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Khronic Infection is a Brazilian death metal band formed in 2018, active under the Bandcamp name Chronic Infection. The band released their debut material in 2018 and continued developing a blunt, aggressive death metal sound, culminating in the 2026 full-length Worldwide Metastasis, an eight-track record whose titles — including "Womb of Rot," "Putrefaction of Humanity," and "Priests of Hate" — reflect the band's uncompromising extremity.
Part of Poland's relentlessly productive underground, this act channels death metal and thrash metal with a focus on guttural vocals and churning downtuned riffs. Formed in 2016, based in Zawiercie, expect nothing but full-bore death metal savagery.
Khrophus is a death metal band from São José, Santa Catarina, Brazil, with roots stretching back to 1993. The current lineup features Leonardo Chagas (vocals, bass), Adriano Ribeiro (guitar), and Carlos Fernandes (drums), and the band has built a steady discography including Presages (2009) and Eyes of Madness (2013), the latter a ten-track album showcasing their straightforward, groove-driven approach to old-school death metal.
Khrophus is a death metal band from São José, Santa Catarina, Brazil, with roots stretching back to 1993. The current lineup features Leonardo Chagas (vocals, bass), Adriano Ribeiro (guitar), and Carlos Fernandes (drums), and the band has built a steady discography including Presages (2009) and Eyes of Madness (2013), the latter a ten-track album showcasing their straightforward, groove-driven approach to old-school death metal.
Straddling the line between black metal and death metal, this Italian actfrom Milan fuses technically precise fretwork wrapped in visceral brutality into a cohesive whole. They've been at it since 1995, and their recordings carry the stench of early 90s death metal worship.
Exploring the depths of death metal and groove metal, this Portuguese outfit has been refining their craft since 2024. Their sound hinges on suffocating heaviness anchored by rumbling low-end, delivered with ruthless intent.
Death/thrash metal and metalcore band from Besancon in eastern France, active since 2015 and blending three aggressive styles. Their name adds a mysterious, otherworldly quality to their genre-crossing extremity.
Thrash/death metal band from Paris, formed in 2019 and channeling chaotic aggression from the French capital. Their chaos theory name reflects the calculated disorder at the heart of their extreme metal.
Bolzano-based death metal act, active since 2018 delivering technically precise fretwork wrapped in visceral brutality. Rooted in the Mediterranean peninsula's diverse metal ecosystem, their recordings carry the stench of early 90s death metal worship.
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