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Absolutely punishing grindcore / powerviolence from Houston.
Hauser is a death metal and grindcore band from Jaraguá do Sul, Santa Catarina, Brazil, formed in 2011. Drawing influence from national acts like Are You God? and Test alongside international names such as Nasum and Rotten Sound, the band channels raw hardcore aggression into a brutal grindcore framework. Their releases include the 2019 album Messias and the 2020 album Cinza, the latter described as ten tracks of visceral, explicit grindcore.
Hoboken's Hayaino Daisuki translates roughly as 'I love speed' — and they mean it, delivering blistering blasts of thrash-infused grindcore that rarely slow long enough to catch a breath. Since 2008 they've been one of New Jersey's most furiously paced metal exports.
Head Cleaner is a death metal/grindcore band from Thessaloniki, Greece, active since 2003 and delivering uncompromising extremity through crushing riffs and guttural vocals. The project channels the relentless brutality of the genre.
Headache is a death metal/grindcore band from Pietarsaari, Finland, active since 2010 and delivering uncompromising extremity through crushing riffs and guttural vocals. The project channels the relentless brutality of the genre.
Battle Creek, Michigan's Headcheese are a gloriously repugnant collision of slam death metal, brutal death, and goregrind, weaponizing grotesque imagery and gut-punch breakdowns with the enthusiasm of a band that genuinely loves how ugly their music can get. Since 2020 they've been an ideal entry point for listeners who want their death metal without any refinement.
Headcrash is a grindcore act from Eindhoven, Netherlands, active since 2014 and delivering chaotic, ferocious bursts of extreme music at breakneck velocity. The project channels the genre's most frenzied and violent impulses.
Headless Dawn is a grindcore/death metal band from Netherlands, active since 2022 and delivering uncompromising extremity through crushing riffs and guttural vocals. The project channels the relentless brutality of the genre.
St. Louis's Headworm tunnel through the brain with a particularly nasty strain of death metal and grindcore, collapsing the distance between surgical brutality and pure chaotic noise. Since 2018, they've been one of Missouri's more abrasive underground exports.
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