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Divine (2024)
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Agamemnon (2025)
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Featured Power Metal Album
Sunset on the Golden Age (2017)
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Fire and Water (Riffissippi Studio Jam Sessions Vol. 1) (2025)
05/07 @ Gramercy Theatre, New York
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Grindcore act from Padua, Italy, formed in 2017. Cadaver Cum traffics in vulgar, blast-beat-driven extremity from the Veneto underground.
Brutal death metal and grindcore act from Brescia, Italy, active since 2004. Cadaveric Crematorium delivers relentless blasting and guttural punishment from Lombardy.
Death metal and grindcore band from Helsinki, Finland, formed in 2017. They deliver a punishing blend of filthy death metal and grinding blasts from the Finnish capital.
A death metal and grindcore band from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Cadaveric Spasm has been grinding since 2009, channeling the collision of DM brutality and grind's spastic, short-form aggression.
Death metal and grindcore band from Lahti, Finland. They deliver chaotic, grinding extremity from the Finnish lake district.
Death metal and goregrind band from Stara Zagora, Bulgaria, formed in 2024. They bring the filth and extremity of goregrind alongside crushing death metal from one of Bulgaria's oldest cities.
Grindcore band from the UK, formed in 2021. They deliver short, intense bursts of chaotic grinding fury.
Long-running Austrian extreme metal project formed in Graz in 1993, originally rooted in goregrind before shifting toward a death metal and neofolk hybrid. Their extensive catalog includes albums like 'Never Arrive, Never Return' and 'Burn Brightly Alone,' exploring dark, contemplative themes with experimental tendencies.
Formed in Santa Ana, California in 2024, Cadaverous Odour takes the splatter and speed of brutal death metal and goregrind and channels it through an intense, blood-soaked sonic attack.
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