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Brutal death metal band from Presov, Slovakia, active since 2008, delivering nearly two decades of crushing brutality from eastern Slovakia. They are stalwarts of the Slovak brutal death metal scene.
Perversity Terror were a death metal band from Tocopilla, Chile, active in 2022. They released the track "Queen of Prostitution" that year, presented as material from a demo tape titled Brutal Ritual.
Murcia's Pezu operates at the bizarre intersection of black metal and goregrind since 2019, a combination as unhinged as it is rare. Their southeastern Spanish base and genre-clashing approach mark them as one of the Iberian underground's more unpredictable entities.
Pervertor are a black metal band from Concepción, Chile, formed in 2009 and currently signed to Pagan Funeral Records. The band pursues a raw, uncompromising black metal sound rooted in themes of Satanism, darkness, and evil.
Pervertor are a black metal band from Concepción, Chile, formed in 2009 and currently signed to Pagan Funeral Records. The band pursues a raw, uncompromising black metal sound rooted in themes of Satanism, darkness, and evil.
Black metal band from Brive-la-Gaillarde, France, formed in 2023, named after the methamphetamine-based drug used in World War II. They channel chemical intensity through raw black metal from the Correze department.
Göttingen's Pit Viper has been striking with venomous thrash metal since 2021, named after the serpent family known for their heat-sensing aggression. Their university-town base belies the raw, street-level energy of their pit-ready assault.
Pessimist is an American blackened death metal band originating in Baltimore, Maryland in 1989, delivering a relentless fusion of death metal aggression and black metal atmosphere across three studio albums. Signing to Lost Disciple Records in 1997, the band released Cult of the Initiated (1997) and Blood for the Gods (1999), both of which charted on CMJ's Loud Rock Top 40, followed by Slaughtering the Faithful (2001). The band has been intermittently active since and is signed to Season of Mist, with a new album titled Keys to the Underworld in development.
A RABM (Red and Anarchist Black Metal) solo project fusing atmospheric black metal with environmentalist and indigenous rights themes, releasing "Ocaso" and "Apodrecendo a Terra" in 2021 via Subsound Records. The project collaborated with fellow São Paulo act Kaatayra on a split in 2023, with a track drawn from Darcy Ribeiro's 1974 novel, blending politically charged lyricism into its anguished, depressive sound.
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