/r/BrutalDeathMetal
We're bringing you the most BRUTAL of metal. From Technical to Slam chugs, and Gutturals to Growls. It's happening here.
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Open this pit up! We're bringing you the most BRUTAL of metal. From Technical to Slam chugs, and Gutturals to Growls. It's happening here.
What is Brutal Death Metal?
Brutal death metal developed in the early 1990s, as an outgrowth of death metal. The first hints of brutal death came from the band Cannibal Corpse, formed in 1988, which began to push death metal into more extreme levels, shaping the sound of brutal death metal. It wasn't until 1991 that brutal death metal emerged, with the releases of Suffocation's Effigy of the Forgotten and Immolation's Dawn of Possession. The late 1990s proved to be an important time for brutal death metal with the release of both Devourment's Molesting the Decapitated and Disgorge's Cranial Impalement along with the releases of Dying Fetus. This has led to a large amount of bands heavily influenced by the originators of the style.
Characteristics
As the term "brutal" suggests, this sub-genre is pushing the ferocious and violent nature of death metal further into heavy territories. By applying traits such as compact song structures and loud, high speed riffing , death metal was taken to greater extremes. Brutal death metal tends to be drum-heavy and rhythm oriented leaving little room for melody and harmony. Typically, guitar riffs make use of fast tremolo picking, and heavy palm muting for a percussive effect. The drum lines are fast with predominant use of double bass and blastbeats. Because of this, brutal death metal drummers must be able to coordinate their drumming with very high endurance and speed. Brutal death metal vocalists employ heavy and low-pitched death growls even more so than death metal, and the lyrics are often gore related.
Sick Links
- Slam Worldwide
- Lacerated Enemy Records
- New Standard Elite
- Inherited Suffering
- Rising Nemesis Records
- Amputated Vein Records
- Unique Leader Records
- Brutal Bands
- Vomit Your Shirt
- Slam Worldwide FB Community
- BDM FB Group/Community
- /r/BrutalDeathMetal Official Discord Group
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Arthropodal Humanicide - Paralyzed and Consumed (2018)
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Bloodcrusher - Voidseeker 2025 album teaser
2 tracks from the upcoming album. Features from Jack Christensen, AV of Herrementari, the dudes from Repulsed and Echinococcus and a few more.
Just an old fucker farting out brutality for the love of the chug. Full turd drops 1/17/25
I hope you hate it.
Cheers
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r/brutaldeathmetal's Top 10 Albums of 2024 Voting!
It's that time of year again to vote for our top 10 albums of this year! This is for FULL LENGTHS only , sadly no EPs , no Demos.
Put your top 10 in the comments below , with 1 being your favorite and then rank them accordingly.
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Cerebral Effusion leg tattoo
Friend of mine is an apprentice and did this as my fourth tattoo. Pretty sure this solidifies them as one of my fave bands.
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PUTRID DEFECATION - AIRBORNE BACKDOOR EVACUATION [SINGLE] (2024) SW EXCLUSIVE
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Disgorge - Consume The Forsaken featured in the movie Paranormal Activity (2007)
https://youtu.be/nJWaz-IUI4E?feature=shared
This was without the bands permission as well
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Corpsefucking Art - Staring Through the Eyes of the Dead(Cannibal Corpse cover)
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Kryptoxic Mortality
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Deranged - We Lure And Abduct (2002)
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Severe Torture - Feces For Jesus (Live)
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What happend to Sintury?
Does anyone know what happend to band Sintury
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Infinite Defilement - Perpetual Desecration of Being
1000 virgins
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Putreseminal Morphodysplastic Virulency - Epicardiectomy
Epicardiectomy lovers$
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Injury Deepen - Anthropophagous Realms (2016)
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Disavowed - Generative Patterns
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Does anyone know the full story of Serenity's Malice?
Me and my buddy found this random cd at an album store and we love bdm so we bought. We looked into it and found out these guys are litteraly the definition of underground. We wanted to find them but only good find one person but no social media. I wanted to see if anyone could find the full story. We could only find basic stuff, how long they were together, what album they made, and that they split. So if anyone knows the full story or can find it we think it would be awesome.
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Severe Torture - Baptized in Virginal Liquid (2000)
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New Relics of Humanity just dropped and i cannot wait to hear the full thing! I love atmospheric approach to such genres.
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2024 Brutal Death Metal Releases
Well only 4 weeks left and with not much left confirmed aside Nuclear Remains and Biomorphic Engulfment here's the majority of bdm releases. had to crop a row out due to file size limit. some releases like Liturgy,Bleeding,Celestial Bifurcation and Esophagael are also MIA. Pretty great year for BDM. charts not ranked. (if on mobile and its blurry saving it to your phone and viewing in your gallery itll appear as normal)
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What happend with Cinerary?
Does anyone know what happend with Cinerary? If they making something new or they are done?
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Mortician Playing February 15th 2025 at Haltom Theater. Dallas Ft Worth Metroplex!
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Necrambulant - Chunked Pus Chowder | Official Claymation Video
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Resurrected Brutally the Rapist - Anorgasm
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Tortured
Must buy album
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CORPSEX - Corpsefucking Art
Legends
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Gorgasm - Seminal Embalment (2003)
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Deranged - Cut Carve Rip Serve, Full Album (Sweden, 2011)
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Ungraceful - 2024 Single
Two new tracks from the lads.
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WÜRMFEED - My Love, Degloved
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