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New York's Goat Penis occupy the furthest extreme of slam and brutal death, compressing deathcore breakdowns, gutturals, and grind-adjacent blasting into one relentless assault. Formed in 2022, they wear their ugliness as a badge of honor.
Goddess of Retribution is a Czech brutal death metal and deathcore act from Hruba Skala, formed in 2014, whose releases include 16-16, Lamnia, and Mutated Pinkie. The band brings a self-aware attitude to their brutality, stating that "it doesn't matter what we play but how we look at it."
Heavy Symphonic Deathcore out of Texas.
One-man brutal death metal and deathcore project of Tijn Bosters from 's-Hertogenbosch, evolving from deathcore origins toward an avant-garde, experimental approach to brutality. Lyrically fixated on religious history, crusades, and ancient battles, the project handles all instrumentation and production in-house.
Godskill is an extreme metal band from Heilbronn, Germany, formed in 2013, who evolved from early death metal/deathcore into a more refined blackened death metal sound. The band has undergone a significant stylistic transformation over their decade of activity.
Nashville's Gog and Magog invoke apocalyptic imagery through a hybrid of death metal and deathcore — thunderous breakdowns sitting alongside more traditional death metal savagery since 2021. Biblical in name and scope.
Gohrgone is a Parisian blackened death metal quintet formed in 2012, crafting brutal and direct music steeped in Greek mythological themes. They have released four albums through 2022 including Finis Ixion (2016) and Fulgur Imperii (2022), the latter distributed through Season of Mist and M&O Music.
Going Home in a Body Bag is a melodic deathcore band from Mönsterås and Nybro, Sweden, active since 2014 and delivering aggressive breakdowns and melodic leads from the Småland countryside. The project channels the intensity of deathcore through a Swedish lens.
La Cienega, New Mexico's Gouch arrived in 2024 combining grindcore's velocity with deathcore's breakdown-driven brutality — short, violent, and coming from one of the more unexpected corners of the American extreme metal map.
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