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Everything's Wrong (2018)
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Give Me Back My World (2025)
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Centennial, Colorado melodic black/death metal act blending atmospheric sweep with genuine aggression since 2020, drawing on the melodic black metal tradition while keeping the extremity sharp.
Heavy metal band from Oldenburg, Germany, active since 2010. They deliver hard-hitting, riff-driven heavy metal from the Lower Saxon heartland.
Carniçal is a death/thrash metal trio from Nova Odessa, São Paulo, Brazil, formed around 2019–2020 by Matheus Castilho (guitar/vocals), Felipe Rocha (drums), and João Paulo (bass). The band released their debut album "Inquisição Espiritual" in 2020, followed by a second album "Meia Noite" in 2023, both recorded independently.
Carniçaria is a death metal band from Porto Velho, Rondônia, Brazil, active and signed to the MS Metal Agency Brasil roster. The band released their debut EP "Carne Moída" in 2018, which is available on major digital platforms.
Omaha brutal death metal outfit active since 2018, representing the Midwest underground with dense, punishing riffwork and guttural extremity delivered with workmanlike intensity.
Brutal death metal act from Ankara, formed in 2024. Carnophage delivers punishing brutality from the Turkish capital.
Carnopraxis is a brutal death metal band from Oberá, Misiones, formed in 2013 by Oscar Rivarola (vocals), José María Verón (guitar), Diego Duarte (bass), and Martin De Lima (drums). The band released their debut album Tortura Mental in 2013 and followed it with Obsessive Human Depravity on Grinder Cirujano Records, establishing themselves as one of the more notable extreme metal acts from Argentina's Misiones province.
Death metal and grindcore band from Zamora, Spain, formed in 2019. They channel chaotic extremity from the Castilian plains.
Melodic death-thrash band from Örebro, active since 2012. Carnosus delivers aggressive, hook-driven extreme metal from central Sweden.
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