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Denver death/grind band Circle of Defeat deliver short, explosive blasts of grindcore-informed brutality that tear through songs in under two minutes. Their approach is no-frills and merciless, with the intensity of both genres concentrated into compact, devastating form.
Santa Cruz death/grind act Citizen bring West Coast venom to their short, violent bursts of blastbeat-driven brutality. Their sound is compact, precise, and merciless.
Black metal and grindcore act from Amsterdam, formed in 2021. Clear History fuses raw black metal with grinding intensity from the Dutch capital.
Denver's Clinging to the Trees of a Forest Fire assault listeners with a relentless grindcore/metalcore hybrid defined by chaotic speed, serrated riffs, and raw, desperate energy. One of the more ferocious acts to emerge from the Colorado underground scene.
Death metal and grindcore band from Wales, formed in 2023. They deliver chaotic grinding extremity from the Welsh underground.
Clint X Eastwood is a raw black metal and grindcore band from Catanduva, São Paulo, Brazil, formed in 2023. The band's lyrical themes revolve around Clint Eastwood films, an unusual conceptual hook within the Brazilian underground extreme metal scene. They released a self-titled demo in May 2023, available on Bandcamp.
Brutal death metal and grindcore act from Schwyz, Switzerland, active since 2013. Their sound delivers ultra-low guttural vocals, slamming riffs, and blast-beat-driven brutality recorded at Sourmash Studios.
Grindcore act from Ivanovo, formed in 2024. Clit'n'Slit delivers raw, provocative grinding extremity.
Grindcore act from Helden in Limburg, active since 2000. Cliteater has been a fixture of the Dutch extreme underground for a quarter century of relentless grindcore.
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