Brutal Death Metal

Splatterhouse is a Brutal Death Metal/Grindcore band from Portland, Oregon.

Saprogenic is a brutal death metal band from Detriot Michigan.  Formed in 2001, the band is finally getting around to releasing their highly anticipated fourth album in 2013 on Willowtip Records.  

Foetopsy is a brutal death metal/grindcore band from Milwaukee, Wisconsin.  

Copremesis is a brutal death metal band from New York, New York.  The group formed in 2001, but has been on indefinite hiatus since 2010, though they are rumored to be working on new material as of 2012.  Their music is a form of squealing vocals, crushing guitars and blasting drums to comic lyrics about cartoons, anime movies and other fun loving topics.

Infected Malignity is a three-piece Japanese death metal band that formed in 2004 by former members of the band Defiant Manner.  

Kalibas is a grindcore band from Rochester, New York and was formed in December of 1999 from the ashes of As the World Burns, Lethargy, A Death between Seasons, and Shodokan.

Waco Jesus is an American grindcore/brutal death metal band, founded 1994 in Illinois. They formed initially by Kevin Mensen and Crazy Jim set out to upset people and disrupt the peace with the most extreme and sick sound they could create… and the visual presentation of flyers, artwork and album covers were no exception. 

Torsofuk is a goregrind/brutal death metal band from Finland.  They formed in 1995 and after many line-up changes and some live shows, the band split up around 1999. In 2001 the band returned for a split with Lymphatic Phlegm and after that called it quits again. However, Goregiastic Records offered them a record deal; the band accepted it and recorded their first full-length in 2004.

Maruta is a grindcore band based out of Miami, FL that was conceived in late 2005. They are known for incorporating dissonant guitar riffs, elements of doom, and death metal into their style of grindcore. They split up in 2011, but reunited again in 2012.  Maruta will be making their second Maryland Deathfest appearance in 2014.

Artery Eruption is a slam/brutal death metal band formed in 1998.  They are based out of Clovis, California.