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Technical death metal act from Amsterdam, active since 2013. Carnifloor combines intricate composition with death metal brutality from the Dutch capital.
Blackened death-thrash outfit from Splitska, Croatia, formed in 2016. Carnilo delivers a volatile mix of blast beats, tremolo riffs, and thrash aggression.
Carnival in Coal formed in Amiens, France in 1995, conceived by vocalist Arno Strobl and multi-instrumentalist Axel Wursthorn as a collision of Mr. Bungle-style avant-garde absurdism and the brute force of death and black metal. The band signed to Season of Mist and later Earache's Elitist sublabel, releasing records including Viva La Vida (1999), French Cancan (1999), Fear Not Carnival in Coal, and Collection Prestige (2005). They disbanded in 2007 and briefly revived the project in 2014.
Brutal death metal and grindcore act from Spain, formed in 2019. They deliver punishing, guttural extremity through a blend of brutal death and grinding chaos.
Death metal act from the small town of Safi, Malta, formed in 2021. Carnivorous Horde brings extreme metal to the tiny Mediterranean island nation.
Brutal death-grindcore band from Liverpool, England, emerging in 2025. They deliver mechanized, grinding extremity from Merseyside.
Death metal and grindcore band from Zamora, Spain, formed in 2019. They channel chaotic extremity from the Castilian plains.
Melodic death-thrash band from Örebro, active since 2012. Carnosus delivers aggressive, hook-driven extreme metal from central Sweden.
Death metal band from Maaseik, Belgium, active since 2017, whose sound evolved from straightforward death metal in their early work toward a more melodic death metal direction. They represent the extreme metal scene from Belgium's easternmost reaches near the Dutch border.
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