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Punishing brutal death metal from Bishop Burton, formed in 1997. Guttural vocals scrape the basement of human register while churning riffs and gravity-blast percussion pummel with mechanical precision.
German death metal band from Oranienburg near Berlin, formed in 2015. They play no-frills, kraut-flavored death metal from the Brandenburg outskirts.
Uncompromising death metal from Mosonmagyaróvár, active since 2017. Their material trades in the genre's heaviest traditions: cavernous vocals, churning guitar work, and percussion that hits with tectonic force.
Brutal Masturbation is a death metal and grindcore band from the Patagonian city of Comodoro Rivadavia, Argentina, active since 2017. The band released the Aborto EP, delivering short blasts of death-grind in the tradition of South America's extreme underground.
Death/thrash metal band from Dupnica, Bulgaria, active since 2016. They combine death metal's brutality with thrash metal's speed in a punishing hybrid.
Bergamo-based brutal death metal outfit active since 2010, 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.
Macomer (Nuoro)-based death metal/grindcore outfit active since 2016, blasting through short, ferocious compositions that marry death metal's low-end churn with grindcore's frenetic speed. Their music operates at maximum intensity with minimal patience for subtlety.
Brutal Nativo is a death/groove metal band from Barquisimeto, Venezuela, active since 2009. The band has released two full-lengths, "Raza" (2017) and "Xapiripë" (2023), delivering a forceful blend of death metal aggression and groove-driven heaviness rooted in the Venezuelan underground metal scene.
Spanish thrash metal band from Madrid, active since 2000. With two-and-a-half decades of brutal noise, they are a veteran of Madrid's thrash scene.
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