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German death metal band from Darmstadt, formed in 2010, whose sound evolved from death metal/grindcore toward brutal death metal. Their increasingly extreme trajectory reflects a deepening commitment to sonic violence.
Brutal death metal band from Barcelona, Spain, active since 2010. They deliver punishing extremity from the Catalan capital.
Slam and brutal death metal project from Galati launched in 2023, delivering guttural punishment from Romania's Danube port city. Their extreme approach plumbs the most visceral depths of the slam death metal spectrum.
Brutal death metal and grindcore act from Brescia, Italy, active since 2004. Cadaveric Crematorium delivers relentless blasting and guttural punishment from Lombardy.
Based in Raleigh, North Carolina, Cadaveric Depravity deals in the punishing low-end assault of brutal death metal, built around guttural vocals, blast beats, and technical riffwork.
Cadaveric Mutation is a brutal death metal duo from Sorocaba, São Paulo state, Brazil, playing a style described as primitive cavernous death metal rooted in old-school influences. The band released their "Demo 2024" through Iron Fortress Records (USA) in February 2024, followed by the EP "Sexual Devouring and Transmutation" through Demonical Devastation Records in June 2024. Their music draws on the cavernous, putrid aesthetics of early brutal death metal.
Cadaveric Resin is a Chilean slam/brutal death metal and goregrind project consisting of Raniit4 on vocals and drum programming, and Myiasis on bass and guitars. The duo released their debut full-length "Mucosa from the Eye Sockets" in April 2025 through Ultra Noisy Shit Prods., a 12-track effort recorded and mastered at Miasmatic Myiasis Studio.
A brutal deathcore band from Murfreesboro, Tennessee, Cadaverous Contingency melds the crushing low-end devastation of brutal death metal with the breakdowns and rhythmic aggression of deathcore.
Cadaverous Incarnate is a brutal death metal band from Santiago, Chile, with roots going back to 1998 and a second active period from 2010 onward. The band released their debut full-length "Fetal and Majestic Rotten Incarnation" independently in 2016, later reissued by Charred Remains Records in 2017, and followed it with "Still Spitting Rotten Vermin" in 2023; they are noted for low-tuned, blast-heavy compositions with slam elements and have shared stages with international acts including Nile.
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