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Cystus is a goregrind and death metal solo project from Cuiabá, Mato Grosso, Brazil, created by the musician known as Goreterrorist, who also performs in bands including Gorempire and Heretic Razor. The project debuted in August 2021 with the demo "Putrid, Fetid and Corrosive," recorded entirely by Goreterrorist at Grotesque Homestudios in Cuiabá, blending D-beat rhythms with gore-themed death metal and grindcore extremity.
Palm Desert, California brutal death and slam metal project known for grotesque sonic extremity and experimental tendencies. Cytoplasm pushes the outer limits of brutal death metal with unconventional, visceral compositions from the California desert.
Brutal death metal band from Chemnitz, Germany, active since 2011. Cytotoxin have built a devoted following through relentless, technically proficient death metal laced with nuclear and chemical themes.
Death metal outfit from Athens, Greece, active since 2015. Cypsis delivers crushing riffs and guttural vocals steeped in the Greek extreme metal tradition.
Post-metal death-sludge act from Warsaw, active since 2014. Czerń — Polish for 'blackness' — merges atmospheric post-metal with crushing death and sludge elements.
Death-groove act from Żmigród in Lower Silesia, active since 2010. Czoug delivers heavy, rhythmically-driven extreme metal from the Polish countryside.
Death metal act from Moscow, formed in 2021. Cælibatus delivers dark death metal from the Russian capital.
Cöffin Röt is a death metal band from Franca, São Paulo state, Brazil, formed in 2021. The band describes their style as "necromantic death metal" and released the compilation "Dawn of Decay – The Demos" in 2021 through their Bandcamp page. They are an active underground act operating out of the Brazilian interior metal scene.
D'n'K is an extreme metal act from Brčko, Bosnia and Herzegovina, operating in the space between melodic death, death metal, and thrash. The band represents a persistent underground scene in the Brčko region that has pushed against genre boundaries with a raw, DIY ethos.
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