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Piles of Festering Decomposition (2020)
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Give Me Back My World (2025)
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Newsflash (2023)
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Death metal band from England, formed in 2024. They channel perverse, extreme death metal darkness.
A death metal and grindcore band from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Cadaveric Spasm has been grinding since 2009, channeling the collision of DM brutality and grind's spastic, short-form aggression.
Death metal and grindcore band from Lahti, Finland. They deliver chaotic, grinding extremity from the Finnish lake district.
Death metal and goregrind band from Stara Zagora, Bulgaria, formed in 2024. They bring the filth and extremity of goregrind alongside crushing death metal from one of Bulgaria's oldest cities.
Long-running Austrian extreme metal project formed in Graz in 1993, originally rooted in goregrind before shifting toward a death metal and neofolk hybrid. Their extensive catalog includes albums like 'Never Arrive, Never Return' and 'Burn Brightly Alone,' exploring dark, contemplative themes with experimental tendencies.
A brutal deathcore band from Murfreesboro, Tennessee, Cadaverous Contingency melds the crushing low-end devastation of brutal death metal with the breakdowns and rhythmic aggression of deathcore.
Formed in Santa Ana, California in 2024, Cadaverous Odour takes the splatter and speed of brutal death metal and goregrind and channels it through an intense, blood-soaked sonic attack.
Death metal band from Berlin, Germany, formed in 2023. They channel putrid, old-school death metal darkness from the German capital.
Epic death metal band from Oostrozebeke, Belgium, with releases including 'Whirler Of Fate,' 'Gentle Annihilation Of The Enthroned,' and 'Destination Caducity.' Their catalog spans multiple albums of grandiose, narrative-driven death metal rooted in the Belgian extreme metal tradition.
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