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Danville, California deathcore and grindcore pioneers with roots stretching back to 1998. Six releases across a decade make them one of the earliest American deathcore acts, predating the genre's mainstream breakthrough from the East Bay suburbs.
Antesser delivers brutal death metal and grindcore from Smolensk since 2000. Over a quarter century from this ancient western Russian fortress city, they have maintained a relentless commitment to punishing extremity.
Anthagora are a Vienna death/grindcore band whose discography was catalogued under the mantragora Bandcamp imprint. Rooted in the grinding extremity of acts like Napalm Death and Repulsion, they combine hyper-compressed blastbeat assaults with caustic low-end death metal heaviness.
Buffalo, New York grindcore outfit with three releases since 2018. Their full-length Architects of Aggression and split with Ruin establish them as key players in Western New York's extreme music scene, delivering the rapid-fire violence the genre demands.
Marion, Indiana grindcore act with three releases since 2015. Their full-length Luciform and the later Climbing Agnes deliver relentless blasts of fury from a small Midwestern city, the kind of overlooked town where extreme music provides an essential outlet.
Anti Social Behaviour Order grinds from Nottingham since 2014, their very British legal-term name adding sardonic humor to their grindcore assault. Over a decade of East Midlands extremity speaks to the UK grind scene's vitality.
Brooklyn grindcore project grinding away at humanity's pretensions since 2021. Their EPs — Those Who Know Nothing and At the Mercy of the Merciless — deliver rapid-fire violence from New York City's most relentlessly creative borough.
True to their name, Anticlerical grinds out short, sharp bursts of grindcore fury from Santander since 2015. The project channels Cantabria's underground punk and extreme metal traditions into relentless sonic blasts.
Anticlimax merges crust punk, doom metal, and grindcore from Swansea since 2018, their ironic name creating a tension with the intensity of their genre-crossing sound. Their South Wales origins connect them to the region's vibrant underground.
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