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Execrate is a death metal band from Ponta Grossa, Paraná, with roots stretching back to the underground Brazilian extreme metal scene of the 1990s; the band was active from 1993 to 2000 before reforming in 2018. Their catalog includes the split demo tape with Hellacaust and the full-length "The Collective Disease of Humanity" (2016).
Devastating Brutal Death Metal from Colorado Springs, Colorado (early); Houston, Texas (later).
Black/death metal act from Santander, Cantabria, Spain that emerged in 2025. They bring fresh extreme metal fury from Spain's northern coast.
Black thrash and metal punk band from Barcelona, Spain formed in 2014, featuring Paco on guitars, Javi on vocals, Magu on bass, and Letxon on drums. Their 2014 demo was released on a limited 200-copy cassette through Raw War Tapes, recorded at Sonic Riot Studio.
Santa Ana, California's Execute are a brand-new death metal outfit formed in 2024, emerging from the deep pool of extreme metal talent in the Orange County and greater Los Angeles area. Their 714-branded Bandcamp handle signals local pride and scene loyalty, placing them squarely in the dense Southern California underground.
Long Beach, New York's Execute Order 66 have been merging melodic death metal's twin-guitar melodicism with metalcore's breakdown-driven structure since 2011. Their name announces a certain irreverence, but their music is earnest in its hybridization of European melodeath aesthetics with the American metalcore tradition that shaped the Long Island scene.
Krasnodar's metal underground has produced no shortage of heavy acts, and this atmospheric black metal and black metal unit is among them — wielding venomous shrieks over walls of distortion. The compositions unfold with ritualistic patience and venomous intent.
Executer is a thrash metal band from Amparo, São Paulo, originally formed in the mid-1980s and one of the enduring names in the Brazilian thrash scene. The band released their debut album "Rotten Authorities" in 1990 — drawing comparisons to Dark Angel and Whiplash — before disbanding and reforming in 2000, subsequently releasing "Psychotic Mind" (2002), "Welcome to Your Hell" (2006), and "Helliday" (2014).
Trading in pure metallic intensity, this black metal and death metal act from Poland traffics in tremolo-picked fury and blast-beat savagery. Since 2012, they've built a catalog that reflects Poland's relentlessly productive underground.
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