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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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Bloomington, Indiana's Crowtein occupy an unlikely but exhilarating crossroads between grindcore's frenzied blasting and power metal's soaring grandeur. The collision of extremes makes for an unpredictable, high-energy listening experience.
New York's Crucial Hate operate at the extreme end of the death/grind spectrum, delivering short, savage bursts of blasting drums and guttural riffing that leave little room for breath. Brutality and brevity are the defining virtues.
Death metal and grindcore band from Enontekio in Finnish Lapland, active since 2013. They deliver grinding extremity from one of the most remote regions in the Finnish metal scene.
Humble, Texas death-thrash band delivering the kind of punishing riff-heavy metal that has long thrived in the Houston-area underground. Their music is aggressive, direct, and unashamedly brutal.
Grindcore act from Saint Petersburg, formed in 2025. Crushgrinder delivers relentless, blast-driven grinding extremity.
North Carolina's Crypt Baby smash together brutal death metal, grindcore, and splatter-house extremity into short, pulverizing blasts. Their approach is deliberately caustic, prioritizing density and speed above all else.
Findlay, Ohio's Crypt Tongue blend the blasting chaos of grindcore with death metal's tonal brutality, resulting in fast, ferocious music with little patience for subtlety. Their sets leave little time to breathe.
Raleigh's Crypt Walk make an unlikely but energetic fusion of grindcore aggression and power metal melodics. The combination results in surprisingly catchy extreme metal that careens between blast-beat fury and soaring riff moments.
Mingo Junction, Ohio's Cryptic Abuse smash together brutal death metal and grindcore into relentlessly punishing music from the heart of the rust belt underground. Their recordings are deliberately unclean, prioritizing crushing impact over studio gloss.
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