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Rhode Island death/grind act from Charlestown, formed in 2022 with a clear intent to push both genres toward their most punishing extremes. Short songs, relentless blasting, and a riff vocabulary drawn from the ugliest corners of both traditions.
Death metal band from Chambery in the French Alps, formed in 2021. They deliver brutal death metal from the Savoie region.
Death metal act from Trusetal in Thuringia, Germany, delivering punishing, unrelenting aggression since 2017. Their name captures the unceasing nature of their approach to the genre's most painful sonic territories.
Houston death/black metal act marching through grim territory since 2017, channeling the occult density of war metal into something more deliberate and ritualistic. They are part of a strong Houston extreme metal underground that takes darkness seriously.
Death, doom, and progressive metal band from Gyor, Hungary active since 2006. With nearly two decades of history, they are veterans of the Hungarian progressive death metal scene.
Endless Sacrifice is a death metal band from Fray Luis Beltrán, Santa Fe, Argentina, whose music incorporates Christian lyrical themes — a relatively uncommon combination in the Argentine extreme metal underground. Their album End Transmission was released on January 23, 2017, and the band has been active on Bandcamp under independent and Lament Records releases.
Endless Sedition are a death metal band from Santiago formed in 2018, drawing comparisons to Immolation with their blend of brutality, haunting atmosphere, and eerie melodic build-ups. Their discography includes the 2019 EP Perpetual Sedition, a 2021 three-way split Imminent Death with Deconsekrated and Unbowel, and the forthcoming EP Sinister Devastation.
Fontana, California brutal death metal band with roots stretching back to 2003, bringing Inland Empire aggression to the subgenre's most punishing sonic territory. Their name is as blunt as their riff style.
A product of Italy's deep-rooted extreme metal underground, this Milan-based death metal, technical death metal, and thrash metal act channels percussive blast-beat onslaughts and cavernous production. Active since 2022, low-tuned guitars and guttural vocals form the bedrock of their attack.
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