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Divine (2024)
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Sunset on the Golden Age (2017)
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Fire and Water (Riffissippi Studio Jam Sessions Vol. 1) (2025)
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Arkia has been fusing black metal, death metal, and grindcore from the Uusimaa region since 2008, creating a volatile three-way collision of extreme metal's most intense subgenres. Their nearly two-decade run reflects sustained commitment to sonic devastation.
Armed is a Bulgarian extreme metal band from Svishtov working across death metal, grindcore, and industrial metal. They operate in the underground Bulgarian extreme music scene with a sound that merges the brutality of death/grind with industrial texture.
ART 238 merges death metal, grindcore, and industrial metal from the Norman port of Cherbourg since 2002, creating a mechanized extremity from the Cotentin Peninsula. Over two decades of genre-fusing activity make them one of Normandy's most enduring experimental metal acts.
Art of Murder delivers death metal and grindcore from Oskarshamn in Småland since 2015. From this Baltic coast town — home to one of Sweden's nuclear power plants — they channel decade of lethal extremity.
Portland, Oregon grindcore and thrash hybrid. The forensic-sounding name evokes crime scene imagery channeled through the Pacific Northwest's inexhaustible extreme underground.
DuBois, Pennsylvania extreme metal project with deep roots stretching back to 1997. Five releases spanning two decades — from the nature-themed Natura to the healing-themed Panacea — trace a remarkable evolution from small-town Pennsylvania grindcore to more refined extremity.
Bristol County, Massachusetts grindcore outfit whose 2024 full-length boasts one of the most honest album titles in metal history — re-releasing deleted material 'because why the fuck not.' Unpretentious New England grind.
Philadelphia/New York grindcore project operating across the Northeast corridor, delivering blistering micro-blasts of socially conscious fury in the tradition of East Coast grind.
Ohio grindcore project whose 2024 split with Tomb Perfume channels botanical grotesquerie through grinding extremity. Named after a real organism that shoots spore masses — a perfect metaphor for their explosive sound.
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