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Rarities 1991 - 2001 (2024)
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Human Stench was a crust/death metal/grindcore band from Uberlândia, Minas Gerais, Brazil, active from 2016 until their split. The band released the promo cassette Perspective of Displeasure in November 2017, recorded earlier that year, featuring eight tracks of lo-fi noise-inflected crust grind.
Thrash metal band from Paderborn, Germany, active since 2016. Their aggressive thrash channels relentless energy from the cathedral city of eastern Westphalia.
German extreme metal project formed in 2023, evolving from black metal origins into death metal territory. Their stylistic shift demonstrates a deepening aggression in their approach to extreme music.
Human Time is a progressive death metal band from Mezhdurechensky, Russia, active since 2022 and delivering uncompromising extremity through crushing riffs and guttural vocals. The project channels the relentless brutality of the genre.
Human Tragedy is a thrash/groove metal band from Varese, Italy, formed in 2017. They blend thrash metal's velocity with groove metal's rhythmic punch.
Brutal death metal project originally created in Valencia, Spain at the end of 2007, recording their debut "Antihuman (Vermin)" at Darkest Studio in 2009. The band's four-piece lineup delivered aggressive death metal with violent thematic content before the project relocated internationally.
Human Void is a black/death/industrial metal band from Arco (Trento), Italy, formed in 2010. They forge extreme metal at the fierce intersection of black and death metal.
Brutal death metal band from Aachen, Germany, formed in 2021. Their merciless sound delivers the most punishing end of death metal from Germany's westernmost major city.
Melodic death metal act from Oulu in northern Finland, active since 2016. Their cerebral name matches intricate compositions that blend Scandinavian melodic death metal traditions with technical precision.
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