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Denver's Cordyceps take their name from the parasitic fungus and craft brutal death metal that feels appropriately invasive and overwhelming — a thick, suffocating mass of down-tuned riffs and percussive extremity. Their Colorado-based attack brings high-altitude force to low-end brutality.
Long Island brutal death metal band bringing medically-themed gore and grinding intensity to the New York underground. Their music is dense, fast, and unrelentingly brutal.
Brutal death metal band from Leeds, England, active since 2006. With two decades of punishing extremity, Corpectemy are veterans of the Yorkshire brutal death scene.
Corporal Sores was a brutal death metal band from Carapicuíba, São Paulo, Brazil, formed in 2007 and known for a gore-focused aesthetic and uncompromising brutality. The band released the album “De Humani Corporis Fabrica” and featured a lineup including David Ferreira on guitar and vocals, Evandro Miranda on bass, Everton Maia on guitar, and Éder Borges on drums. They have since split up.
Corpse Carcass is a brutal death metal project formed in 2016 through the collaboration of vocalist Daniell Corpse from Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, and vocalist/guitarist Bruno Bassini (formerly of InCarne) from Guaporé, Rio Grande do Sul. The project delivers uncompromising death metal and has released material including the album “Obliterating The Remains” on Bandcamp.
Brutal death metal band from Brighton, England, formed in 2024. They deliver punishing extremity from the English south coast.
Philadelphia brutal death metal band delivering bone-crushing heaviness and guttural extremity from the City of Brotherly Love. Dense, technical, and relentlessly punishing.
Chicopee, Massachusetts brutal death metal band delivering blasphemous, gore-drenched extremity from the New England underground. Dense, guttural, and uncompromisingly brutal.
Yakima, Washington brutal death metal act bringing grinding heaviness and guttural ferocity from the Pacific Northwest interior. Their music is dense, morbid, and relentlessly heavy.
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