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Považská Bystrica, SK · 2005–present · active
Melodic death metal band from Povazska Bystrica, Slovakia, active since 2005, delivering two decades of melodic death metal from the Povazie region. They are among the longest-running melodic death metal acts in Slovakia.
Malvern, GB · 2023–present · active
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.
Västervik, SE · 2016–present · active
Alzira's Pron delivers brutal death metal and grindcore from the Valencian Ribera Alta since 2014. Their Júcar river valley setting provides an unlikely home for some of the region's most unrelenting sonic punishment.
Oulu, FI · 2021–present · active
Melodic death metal band from Oulu, Finland, formed in 2021, painting vivid sonic portraits of suffering through melodic yet aggressive death metal. They bring emotional depth to the northern Finnish metal scene.
Avilés, ES · 2001–present · active
Death metal band from Aviles, Spain, active since 2001, making them a veteran act in the Asturian death metal scene. Over two decades of crushing death metal mark them as pillars of the northwestern Spanish underground.
Lisbon, PT · 2014–present · active
Death metal band from Lisbon, Portugal, formed in 2014, delivering crushing death metal from the Portuguese capital for over a decade. They bring consistent heaviness to Lisbon's death metal community.
Helsinki, FI · 2017–present · active
Death metal band from Helsinki, Finland, formed in 2017, delivering pulsating death metal from the Finnish capital. They are part of Helsinki's consistently productive extreme metal community.
London, GB · 2017–present · active
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.
Hamburg, DE · 2024–present · active
Hamburg's Postabiogenetic Apotheosis arrived in 2024 with a name as complex as their progressive death metal compositions. Their cerebral approach to the genre suggests a band more aligned with the philosophical ambitions of Gorguts than the straightforward brutality of their peers.

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