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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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Houston death/grind act Crone bring short, savage blasts of noise and brutality to the Texas underground, combining the gut-punch of grindcore with straightforward death metal punishment.
Los Angeles grindcore/power metal oddity Crookedcop merge the blasting chaos of grind with the bombast of power metal in a deliberately disorienting and genre-defiant collision.
Kentucky death/grind act Cropsy Maniac bring savage, blast-driven violence to the Bluegrass underground, combining the speed and chaos of grindcore with the blunt-force trauma of death metal.
Death-grind act from Toruń in central Poland, active since 2013. Croque-Mort — French for 'undertaker' — delivers morbid, blast-driven extremity from the medieval Vistula city.
Death-grind act from Sweden, formed in 2021. Crossbow Suicide delivers blast-driven extremity with dark humor.
Crossroad of Dark merges the blasting extremity of grindcore with the guttural density of death metal, crafting a sound that's uncompromising in its ferocity. Their music wastes no time on subtlety, opting for maximum brutality in minimal runtime.
Death metal and grindcore band from Cantabria, Spain, formed in 2021. They deliver grinding extremity from the northern Spanish coast.
West Texas extreme metal act blending death, black, thrash, and grindcore into an uncompromising assault. Their debut Throne of Apathy packed 10 tracks into 24 minutes of relentless brutality.
Progressive grindcore act from Malmö, active since 2004. Crowpath has spent two decades pushing grindcore into progressive territory from southern Sweden.
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