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Brutal death metal and hardcore band from Halle, Belgium, bringing slam in faces since 2011. Their releases including 'Mistake Of Nature' deliver punishing, aggressive extremity with members drawn from the Belgian grind and slam underground.
Death metal and grindcore band from Arrasate-Mondragon in the Basque Country, Spain, active since 2006. With two decades of grinding extremity, they deliver chaotic aggression from the Basque industrial heartland.
One-man brutal deathgrind project from Munchendorf, Austria, operated entirely by Daniel since 2020. With releases like 'The Child Cemetery,' 'Loss of Sanity,' and 'Rebirthed Revived Rekilled,' the project maintains a relentless output of grinding brutality.
Child o' Flames is a melodic thrash/death metal band from Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil, formed in the mid-2000s. The band draws heavily from melodic death metal and has shared stages with international acts such as Sepultura, Misfits, Biohazard, Suicidal Tendencies, and Grave Digger. In 2020 they returned from a hiatus with the single "Reach Out The Sky" and the album "A New Rising," which was nominated in the Best Album category at Brazil's Roadie Crew annual awards.
Atmospheric black-death metal band from Sheffield, England, formed in 2018. They blend atmospheric black metal with death metal from the Steel City.
Newark, Ohio death metal act Child Sized Coffin brings a blunt, uncompromising brutality to their music, rooted in the mid-American underground scene's no-frills tradition. Their name alone signals the unrelenting darkness baked into every track.
Indiana's Childe of Death blends melodic death metal's harmonic sensibility with the raw aggression of straight death metal, carving out a niche in the rural Midwest underground. Their approach leans on melodic leads and hooks without sacrificing outright brutality.
Melodic death metal and metalcore band from Vitoria-Gasteiz in the Basque Country, Spain, formed in 2017. They blend melodic sensibilities with metalcore dynamics from the Basque capital.
Death metal and grindcore band from England, formed in 2023. They deliver chaotic, grinding extremity.
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