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Long Island brutal death metal band bringing medically-themed gore and grinding intensity to the New York underground. Their music is dense, fast, and unrelentingly brutal.
Brutal death metal band from Leeds, England, active since 2006. With two decades of punishing extremity, Corpectemy are veterans of the Yorkshire brutal death scene.
Black-death metal band from Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany, formed in 2018. They merge the atmospheric darkness of black metal with death metal's crushing aggression.
Death-grind act from Italy, formed in 2016. Corporal Disaster delivers blast-driven extremity in the grindcore tradition.
Death metal band from Bruchsal, Germany, emerging in 2025. They bring fresh death metal brutality to the northern Baden region.
Death-grind act from Milan, active since 2016. Corporal Raid channels relentless grinding death metal from Lombardy's capital.
Corporate Death is a death metal band from Jundiaí, São Paulo, Brazil, whose name was inspired by the band Macabre and whose lyrical themes center on anti-religion, nihilism, and mortality. The band has released several albums independently, including “Angels & Worms” (2013) and “Terminate Existence” (2019), released via Brutaller Records. They are currently listed as on hold.
Linköping death/thrash metal act active since 2000, representing one of the city's longest-running extreme metal presences. Their quarter-century of aggressive riffing speaks to an enduring commitment to extreme music.
Death-grind band from Padua, active since 2012. Corporation of Consumption merges politically-charged themes with crushing grindcore and death metal from the Veneto region.
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