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Let You Go (2024)
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The Bestiary (2025)
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Halo (2017)
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Death-grind act from Milan, formed in 2012. Their approach strips away anything that does not serve the cause of sheer aggression, delivering sub-two-minute salvos of blast beats and guttural fury.
German death metal and grindcore band from Essen, active since 2006. They bring nearly two decades of death-grind ferocity to the Ruhr Valley underground.
German death metal and grindcore band from Dingolfing in Lower Bavaria, active since 2009. They blast through death-grind extremity from the rural Bavarian heartland.
Death metal and grindcore band from Bulle, Switzerland, active since 2016. They deal in the rapid-fire extremity where death metal meets grindcore.
Spanish death metal and grindcore band from Madrid, active since 2007. They deliver nearly two decades of bloodthirsty death-grind from the Spanish capital.
Death-grind act from Moscow, formed in 2017. Their approach strips away anything that does not serve the cause of sheer aggression, delivering sub-two-minute salvos of blast beats and guttural fury.
Grindcore act from Reeuwijk, formed in 2015. Their music exists in a state of perpetual detonation, packing blast beats and screamed vocals into compositions that rarely exceed the two-minute mark.
Grindcore act from Timișoara, formed in 2016. Their music exists in a state of perpetual detonation, packing blast beats and screamed vocals into compositions that rarely exceed the two-minute mark.
German death metal and grindcore band from Wiesbaden, active since 2001. With over two decades of grinding extremity, they are a veteran Hessian death-grind outfit.
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