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La Crosse, Wisconsin's Orwell have been churning out melodic death metal and metalcore hybrids since 2000, weaving sharp melodic leads through abrasive, groove-driven riffs. Their sound sits at the intersection of Scandinavian melodeath sensibility and American hardcore aggression.
German black metal band from Eckental in Franconia, active since 2020. Their cryptic name adds an element of mystery to their Franconian black metal approach.
Os Capial channel the interior São Paulo caipira culture into abrasive grindcore, with lyrics, imagery, and speech all rooted in the rural working-class world their name pays tribute to. Since their 2015 debut Nossa Grindroça Querida they have maintained a prolific pace, releasing titles like Grindiagem Deatherra (2016), Emboscada Caipira de Plasma (2017), and Chichá - Sterculea Foetida (2018), each one hammering the collision of regional identity and extreme noise.
Miranda de Ebro death/thrash metal act from the Castile-Burgos border, active since 2013. Over a decade in this small northern Spanish city, they have built a body of extreme metal rooted in both death and thrash traditions.
German black metal band from Cologne, active since 2017. Their name, meaning 'infamous kiss,' channels the treacherous, Judas-like character of their Rhineland black metal.
Osculum Infame stands as one of the more established names in the French black metal underground, channeling ritualistic atmospherics and occult themes through fierce, tremolo-laden compositions. Active since the mid-1990s, they have cultivated a devoted following with their uncompromising devotion to orthodox black metal darkness.
Formed by Daemon Lutor and Licantropo, Osculum Infame traffic in bestial black/death metal rooted in the Amazonian underground, releasing their debut Eras Abissais in 2017 and following it with Nuclear Alfa Caos in 2022. Their sound sits in the war metal tradition — raw, blasphemous, and relentless — and they have also appeared on splits including the Holocausto da Luxúria Bestial split with Bode Profanador.
Osculum Obscenum built their reputation on ferocious black metal shot through with grindcore aggression, with their 2003 album Body Hurting Art cited by Brazilian underground historians as one of the most significant extreme metal releases the country produced in that era, alongside landmarks like INRI and Wicca. They later returned with material including Engendrum and Avances de Muerte before eventually disbanding, leaving behind a catalog regarded as visceral and uncompromising even by the standards of the Satanic underground.
German death/doom metal band from Reichelsheim, merging death metal brutality with doom's crushing pace since 2011. Their Latin name, meaning 'dark,' captures the shadowy, oppressive character of their death/doom.
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