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Crushing Brutal Death Metal from Seguin/San Antonio.
Green Bay, Wisconsin's Putrilence is a very new act formed in 2024 that straddles goregrind and slam/brutal death metal — their Bandcamp handle putrilenceslam makes the priority clear. The band's Metal Archives genre description shows an evolution already in progress, moving from gore-influenced death toward the heavier, more structured brutality of slam.
Baltimore death metal act Putrisect have been active since 2014, and like much of what emerges from that city's underground, they favor a no-nonsense, ugly approach to the genre that values heaviness and atmosphere over technical showmanship. They are part of a strong Baltimore death metal cohort that has remained consistently productive through the 2010s and 2020s.
Denver's Putrisinturnitus formed in 2024, playing a slam-heavy hybrid of brutal death metal and deathcore that reflects the genre's ongoing crossover appeal in the Rocky Mountain scene. Their Bandcamp handle putrisslam makes their aesthetic allegiance plain, and their Denver base puts them in an increasingly active hub for brutal metal.
Baltimore death metal newcomers Putrisite formed in 2024, adding another entry to the city's relentlessly deep extreme metal catalog. Straightforward and direct in their genre allegiances, they fit into the same tradition of grim, no-frills death metal that Baltimore has produced across multiple generations of underground acts.
Alexandria, Virginia's Puzzle Head formed in 2018 and operates in the death metal space with a Bandcamp handle (puzzleheadhxc) that hints at crossover hardcore roots beneath the metal exterior. The Northern Virginia scene shares close ties with the Washington D.C. underground, and Puzzle Head reflects that region's tradition of combining aggression with a DIY, punk-influenced work ethic.
Death metal band from Alphen aan den Rijn, Netherlands, formed in 2017, named after the medical condition of pus in a joint cavity. They deliver infectiously heavy death metal from the South Holland region.
A death metal project out of Olympia, Washington, Pype formed in 2024 and brings a raw, underground edge to the Pacific Northwest scene, channeling straightforward aggression and morbid atmosphere through a distinctly DIY lens.
Progressive melodic death metal band from Falun, Sweden, active since 2015 and combining the technical precision of progressive metal with the dual-guitar harmonies of Scandinavian melodic death metal. Their output channels the rich musical heritage of Sweden's Dalarna mining region.
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