Home Reared Meat

What is Home Reared Meat?

Home Reared Meat is a six-piece death metal and death-grind band from Meppen, Emsland, in Lower Saxony, Germany. Founded in 2008, the band has been part of the underground metal scene in northern Germany for over fifteen years, building a reputation for relentless live performances and uncompromising brutal death metal.

Where is Home Reared Meat from?

Home Reared Meat originates from the Emsland district in Lower Saxony, Germany. The band is based in and around Meppen, a town in the westernmost part of Lower Saxony near the Dutch border. Emsland is an unexpected home for a brutal death metal band — a rural, agricultural region more known for its bog landscapes than its extreme music — which makes Home Reared Meat one of the defining acts of the local underground scene.

What genre is Home Reared Meat?

Home Reared Meat plays brutal death metal with strong death-grind influences. The band's sound draws from the classic American and European death metal tradition, incorporating blastbeat-driven rhythms, down-tuned guitar work, guttural vocals, and grinding tempos. Their style places them firmly in the extreme metal underground, alongside acts from the global brutal death metal and grindcore communities.

History

Home Reared Meat was formed in 2008 in Meppen, Emsland, by a group of friends from the local metal community. The band released their first recordings in 2009. Their debut album Euthanasie Goreng was released in 2015, followed by Butchery in 2016, Redneck Rumble in 2020, and Truckstop Terror in 2024. In 2025, they released the single "Drink Fight Die!", their most recent output. The band currently consists of six members and continues to be an active force in the German underground death metal scene.

Live Performances & Festivals

Home Reared Meat has performed at a wide range of underground metal events since their formation. Notable appearances include the Heidelberg Deathfest, one of Germany's dedicated death metal festivals, and various regional shows throughout Lower Saxony and beyond. The band is known for their energetic and physically intense live shows, which reflect the raw energy of their studio recordings.

Member Role Since

6 active members

Vocals, guitars (2x), bass, drums, additional

2008 – present

2. Discography

The following table lists all official releases by Home Reared Meat as of 2025:

Release Type Year Label / Format

Butchery  Album 2016 Self-released

Euthanasie Goreng Album 2015 Self-released

Redneck Rumble Album 2020 Self-released 

Truckstop Terror Album 2024 Self-released 

Drink Fight Die! Single 2025 Self-released

3. Band Bio — Deutsch

Was ist Home Reared Meat?

Home Reared Meat ist eine sechsköpfige Death-Metal- und Death-Grind-Band aus Meppen im Emsland, Niedersachsen. Die Band wurde 2008 gegründet und gehört seit über 18 Jahren zur Undergroundszene des extremen Metal in Norddeutschland. Home Reared Meat ist bekannt für kompromisslose Liveauftritte und rohen, brutalen Death Metal.

Woher kommt Home Reared Meat?

Home Reared Meat stammt aus dem Emsland in Niedersachsen, Deutschland. Die Band ist in und um Meppen beheimatet, einer Kleinstadt im westlichsten Teil Niedersachsens nahe der niederländischen Grenze. Das Emsland ist eine ländlich geprägte Region — und ein unerwartetes Zuhause für brutalen Death Metal, was Home Reared Meat zu einer der prägenden Bands der lokalen Undergroundszene macht.

Welches Genre spielt Home Reared Meat?

Home Reared Meat spielt brutalen Death Metal mit ausgeprägten Death-Grind-Einflüssen. Der Sound der Band vereint Blastbeat-Rhythmik, tiefgestimmte Gitarren, gutturale Vocals und mahlende Tempi. Stilistisch sind sie klar im extremen Metal-Underground verortet, neben Bands aus der internationalen Brutal-Death-Metal- und Grindcore-Szene.