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A brutal deathcore band from Murfreesboro, Tennessee, Cadaverous Contingency melds the crushing low-end devastation of brutal death metal with the breakdowns and rhythmic aggression of deathcore.
Formed in Santa Ana, California in 2024, Cadaverous Odour takes the splatter and speed of brutal death metal and goregrind and channels it through an intense, blood-soaked sonic attack.
Death metal band from Berlin, Germany, formed in 2023. They channel putrid, old-school death metal darkness from the German capital.
Epic death metal band from Oostrozebeke, Belgium, with releases including 'Whirler Of Fate,' 'Gentle Annihilation Of The Enthroned,' and 'Destination Caducity.' Their catalog spans multiple albums of grandiose, narrative-driven death metal rooted in the Belgian extreme metal tradition.
A progressive and technical death metal band from Champaign, Illinois, Caecus was active from 2012 before splitting up, developing a sound that merged intricate, shifting compositions with death metal brutality.
Black-death metal band from Paris, France, active since 2011. They fuse black metal darkness with death metal aggression from the French capital.
Death metal band from Haaksbergen in Overijssel, active since 2002. Caedere — Latin for 'to cut' — has been a consistent presence in the Dutch extreme metal underground for over two decades.
Death metal band from Canton, Ohio that formed in 2018, delivering straightforward brutality from the Ohio underground.
Black metal act from Ashland City, Tennessee, operating in the shadow of the Appalachian underground since 2015.
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