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Trading in pure metallic intensity, this black metal and death metal act from Poland traffics in tremolo-picked fury and blast-beat savagery. Since 2012, they've built a catalog that reflects Poland's relentlessly productive underground.
Roseburg, Oregon's Execution at Hand emerged in 2017 blending the mechanized brutality of deathcore with death metal's more traditional extremity. Coming from a small southern Oregon city far from the Portland scene, they bring an isolated, unpretentious heaviness to a genre that tends toward urban concentration, and the contrast suits them.
Exekution is a Brazilian death metal band formed around 2010, known for their release "Sturm auf die USA" on Freivolk Records, an eight-track album that established their presence in the underground extreme metal circuit. The band operates within the raw, aggressive tradition of Brazilian death metal.
Trondheim's metal underground has produced no shortage of heavy acts, and this death metal and thrash metal unit is among them — wielding technically precise fretwork wrapped in visceral brutality. Their recordings carry the stench of early 90s death metal worship.
Part of the Gothenburg school's homeland, this act channels death metal with a focus on guttural vocals and churning downtuned riffs. Formed in 2010, based in Gothenburg, expect nothing but full-bore death metal savagery.
Firmly rooted in death metal, this Italian actfrom Varese delivers technically precise fretwork wrapped in visceral brutality without compromise. They've been at it since 2024, and their recordings carry the stench of early 90s death metal worship.
When Exequies emerged in 2015 from Tilburg, they brought with them a sound rooted in death metal — all percussive blast-beat onslaughts and cavernous production. Low-tuned guitars and guttural vocals form the bedrock of their attack.
Death metal band from Valpovo in eastern Croatia, formed in 2021. They deliver brutal death metal from the Slavonian plains.
Death metal act from Prague, Czech Republic, formed in 2023, exploring various stylistic avenues within the death metal framework. Their approach brings fresh perspectives to the genre from the Czech capital.
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