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The Blind Leading The Blind (2018)
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Scum (2017)
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Grave Mounds And Grave Mistakes (Luxus) (2018)
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German melodic death metal act active since 1988. As one of the country's earliest death metal bands, Carcades helped pioneer the genre in Germany over three and a half decades ago.
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Pioneering death metal and grindcore band from Liverpool, England, formed in 1985. Carcass helped define both goregrind and melodic death metal, influencing countless extreme metal acts with their genre-shaping discography from Reek of Putrefaction through Surgical Steel.
Death metal band from Delft, South Holland, active since 2003. Carceri — Italian for 'prisons' — has delivered over two decades of confining death metal from the university city.
Death metal band from Sofia, Bulgaria, formed in 2025. A fresh addition to the growing Bulgarian death metal scene, they deliver heavy and aggressive compositions from the Balkan capital.
Death-thrash act from Balatonfűzfő, Hungary, active since 2000. Carcharias — named after the great white shark genus — has been a fixture of the Hungarian extreme metal scene for over two decades.
Death-stoner hybrid from Alassio on the Ligurian coast, active since 2008. Carcharodon — named after the great white shark genus — melds crushing death metal with stoner grooves.
Melodic death-metalcore act from Malmö, formed in 2018. Carchosa blends Scandinavian melodeath with hardcore intensity from Sweden's third-largest city.
Death metal, grindcore, and thrash metal band from Annaberg-Buchholz in the Erzgebirge mountains, Germany, formed in 2015. They deliver a relentless blend of grinding blasts and thrash-infused death metal.
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