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"Mirror" Mixtape (2022)
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Everything's Wrong (2018)
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Give Me Back My World (2025)
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Brutal death metal band from Málaga on Spain's Costa del Sol, formed in 2021. Their sound delivers punishing brutality from the Andalusian Mediterranean coast.
Brutal death metal band from Paris, France active since 2017. Their sound delivers punishing brutality from the French capital.
Insanity Deification is a brutal death metal band from Brașov, Romania, active since 2024 and dealing in the most extreme and guttural forms of death metal. The project channels punishing brutality with unrelenting intensity.
Insect Inside is a slam/brutal death metal/deathcore band from Chelyabinsk/Zlatoust, Russia, active since 2019 and dealing in the most extreme and guttural forms of death metal. The project channels punishing brutality with unrelenting intensity.
Insected is a brutal death metal band from Athens, Greece, active since 2005 and dealing in the most extreme and guttural forms of death metal. The project channels punishing brutality with unrelenting intensity.
Brutal death metal band from Rennes in Brittany, active since 2017. Their provocative name channels extreme brutality from the Breton capital.
Brutal death metal band from Spain launched in 2025. Their sound pushes into the genre's most punishing territory.
Insision formed in Stockholm in 1997 and pursued a brand of brutal death metal more aligned with North American acts like Cryptopsy and Morbid Angel than the melodic traditions of their countrymen. Across four albums — Beneath the Folds of Flesh (2002), Revealed and Worshipped (2004), Ikon (2007), and Terminal Reckoning (2016) — the band maintained a punishing, technically demanding approach before going quiet after their final release.
Intended Execution is a brutal death metal band from Weiden in der Oberpfalz, Germany, active since 2014, delivering punishing extremity from the Upper Palatinate region of Bavaria. The band channels maximum brutality through a relentless, uncompromising approach.
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