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Death, groove, and thrash metal band from Koprivnica, Croatia with roots dating to 1996. They are among the longest-running extreme metal acts in the Croatian north.
Shreveport, Louisiana's Expletive arrived in 2025 armed with brutal death metal brutality and grindcore's economical fury — a pairing that amplifies both to extremes. Shreveport has long existed in the shadow of Louisiana's better-known metal cities, and Expletive sound like a band who've internalized that chip on the shoulder.
Death metal band from Montpellier, France active since 2012. They deliver aggressive death metal from the Languedoc coast.
Brutal death metal act from the Bochum/Hamm/Duisburg axis of Germany's Ruhr Valley, delivering graphically visceral extremity since 2003. Their two-decade career of uncompromising brutality makes them a veteran force in the German brutal death metal underground.
Västerås-based death metal and melodic death metal act, active since 2014 delivering HM-2 filth and d-beat fury in the old Swedish tradition. Rooted in Sweden's legendary metal infrastructure, their approach favors no-frills brutality over technical showmanship.
Expulser is a death/thrash metal band from Lavras, Minas Gerais, Brazil, originally formed in 1989 and regarded as a cult act in the Brazilian underground extreme metal scene. Their debut album "The Unholy One" was released in 1992 on Cogumelo Records and has since been reissued multiple times; after disbanding in 2004, the band was reformed by original bassist Alessandro Lima in 2015 and has remained active since.
Denver's Expurgate have been delivering brutal death metal since 2020, channeling the mile-high city's growing extreme metal scene into music of extreme density and precision. Colorado's scene has expanded significantly in recent years, and Expurgate represent the kind of technical brutality that's anchored that growth.
Brutal death metal band from Murcia, Spain formed in 2009, with releases including Dead [Forgotten] (2009) and Risen from the Void (2015). Their nine-track sophomore album delivers groovy, technical brutality exploring dystopian and introspective themes.
Boulder, Colorado's Exsanguinate merge black metal's atmospheric hostility with death metal's physical brutality, creating music since 2017 that draws on both traditions without fully belonging to either. The college town setting belies music that aims for the raw and unmediated.
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