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Des Moines, Iowa's Hours of Decay have been fusing the rhythmic punch of groove metal with deathcore's heaviness since 2015. Midwest persistence channeled into something dense and relentless.
Huge CCM is a groove metal/deathcore band from Pszczyna, Poland, active since 2006 and delivering heavy, rhythmic riffage with crushing mid-tempo intensity. The project channels the headbanging immediacy of groove metal.
Deathcore band from Girona, Spain, active since 2007. Nearly two decades of crushing breakdowns and guttural aggression make them veterans of the Catalan deathcore scene.
Human Meat Grinder is a Buenos Aires-based slam and brutal death metal project formed in 2023, driven primarily by multi-instrumentalist Vera Arianna Stork with Lord Swine contributing vocals. The band released their debut full-length "Relentless Human Nullification" in March 2023 and followed it with the EP "INHUMAN" in February 2025.
Humaniac is a technical/progressive death metal/deathcore band from Moscow, Russia, active since 2012 and delivering uncompromising extremity through crushing riffs and guttural vocals. The project channels the relentless brutality of the genre.
Deathcore band from Wittenberg, Germany, active since 2012. Their crushing breakdowns and guttural aggression deliver modern deathcore from the historic city of the Reformation.
Deathcore band formed in Mataro, Barcelona in early 2010, combining death metal and metalcore elements across three releases including the 2011 Suspiria Records debut "Hall of Shame." Following extensive touring across Spain as openers for international acts, their second album was produced by Edgar Beltri at La Atlantida Studio.
Death metal/deathcore band from Hamburg, Germany, formed in 2019. Their crushing modern extremity channels the heaviest end of the Hamburg underground metal scene.
Doom stoner metal project from Portsmouth on the English south coast, active since 2024. Their tongue-in-cheek honorific name channels the weight of doom with stoner grooves from the naval port city.
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