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Manual Manic Procedures (2024)
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Apocalypse (2023)
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The Parallax: Hypersleep Dialogues (2015)
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Crushing old-school death metal from Houston. Cavernous, filthy, and absolutely massive.
London-based slamming brutal death metal band active since 2007. Their split release Vomiting Putrid Blasphemy showcases four tracks of blasphemous slam with guttural vocals and crushing breakdowns.
Blast Bitch is a Buenos Aires death metal and grindcore trio featuring vocalist Constanza Liberte, drummer Arihell Ledo Agüero, and guitarist Pely Macchi. Their 2019 debut album Sociedad Manipulada — recorded at Tribal Record in Ramos Mejía — delivers 11 tracks addressing police repression, violence against women, and institutional corruption.
Punishing brutal death metal from Saint Petersburg, formed in 2024. Guttural vocals scrape the basement of human register while churning riffs and gravity-blast percussion pummel with mechanical precision.
Seregno (Monza)-based melodic death metal/metalcore act active since 2013, blending Gothenburg-inspired guitar harmonies with metalcore's dynamic structures and breakdown-driven intensity. Their sound bridges the melodic death metal tradition with modern extreme metal's visceral energy.
Crushing Brutal Death Metal out of Texas.
Death-grind act from Poznań, formed in 2012. Their approach strips away anything that does not serve the cause of sheer aggression, delivering sub-two-minute salvos of blast beats and guttural fury.
Finnish death metal band from Salo, active since 2009. They deliver blasting death metal from the southwestern Finnish town.
German death metal and grindcore band from Cologne, formed in 2024. They blast through death metal and grindcore with frenzied intensity from the Rhineland.
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