Butcher Booking is an independently run booking agency based in Lille, France. We’re specialized in Death and Brutal Death Metal. Our agency is promoting and assisting bands in performing on stage. We provide festival booking for bands from all over the world.
PYREXIA is one of the most relentless and crucial forces in the brutal death metal scene out of New York. Their sound blends crushing grooves, pulverizing riffs, and hardcore-infused aggression, resulting in music that is both punishing and deeply rooted in the tradition of ’90s death metal. Each release is a brutal yet precision-forged assault, balancing savagery with structure, speed with groove, always delivering a signature intensity that refuses compromise.
The current lineup:
Chris Basile – Guitars, founding member who has led the band since its inception. Shaun Kennedy – Bass (2012-present) Jim Beach – Vocals (2016-present) Matt Johnson – Drums (2024-present) Ron Kachnic – Guitars (2024-present)
Together, they continue to push Pyrexia’s legacy forward — carrying the weight of their past, while delivering a sound that remains ferociously alive and evolved.
RELICS OF HUMANITY is one of the most crushing and uncompromising brutal death metal bands to emerge from Eastern Europe. Originating from Belarus, their music channels relentless intensity: labyrinthine riffs, suffocating atmosphere, and unyielding blast beats collide to create a sound that is as punishing as it is memorable. While deeply rooted in the tradition of old-school death metal, their work also ventures into darker, more oppressive sonic territory, where dissonance and weight become weapons of devastation.
With albums such as Ominously Reigning Upon the Intangible, Obscuration, and their latest full-length Absolute Dismal Domain, Relics of Humanity have carved out a reputation as a band that fuses technicality with sheer brutality, always pushing the extremes of the genre. Their newest material elevates their trademark heaviness with sharpened precision, reaffirming their position as a modern pillar in the brutal death metal underground.
DEVOURMENT is synonymous with the very essence of slam death metal. Emerging from Texas in the mid-’90s, they pioneered a sound built on impossibly low gutturals, grotesquely heavy riffs, and an approach to songwriting that emphasized sheer weight and brutality over speed. Their influence can be heard across an entire generation of extreme bands, and they remain one of the most iconic names in the genre.
Albums like Molesting the Decapitated, Butcher the Weak, and Conceived in Sewage have become benchmarks of slamming brutality, each release sharpening their grotesque formula while staying true to the suffocating heaviness that defines them. With their latest full-length Obscene Majesty, Devourment reaffirmed their place as masters of uncompromising extremity — a band whose name is forever etched into the foundation of brutal death metal.
DEFEATED SANITY is unequivocally one of the most unique, boundary-pushing and crucial bands in the history of extreme death metal. Their music is as technically coherent as it is mind-bending and memorable. Endlessly replay-able and full of discovery, their maze of riffs and musical passages is inspired by infamous classic bands in the extreme metal genre, while also heavily steeped in jazz and progressive classical elements.
The band consists of four members. They’re led by drummer Lille Gruber, who’s the son of deceased co-founding member Wolfgang Teske. Gruber is joined by bandmates Jacob Schmidt (bass), Josh Welshman (vocals) and Vaughn Stoffey (guitar).
German brutal death metal band formed in 2011, this band has pretty intriguing gutturals, spine breaking breakdowns, a pinch of technicality on every side, while the fat riffs take place with every brutality. They’ve been around and bringing the house down but no one knew, that the underground scene is over. These guys can rip off the scene, with their releases that gave new shades of themes like Alien, Gore & sickness.
They have been creating devastatingly, brutal yet catchy compositions starting with the EP “Excreting the Malformed” (2013), which was quickly followed up with the phenomenal full-length album “Extraterrestrial Skolexomorphic Infestation” (2014) and most recently they released their second album, a true masterclass of slamming sci-fi themed brutal death with “Omnihilation” (2022) released via Brutal Mind.
Kakothanasy is a brutal death metal band from Lausanne, Switzerland. Formed in 2010, the trio features relentless blast beat, technical humming, groovy shit and weird stuff !
If you are a fan of raw and authentic recordings that will challenge you with fast tempo and unexpected rhythm changes give them a try.
During their live performances, you can feel how your heartbeat changes due to the smashing bits and the chaos they evoke. If you want to be overwhelmed by the violent and raw music, Kakothanasy is definitely something for you!
