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A death/grind outfit born out of a desire to fuse the visceral chaos of grindcore with the heaviness of old-school death metal, Malicious Intent released their debut album "Under the Shine of the Ripping Sickle" in 2018, a misanthropic slab recorded in Brasília and mixed in São Paulo. The record channels the ruthless energy of early genre progenitors through 13 tracks of punishing, socially contemptuous extreme metal.
Cohoes, New York's Malicious Offense are brutal death metal newcomers who arrived in 2024 to make noise in the Capital Region's underground. Short on subtlety and long on punishment, they go straight for the throat.
Members drawn from War Master, Oceans of Slumber, and Necrofier. 'Realms of Exquisite Morbidity' (2021) on Dark Descent Records is a crushing slab of cavernous, doom-inflected death metal.
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Malignant Excremental deliver gore-soaked death metal out of Cuiabá with clear debts to Autopsy and Necrony, reveling in slow-churning, putrid riff work alongside bursts of brutal speed. Their 2022 debut full-length "Descrição Explícita e Brutal da Face da Morte," released through Rotten Foetus Records, established them as one of the more authentically fetid death metal acts to emerge from the Midwest region of Brazil.
Malignant Intent is a death metal band from Dundee, Scotland, active since 1987. As one of the longest-running Scottish death metal acts, they have delivered nearly four decades of uncompromising brutality.
Malignant Mist is a technical death metal act from Reykjavík, active since 2014. The band delivers precision-driven extremity from Iceland's capital, where the extreme metal scene has produced internationally acclaimed acts.
Malignant Providence is a death metal act from Timișoara in western Romania, formed in 2025. The band delivers aggressive extremity from the Banat region.
Malignant Worm is a brutal death metal and grindcore act from Marseille, emerging in 2024 with a sound designed for maximum physical impact. The band brings extremity to France's Mediterranean coast with guttural vocals and grinding blasts.
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