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"Mirror" Mixtape (2022)
Featured Melodic Death Metal Album
Everything's Wrong (2018)
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Give Me Back My World (2025)
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Delaware's Hog Slammer arrived in 2019 with a singular mission: deliver brutal, slam-oriented death metal with maximum force and minimum mercy. Punishing breakdowns and guttural extremity define their approach.
A thunderous brutal death metal/deathcore entity from Finland, active since 2024. Technical precision and brutal aggression merge in their approach to the genre.
Based in Catania, this brutal death metal project has been a fixture of Italy's underground since 2014. Punishing compositions and guttural fury form the core of their sound.
Brutal death metal band from Hof, Germany, active since 2016. Their merciless brand of slam-heavy brutality pushes death metal to its most extreme limits from Upper Franconia.
Nashville's Hornfucked arrived in 2025 as a new brutal death metal force, wasting no time in establishing a reputation for sheer, unadorned extremity. The name announces the intent perfectly.
Horrendous Rebirth is a brutal death metal band from Palermo, Italy, formed in 2013. They unleash unrelenting brutal death metal fury.
A blistering brutal death metal/goregrind entity from Netherlands, active since 2025. Punishing compositions and guttural fury form the core of their sound.
Hour of Penance is a technical/brutal death metal band from Rome, Italy, formed in 2012. They unleash unrelenting brutal death metal fury.
Emerging from Amersfoort's underground, this brutal death metal act has been forging crushing sonic fury since 2024. Heavy, downtuned riffing and relentless percussion drive their compositions.
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