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Vomit Forth formed in Pittsfield, Massachusetts in 2018, playing a punishing form of brutal death metal informed by hardcore aggression and gore-themed lyrical content. After a series of self-released demos and the Northeastern Deprivation compilation (2019), the band signed to Century Media Records and released their second album Terrified of God in October 2024, cementing their place in the current wave of brutal death metal.
Vomit the Soul formed in Lecco, Lombardy, Italy around 1999-2000, playing clinical and technically demanding brutal death metal in the tradition of the genre's most uncompromising practitioners. The band released several albums including Apostles of Inexpression and Cold before splitting up in 2011, then returned in 2021 and announced a new album, Massive Incineration, in 2024. Their name is derived from a Cannibal Corpse track.
Vomiter is a slam/brutal death metal band from Wigan, England, formed in 2014. They deliver crushing slam and brutal death metal with guttural vocals.
Tomsk's Vomitous Mass piles on brutal death metal with unrelenting intensity, delivering guttural vocals and grinding riffs from the heart of Siberia. Their punishing approach channels the most extreme end of the death metal spectrum without compromise.
Vortexed arrived from Clarksville, Tennessee in 2024 with a debut rooted in brutal death metal's most uncompromising traditions. As one of the younger entries in the brutal death scene, they came out swinging with dense low-end punishment and clinical rhythmic violence. The band wastes no time on subtlety — every track is a concentrated exercise in technical brutality.
Russian act Vozorov grinds out brutal death metal with slam-influenced heaviness, piling on guttural pig squeals and churning, downtuned riffs. Their no-holds-barred approach to brutality channels the most extreme end of the Russian death metal underground.
Formed in Pittsburgh in 2022, Vulgar Mephitis deal in the kind of punishing brutal death metal that feels at home in a city built on steel and smoke. Their approach is dense and suffocating, favoring weight over technicality.
Vulvectomy is a slam/brutal death metal band from Bari, Italy, formed in 2020. They deliver crushing slam death metal from the Pugliese underground.
Brutal death metal band from Madrid, Spain formed in 2021. Waifucide delivers unrelenting brutality through guttural vocals and punishing riffs from the Spanish capital.
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