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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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Grindcore act from Voronezh, formed in 2007. 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 black/death metal and grindcore project formed in 2024. They merge three strands of extreme metal into a toxic sonic assault.
German grindcore and powerviolence band from Berlin, formed in 2023. They deliver short, violent blasts of grinding powerviolence from the capital.
French thrash/death metal and grindcore band from Lyon, formed in 2014. They deliver bounty-hunter death-grind from the Rhône Valley capital.
Goregrind, grindcore, and death metal band from Minsk, Belarus, evolving from pure goregrind into a broader extreme metal assault since 2013. Their provocatively named project embraces the most visceral corner of extreme music.
Punishing brutal death metal from Como, formed in 2003. Guttural vocals scrape the basement of human register while churning riffs and gravity-blast percussion pummel with mechanical precision.
Czech goregrind and grindcore band from Prague, formed in 2011. Originally rooted in goregrind's deliberately extreme sonic and thematic territory, they later broadened their approach into a wider grindcore framework.
Amadora-based death metal/grindcore outfit active since 2015, blasting through short, ferocious compositions that marry death metal's low-end churn with grindcore's frenetic speed. Their music operates at maximum intensity with minimal patience for subtlety.
Estômbar-based death metal/grindcore outfit active since 2021, blasting through short, ferocious compositions that marry death metal's low-end churn with grindcore's frenetic speed. Their music operates at maximum intensity with minimal patience for subtlety.
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