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The Artec Jet is a portable 3D scanner employing structured light scanning. It rapidly creates precise digital models from physical objects and spaces. This technology generates detailed point cloud data suitable for applications such as product design, engineering, cultural heritage documentation,...

"If I Should Have a Daughter" is a spoken-word poem written and performed by American poet Sarah Kay. The piece gained significant public attention following her live presentation at the TED conference in Long Beach, California, in March 2011. In the performance, Kay addresses themes of motherhood,...

Wormed’s Planisphærium is a 2003 Spanish death metal album notable for its intensely brutal sound and pioneering approach to the genre. The band blends complex arrangements with guttural vocals and science fiction concepts. It's appreciated by fans of extreme metal, particularly those interested in...

Disgorge’s “She Lay Gutted” is a 1997 California death metal album recognized as a foundational work within the brutal death metal subgenre. The record showcases intensely aggressive instrumentation and distinctive vocal techniques, primarily utilizing slam-influenced rhythms. It's notable for its i...

Wolfram Burgard is a German roboticist and a professor at the University of Freiburg, where he previously directed the Research Lab for Autonomous Intelligent Systems. He is recognized for his foundational contributions to robotic artificial intelligence, specifically in probabilistic robot localiza...

Phil Kaye, a celebrated spoken word artist who co-founded Project V.O.I.C.E., performs this popular piece reflecting on the patterns of language and family.

Dying Fetus’ “Destroy the Opposition” (2000) is a significant release in brutal death metal. The album showcases exceptionally complex arrangements combining technical proficiency with intensely heavy slam sections. Its notable blend of speed and crushing breakdowns established the band's signature...

Wormed’s “Exodromos” is a 2013 death metal album from Spain. The record expands on themes introduced in their earlier work, presenting a complex narrative through technical and brutal instrumentation. It showcases the band's signature style incorporating elements of slam and showcasing intense sonic...

Dying Fetus’s Reign Supreme, released in 2012, is a significant contribution to brutal death metal. The album showcases the band's signature intensely rhythmic and punishing style, characterized by complex arrangements and guttural vocals. Known for their technically demanding music, Dying Fetus app...

Wormed’s Planisphaerium is a 2003 Spanish death metal album that established the band's reputation for intensely brutal and technically complex compositions. The record showcases a significant influence within the extreme death metal scene, particularly its incorporation of sci-fi narratives. It app...

Path of the Weakening is a studio album by Deeds of Flesh, an American death metal band associated with the brutal and technical branches of the genre. Released in 1999, it followed Trading Pieces and Inbreeding the Anthropophagi in the band's early catalog. The recording features dense guitar riffs...

"Psalms of the Moribund" is the second studio album by the German brutal death metal band Defeated Sanity, released in 2007. The record is recognized within the extreme metal community for its punishingly heavy, technical instrumentation and dark, oppressive atmosphere. It features complex, jazz-inf...

Rudy Francisco, a prominent American spoken word poet and multiple winner of poetry slams, delivers this emotive performance exploring personal vulnerability.

Voracious Contempt is the 1995 debut studio album by Internal Bleeding, a death metal band formed in Long Island, New York. The recording combines low-tuned guitar riffs, guttural vocals, forceful drumming, and pronounced rhythmic breakdowns associated with the developing slam death metal style. It...

"Cranial Impalement" is a studio album by the American brutal death metal band Disgorge, originally formed in California and released in 2001 via Unique Leader Records. The record is characterized by its extreme technicality, utilizing heavily down-tuned guitars, rapid blast beats, and deep, guttura...

Released in 1998, Killing on Adrenaline is the second studio album by the American death metal band Dying Fetus. The album was highly influential in the underground extreme metal scene, cementing the band's signature sound. It is distinguished by its precise blend of high-speed technical riffs and h...

Methods of Execution is the third studio album by Brodequin, an American brutal death metal band, and was released in 2004. Its music is built around rapid drumming, dense distorted guitar work, guttural vocals, and abrupt rhythmic changes characteristic of the band's severe approach to the genre. T...

Supreme Entity is the 1999 debut full-length album by Vomit Remnants, a brutal death metal band from Japan. The recording combines low-tuned guitar riffs, guttural vocals, rapid drumming, and groove-centered breakdowns associated with slam death metal. It is relevant to listeners interested in the i...

Reek of Pubescent Despoilment is the debut full-length album by Guttural Secrete, a brutal death metal band from Nevada, United States. Released in 2006, it presents the band's combination of heavily distorted, down-tuned guitars, rapid drumming, abrupt rhythmic changes, and extremely low guttural v...

Autopsychosis is the second full-length studio album by the Russian brutal death metal band Katalepsy, released in 2013. The album is distinguished by its heavy use of slam-influenced breakdowns, hyper-fast blast beats, and exceptionally guttural vocal delivery. It solidified the band's reputation w...

"Nourishing the Spoils of Whoredom" is a 2008 release by American brutal death metal band Guttural Secrete, recognized for continuing their signature, uncompromisingly heavy sound.

Driven to Conquer is the third studio album by Internal Bleeding, an American death metal band associated with the New York scene, and was released in 1999. Its music combines brutal death metal riffing and guttural vocals with slow, rhythmically forceful breakdowns derived from hardcore. The album...

Ingesting Putridity is the 2011 debut studio album by Visceral Disgorge, a brutal death metal band formed in Baltimore, Maryland. The recording uses heavily distorted guitars, guttural vocals, rapid percussion, breakdown-oriented passages, and samples drawn from horror cinema. It is aimed at listene...

*Descend into Depravity* is a studio album by the American death metal band Dying Fetus, released in 2009. The Maryland-based group is known for combining technical death metal with heavy groove elements, relying on complex guitar riffs, blast beats, and deep, guttural vocals. This specific album is...

"House of Dementia" is the debut studio album by the American one-man brutal death metal project Putrid Pile, based out of Wisconsin. Released in 2004, the record is entirely written, performed, and produced by Shaun LaCanne, who handles all guitars, bass, and guttural vocals. It is considered a not...

"Unleash the Carnivore" is the third studio album by the American death metal band Devourment, released in 2009. The record is a significant release within the brutal death metal and slam genres, characterized by its down-tuned guitars, guttural vocals, and heavily syncopated rhythms. It features tr...

Released in 2007, War of Attrition is the fourth studio album by Maryland death metal band Dying Fetus, notable for featuring an entirely revamped lineup around founder John Gallagher.

Homicidal Ecstasy is Sanguisugabogg's 2023 second album, a Century Media release following the Columbus band's 2021 debut Tortured Whole.

Conceived in Sewage is a 2013 studio album by the American brutal death metal band Devourment, recognized for its profoundly heavy and groove-laden slam riffs.