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Death metal and grindcore band from Lisbon, Portugal, formed in 2020, worshipping at the altar of putrefaction through grinding death metal. They bring rotting extremity to the Portuguese capital.
Brutal death metal band from Zaandam, Netherlands, formed in 2023, dealing in rotting, festering brutal death metal. They bring fresh decay to the North Holland extreme metal scene.
A very recent entry from Kingsport, Tennessee, Putrescent Knight plays raw black metal in the most uncompromising sense — primitive production, icy riffs, and a one-man or small-band aesthetic that prioritizes atmosphere over polish. Formed in 2024, they are among the newest voices in the American raw black metal underground.
Baden-Württemberg's Putrescin channels the chemical processes of decay into death metal since 2019, named after the organic compound produced by rotting flesh. Their scientific approach to naming belies a sound focused on pure, unadulterated heaviness.
Berlin's Putrescine shares the same decomposition-chemistry inspiration as their Baden-Württemberg near-namesake, delivering death metal from the German capital since 2019. Their focus on the biochemistry of death provides thematic material as morbid as their crushing sonic output.
Baltimore goregrind project Putricine launched in 2023 and wastes no time on formality, delivering short blasts of splatter-obsessed grind that fit neatly into the city's long tradition of extreme underground acts. Their sound is rooted in the classic goregrind template — churning low-tuned guitars, blast drums, and horror-pathology vocal delivery.
Chesapeake, Virginia's Putrid Christ have been working the American black metal underground since 2015, playing straightforward, anti-Christian black metal with a mean, stripped-back edge. Their Bandcamp presence reflects a band committed to the DIY black metal ethos without embellishment.
Death metal band from Gdansk, Poland, formed in 2014, delivering a decade of festering death metal from the Baltic coast. They bring putrid extremity to the Pomeranian underground.
Putrid Gore was a death metal band from Porto Velho, Rondônia, formed in 2011. Their sole recorded output, the five-track EP Extreme Dismemberment, was released on February 4, 2011, and features gore-themed material catalogued on Metal Archives under the splatter/death metal tag.
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