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Gride is a Czech grindcore and hardcore band from Ceske Budejovice/Prachatice, established in March 1996 and one of the country's most enduring extreme acts. They have toured extensively across Europe and twice in the United States, releasing albums like Horizont udalosti, Tanec blaznu, and Zaškuby chaosu alongside numerous splits with acts including Sidetracked and Lycanthropy.
Grilo is a Portuguese black metal and grindcore hybrid active since 2016. Their name, meaning 'cricket' in Portuguese, belies the ferocity of their blasting extremity.
Grimentity is a Belarusian deathgrind four-piece from Minsk, formed in 2018, whose music is described as an "extremely aggressive mixture of metal and grind." Their 2022 debut full-length DSM-5: The New Chapter explores psychological disturbance through conceptual storytelling, following earlier releases The Power of Broken (2018) and To Perfection (2020).
Grind Convulsion are a brutal death metal and grindcore band from Santa Fe, Argentina, signed to Inhuman Therapy Records. Their 2014 EP "Rebirth of Blood" includes tracks such as "Putrefaction In Crescendo," "Grotesque Deformity," and "While I Use Your Remains," along with two live recordings from the GFF '13 festival. The band also contributed tracks to the Argentine extreme metal compilations "Argentina Extrema Vol. 2" (2015) and "8 Ways to the Internal Rot" (2016), with Pat on bass, Juan C. on guitar, and Ismael on drums.
Grind-O-Matic is a death metal/grindcore band from Paris, active since 2006. They deliver mechanized, relentless grindcore and death metal from the French capital, their name suggesting the automated precision of their approach.
Grindcore Accesible is a grindcore band split between the Basque Country and Catalonia, featuring members of Ósserp and Mutilated Judge, self-described as 'grindcore for all audiences.' Their 2020 album Para Todos los Públicos delivers eight tracks of groovy goregrind recorded at the Ósserp practice space and mastered in Portugal.
Grindead is a death metal and grindcore outfit from Porto, Portugal, grinding since 2019. They contribute to Porto's thriving extreme metal community with relentless brutality.
Grindeals is a grindcore and death metal band from Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil, formed in 2020. The independent act explores lyrical themes of violence, psychological struggle, death, and addiction within a brutal extreme metal framework.
Berdiansk-based brutal death metal and grindcore act active since 2016, delivering grinding extremity from southeastern Ukraine's Azov Sea coast. Their relentless sonic assault combines death metal brutality with grindcore's blistering velocity.
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