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Pugnari is a death metal project from Cabo de Santo Agostinho, Pernambuco, founded during the pandemic by Williams Ângelo (guitars and vocals) and Rafael Batista (drums). The band released the single "Rotten Devotion" in September 2023, followed by "Call Cthulhu" in 2024.
Chattanooga, Tennessee's Puke play blunt-force brutal death metal without apology, delivering the genre's trademark gutturals and pulverizing rhythm work with a Southern rawness since forming in 2013. They operate in the uglier, less polished corner of the brutal death scene.
Pulchra Morte — Latin for "beautiful death" — are a US doom/death outfit that leans into funereal pacing and thick, mournful atmosphere, marrying cavernous death metal riffs to the slow-drag sorrow of traditional doom. Active since 2018, their sound is dense, deliberate, and uncompromising.
Death metal band from Banyoles, Spain, active since 1994, whose Catalan name means 'black lungs.' Over three decades of activity they have remained a stalwart of the Catalan death metal underground.
Brunswick's Psychophobia has been channeling melodic blackened death metal since 2019, blending Scandinavian melodicism with atmospheric black metal textures. Their Lower Saxon ducal-city base provides a historically rich setting for their darkly beautiful compositions.
Hamburg's Pulsus Furor — Latin for 'pulse of fury' — has been delivering blackened death metal from the Hanseatic port since 2021. Their compositions channel the relentless energy their name promises, driven by blast beats and tremolo fury.
Devastating Slam / Brutal Death Metal from Corpus Christi, Texas / Kansas / New Mexico.
Since 2011, Pulverize has been dealing in the most uncompromising end of death metal from their Lille base. Their brutal approach draws from the Suffocation and Devourment playbook — guttural vocals, slamming breakdowns, and relentless percussive punishment.
Death metal and metalcore band from Soncino, Italy, formed in 2018, whose Latin name means 'dust and shadow.' They blend death metal heaviness with metalcore impact from the Lombardy countryside.
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