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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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Novorossiysk-based death metal and grindcore act, active since 2013 delivering blast-beat saturation and screaming vocals in sub-minute bursts. Rooted in one of Eastern Europe's most extreme metal communities, uncompromising in their vision, they deliver exactly what their audience demands.
Relentless Grindcore out of Texas.
Grindcore project from Paris, formed in 2023 and delivering brief, punishing bursts of extreme sonic violence. Their military-styled name adds authoritarian menace to their Parisian grindcore.
Koma is a death/black metal and grindcore band from São Paulo, Brazil, operating under an explicitly antifascist, anarchist, and communist ethos. The band released their debut EP "Sinfonia da Desgraça," which blends grindcore, deathgrind, black metal, and sludge metal influences. They are active on Bandcamp under the handle koma5 and present their sound as a direct fusion of extreme music with radical political conviction.
Grindcore band from Athens, formed in 2021 and delivering the short, frenzied bursts of extreme aggression that define the genre. Their sound channels grindcore's raw fury through the energy of Athens' underground punk and metal scene.
Reykjavík's metal underground has produced no shortage of heavy acts, and this death metal and grindcore unit is among them — wielding blast-beat saturation and screaming vocals in sub-minute bursts. Uncompromising in their vision, they deliver exactly what their audience demands.
Death metal and grindcore three-piece from Oxfordshire and Wiltshire, formed in 2023 from members of Black Skies Burn, Public Execution, Of Corpse, and Seidrblot. Their releases Unsolicited Indoctrination and Chop the Cop channel anti-establishment fury through grinding extremity.
Straddling the line between brutal death metal and death metal, this Hungarian actfrom Veszprém fuses HM-2 filth and d-beat fury in the old Swedish tradition into a cohesive whole. They've been at it since 2010, and their approach favors no-frills brutality over technical showmanship.
Volkhov's metal underground has produced no shortage of heavy acts, and this brutal death metal, death metal, and grindcore unit is among them — wielding HM-2 filth and d-beat fury in the old Swedish tradition. Their approach favors no-frills brutality over technical showmanship.
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