These death-metal beasts from Ohio started out in 2019 as a self-proclaimed caveman death-metal band. Since then, hard work and endless touring have propelled them to the top of the genre. Their formula: crushing riffs, a fat-as-fuck sound and a snare drum that sounds like someone hammering away at a coffin.

But make no mistake: Sanguisugabogg is by now much more than just primitive brutality. Their recent album Hideous Aftermath proves there’s some seriously clever musicianship lurking behind all that carnage. And that impossible name? It’s a combination of sanguisuga (leech) and bog (British slang for toilet).

You don’t have to pronounce it. You have to endure it.