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Necrofobia is a death metal band from Brescia, Italy, formed in 2023. Their Italian rendering of 'fear of death' drives their morbid sonic assault.
Ripping Brutal Death Metal out of Texas.
Vetlanda death metal and grindcore act formed in 2021, delivering rapid-fire extremity with irreverent humor from the Småland highlands. Their grinding assault channels both genres' most visceral qualities.
Necrogore is a death metal band from the Marche region of Italy, active since 2000. With over two decades of activity, they are veterans of the Italian death metal underground.
Necrogrind is a grindcore/death metal band from Billère, France, formed in 2017. The band delivers relentless, grinding death metal brutality from the foothills of the French Pyrenees.
Necrogrinder is a death metal band from Helsinki, active since 2013. The band brings grinding death metal to the Finnish capital.
Necroheresy is a death/thrash metal band from Bratislava, Slovakia, active since 2015. The band combines death and thrash metal intensity from the Slovak capital.
Las Vegas's Necrokazii hit hard with slam-inflected brutal death metal that matches the city's appetite for spectacle and excess, active since 2024. The band's pit-tested grooves carry the desert heat of the Nevada underground.
Necrokinesis is a death/thrash metal band from Carlow, Ireland, active since 2020. They deliver aggressive extremity from this small southeastern Irish town.
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