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Handsaw is a technical brutal death metal band from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, formed in 2011 and currently active after a hiatus. The band released their debut full-length album Ogre in June 2015, recorded at Kolera Studio in Rio de Janeiro, showcasing a combination of technical precision and brutal aggression. Their lineup includes Edson Baros on vocals, Gabriel Gomes and Leandro Rodrigo on guitars, Romulo Estige on drums, and Ricardo Amorim on bass.
Hanger Abortion is a slam/brutal death metal/deathcore band from Montpellier, France, formed in 2019. They unleash unrelenting brutal death metal fury.
Brutal death metal band from Berlin, Germany, active as an underground cult since 1992, though reformed in 2016. Their fourth album, released through Defying Danger Records as a hand-numbered edition of 666 copies, continues a legacy of punishing death metal sickness after a thirteen-year hiatus.
Harmony Fault is a goregrind and brutal death metal band from Lajeado, Brazil, active since 2002 and dedicated to splatter-themed extreme music. The band released their debut demo Pedaços de Carne Podre in 2002, followed by the full-length Rotting Flesh Good Meal in 2011 and Savage Horror Dementia in 2014, the latter recorded at Beto Estudio in Lajeado. Their 2024 release Gore Beyond Blood, issued through Old Grindered Days Records, featured the lineup of Calebe, Guilherme, Pulga, and Monteiro.
Arvada, Colorado's Hatchet Fucked deal in brutal death metal with a blunt-instrument aesthetic — the name alone signals their intent. Since forming in 2018, they've pursued the genre's most punishing qualities with committed, no-frills intensity.
Connecticut's Hate Inclination carve out brutal death metal with a focused, technically demanding sound since 2014. Their approach leans into the subgenre's characteristic density — complicated rhythmically, unstoppable in momentum.
Sterling, Virginia's Hatefuck have been grinding out their caustic blend of brutal death and grindcore since 2013, delivering short, unrelenting volleys of noise and violence with no regard for subtlety or mercy.
Raleigh's Hateful Transgression drag the blackened and the brutal into the same pit, fusing the ice-cold atmospherics of black metal with the punishing low-end density of brutal death into something genuinely venomous.
Brutal death metal and grindcore act from Paderborn, Germany, active since 1996. With nearly three decades of extreme music under their belt, they are among the most enduring purveyors of brutality in the German underground.
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