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Gutrectomy is a slam/brutal death metal and deathcore band from Lorrach on the Swiss-French-German border, formed in 2014, evolving from early slam brutality into a more refined brutal deathcore approach. The band operates in the unique cultural triangle of the Upper Rhine.
Guttural Slug is a slam/brutal death metal and deathcore band from the Lyngby/Copenhagen area, Denmark, formed in 2012, blending slam death metal's crushing breakdowns with deathcore elements. The five-piece band has maintained over a decade of brutal, bone-crushing output.
Gughill Blast is a melodic metalcore and deathcore band from Thuringia, Germany, formed in 2017, combining melodic hooks with crushing breakdowns. The band brings modern extreme metal to the eastern German scene.
Haine is a US black metal project founded in 2018 whose name — French for "hatred" — signals exactly the kind of cold, misanthropic atmosphere they pursue. Sparse on location, heavy on malice.
Hanger Abortion is a slam/brutal death metal/deathcore band from Montpellier, France, formed in 2019. They unleash unrelenting brutal death metal fury.
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Virginia's Harvest the Lost arrived in 2024 with blackened deathcore built from converging extremes — death metal's brutality, black metal's atmosphere, and deathcore's breakdown-driven intensity. A young Warrenton band already operating in fully hostile territory.
Death metal/deathcore band from Germany, active since 2012. Their punishing sound bridges old-school death metal brutality with the precision breakdowns of modern deathcore.
Providence's Hate Lord emerged in 2023 blending the structural weight of deathcore with death metal's more traditional brutality. Rhode Island's small but fierce extreme scene is well-served by their dense, suffocating sound.
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