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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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Death metal/grindcore project from Heinola in southern Finland, formed in 2024 and delivering raw, punishing extremity. Their Finnish city-referencing name roots their sound in the small-town Nordic underground.
Active in Arnhem since 2014, this Dutch act forges Death Metal and Grindcore built on weaponized brevity delivering maximum aggression in minimum time. Each release demonstrates a commitment to artistic evolution.
A fresh-formed goregrind project launched in 2024, Kadavered traffics in the kind of blasting, guttural extremity that defines the most uncompromising end of American grind. Short, fast, and relentlessly ugly.
Dortmund-based sludge/death metal/grindcore outfit formed in 2018, delivering a filthy fusion of the heaviest extreme metal subgenres. Their confrontational name matches their uncompromising approach to sonic punishment.
Proof that the underground never sleeps, this death metal and grindcore act from Kristinehamn traffics in microsecond-length blasts of noise and fury. Since 2011, they've built a catalog that reflects the Gothenburg school's homeland.
Rochester, New York's Kalibas have been a shape-shifting force in extreme metal since 2003, starting as a brutal death/grindcore act before incorporating black metal into their arsenal. Over twenty years they've grown into something genuinely hard to classify, which is precisely their appeal.
Thrash metal, grindcore, and hardcore band from Gothenburg, Sweden, active since 2010. Operating from the epicenter of Swedish extreme metal, they deliver a ferocious crossover of thrash speed, grind blasts, and hardcore aggression.
Grindcore band from Donostia-San Sebastian in the Basque Country, active since 2010 and delivering punishing, blast-beat-driven extremity. Their decade-plus output represents the most abrasive end of the Basque underground.
Horror-oriented grindcore quartet from Brno, Czech Republic, with a catalog spanning releases like Tromaville, Cluster Headache, and Sila imaginace. Their B-movie-inspired approach pairs punishing grindcore blasts with a tongue-in-cheek horror aesthetic.
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