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A Saarland grindcore-death project since 2020, Putrid Scum delivers exactly the filthy, uncompromising extremity their name advertises. Their location in Germany's smallest state concentrates their aggression into dense, explosive bursts.
Dayton, Ohio's Putrid Stu is a goregrind and brutal death metal project that leans hard into the absurdist, splatter-film side of the genre — a one-person or small-band affair that has been churning out crude, blasting extremity since 2018. The Dayton underground has produced some fierce acts, and Putrid Stu fits squarely in that tradition of low-budget, high-intensity noise.
San Diego death metal outfit Putrid Tomb formed in 2020 and plugs directly into Southern California's deep well of old-school death metal worship, favoring thick guitar tones and punishing tempos over any modern sheen. They are part of the steady post-2015 wave of OSDM revivalists that has kept the San Diego underground particularly active.
Death metal band from Stockholm, Sweden, formed in 2018, channeling putrid visions through aggressive death metal from the Swedish capital. They bring festering intensity to the Stockholm scene.
Ripping Slam / Brutal Death Metal from Livingston.
Death metal band from Warsaw, Poland, formed in 2025, sounding the horn of decay through freshly rotting death metal from the Polish capital. They join the newest wave of Warsaw's extreme metal.
Putrido Sêmen is a death metal band from Simões Filho, Bahia, with a lineup of Uendel Necromaniac on guitar and vocals, Adelmo Terrible on bass, and Igo Brutogore on drums. Their debut recording Necrofagia, originally a four-track demo from 2010 recorded under the name Putrid Semen, was reissued in 2016 on Cemitério Records with nine tracks including rehearsal and live recordings.
Death metal band from Stockholm, Sweden, formed in 2013, delivering over a decade of putrified death metal from the Swedish capital. They bring rotting extremity to the Stockholm underground.
Slamming brutal death metal band from Liège, Belgium, active since 2009 with a prolific catalog of 13 releases including Bite The Curb and The Deep End Of Horror. They are a stalwart of the Belgian brutal death metal underground, delivering unrelenting slam and guttural heaviness.
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