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Death-thrash band from Västerås, formed in 2018. Culverin — named after a type of cannon — delivers explosive extreme metal from the Mälaren Valley.
Dayton, Ohio's Cum Chalice drag death metal into the sludge pit, combining the genre's grotesque imagery with the tar-thick, slow-churning weight of sludge metal. The Ohio band operates in the tradition of the Southwest Ohio extreme underground that has historically favored brutality over accessibility.
Lakeland, Florida's Cum Soaked Corpses Leaking Rectal Discharge are a two-piece goregrind duo who weaponize slamming rhythms, guttural extremity, and intentional provocation into brief, relentless bursts of brutal death metal noise. Self-described as stoned, drunk scumbags, they've released a steady stream of material including the 2023 full-length Indica Cocaine.
Greek death metal and deathcore band from Thessaloniki, active since 2014. They deliver punishing breakdowns and guttural vocals rooted in the Hellenic extreme metal underground.
Brutal death metal band from Turku, Finland, active since 2012. They deliver punishing, guttural brutality from Finland's oldest city.
Death metal band from Helsinki, Finland, formed in 2017. They deliver crushing death metal from the Finnish capital.
Nashville's Cumshot Wound are a grindy noise-worship unit who pack visceral, relentless riffs and raw, socio-political lyrical content into short, grinding blasts that blur the lines between death metal, grindcore, and metalcore. Formed in 2024 and signed to Scum City Entertainment, they quickly became one of Tennessee's most confrontational new acts.
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Lowell, Massachusetts's Cunt Cuntly started as a bedroom solo project before expanding into a full band that pressed progressive ambition into a deathcore and death metal framework. Active from 2011 to 2017, they built an eclectic discography that showed a restless willingness to cover everything from Judas Priest to Creedence Clearwater Revival alongside their original extremity.
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