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Brutal death metal band from Slagelse, Denmark, formed in 2016, dealing in unrelenting brutality and sonic violence. They bring crushing Danish death metal to the European extreme metal circuit.
Brutal death metal band from Prague, Czech Republic, active since 2002, combining brutal death metal riffs with hardcore compositions and uncompromising drums. Their fourth album Faceless Atrocities features female vocalist Bara delivering savage vocal performances, released through Amputated Veins Records.
A 2025 Copenhagen death metal project, Pustulant Flesh deals in the most viscerally unpleasant imagery the genre can offer. Their capital-city base connects them to Denmark's deep death metal lineage while their name signals an allegiance to the genre's most grotesque traditions.
Slam and brutal death metal band from London, England, formed in 2017, whose tongue-in-cheek name plays on PTSD while delivering genuinely punishing slam. They bring humorous self-awareness to the London brutal death metal scene.
Brutal death metal band from Milan, Italy, formed in 2018, exploring posthuman horror through devastating brutal death metal. They bring crushing extremity to Italy's largest northern city.
A veteran of the Belarusian extreme metal scene since 2003, Posthumous Blasphemer delivers a punishing hybrid of technical brutal death metal and grindcore. Their surgical precision and relentless tempo shifts place them alongside Eastern Europe's most accomplished purveyors of controlled chaos.
Brutal death metal and deathcore band from Breda, Netherlands, formed in 2018, delivering medically themed extremity from North Brabant. Their clinical name evokes the tissue necrosis that matches their punishing sound.
Hlinsko's Prolapsed trades in the most extreme end of the death metal spectrum since 2018, specializing in the guttural, slam-inflected brutality that defines the genre's most uncompromising wing. Their small-town Bohemian origins add underdog credibility to their punishing sound.
Brutal death metal and grindcore band from Alzira, Spain, formed in 2014, delivering relentless bursts of extremity from the Valencian region. Their concise name matches the short, sharp brutality of their grindcore output.
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