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One-man technical death metal project of Sammy Urwin from Woking, Surrey, active since 2007, blending brutal and progressive death metal influences from Suffocation and Pestilence across albums like 'Obliteration of the Self' and 'The Human Complex.' Every instrument is handled by a single pair of hands, making the technical complexity all the more impressive.
Regurgitated Devourer is a brutal/slamming death metal band from Gothenburg, Sweden, originally formed as Swathed in Blood in 2022. Inspired by acts like Abominable Putridity and Kraanium, the project delivers punishing slam death metal with guttural intensity.
Reincarnation is a brutal death metal band from Almería in Andalusia, Spain, active since 2012. The band delivers uncompromising brutality from the arid southeastern corner of the Iberian Peninsula.
Rekt is a brutal death metal and goregrind act from Berisso, Argentina, whose members recorded under the handles copromauro (vocals), felipe (bass), fede (drums), and domusmono (guitars). Their self-titled debut album, released on February 27, 2021, was tracked across multiple Buenos Aires locations — drums at Lucas Hulman's studio, vocals at Dojo 477 in La Plata, and guitars and bass in Berisso — with mixing and mastering handled by Domus Mono. The band split up after the release.
Relics of Humanity is a brutal death metal band from Minsk, Belarus, formed in 2012 and signed to Willowtip Records. Their 2025 album Absolute Dismal Domain continues the band's pursuit of death metal in its darkest and heaviest form, following earlier releases Obscuration and Ominously Reigning Upon The Intangible.
Renewal is a brutal death metal band from Luhačovice in the Zlín Region of eastern Moravia, Czech Republic, formed in 2025. The project represents the newest wave of Czech brutal death metal emerging from the country's spa-town countryside.
Repudiate is a brutal death metal band from Paris, France, formed in 2017. The band delivers uncompromising brutality from the French capital's extreme metal underground.
Repulsive Humanity is a brutal death metal band from Valparaíso, Chile, formed in 2022. The trio released their debut EP "Purge the Grotesque Consequences of Humanity" in 2024 and contributed the track "Horrendous Visceral Deformity" to a "Sick Musik to Your Guts" compilation the same year. Their lyrical themes focus on gore, torture, and suffering.
Resection is a brutal death metal band from Bohmstedt in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, formed in 2019. The band delivers extreme brutality from one of the most remote and rural corners of northern Germany.
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