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Death-grind act from Caxarias, formed in 2011. Their approach strips away anything that does not serve the cause of sheer aggression, delivering sub-two-minute salvos of blast beats and guttural fury.
Thrash metal outfit from Milan, formed in 2018. Their compositions hit with the urgent intensity that defines the genre at its best: fast, tight, and unapologetically aggressive.
Norwegian goregrind outfit active since 2018, reveling in pitchshifted gurgles, blast beats, and medically-themed depravity. Their short, violent compositions waste no time on niceties, delivering maximum grotesquery in minimum time.
Balashikha-based brutal death metal outfit active since 2024, delivering relentless blastbeat-driven punishment and guttural vocal extremity. Their compositions trade in the genre's heaviest currency: slamming breakdowns, inhuman vocals, and wall-to-wall brutality.
Brutal Death was a death/thrash metal band formed in 2011 in Rio Branco, Acre, Brazil. The band operated in the underground extreme metal scene of the Amazon region before disbanding.
German brutal death metal band from Bremen, formed in 2021. They deliver unflinching brutal death metal from the Hanseatic city.
Spanish death metal band from Alzira in Valencia, formed in 2011. They deliver brutal death metal from the Valencian interior.
Brutal death metal band from Winterthur, Switzerland, active since 2012. They deliver relentless brutality from the second-largest city in the Zurich canton.
Black/thrash metal and punk power trio from Lyon, active since 2019, drawing from Motorhead, Darkthrone, Bathory, and Celtic Frost. Their releases Infernal Bigotry and Armageddon merge first-wave black metal darkness with speed metal and punk aggression, steeped in medieval fantasy and Robert E. Howard references.
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