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Death metal and grindcore act from Krefeld-Linn in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, delivering visceral extremity since 2012. Their medically graphic name reflects the raw, physical intensity of their grinding death metal.
Grindcore act from Torremolinos on the Costa del Sol, Spain, active since 2002. They have been delivering punishing grind blasts from the Andalusian coast for over two decades.
Shreveport, Louisiana's Expletive arrived in 2025 armed with brutal death metal brutality and grindcore's economical fury — a pairing that amplifies both to extremes. Shreveport has long existed in the shadow of Louisiana's better-known metal cities, and Expletive sound like a band who've internalized that chip on the shoulder.
Expurgo is an old-school grindcore band from Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil, active since the late 1990s and a fixture in the Brazilian underground extreme scene. The band released their debut full-length "Burial Ground" in 2013 and followed it with "Deformed by Law" in 2018, both on Black Hole Productions, and have participated in numerous split releases with international acts including Meatus and Shatter Dead.
Exsim were a grindcore/sludge/thrash metal band from Recife, Pernambuco, formed in 2020 and now split-up. Their self-titled debut album, released in May 2020, crams 18 tracks into roughly 16 minutes and was recorded, mixed, and mastered entirely in a home studio by Daniel Farias. Lyrically the record tackles alienation, fear of fascism, and the precariousness of Brazilian working life.
Extreme Hate were a death metal/grindcore band from Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, active from 1999 until their eventual split-up. The band recorded a series of demos between 2003 and 2006 — including a 2005 session at Barata Studio — which were later compiled on the release Open Wound / Demo(n)s. Their ferocious blend of deathgrind placed them within Belo Horizonte's storied extreme metal underground.
Ipswich-based crust punk, death metal, and grindcore act, active since 1995 delivering blast-beat saturation and screaming vocals in sub-minute bursts. Rooted in Britain's endlessly regenerating metal lineage, their sound resists easy categorization, blending influences into something distinctly their own.
A product of the tiny nation at the crossroads of Germanic and Slavic metal, this Nova Gorica-based grindcore act channels punk-speed chaos meeting death metal's sonic extremity. Active since 1996, the combination of influences yields something more interesting than any single genre label implies.
Grand Junction's Exussum have been operating in Colorado's high-desert isolation since 2006, blending blackened death metal with grindcore into something caustic and relentless. Their longevity speaks to a genuine commitment to the extremes — two decades of punishment forged in a city not known for its metal infrastructure.
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