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Death metal band from Warsaw, Poland, formed in 2025, sounding the horn of decay through freshly rotting death metal from the Polish capital. They join the newest wave of Warsaw's extreme metal.
Putrido Sêmen is a death metal band from Simões Filho, Bahia, with a lineup of Uendel Necromaniac on guitar and vocals, Adelmo Terrible on bass, and Igo Brutogore on drums. Their debut recording Necrofagia, originally a four-track demo from 2010 recorded under the name Putrid Semen, was reissued in 2016 on Cemitério Records with nine tracks including rehearsal and live recordings.
Death metal band from Stockholm, Sweden, formed in 2013, delivering over a decade of putrified death metal from the Swedish capital. They bring rotting extremity to the Stockholm underground.
Slamming brutal death metal band from Liège, Belgium, active since 2009 with a prolific catalog of 13 releases including Bite The Curb and The Deep End Of Horror. They are a stalwart of the Belgian brutal death metal underground, delivering unrelenting slam and guttural heaviness.
A Sofia-based heavy and power metal project since 2014, Project Arcadia showcases the technical chops of Bulgarian shred guitar within a framework of anthemic, hook-driven compositions. Their progressive tendencies push beyond standard power metal formulas into more adventurous territory.
Crushing Brutal Death Metal from Seguin/San Antonio.
Green Bay, Wisconsin's Putrilence is a very new act formed in 2024 that straddles goregrind and slam/brutal death metal — their Bandcamp handle putrilenceslam makes the priority clear. The band's Metal Archives genre description shows an evolution already in progress, moving from gore-influenced death toward the heavier, more structured brutality of slam.
Baltimore death metal act Putrisect have been active since 2014, and like much of what emerges from that city's underground, they favor a no-nonsense, ugly approach to the genre that values heaviness and atmosphere over technical showmanship. They are part of a strong Baltimore death metal cohort that has remained consistently productive through the 2010s and 2020s.
Denver's Putrisinturnitus formed in 2024, playing a slam-heavy hybrid of brutal death metal and deathcore that reflects the genre's ongoing crossover appeal in the Rocky Mountain scene. Their Bandcamp handle putrisslam makes their aesthetic allegiance plain, and their Denver base puts them in an increasingly active hub for brutal metal.
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