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Death metal band from Kingston upon Hull on England's east coast, formed in 2024. Their sound channels death metal from the Humberside port city.
Deathcore band from Thanet on the Kent coast, active since 2013. Their sound delivers crushing deathcore from the southeastern English seaside.
Gainesville's Impurity carry on the proud Floridian death metal lineage from one of the genre's original breeding grounds, bringing uncompromising, putrid aggression to a scene they've been part of since 2021.
Impurity is a black metal band from Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil, and one of the foundational acts in the Brazilian black/death metal underground. Active since 1988, their early output was released through the legendary Cogumelo Records, including the album Into the Ritual Chamber (1996) and Satanic Metal Kingdom, both of which helped define the raw, Satanic extremity of the South American black metal scene. Their prolific career spans more than eight full-length albums alongside splits and demo recordings.
Impurium is a death metal band from Lismore, Ireland, active since 2012 and delivering uncompromising extremity through crushing riffs and guttural vocals. The project channels the relentless brutality of the genre.
Death metal band from Lahti in southern Finland, active since 2011. Their sound delivers death metal from the lakeside city north of Helsinki.
Imun is a death metal band from Fosnavåg, Norway, active since 2024 and delivering uncompromising extremity through crushing riffs and guttural vocals. The project channels the relentless brutality of the genre.
Imundície is a nihilistic goregrind band from Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, formed in 2016. The trio — Junior Purulent, Fabricio Terribile, and Léo Manhães, all veterans of the Brazilian extreme underground — released their debut full-length Kolaps Civilizace on October 31, 2023 through Rotten Foetus Records, recorded across multiple sessions at HurricaneStudio in Porto Alegre. The album's sixteen tracks blend primitive goregrind with noisecore touches.
Imunity is a thrash/death metal band from Vila Franca de Xira, Portugal, active since 2024 and merging death metal's heaviness with thrash's relentless velocity. The project delivers aggressive crossover fury.
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