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Crematory was a black/death metal band from São Paulo, Brazil, active in the early 1990s. The independent band explored Satanic themes and released rehearsal material before splitting up.
El Paso's Crematory Digestor churn out filthy death metal and grindcore from the Texas-Mexico borderland underground. Their music is unrelenting and grimy, rooted in the low-budget brutality of regional extreme metal.
Costa Mesa, California's Crematory Stench deliver old-school death metal with an emphasis on putrid atmosphere and lurching, mid-paced heaviness. They draw from the morbid tradition of early Florida and Swedish death metal forebears.
Death-thrash metal band from Kiiminki near Oulu, Finland, active since 2009. They deliver aggressive death-thrash from northern Finland.
Death metal band from Olesa de Montserrat near Barcelona, Spain, formed in 2016. They deliver death metal aggression from the shadow of Montserrat mountain.
Death metal band from Wales, formed in 2023. They deliver crushing death metal from the Welsh underground.
Venomous Progressive Death / Black Metal from Fort Worth.
Brutal death metal band from Manchester, England, active since 2006. With two decades of punishing extremity, Crepitation are veterans of the Manchester brutal death scene.
Orange County, California death metal act Crepitus bring the grinding, bone-dry brutality of Southern California's underground scene to their work. Their sound is unadorned and visceral, built on punishing riffs and relentless tempos.
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