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Crust metal band founded in Vigo, Galicia, blending black metal, crust punk, and thrash into a filthy sonic attack. Their releases include EP Podrido and Split Nautilus, representing the raw Galician underground.
Poland — crust punk and death metal of the most uncompromising kind. Active since 2012, they deal in punishing grooves interlocked with frenzied tremolo passages. Primal ferocity drives every note of their catalog.
Crust punk and doom metal band from Dublin, Ireland formed in 2023. They bring raw, heavy crust-doom from the Irish capital.
Crust and death metal hybrid from Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic, fusing D-beat punk energy with death metal's guttural heaviness since 2019. Their approach draws from both genres' most raw and aggressive elements.
Grindcore and crust band from Segovia, Spain active for over 20 years, featuring dual vocalists and a three-piece instrumental lineup. Their politically charged output addresses colonialism, imperialism, and environmental destruction across splits and EPs.
Columbus, Ohio's Erthbrnr began in the chaos of hardcore and crust punk before migrating toward a darker, heavier convergence of black metal, death metal, and sludge. Over more than a decade the band has undergone a genuine stylistic evolution, using each phase as both rejection and extension of the one before.
Black metal, crust punk, and sludge band from Manchester, England active since 2012. They fuse raw punk energy with blackened sludge from the industrial north.
Espancando Cristo is a grindcore and crust punk band from Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil, formed in 2013 and known for blasphemous and satirical lyrical content. The band released their debut demo "Jesus Pop Star" in 2014, a 17-track recording featuring original compositions alongside covers of Magrudergrind and Industrial Holocaust. They followed up with the release "CAOS!" in 2017 and returned to activity in 2025 after a hiatus.
Crust punk, death metal, and grindcore band from the UK formed in 2020. They deliver raw, punishing extremity across multiple genres.
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