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Torture Machine is a death metal band from Santiago, Chile, formed in 2010 and currently signed to Umbrium Records. The band's lineup features guitarists Sergio Rojas and Tomás Verdugo, drummer Camilo Anrique, and vocalist Patricio Dosque, and they have released two full-lengths: Reduced to Nothingness (2023) and Shadowcult (2025).
Warren, MI · 2023–present · active
Warren, Michigan's Torture Pig formed in 2023, mining the goregrind and brutal death metal underground for maximum grotesque impact with a name as blunt as the music it represents.
Houston, TX · 2013–present · active
Houston old-school death metal. Filthy, grinding death in the classic vein.
Denton, TX · 2016–present · active
Brutal Blackened Death Metal from Denton, Texas/Louisville, Kentucky.
Albuquerque, NM · 2024–present · active
Albuquerque, New Mexico's Torture Victim formed in 2024, bringing thrash metal's speed and antagonism to the high desert — a brand new entry in a city with a small but dedicated extreme metal scene.
Hamilton, OH · 2005–present · active
Hamilton, Ohio funeral doom outfit Torture Wheel have been grinding out some of the genre's most punishing slow-motion heaviness since 2005, favoring glacial tempos and suffocating atmospheres that put them squarely in the tradition of the genre's bleakest practitioners.
Olney, MD · 2006–present · active
Olney, Maryland's Tortured grind at the intersection of brutal death metal and grindcore, delivering high-velocity savagery that leans on blastbeat aggression and guttural brutality in equal measure.
The Bronx, New York City, NY · 2007–present · active
Hailing from the Bronx, Tortured Existence channel classic Bay Area thrash energy from New York City, keeping the old-school aggressive riff formula alive with East Coast grit since their 2007 formation.
Kansas City, MO · 2025–present · active
Fresh out of Kansas City, Tortured Form emerged in 2025 playing straight-ahead death metal with a focus on crushing riffs and morbid atmosphere, representing Missouri's latest addition to the underground death metal circuit.

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