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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)
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Internal Hate is a death metal/grindcore band from Uherske Hradiste, Czech Republic, formed in 2021, blending guttural death metal with the explosive brevity of grindcore. The band operates from the wine-rich Moravian lowlands, delivering violence in concentrated bursts.
Internal Rot are a grindcore, crust, and death metal band from Royal Leamington Spa, England, formed in 2011. They deliver fast, vicious grindcore of uncompromising quality.
Grindcore/death metal band from Lille in northern France, formed in 2022. Their visceral name channels extreme metal from the Nord capital.
San Antonio goregrind/brutal death metal/noise extremists. One of Texas's longest-running underground acts.
Intestinal Infection is a grindcore band from Celle, Germany, active since 2002, dealing in explosive, ultra-short bursts of sonic violence for over two decades. The band has maintained a relentless commitment to the grindcore ethos from the Lower Saxon garrison town.
Intestines is a death metal/grindcore band from the Regensburg-Nittendorf area of Germany, formed in 2025, merging death metal brutality with grindcore's explosive brevity. The band represents one of the newest extreme acts from the Upper Palatinate.
Invazão is a death metal and grindcore band from Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil, active since 2000, making them one of the longer-running acts in their local underground scene. The band released the grindcore record "No Religion," and their lyrical themes address anti-government and anti-pollution subjects alongside the genre's characteristic intensity.
Irate Architect is a technical death metal/grindcore band from Wedel, Germany, active since 2005, delivering two decades of precision-engineered extremity from the Hamburg outskirts. The band channels intricate technical death metal structures through grindcore's explosive energy.
Goregrind band from El Prat de Llobregat near Barcelona, active since 2014. Their Spanish name — meaning 'irony' — adds a sardonic dimension to goregrind's typically absurdist aesthetic.
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