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Divine (2024)
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Agamemnon (2025)
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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 band from Brest on the tip of Brittany, active since 2000 — over two decades of blasting chaos from the Atlantic naval port.
Incarnate is an extreme metal band from Ceska Lipa, Czech Republic, active since 2005, starting in death metal before pivoting toward grindcore's frenetic brevity. Two decades of evolution have seen the band distill their sound into increasingly compact bursts of violence.
Noisy powerviolence from San Antonio.
Industrial Noise is a grindcore and death metal act from Presidente Prudente, São Paulo, Brazil, with roots going back to 1994 and activity continuing through several periods into the present era. The band appeared on the No Fashion HC Records compilation "O Progresso da Regressão" (2000) with the track "Padrões de Cultura," and has released material through Cianeto Discos.
Industrial Suicide is a death metal/grindcore band from Athens, Greece, active since 2023 and delivering uncompromising extremity through crushing riffs and guttural vocals. The project channels the relentless brutality of the genre.
Inert are a death metal and grindcore band from Nottingham, England, formed in 2019. They deliver ferocious bursts of grinding death metal from the East Midlands underground.
Inevitable End is a thrash/death metal band from Alingsås, Sweden, active since 2009 and merging death metal's heaviness with thrash's relentless velocity. The project delivers aggressive crossover fury.
Infected Entrails is a brutal death metal/grindcore band from Best, Netherlands, active since 2014 and dealing in the most extreme and guttural forms of death metal. The project channels punishing brutality with unrelenting intensity.
Infected Flesh is a death metal/grindcore band from Igualada, Spain, active since 2016, blending guttural death metal with grindcore's explosive brevity. The band channels the industrial energy of the Catalan interior into devastating bursts of extremity.
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