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"Mirror" Mixtape (2022)
Featured Melodic Death Metal Album
Everything's Wrong (2018)
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Featured Black Metal Album
Give Me Back My World (2025)
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Chicago brutal death and slam practitioners delivering pulverizing low-tuned slams and guttural extremity since 2020, firmly planted in the genre's most punishing corner.
Brutal death metal band from Thessaloniki, Greece, formed in 2021. They deliver punishing extremity from Greece's second-largest city.
Sacramento brutal death and slam act formed in 2024, pursuing the genre's most visceral extremes through crushing breakdowns and low-register sonic violence.
Madison brutal death metal band with over a decade of activity, known for their pulverizing low-tuned riffs, inhuman guttural vocals, and uncompromising commitment to brutality.
New York's Castigate operate firmly in brutal death metal territory, prioritizing gore-drenched guttural vocals and relentlessly technical riffing over any melodic concession.
Brutal death metal and deathcore band from Glasgow, Scotland, formed in 2018. They deliver slamming, punishing extremity from Scotland's largest city.
Houston brutal death metal outfit drawing from Cannibal Corpse and Gorgasm, delivering technically demanding riffs and guttural vocals with surgical clarity. Members carry pedigrees from Horrific Demise and Desecrate the Faith.
Brutal death metal band from Odense, Denmark, active since 2011. They deliver punishing, guttural extremity from the Funen island.
Brutal death metal band from Hildesheim, Germany, formed in 2022. They deliver punishing, guttural extremity from the Lower Saxon foothills.
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