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Masters of Morbidity (2022)
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No Grave But The Sea (Deluxe Edition) (2017)
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Everything's Wrong (2018)
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Philadelphia death metal band Horrendous formed in 2009 out of a shared obsession with classic death metal from both sides of the Atlantic and have since evolved into one of the most critically acclaimed acts in progressive death metal. Their debut The Chills (2012) established the band's old-school foundation, while Ecdysis (2014), Anareta (2015), and Idol (2018) demonstrated increasing compositional ambition. Ontological Mysterium (2023), released through Season of Mist, was named Decibel Magazine's album of the year, cementing the band's position at the forefront of modern death metal.
Horrendous Rebirth is a brutal death metal band from Palermo, Italy, formed in 2013. They unleash unrelenting brutal death metal fury.
Horrendum Vermis is a death metal band from Bahía Blanca, Argentina, formed in 2014 by Matias Carrasco (guitar/vocals), Marcos Lacalle (drums), and Diego Genes (bass). They have released four studio albums — Portals to Horrific Pandemonium (2016), Rites of Invocation to the Ancients (2018), Cvlt ov Malignant Entities (2021), and Temple ov Morbid Divinities (2025) — as well as the live album Testimonials of Al-azif (2020).
Blackened death metal band from Limburg, Germany, formed in 2020. Their scorching fusion of black and death metal delivers relentless aggression from the Lahn valley.
Thrash/death metal band from Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic, active since 2015. Their savage crossover of thrash and death metal emerges from the unlikely setting of Bohemia's famous spa town.
Horrible Disgust is a grindcore/death metal band from Fano (Pesaro and Urbino), Italy, active since 2015 and delivering uncompromising extremity through crushing riffs and guttural vocals. The project channels the relentless brutality of the genre.
Rising from Bucharest in Romania, this death metal outfit harnesses devastating power since 2026. Punishing compositions and guttural fury form the core of their sound.
Death metal band from Tallinn, Estonia, active since 2004. Over two decades of brutal death metal make them one of the most established extreme acts in the Estonian scene.
Horrid is a death metal band from Varese, Italy, active since 2016 and delivering uncompromising extremity through crushing riffs and guttural vocals. The project channels the relentless brutality of the genre.
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