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Cutterred Flesh
Cutterred Flesh push brutal death metal through twisted guitar patterns, deep guttural vocals and sudden changes in rhythm. The Czech band pairs blast beats and thick, groove-driven riffs with technical passages, unsettling melodies and occasional atmospheric breaks. Their arrangements leave space for progressive ideas without sacrificing the weight of their death metal roots. Across more than two decades, the group has developed a sound where intricate guitar work, contrasting vocal techniques and unpredictable structures sit alongside an enduring fascination with horror and human darkness.
Band history
History
Cutterred Flesh formed in Karlovy Vary, Czechia, in 2001, establishing themselves within the country's brutal death metal underground. Guitarist Vitalij Novák was among the founding musicians, and the band began recording early material with Demo 2002 and Promo 2003.
Their debut full-length album, Torture Is Medicine, arrived in 2007, followed by Cause the Apocalypse in 2010 and Dying in Pieces in 2013. Further lineup changes accompanied the band's development, with Code: Violence appearing in 2018.
Cutterred Flesh's music gradually expanded beyond its original brutal death metal foundations. Technical arrangements, progressive passages, unusual rhythmic transitions and more varied melodic writing became increasingly prominent in their later recordings.
The band released Sharing Is Caring through Transcending Obscurity Records on December 3, 2021. The album marked an important stage in this musical development, contrasting blast beats and heavy grooves with quieter passages and more complex arrangements. Their sixth full-length, Love at First Bite, followed on May 24, 2024 through the same label, continuing the shift toward a more intricate form of brutal death metal.
The group remained active internationally, performing at underground metal events and festivals across Europe. Its documented festival appearances include Brutal Assault, Obscene Extreme and Czech Death Fest. During 2025, guitarist Martin Meyer joined the performing lineup, replacing David Krombholz.
In 2025 and 2026, Cutterred Flesh began introducing material from their next album, including The King in Yellow, The Colour Out of Space and The Mad Farmstead. The recordings marked a change in lyrical direction, drawing inspiration from classic horror literature rather than relying exclusively on the band's earlier themes of gore, disease and violence.
On November 13, 2026, Cutterred Flesh released their seventh full-length album, The Shapes of Hidden Malice, through Transcending Obscurity Records. The ten-track record explores psychological and supernatural horror through music that retains the band's brutal death metal foundation while incorporating progressive structures, atmospheric passages and guest vocals.
The Shapes of Hidden Malice is the seventh full-length album from Czech brutal death metal band Cutterred Flesh, released on November 13, 2026 through Transcending Obscurity Records. The ten-track recording runs for approximately 34 minutes and explores psychological and supernatural horror through stories inspired by classic literature.
The album develops the band's technical and progressive approach to brutal death metal, combining blast beats, heavy bass grooves, intricate guitar riffs and guttural vocals with atmospheric passages. Melodic guitar lines, keyboards and occasional orchestral textures provide contrast to the heavier arrangements.
Opening track The Mad Farmstead introduces the record through unsettling atmospheric elements before moving into aggressive, rhythmically complex death metal. Le Horla draws inspiration from Guy de Maupassant's psychological horror story, examining the loss of personal control under the influence of an unseen presence. The King in Yellow takes its name and themes from Robert W. Chambers' supernatural fiction, while The Willows references Algernon Blackwood's work.
Mimi-Nashi-Hōichi explores Japanese supernatural folklore through a story associated with Lafcadio Hearn. The Feather Pillow introduces guest vocals from Hana Hajdová of Silent Stream of Godless Elegy, contrasting the band's harsh vocal delivery with a cleaner melodic presence.
The Letter U focuses on obsession and psychological deterioration. The Painted Skin and The Colour Out of Space continue the record's examination of horror, with the latter drawing on the cosmic fiction of H. P. Lovecraft. Closing track Berenice takes inspiration from Edgar Allan Poe's story of the same name.
Vocalist Jiří Krš wrote the album's lyrics. The recording features Vitalij Novak and Martin Meyer on guitars, Ondřej Klaban on bass and Jakub Bayer on drums. Artwork was created by Eliran Kantor.
The Shapes of Hidden Malice is available for digital streaming and download, with CD and vinyl editions offered through Transcending Obscurity Records.
