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Death and thrash metal band from Leoben, Austria, active since 2017. They bring a punishing combination of death metal heaviness and thrash metal speed from the industrial heartland of Upper Styria.
Death metal band from Kothen in Anhalt, Germany, emerging in 2025. They bring fresh death metal brutality to the Saxony-Anhalt underground.
Death metal act from Drammen, southeast of Oslo, formed in 2022. Cyste delivers punishing death metal from the Buskerud region.
Seattle death metal band operating in the Pacific Northwest underground with a punishing and straightforward approach to brutality. Cystic deals in the foundational elements of American death metal without embellishment.
Asheville, North Carolina brutal death and grindcore band piling grotesque extremity onto a foundation of pummeling low-tuned riffs and blast-beat ferocity. Cystic Nourishment weaponizes Appalachian underground intensity through the most unrelenting corners of extreme metal.
Cystus is a goregrind and death metal solo project from Cuiabá, Mato Grosso, Brazil, created by the musician known as Goreterrorist, who also performs in bands including Gorempire and Heretic Razor. The project debuted in August 2021 with the demo "Putrid, Fetid and Corrosive," recorded entirely by Goreterrorist at Grotesque Homestudios in Cuiabá, blending D-beat rhythms with gore-themed death metal and grindcore extremity.
Palm Desert, California brutal death and slam metal project known for grotesque sonic extremity and experimental tendencies. Cytoplasm pushes the outer limits of brutal death metal with unconventional, visceral compositions from the California desert.
Brutal death metal band from Chemnitz, Germany, active since 2011. Cytotoxin have built a devoted following through relentless, technically proficient death metal laced with nuclear and chemical themes.
Death metal outfit from Athens, Greece, active since 2015. Cypsis delivers crushing riffs and guttural vocals steeped in the Greek extreme metal tradition.
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