People can quickly add Putridity to the list of bands coming out of Italy who are creating some of the fastest, hardest, and crushing brutal death metal in recent years. Putridity formed as a solo project from guitarist Ciccio back in 2005 before a couple of demos hit and an expanded trio formed, a proper disturbed brutal death metal band who managed to generate some fantastic hype for themselves playing as fast and brutal even for the time. The band gained more sound and visual points on the stage. With the first album Putridity plays in many deathfests like Tokyo Deathfest, Mountains of Death, Ludwigshafen Deathfest, Portside Metalfest, Hellvetia Day, Tattoo Deathfest … Now, these 5 sickos are ready to push once again the boundary of extremism in brutal death metal : Faster, more brutal, more intense, more oppriment, more disgusting and more in your face !
Darkall Slaves is a French band playing a Brutal Death Metal the US way, with a fetish for snare drums beating, double-bass drums abuse and relentless guttural vocals. Formed in 2005 in Lille, they released their first 2 songs promo CD in 2008, which helped putting them on the map and allowed them to make their stage debut. After releasing an EP in 2013 and a first album in 2014, they released their second full length “Mephitic Redolence of the Decomposed” in december 2022 on New Standard Elite, delivering an incessant onslaught of massively intense and heavily blasting brutal death metal.
Among the years, they’ve been invited to play dozens of shows and tour all around Europe, Russia and USA, expanding on stage the intensity and the brutality they delivered in their records.
VILE, the legendary death metal band from California founded in 1996. They are now considered a “legacy” act from the second wave of American death metal. VILE was influenced by pioneers such as Morbid Angel, Death, Suffocation and Cannibal Corpse, but they have a distinctive sound that makes them unique within their genre. They mix technical riffing with catchy song writing and a deep sense of groove. Several members of the band have held positions in other well known extreme metal bands including Mike Hruboccak and Michael Poggione (both Monstrosity), Mike Hamilton (Deeds of Flesh, Exhumed), Reno Kiilerich (Dimmu Borgir, Hate Eternal), J.J. Hrubovcak (Hate Eternal), James Lee (Origin).
Gorgasm,Brutal death metal band formed in Lafayette, Indiana, USA in 1994. They released four full length albums and are well known for their shocking cover art and explicit lyrics dealing with controversial things such as coprophilia, necrophilia, mutilation, sodomy, murder, sex and any combination thereof. Masticate to Dominate apparently told a tale through the eyes of a sadistic, psychopathic, serial killer while “doing things” to corpses. They are spectacular and their perverse ballads spread the thighs of all ladies ! Their technical practices have influenced a lot of extreme bands. The combination of slimy sticking melodics nailed into your brain tissue by extreme atrocities and heavyweight brutality make them exceptional in their line of business. Do you expect their amusingly sick lyricism to be brought onto the stage? If so, you have not had the honour so far! Serious professional first-class brutal with a dynamite in the riffs you will not be able to forget.
Hailing from the vibrant and burgeoning Turkish metal scene, Cenotaph stands as a stalwart pillar of death metal, crafting a legacy of sonic devastation and musical innovation. Formed in 1994 in Ankara, Turkey, the band has played an instrumental role in shaping and elevating the country’s extreme metal landscape. Led by founder and vocalist Batu Cetin, Cenotaph burst onto the scene with a determination to forge their unique path in death metal.
The band’s 1996 debut full-length album, “Voluptuously Minced” and 1999’s “Puked Genital Purulency”, both on Istanbul’s very own Hammer Muzik, showcased a level of musicianship and sophistication that placed them on the global death metal map. With razor-sharp riffs, dynamic song structures, and unrelenting drumming, the album demonstrated Cenotaph’s ability to craft intricate and emotive compositions. Subsequent releases “Pseudo Verminal Cadaverium” (2003), “Reincarnation in Gorextasy” (2007), “Putrescent Infectious Rabidity” (2010), “Perverse Dehumanized Dysfunctions” (2017) and most recently “Precognition to Eradicate” (2021) solidified Cenotaph’s reputation as a force to be reckoned with.
Cenotaph’s dedication extended beyond the studio, as their live performances were renowned for their intensity and technical precision. With numerous shows and tours under their belt, they solidified their reputation as a captivating and formidable presence on stage.