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Coronary Reconstruction (EP) (2024)
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Agamemnon (2025)
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Unholy Savior (2015)
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Massachusetts brutal death metal act delivering the genre's hallmark density, with crushing riffs, blasting drumming, and guttural vocal extremity.
Brutal death metal act from Gothenburg, formed in 2018. Cerebral Digestion delivers punishing brutality from Sweden's metal capital.
Brutal death metal band from Ermua in the Basque Country, Spain, active since 1998. With over a quarter century of punishing extremity, Cerebral Effusion are veterans of the Spanish brutal death metal scene.
Grindcore band from Berlin, Germany, formed in 2015. They deliver short, intense bursts of abrasive sonic violence from the German capital.
San Francisco, California three-piece brutal death metal and slam band formed in 2007, evolving from a noise project into a full-force practitioner of slam's rhythmically punishing style, with their 2011 album Orgasmica showcasing their established sound.
Brutal death metal act from Italy, active since 2013. Cerebral Extinction delivers punishing, technically-inclined death metal brutality.
Crossover thrash band from Birmingham, England, active since 2010. They blend thrash metal with hardcore punk from the birthplace of heavy metal.
Houston, Texas death-doom band blending the slow, grinding heaviness of doom metal with death metal's brutality, creating a dense and oppressive sound rooted in the Texas extreme metal scene.
Brutal death metal band from Odessa, Texas, playing the genre's characteristic blend of extreme speed, guttural vocals, and punishing technical riffing.
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