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Denver's Necrobolism launched in 2025 with brutal death metal calibrated for maximum bodily damage at altitude. The Mile High City's extreme scene gains a new act with an ear for punishing low-end and an anatomy-textbook's worth of grisly inspiration.
Necrocest is a brutal death metal act from Cardiff, Wales, active since 2014. The band channels crushing brutality from the Welsh capital's extreme metal scene.
Sosnowiec brutal death metal project launched in 2025, delivering guttural punishment from the Silesian industrial conurbation. Their extreme approach channels death metal's most punishing expressions.
Las Vegas's Necrokazii hit hard with slam-inflected brutal death metal that matches the city's appetite for spectacle and excess, active since 2024. The band's pit-tested grooves carry the desert heat of the Nevada underground.
Necrologyst is a one-man goregrind project from Mar del Plata, Argentina, releasing a prolific string of albums and splits since 2018, including the full-length Lacerated/Mutilated (December 2018) and the split Retribution to Repugnance with fellow Argentine act Hate Excretor (2021). The project also appeared on the international compilation The Great Blood Feast Vol. 2 in 2022.
Necromore is a brutal death metal and goregrind duo from Rouen, France, consisting of Satabass and Nicola Bochariz. Their 2021 album The Blood Crypt, released through 126 Records, delivers horror-themed extremity blending brutal death metal with goregrind savagery.
Necromorphic Irruption is a brutal death metal band from Moscow, Russia, active since 2012. They deliver punishing brutality with technical precision from the Russian capital.
Necropota is a grindcore, black metal, and brutal death metal band from Madrid, active since 2011. The band delivers a chaotic fusion of extreme subgenres from the Spanish capital.
Khmelnytskyi brutal death metal act formed in 2019, delivering guttural punishment from western Ukraine. Their extreme approach channels death metal's most visceral and punishing traditions.
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