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Brutal death metal band from Thessaloniki, Greece, formed in 2021. They deliver punishing extremity from Greece's second-largest city.
Melodic death metal and metalcore band from Oldenburg, Germany, formed in 2016. They combine the melodic guitar harmonies of Scandinavian death metal with modern metalcore breakdowns and dynamics.
San Diego death metal act formed in 2021, carving out a sound rooted in brutality and deliberate, riff-centered songwriting.
San Francisco death/grind unit grinding out compact, savage blasts where grindcore's brevity and punk fury collide with death metal's guttural weight.
Progressive death metal act from the Częstochowa and Rybnik area, formed in 2017. Carura — named after a creature from Japanese mythology — blends technical death metal with progressive ambition.
Carvakas is a death metal band from Santiago, Chile formed around 2010–2012, whose name derives from the ancient Indian materialist philosopher Carvaka — a choice that reflects their commitment to philosophical, non-supernatural lyrical themes. Their four albums — Stultifera Navis (2013), Anti-Platonic Machinery (2015), Flesh Over Bones (2018), and Casus (2022) — combine technical riffing and polyrhythmic structures with progressive elements, each record conceptually grounded in a distinct philosophical tradition.
Death metal act from the small coastal town of Gamleby in Småland, formed in 2017. Carve delivers lean, cutting death metal from rural southeastern Sweden.
Symphonic death metal band from La Spezia on the Ligurian coast, active since 2011. Carved layers orchestral elements over crushing death metal foundations.
Death metal band from the Dresden/Leipzig axis of Saxony, Germany, formed in 2022. They carve out crushing death metal from the cultural heart of former East Germany.
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