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Cancerbero is a death metal band from Concepción, Chile originally formed in 1987, releasing two early demos — Guardian of Hell (1988) and Perpetual Agony (1991) — before disbanding in 1994 and reforming in 2001. The band delivers old-school death metal rooted in the raw, thrash-inflected aggression of the late 1980s, and has released three full-lengths: At the Portal of Evoked Blasphemies (2012), Reconquering the Throne of Death (2019), and Sempiternal Decay (2025).
Death metal act from Poznań, active since 2016. Cancerfaust delivers punishing death metal from the capital of Greater Poland.
Denton/Fort Worth raw black metal and ambient project active 2017-2018, exploring themes of alchemy, the afterlife, and extinction across lo-fi, atmospheric compositions.
Long Island death metal outfit active since around 2015, contributing to the underground's brutalist tradition with releases on various compilation projects.
Death metal band from London, England, active since 2013. They deliver crushing, faith-destroying death metal from the English capital.
Cancerous Social Thoughts is a grindcore band from Asunción, Paraguay, formed in 2017 and released through Grinder Cirujano Records. Their 2017 full-length Distopía and 2021 split Grindkaos deal in themes of political unrest, social oppression, mass destruction, and anti-religion, delivered in the blasting, concise format typical of the genre. They are one of the few active grindcore acts documented from Paraguay's underground extreme metal scene.
Cancerous Social Thoughts is a grindcore band from Asunción, Paraguay, formed in 2017 and released through Grinder Cirujano Records. Their 2017 full-length Distopía and 2021 split Grindkaos deal in themes of political unrest, social oppression, mass destruction, and anti-religion, delivered in the blasting, concise format typical of the genre. They are one of the few active grindcore acts documented from Paraguay's underground extreme metal scene.
Death metal and grindcore band from Edinburgh, Scotland, active since 2009. They deliver filthy, grinding extremity from the Scottish capital.
Doom and stoner metal band from the Alpine foothills of San Giovanni Bianco in Bergamo province, formed in 2021. Cancervo conjures heavy, mountainous riffs from the Brembana Valley.
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