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Death metal/goregrind band from El Ejido, Spain, active since 2015. Their gore-soaked extremity channels brutal death metal and goregrind from the agricultural heartland of Almeria.
Virginia's Human Corpse Abuse arrived in 2022 as a death-grind outfit with a name designed to offend and music calibrated to match — short blasts of putrid brutality with no decorative ambitions whatsoever.
Human Cull is a grindcore act from Exeter, United Kingdom, active since 2011 and delivering chaotic, ferocious bursts of extreme music at breakneck velocity. The project channels the genre's most frenzied and violent impulses.
Death metal/grindcore band from Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain, formed in 2020. Their ferocious blast of brutality erupts from the Basque Country capital.
Oxford-based black metal project active since 2019. Named after a character from Elder Scrolls lore, their compositions channel fantastical darkness through atmospheric black metal from one of England's most ancient cities.
Brutal death metal/goregrind act from Germany, formed in 2024. Their ultra-extreme fusion of slam-heavy brutality and goregrind pushes the boundaries of sonic violence.
Human Harvest is a death metal/grindcore band from Sundsvall, Sweden, active since 2014 and delivering uncompromising extremity through crushing riffs and guttural vocals. The project channels the relentless brutality of the genre.
Human Meat is a grindcore act from France, active since 2019 and delivering chaotic, ferocious bursts of extreme music at breakneck velocity. The project channels the genre's most frenzied and violent impulses.
Human Meat Grinder is a one-person death metal and grindcore project from São Paulo, Brazil, created by Rafael Douglas. Their debut EP Matadouro (December 2021) blends death metal and grindcore with sociopolitical lyrics documenting the catastrophic social and political conditions faced by Brazilians, with all tracks written, recorded, and mixed by Douglas at home.
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