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Melodic death/black metal band from Berlin, Germany, formed in 2022. Their polished fusion of melodic precision and extreme metal aggression brings fresh energy to the Berlin metal scene.
Human Annihilation is a brutal death metal band from Valencia, Venezuela, formed in 2018. The band has released the 2018 EP "Buried Alive" and the 2020 EP "War Inside", delivering brutal death metal rooted in themes of aberrations, madness, and the human condition. They remain independent and active on the Venezuelan extreme metal underground.
Deathcore band from Girona, Spain, active since 2007. Nearly two decades of crushing breakdowns and guttural aggression make them veterans of the Catalan deathcore scene.
Human Atrocity is a death metal band from Brasília, Distrito Federal, Brazil, formed in 2013. The band has maintained an active presence in the Brasília metal underground, with their discography documented in the Metal Archives under the Shattered Dreams Productions label.
Slamming brutal death metal band from Liege, Belgium, self-described as 'Trve cannibal slam' since 2015. With a prolific output of fourteen releases including Decimated By Barbarity and Primitive Cranial Feast, they deliver relentless gore-drenched brutality with graphic horror themes.
Mankato, Minnesota's Human Bashing have been delivering brutal death metal with unambiguous intent since 2014. Technically punishing and lyrically unsparing, they lean into the genre's most extreme traditions with earnest conviction.
Heavy/thrash metal band from Dusseldorf, Germany, active since 2013. Their muscular crossover of heavy and thrash metal delivers hard-hitting aggression from the Rhine metropolis.
Human Behavior is a melodic death metal band from Santiago, Chile, featuring guitarists Rodrigo Cuello and Claudio Cárcamo, bassist Pablo Cáceres, drummer Sebastián García, and vocalist Alejandro Gómez. The band released the EP Human Life Decay in January 2018, followed by the full-length Suicide of Computing Madness in 2020, a concept album exploring the social impact of technological advancement recorded at Orange Studios.
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.
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