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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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Richmond, Virginia brutal death metal and grindcore band formed in 2017, pairing an intentionally absurdist name with pulverizing extreme metal.
Los Angeles brutal death metal band formed in 1994, active in the California death metal underground through the mid-1990s before splitting up.
Brutal death metal band from Rockland, Massachusetts, active from 1999 as part of the early 2000s New England extreme metal scene before disbanding.
A brutal death metal act from Williamson, West Virginia, Barbaric Disembowelment leans into gore and depravity as lyrical fodder, occupying the most visceral end of the genre's spectrum.
Barbaric Exsanguination operates in the punishing overlap of slam and brutal death metal, with a 2024 compilation appearance on Liminal Dread Productions' Heavy for the Hollers marking their entry into the underground.
Barbatos were a brutal death metal band from Jandira, a city in the greater São Paulo metropolitan area, founded by drummer Chicão and guitarist Antônio Agaci with a focus on fast, punishing music in the tradition of Brazilian brutal death. The band released a self-titled CD of eight tracks before going inactive. Their name was drawn from demonic mythology — Barbatos being one of the demons said to serve Satanquia and Lucifer — in keeping with brutal death metal's genre aesthetics.
Collinsville, Illinois act Barbed Wire Sandwich occupies the convergence of slam, brutal death metal, and deathcore, bringing the genre's most physically punishing characteristics together under one deliberately confrontational name.
San Antonio, Texas slam/brutal death metal band Basement Burial formed in 2023, delivering the subgenre's hallmark combination of pulverizing rhythms and extreme subject matter.
Oklahoma City brutal death metal and hardcore band Bashed In operated from 2021 until their breakup, releasing through Vile Tapes Records and building their sound around themes of hate and violence.
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