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The Blind Leading The Blind (2018)
Featured Grindcore Album
Scum (2017)
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Featured Progressive Metal Album
Grave Mounds And Grave Mistakes (Luxus) (2018)
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Death metal band from Liege, Belgium, unearthing crushing, riff-driven brutality since 2014. Their name evokes the act of digging up what lies buried, mirroring their excavation of death metal's deepest, heaviest tones.
Death metal and grindcore band from Beaurains in northern France, active since 1999. With a quarter century of history, they are deep veterans of the French grindcore underground.
Death metal act from Minsk, Belarus, unearthing heavy, riff-driven brutality from the Belarusian capital. Their excavation-themed moniker mirrors their approach of digging into death metal's most primal and crushing foundations.
Death metal act from the Volkswagen city of Wolfsburg, Germany, formed in 2022, unearthing crushing heaviness. Their excavation-themed name mirrors their approach of digging into death metal's deepest, most primal foundations.
Death, melodic death, and metalcore band from Paris, France active since 2007. They deliver aggressive, modern extreme metal from the French capital.
Black/death metal act from Nuremberg, Germany, delivering unrestrained extremity since 2007. Their name captures the over-the-top, boundary-pushing intensity of their approach to extreme metal.
Progressive death/thrash metal act from Switzerland's Rhine Valley, combining the technicality of progressive metal with death and thrash aggression since 2007. Their genre-crossing approach blends cerebral complexity with visceral, high-speed energy.
Death metal band from Biarritz on the Atlantic coast of France, active since 2016. They bring brutal death metal from the Basque Country's seaside resort town.
When Excoriation emerged in 2014 from Moscow, they brought with them a sound rooted in brutal death metal and death metal — all percussive blast-beat onslaughts and cavernous production. Low-tuned guitars and guttural vocals form the bedrock of their attack.
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