Crepitation from Manchester, England are arguably one of the best slam bands in brutal death metal today.  The Violence of the Slams (2016) is their highly anticipated full-length after the underground success of their EPs, North-West Slam Fest (2007) and Glasgow Smash (2013).

The music features a ton of blast beats and gravity rolls with ridiculous grooves and tough breakdowns.  Crepitation have a tongue-in-cheek, humorous take on death metal lyrics.  With a dual vocal assault, these guys experiment with unusual vocal techniques creating some really extreme sounds.  Crepitation definitely have their own unique style compared to your average run-of-the-mill slam bands.

            The Violence of the Slams is available on clear, yellow, or black vinyl from Morbid Generation Records in Germany.

            Mad at the World are a hardcore band from Paris, France.  Domination (2015) is released by BDHW Records (Beatdown Hardwear), hardcore label from Leipzig, Germany.

The song arrangements here are more complex than most hardcore bands and reminiscent of death metal.  Dark metallic riffs and plenty of hardcore grooves with really killer hardcore vocals.  Including beautiful cover art (Morbid Angel anyone?!), the record even has eight tracks like a death metal album.

            If you’re a fan of hardcore, be sure to check out BDHW Records.  The label features a ton of great hardcore bands you might not know about.  Mad at the World are definitely one of the best hardcore bands currently active in Europe.