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Ohio's Coprophagy combine death metal's anatomical horror fixation with grindcore's appetite for speed and brevity, producing short blasts of extremity from the Midwest underground. Their music is blunt, foul, and exactly as aggressive as their name suggests.
Brutal death-grind act from Rome, formed in 2019. Coprophiliac delivers visceral, unrelenting extremity rooted in goregrind traditions.
Aurora, Illinois outfit blending doom and traditional heavy metal into crushing, atmosphere-laden compositions. Expect thick riffs and a dark, vintage heaviness.
Death-grind act from Italy, formed in 2016. Corporal Disaster delivers blast-driven extremity in the grindcore tradition.
Death-grind act from Milan, active since 2016. Corporal Raid channels relentless grinding death metal from Lombardy's capital.
Death-grind band from Padua, active since 2012. Corporation of Consumption merges politically-charged themes with crushing grindcore and death metal from the Veneto region.
Chesterton, Indiana act blending death metal brutality with grindcore velocity and industrial-tinged aggression. Short, vicious, and unapologetically heavy.
Gulfport, Mississippi band combining death metal heaviness with grindcore's relentless, short-burst aggression. They bring Gulf Coast brutality in compact, intense doses.
North Carolina death metal and grindcore act fusing grinding speed with brutal heaviness from the Southeastern underground. Their approach is violent, blunt, and unrelenting.
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