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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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Brutal death metal band from Odessa, Texas, playing the genre's characteristic blend of extreme speed, guttural vocals, and punishing technical riffing.
Katy, Texas brutal death metal act playing in the tradition of the Texas brutal death scene, with influences rooted in the sound of bands like Devourment.
Brutal death metal band from Madrid, Spain, formed in 2016. They deliver punishing, guttural extremity from the Spanish capital.
Brutal death metal band from Berlin, Germany, active since 2008. They craft punishing, technically proficient death metal with nearly two decades of Berlin underground experience.
Meridian, Mississippi brutal death metal and grindcore act Chains of Flesh deliver dense, gore-soaked heaviness drawing on slam and old-school brutal death conventions. Their sound is low-tuned and relentlessly violent, with grindcore tempos pushing the pace.
Brutal death metal and deathcore band from Manchester, England, formed in 2014. They deliver slamming, punishing extremity from northern England.
Charlotte, North Carolina brutal death metal and slam act Chainsaw Disgorgement focus on pulverizing low-end heaviness, guttural vocals, and the rhythmic chug-and-breakdown dynamics central to slam death metal. Their music is built for maximum physical impact.
Tupelo, Mississippi brutal death metal and grindcore band Chainsaw Torture blend goregrind aesthetics with brutal death metal density in the tradition of Mississippi's extreme metal underground. Their sound is raw, fast, and gore-themed.
Brutal death metal and deathcore band from Hof in Upper Franconia, Germany, formed in 2014. They deliver slamming brutality and crushing breakdowns from the Bavarian-Thuringian border.
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