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Modesto, CA · 2018–present · active
Brutal death metal band from Modesto, California steeped in the dense, gore-drenched tradition of West Coast extremity. Heavy rhythmic slams and guttural vocals define their uncompromising approach.
Tulsa, OK · 2015–present · active
Tulsa, Oklahoma brutal death/grind band cranking out short, savage blasts of gore-drenched extremity. Their music careens between death metal heaviness and grindcore speed with no regard for restraint.
Kansas City, MO · 2024–present · active
Kansas City's Convulsed grind through brutal death metal with a grindcore-informed hunger for speed and extremity, delivering punishing releases that hit hard and don't overstay their welcome. They're a reliable force in Missouri's underground extreme metal scene.
NY · 2022–present · active
New York's Copremesis specialize in brutal death metal that pushes aggression and technical extremity to their outer limits, drawing on the state's deep well of uncompromising extreme music. Their releases are exercises in maximum brutality without apology.
Dallas, TX · 2019–present · active
Brutal Brutal Death Metal from Dallas/Fort Worth.
Fort Lauderdale, FL · 2021–present · active
Fort Lauderdale's Coprophagia operate in the shadow of Florida's legendary death metal history, delivering punishing, visceral death metal rooted in the state's early-nineties underground tradition. Their sound is ugly and deliberate, built to leave an impression.
Minneapolis, MN · 2019–present · active
Minneapolis brutal death metal act Coprophilic bring the genre's most confrontational aesthetics to the Twin Cities with a dedication to pure sonic punishment. Their music is low, slow in the groove, and aggressively anti-melodic in the tradition of American brutal death.
Springfield, MO · 2026–present · active
Springfield, Missouri's Copulatory Wounding operate in the slam death metal zone, delivering the genre's signature rhythmic brutality and guttural vocal performances with full commitment to the form. Their sound is suffocatingly heavy, built for the underground pit rather than the mainstream.
Smithtown, NY · 2010–present · active
Long Island's Cordectomy deliver brutal death metal from Smithtown with the unrelenting bluntness the genre demands — dense riffing, guttural vocals, and a singular commitment to heaviness over technique. They're a strong entry in New York's ferocious brutal death underground.
Denver · 2011–present · active
Denver's Cordyceps take their name from the parasitic fungus and craft brutal death metal that feels appropriately invasive and overwhelming — a thick, suffocating mass of down-tuned riffs and percussive extremity. Their Colorado-based attack brings high-altitude force to low-end brutality.
Long Island, NY · 2016–present · active
Long Island brutal death metal band bringing medically-themed gore and grinding intensity to the New York underground. Their music is dense, fast, and unrelentingly brutal.
Philadelphia, PA · 2014–present · active
Philadelphia brutal death metal band delivering bone-crushing heaviness and guttural extremity from the City of Brotherly Love. Dense, technical, and relentlessly punishing.
Chicopee, MA · 1999–present · active
Chicopee, Massachusetts brutal death metal band delivering blasphemous, gore-drenched extremity from the New England underground. Dense, guttural, and uncompromisingly brutal.
Yakima, WA · 2017–present · active
Yakima, Washington brutal death metal act bringing grinding heaviness and guttural ferocity from the Pacific Northwest interior. Their music is dense, morbid, and relentlessly heavy.
Houston, TX · 2019–present · active
Houston brutal death metal trio fusing hardcore aggression with old-school death metal.

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