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Kaiserslautern, DE · 2022–present · active
Kaiserslautern's Mull is a goregrind project dedicated to the most repulsive end of extreme music, grinding out short, visceral bursts of noise since 2022. The act revels in the low-fidelity traditions of the genre, favoring blast beats and guttural vocals.
Salt Lake City, UT, US · 2023–present · active
Salt Lake City goregrind and death metal outfit Multicyst formed in 2023, channeling the most grotesque end of the grindcore spectrum with a gore-fixated intensity that stands out sharply against Utah's more conservative cultural backdrop.
Geneva, CH · 2009–present · active
Mumakil is a deathgrind juggernaut from Geneva, Switzerland, formed in 2004 and signed to Relapse Records. Across releases like "Behold the Failure" (2009) and the 24-track "Flies Will Starve" (2013), they deliver relentless blasting fury that established them as one of Europe's premier grindcore acts.
Kimry, RU · 2017–present · active
A death metal and grindcore act from the small Tver Oblast town of Kimry, Mumblegore has been delivering visceral compositions since 2017. Named after the mumblecore film movement filtered through horror, the band brings extreme music to a decidedly unlikely setting.
Ottumwa, IA, US · 2009–present · active
Ottumwa, Iowa death/grind band Mummifier has been keeping the flag flying for Midwest extremity since 2009, delivering punishing blasts and down-tuned brutality from one of the more unlikely addresses in American metal geography.
Los Angeles, CA, US · 2010–present · active
Los Angeles death metal and grindcore outfit Murder Construct emerged in 2010 with a surgical brutality that reflects the city's long history of extreme music, blending grinding velocity with the technical heft of death metal. Their music is relentless and tightly wound, with little room for breath between the blasts.
Ostrava, CZ · 2019–present · active
Murder Rape Amputate is a goregrind and brutal death metal act from Ostrava, Czech Republic, emerging from the city's underground in 2019 with a discography spanning "Cadaverous Lullabies" through splits and full-lengths. Their visceral sound, self-described as arising from "the putrid depths of Ostrava's underworld," delivers unrelenting extremity across four releases.
Portland, OR, US · 2017–present · active
Portland, Oregon's Murder Stroke have been carving up the grindcore and death metal overlap since 2017, favoring brevity, speed, and a caustic production aesthetic that suits the city's long-running DIY tradition. Short songs, maximum violence.
US · 2023–present · active
Murdered in the Basement are a death metal and grindcore act whose location remains unknown but whose name and genre placement situate them firmly in the lo-fi, basement-dwelling end of US extreme music. Formed in 2023, they lean into the claustrophobic, DIY aesthetic that the name implies.

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