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Piles of Festering Decomposition (2020)
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Give Me Back My World (2025)
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Newsflash (2023)
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Baden-Württemberg's Putrescin channels the chemical processes of decay into death metal since 2019, named after the organic compound produced by rotting flesh. Their scientific approach to naming belies a sound focused on pure, unadulterated heaviness.
Berlin's Putrescine shares the same decomposition-chemistry inspiration as their Baden-Württemberg near-namesake, delivering death metal from the German capital since 2019. Their focus on the biochemistry of death provides thematic material as morbid as their crushing sonic output.
Death metal band from Gdansk, Poland, formed in 2014, delivering a decade of festering death metal from the Baltic coast. They bring putrid extremity to the Pomeranian underground.
Putrid Gore was a death metal band from Porto Velho, Rondônia, formed in 2011. Their sole recorded output, the five-track EP Extreme Dismemberment, was released on February 4, 2011, and features gore-themed material catalogued on Metal Archives under the splatter/death metal tag.
Atlanta's Putrid Lair have been lurking since 2009, making them one of the more seasoned black/death metal acts in the American Southeast. Their sound draws from the murky intersection of the two genres, favoring density and dread over speed, and they remain a fixture of the Georgia underground.
Death metal and grindcore band from Douchy-les-Mines, France, active since 2015, delivering putrid, rotting extremity from the Nord department. They wallow in the grotesque traditions of death-grind.
New York black/death metal project Putrid Omen arrived in 2023, steeped in the kind of malevolent, war-metal-adjacent atmosphere that has defined the East Coast underground's harder edges. Short on information but long on intent, they add another dark corner to the already crowded but vital New York extreme metal scene.
Death metal band from Saint Petersburg, Russia, formed in 2025, singing requiems for the putrid dead through fresh death metal from the northern capital. They join the newest wave of Petersburg extreme metal.
Death metal and goregrind act from France, formed in 2023, dealing in the most deliberately offensive and extreme forms of grindcore. They push the boundaries of taste with visceral sonic violence.
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