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I Am the Void (Drumcorps Remix) (2024)
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Death-thrash metal band from Lyon, France, active since 2011. They deliver aggressive death-thrash from France's second city.
Brutal death metal band from Enontekio in Finnish Lapland, active since 2010. They deliver extreme brutality from one of the most remote locations in the Finnish metal scene.
Death metal and grindcore band from Slagelse, Denmark, active since 2012. They deliver a fierce blend of death metal brutality and grindcore velocity.
Carnal Atrocity is a death metal/grindcore duo from São Paulo, Brazil, formed in 2020 and comprising Karine Campanille (vocals, guitar, bass, synths) and Emiliano Borges (drums). The band released their debut album "Degenerescência" in June 2020, recorded at Estúdio Mitra and mixed at Crossroads Studio in São José dos Campos, São Paulo.
Milwaukee brutal death metal outfit specializing in the genre's most extreme end — gore-drenched lyrics, guttural vocals, and dense, down-tuned riffing executed with surgical precision.
Carnal Blasphemy is a death metal and grindcore band from Bogotá, Colombia, formed in 2005 and currently signed to Gore House Productions. They released their debut full-length Liars Made Authority in 2015 and have remained active in the Colombian extreme metal underground, with appearances on compilations including Extreme Magazine's Colombian Metal sampler series.
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Death metal band from the Helsinki/Espoo area, Finland, formed in 2023. They deliver crushing death metal from the Finnish capital region.
Slamming brutal death metal stalwarts from Zurich, Switzerland, active since 2006 with a deep catalog spanning releases from Carnal Pleasures through 2018's When Push Comes To Shove. Their sound draws from brutal death metal, grindcore, and slamming beatdown, recorded at Germany's Kohlekeller Studio.
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