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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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Slam and brutal death metal act from North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, formed in 2023, delivering medically grotesque extremity. Their approach pushes brutal death metal to its most punishing, rhythmically devastating extremes.
Trading in pure metallic intensity, this death metal act from Katowice traffics in guttural vocals and churning downtuned riffs. Since 2020, they've built a catalog that reflects Poland's relentlessly productive underground.
Death, progressive, and thrash metal band from Poitiers, France formed in 2018. They blend technical ambition with extreme metal aggression from the Vienne region.
Death metal act from Grenaa on Denmark's Jutland peninsula, with roots stretching back to 1998. Their quarter-century career makes them a veteran force in the Danish death metal underground.
Death metal and goregrind act from Copenhagen, Denmark, emerging in 2026 with provocatively titled extremity. Their approach channels the most transgressive and visceral tendencies of extreme metal.
Polish brutal death metal and death metal act, active since 2025 delivering suffocating heaviness anchored by rumbling low-end. Rooted in the country that produced Behemoth and Vader, each release doubles down on cavernous production and churning tremolo work.
Death metal act from Louny in northwestern Bohemia, Czech Republic, formed in 2024, unearthing crushing heaviness from one of the country's smaller metal communities. Their approach channels the raw energy of emerging death metal acts.
Part of Italy's underrated but thriving metal community, this act channels death metal with a focus on guttural vocals and churning downtuned riffs. Formed in 2024, based in Messina, expect nothing but full-bore death metal savagery.
Death metal act from Naters in Switzerland's German-speaking Valais region, delivering guttural extremity since 2019. Their Alpine setting provides stark contrast to the crushing, low-end heaviness of their death metal sound.
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