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Punishing brutal death metal from Reggio Emilia, formed in 2012. Guttural vocals scrape the basement of human register while churning riffs and gravity-blast percussion pummel with mechanical precision.
Black metal and grindcore project from Watford, formed in 2019. They fuse the raw extremity of black metal with grindcore's breakneck velocity.
Blasphemaniac is a black/thrash metal band from Atibaia, São Paulo, Brazil, playing what they describe as old school black speed metal rooted in blasphemy, satanism, and witchcraft. The band has released several records including "Lust Possession" (2021), "Bestial Occult Ceremony" (2022), and "Night of the Necromancer" (2023) via Black Hearts Records and Death Defier Productions. They performed at the Brazilian Harmageddon 2024 festival in São Paulo alongside international acts such as Sabbat.
Uncompromising death metal from Tychy, active since 2024. Their material trades in the genre's heaviest traditions: cavernous vocals, churning guitar work, and percussion that hits with tectonic force.
French black metal band from Montpellier, formed in 2017. They channel blasphemous black metal from the Occitan Mediterranean coast.
Blasphematorium is a heavy/speed/black metal band from São Paulo, Brazil, formed around 2020 and signed to Tales from the Pit Records. The band released a self-titled debut album in February 2020, drawing on occult and blasphemous themes in the vein of classic South American extreme metal. Their sound fuses the drive of speed metal with raw black metal atmosphere.
Czech blackened death metal band from Sedlčany, formed in 2005. They forge a punishing combination of black metal's atmospheric darkness with death metal's brutality.
Blasphemer is a death/thrash metal band from Santo André, São Paulo, Brazil, with roots in the local extreme metal underground. The band appeared on the "Headthrashers Live" compilation recorded at the Municipal Theatre in Santo André alongside Necromancia, MX, and Cova, documenting the early São Paulo thrash scene. Their lyrical themes centered on satanism, evil, war, and death.
German black metal and noise project from Bischmisheim, formed in 2020. They merge black metal's extremity with harsh noise elements for an abrasive, chaotic sound.
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