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Divine (2024)
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Agamemnon (2025)
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Featured Power Metal Album
Sunset on the Golden Age (2017)
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Fire and Water (Riffissippi Studio Jam Sessions Vol. 1) (2025)
05/07 @ Gramercy Theatre, New York
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Grindcore act from Hanover, Germany, delivering chaotic blasts of extreme noise with characteristically crude humor since 2012. Their outrageously profane name sets expectations for a band that combines sonic brutality with irreverent, scatological comedy.
Operating out of Brodnica, this Polish act forges Death Metal and Grindcore built on weaponized brevity delivering maximum aggression in minimum time. Their approach balances aggression with genuine musical substance.
Grindcore outfit from Minsk, Belarus, blasting out chaotic, high-speed aggression since 2011. Their approach channels the genre's signature brevity and sonic violence from the heart of Belarus.
Grindcore outfit from Bern, Switzerland, delivering blistering blasts of chaotic noise and speed since 2015. Their medically themed name reflects a surgical precision applied to the genre's most intense and visceral sonic extremes.
Death metal and goregrind act from Copenhagen, Denmark, emerging in 2026 with provocatively titled extremity. Their approach channels the most transgressive and visceral tendencies of extreme metal.
Exinteratus is a brutal death metal and grindcore duo from Río Bueno, Chile, formed in 2013 by Eneas and Massakre. The project debuted with the demo Ghoulish Mutilation in 2014, followed by the release Penetration Post Mortem, operating within the underground extreme metal scene of southern Chile.
Ripping Death Metal out of Texas.
Goregrind outfit from Sofia, Bulgaria, delivering nauseating blasts of extreme noise since 2013. Their commitment to the genre's most revolting sonic extremes reflects a dedication to pushing the boundaries of heavy music.
Swiss grindcore project with an overtly political name, formed in 2024, channeling socioeconomic frustration into blasts of extreme noise. Their approach marries grindcore's brevity and fury with pointed social commentary.
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