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Death metal act from Lisbon, formed in 2024. Carnificina — Latin for 'butchery' — brings fresh brutality to the Portuguese capital's extreme scene.
Carnificina is a death metal band from Ibiraiaras, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, registered on Encyclopaedia Metallum as an active independent act. The band explores themes of gore, splatter, and death, contributing to the extreme metal underground of Rio Grande do Sul state.
Death metal act from Velenje, Slovenia, active since 2016. Carnifliate channels extreme metal from the former coal-mining city in the Šalek Valley.
Technical death metal act from Amsterdam, active since 2013. Carnifloor combines intricate composition with death metal brutality from the Dutch capital.
Blackened death-thrash outfit from Splitska, Croatia, formed in 2016. Carnilo delivers a volatile mix of blast beats, tremolo riffs, and thrash aggression.
Detroit black/death metal project fusing the cold, atmospheric qualities of black metal with the blunt force of death metal, reflecting the Midwest's tradition of unadorned extreme metal.
Carnival in Coal formed in Amiens, France in 1995, conceived by vocalist Arno Strobl and multi-instrumentalist Axel Wursthorn as a collision of Mr. Bungle-style avant-garde absurdism and the brute force of death and black metal. The band signed to Season of Mist and later Earache's Elitist sublabel, releasing records including Viva La Vida (1999), French Cancan (1999), Fear Not Carnival in Coal, and Collection Prestige (2005). They disbanded in 2007 and briefly revived the project in 2014.
Danvers, Massachusetts death metal band incorporating groove metal's rhythmic punch into their sound, favoring mid-paced brutality and thick, churning riff work since 2019.
Brutal death metal and grindcore act from Spain, formed in 2019. They deliver punishing, guttural extremity through a blend of brutal death and grinding chaos.
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