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Maine's Costectomy deal in the fast and ugly intersection of death metal and grindcore, delivering short blasts of surgical brutality. They keep things raw and direct, no frills, just grinding intensity.
Costra is a death/thrash metal band from Osorno led by vocalist/guitarist Alessandro Innocenti, whose debut album "Releasing the Hate" (2014) delivered eight tracks of raw, direct metal sung in both Spanish and English. The band had performed live before the album's release, and their material blends thrash aggression with hard rock directness in the tradition of southern Chilean heavy music.
Death-stoner metal band from Tampere, Finland, active since 2012. They merge death metal aggression with stoner metal's heavy grooves.
Baltimore technical deathcore act Couldcareless push brutal complexity to the forefront, blending technical death metal precision with the breakdown-driven structure of deathcore. Their playing is dense and demanding, rewarding close attention.
Death-thrash metal band from Motril on the Granada coast, Spain, emerging in 2025. They bring fresh aggression to the Andalusian extreme metal scene.
Tampa death metal veterans Council of the Fallen carry on the city's storied brutal tradition while weaving in melodic death metal leads and hooks. Their releases show a band committed to craft and sonic impact in equal measure.
Death metal act from Giżycko in the Masurian Lake District, formed in 2020. Counter.faith delivers crushing death metal from one of Poland's most scenic northeastern regions.
Death-doom-industrial act from Jönköping in Småland, formed in 2018. Counterblast merges multiple extreme subgenres from the Småland highlands.
Death metal band from Grenoble, France, formed in 2014. They deliver crushing death metal from the French Alpine capital.
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