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Proof (2024)
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Death Atlas (2019)
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Hands of Eternity (2024)
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Experimental brutal death metal act from Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina, formed in 2009. Their punishing sound pushes death metal into unconventional territory, blending technical brutality with experimental structures from the Balkan underground.
Brutal death metal band from Onda, Spain, active since 2006. Nearly two decades of punishing brutality have cemented their place in the Valencian extreme metal underground.
San Diego's Habitual Defilement occupies the brutal end of the death metal spectrum, fusing slam's rhythmic brutality with the relentless speed and gore fixation of brutal death metal since 2012. Unambiguously punishing.
Canandaigua, New York's Haborym bludgeons with brutal death metal authority, offering the full-spectrum punishment that the subgenre requires since their 2024 formation. Dense, guttural, and relentless.
Grim slam/brutal death metal emanating from Warwickshire, active since 2024 within United Kingdom's metal scene. Their work explores the genre's heaviest territories through savage delivery.
Florida's Hacksaw pursues the brutal death metal path with the blunt efficiency the state's scene is notorious for, formed in 2016 and carrying on the Sunshine State's rich tradition of extremity.
Operating from Kettering, this slam/brutal death metal project has been shaping relentless sound since 2016. Heavy, downtuned riffing and relentless percussion drive their compositions.
Thrash crossover act from the historic city of Verdun in Lorraine, active since 2013. Their playful name contrasts with aggressive compositions that blend thrash metal velocity with hardcore punk attitude.
Brutal death metal band from Lleida, Spain, active since 2009. Their gore-drenched approach delivers merciless brutality from the Catalan interior.
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