BRUTAL ASSAULT 2026: 5 DEATH METAL BANDS THAT YOU CAN´T MISS

 

DEICIDE

The classic that you can not miss in any festival. Deicide comes to the Brutal Assault Festival with a line-up that features along frontman Glen Benton and original drummer Steve Asheim, the new guitarist Jadran "Conan" Gonzalez (Bonded by Blood, Exmortus) who entered the band in 2025. It also features guitarist Taylor Nordberg (Eye of Purgatory, Goregäng) who is in the band since 2022. Deicide´s most recent studio album is "Banished by Sin" from 2024 and in 2025 they released a Box set, "Children of the Underworld" featuring their first eight albums.

CRYPTOPSY

If you want brutality then you can´t miss Cryptopsy. Technical skills combined with pure aggression is the band´s trademark. They will take the Brutal Assault with full speed, guttural vocals and crushing riffs. The band will present their latest album "An Insatiable Violence" released in 2025 and their new single "Blasphemy Made Fresh". Moshpits will for sure essential on Cryptopsy´s show at the Brutal Assault Fest along with circle pits and also a good wall of death

GRAVE

Coming directly from Sweden this classic death metal band is an essential part of that country´s metal history. Contrasting with more melodic bands that surfaced in the early 1990s the band focused more on crushing riffs and pure aggression. It has been more than a decade since the band released their latest album "Out for Respect for the Dead" and 35 years since the release of their debut album "Into the Grave" so we know we can expect some brutal surprises in this year´s show on the Brutal Assault.

INTERNAL BLEEDING

Coming directly from Long Island, New York, Internal Bleeding will unleash all their brutality on the Brutal Assault 2026. This band combines fast riffs with a huge guitar sound with breakdowns and rhythms designed for the moshpit. The band released their first album "Voracious Contempt" in 1995. Their latest album is "Settle All Scores" from 2025 that will be the one they will present in the Brutal Assault Fest this year.

SADISTIC INTENT

This underrated band is a legend in the underground. And you can not miss them this year on the Brutal Assault Fest. They released thei first demos on the late 1980s and their first EP, "Impending Doom" is from 1990. The band has since released many singles and EPs, unleashing pure aggression on each track. The band has not released new music since their split with Pentacle from 2016 and their EP "Reawakening Horrid Thoughts" from 2014 so maybe there will be some surprises on their live show.