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Champaign, Illinois's Leproso have been festering at the fringes of the Midwest death metal underground since 2010, keeping it deliberately ugly and deliberately heavy. University towns breed unlikely extremists, and this is their band.
Pittsburgh's Leprosy began as a thrash band in 2021 before the rot set in and death metal claimed them fully — a natural arc for a city whose metal history runs from Carnivore to the present. Heavy, grim, and unsentimental.
Leprosy is a thrash/death metal band from Goiânia, Goiás, Brazil, originally formed in 1989 and revived by its original lineup in 2019 after a 24-year hiatus. Taking influence from bands like Death and Protector, the group recorded new material during the pandemic and released the full-length "Death to This World" in November 2021. The album features tracks such as "Schizophrenia" and "Infernal Massacre" and received positive reception for its dark, aggressive atmosphere.
Finnish death metal/goregrind act from Helsinki, formed in 2024 and channeling visceral extremity. Their sound merges death metal's crushing heaviness with goregrind's graphic intensity.
Leprovore is a death metal band from Salvador, Bahia, Brazil, formed in 2022 and signed to Dark Recollections Productions. The band's debut recording "Horrorreahction" was tracked at SD Studio in Salvador and features three tracks including "Epidermal Liquefied Necrosis" and "Epidemic Damnation." Their lyrical themes center on horror, death, blasphemy, and zombie cult.
Lesa-Pátria is a death metal band from Guará, Distrito Federal, Brazil, formed in 2021. Their debut album "Distopia," released on September 25, 2021, contains eight tracks with overtly political titles including "Atrocidade Federal," "Cidadão de Bem," and "Caos e Reeleição," reflecting themes of anti-fascism, genocide, and war. The band operates as an independent act and maintains active profiles on Bandcamp and Spotify.
Ukrainian death metal band from Pershotravensk, active since 2021. Named after a Slavic forest spirit, their approach channels folklore-rooted darkness through death metal's brutal framework.
Two-plus decades deep in the Oxnard underground, Lesion grind out a raw hybrid of thrash and death metal that carries the working-class grit of Southern California's surf-and-steel coast.
Bethlehem, Pennsylvania's Lest We Forget began as deathcore bruisers before expanding into progressive metalcore territory — their evolution mirrors the slow, deliberate weight of their Steel Belt hometown.
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