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Atmospheric black/death metal band from Thessaloniki, Greece, with roots dating to 2001. Nearly a quarter century of atmospheric extreme metal from Greece's second city.
Deathgrind band formed in Araraquara, São Paulo, Brazil in 1990, featuring Nocturnal Mutilator on guitar and vocals and Daniel Excruciator on drums. The band released the Infanticious Monstrosities 7" EP in 1993 through Hellion Records and Rotthenness Records, followed by the full-length Submandible Limphatic Muscles on Lofty Storm Records in 1995; a 2020 retrospective compilation on Italy's Nuclear Abominations Records collected their complete 1991–1995 recordings across 35 tracks.
Bratislava act that evolved from progressive deathcore origins into progressive metalcore and djent territory, reflecting a creative trajectory toward more technical and rhythmically complex territory since 2015. Their stylistic progression demonstrates the pull of progressive ambition within extreme music.
Rotting Hate are a Death Metal band from Cartagena, Colombia, formed in 2023. The band released their self-titled debut full-length in 2024, dealing in themes of death and war as an independent act operating out of Colombia's Caribbean coast.
Death metal/grindcore band from Mińsk Mazowiecki, Poland, active since 2014. Their approach delivers extreme metal from the town east of Warsaw.
Rotting Misery is a death metal band from Hünxe in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, formed in 2020. The band delivers bleak, heavy death metal from the Lower Rhine region.
Hailing from Kent, Ohio and active since 2008, Rotting Mutilation pursues a straightforward death metal path rooted in gore and grotesque imagery, keeping faith with the genre's most uncompromising traditions. Their longevity in the underground speaks to a committed, no-frills approach to brutality.
Brutal death metal band from Leicester, England, active since 2016. Their approach delivers punishing brutality from the East Midlands.
Sludge/death metal/grindcore band from Worcester, England, with roots dating to 2005. Two decades of triple-genre extreme metal from the West Midlands represent exceptional underground longevity.
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