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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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New Orleans' Killgore came out of the gate swinging in 2022, mixing death metal's low-end crush with grindcore's sub-two-minute brutality in a city that knows how to make punishment feel celebratory.
Part of the Gothenburg school's homeland, this act channels death metal, grindcore, and thrash metal with a focus on microsecond-length blasts of noise and fury. Formed in 2010, based in Sala, every recording pushes a little further into uncharted sonic territory.
Black/death metal/grindcore band from Lahti, formed in 2017 and merging three extreme styles into a chaotic blend. Their clan-like name suggests a tribal, collective approach to sonic violence.
Belfast grindcore project formed in 2018, self-described as "pissed off grind, laughing at anything and everyone in the process" and built around the signature buzzing distortion of an HM-2 pedal. Their releases including Eternal Fuck Off and Coronamania pair confrontational humor with ferocious grindcore aggression.
Grindcore band from North Rhine-Westphalia, active since 2002 and delivering over two decades of brief, punishing sonic violence. Their long tenure in the German grindcore underground has produced a catalog of relentless extremity.
A product of Ukraine's battle-tested metal underground, this Lysychansk-based crust punk and grindcore act channels punk-speed chaos meeting death metal's sonic extremity. Active since 2010, their catalog reveals a band unafraid to explore the darker corners of heavy music.
Belarusian death metal and grindcore project formed in 2024, with releases Mauchy and Nie Zaminaj! channeling extreme metal brutality from the Eastern European underground. Their output is raw, concise, and uncompromising.
Helsinki grindcore band active since 2012, delivering over a decade of punishing, blast-beat-driven sonic violence from the Finnish capital. Their politically charged name adds anti-establishment commentary to their grinding extremity.
Dutch death metal and grindcore act, active since 2013 delivering blast-beat saturation and screaming vocals in sub-minute bursts. Rooted in a country that punches well above its weight in extreme metal, uncompromising in their vision, they deliver exactly what their audience demands.
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