deepest extremes of the death metal spectrum.
Tulsa, Oklahoma brutal death/grind band cranking out short, savage blasts of gore-drenched extremity. Their music careens between death metal heaviness and grindcore speed with no regard for restraint.
Brutal death metal act from Kazan, the capital of Tatarstan, formed in 2017. Contemptress delivers punishing brutality from the Volga-Ural region.
Brutal death metal band from Macclesfield in Cheshire, England, formed in 2022. They deliver punishing extremity from the edge of the Peak District.
Brutal death metal act from Leiden, South Holland, formed in 2018. Contorted Mind delivers punishing, technically-inclined death metal from the Dutch university city.
Kansas City's Convulsed grind through brutal death metal with a grindcore-informed hunger for speed and extremity, delivering punishing releases that hit hard and don't overstay their welcome. They're a reliable force in Missouri's underground extreme metal scene.
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