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Neunkirchen, AT · 2021–present · active
Brutal death metal act from Neunkirchen, Austria, formed in 2021, delivering German-language extreme metal. Their material pairs poetically titled tracks with the crushing, guttural intensity of brutal death metal.
Saint-Étienne, FR · 2011–present · active
French extreme metal band from Saint-Étienne, active since 2011, whose sound evolved from black/death metal toward brutal death metal and grindcore. They have become one of the most recognized acts in the French brutal death metal scene.
Düsseldorf, DE · 2016–present · active
German brutal death metal and hardcore band from Düsseldorf, formed in 2016. They merge the extremity of brutal death metal with hardcore's confrontational energy.
London, GB · 2013–present · active
London-based brutal death metal, goregrind, and grindcore band formed in 2013, revived with encouragement from Amputated's Mark Pearce. Their ultra-guttural catalog from None More Putrid through 2023's career-spanning compilation 1.3.3.1.8 delivers sickening brutality with chaotic energy and dark humor.
Kungur, RU · 2013–present · active
Kungur (early)/Perm (later)-based brutal death metal outfit active since 2013, 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.
Athens, GR · 2012–present · active
Punishing brutal death metal from Athens, formed in 2012. Guttural vocals scrape the basement of human register while churning riffs and gravity-blast percussion pummel with mechanical precision.
Hasselt, BE · 2019–present · active
Brutal slamming death metal band based in Hasselt, Belgium, active since 2019 with vocalist Dakota Rivera. Their releases from "Demo 2019" through "Fist Fucking the Cadaver" deliver unrelenting brutal death metal with slam and deathgrind elements.
Reggio Emilia, IT · 2012–present · active
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.
Merzig-Wadern, DE · 2025–present · active
German brutal death metal and grindcore band from the Merzig-Wadern district, formed in 2025. They bring new extremity to the Saarland metal underground.

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