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To Take Your Place (2022)
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Seventh Rum of a Seventh Rum (2022)
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A Stare Bound in Stone (2018)
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Don't You (Forget About Me) (feat. Tyler Connolly of Theory Of A Deadman) (2026)
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Brutal death metal outfit from Bilbao in the Basque Country, Spain, formed in 2020. They unleash crushing extremity from the industrial heart of northern Spain.
Austin's Eros Rot channels the city's underground death metal scene into brutal, single-minded savagery — dense, downtuned, and drenched in gore — with a name that announces exactly what kind of territory the band inhabits. Since 2021, they've pursued uncompromising brutality with no concessions to accessibility.
Proof that the underground never sleeps, this brutal death metal, death metal, and grindcore act from Leeds traffics in guttural vocals and churning downtuned riffs. Since 2026, they've built a catalog that reflects the UK's ever-evolving heavy music tradition.
A product of a growing underground metal community, this Mosta-based brutal death metal and death metal act channels percussive blast-beat onslaughts and cavernous production. Active since 2024, low-tuned guitars and guttural vocals form the bedrock of their attack.
Pushing the boundaries of brutal death metal and death metal, this Slovak outfit from Košice has been refining their craft since 1996. Their sound hinges on Florida-school brutality with modern precision, delivered with stubborn authenticity.
Rzeszów, Poland — brutal death metal, death metal, and grindcore of the most uncompromising kind. Active since 2021, they deal in percussive blast-beat onslaughts and cavernous production. Low-tuned guitars and guttural vocals form the bedrock of their attack.
Slam and brutal death metal act from Denmark, delivering medically themed, guttural extremity since 2016. Named after a surgical procedure, their clinical precision is applied to the most punishing forms of slam death metal.
Viennese brutal death metal outfit delivering slamming, guttural extremity since 2011. Their uncompromising approach to the genre emphasizes bludgeoning heaviness and technical precision within Vienna's thriving extreme metal community.
Converse, Texas's Esophagus Rot plies slam death metal with the porcine heaviness the subgenre demands — bowel-deep gutturals, caveman-slow breakdowns, and riffs designed to pulverize before they progress. Formed in 2020, the band stakes its claim in San Antonio's surrounding underground with pure, unadorned brutality.
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