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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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Dayton, Ohio's Murderman traffic in brutal death metal and goregrind, piling on guttural extremity with the kind of single-minded dedication that defines the most uncompromising end of Ohio's underground. Formed in 2020, they operate in a city with deep roots in both punk and metal.
A brutal death metal and grindcore act from Rome, Murders Calling has been delivering punishing extremity since 2012. The band channels the Eternal City's underground intensity into blast-driven, guttural compositions.
Lake Worth, Florida's Musket Breath came together in 2023 fusing death metal brutality with powerviolence fury and grindcore velocity, resulting in a ferocious hybrid that doesn't stay in any lane for long. Their approach reflects the anything-goes extremism that has always thrived in South Florida's underground circuit.
Baltimore, Maryland's Musket Hawk mash grindcore's explosive brevity against the tar-thick riffs of sludge metal, producing something uglier and more chaotic than either genre alone would permit. Since 2013, they've been a fixture in Baltimore's exceptionally fertile heavy music underground.
Cleveland, Ohio's Mutated Sex Organ came together in 2022 to play goregrind-inflected death metal and grindcore with the irreverence and gore-obsessed imagery that define the genre's most uncompromising wing. They fit naturally into Cleveland's long history of extreme and underground metal weirdness.
Houston, Texas grindcore unit Mutual Hate launched in 2025 with the city's well-documented capacity for underground extremity behind them, delivering short bursts of chaotic, politically caustic grind.
A grindcore act from Moscow, MxAxMxA has been delivering rapid-fire blasts of noise since 2017. The band channels the abbreviated fury of their name into compact, punishing compositions.
My Body Is a Cage is a three-piece grindcore and powerviolence band from Saxony, Germany, blending punk rawness with screamo intensity. Their 2021 split with Gritted Teeth was recorded at link-audio studio and showcases their commitment to the underground DIY ethos.
My First Knife is a death metal and grindcore act from Budapest, one of the longer-running extreme acts in the Hungarian underground since 2005. The band delivers visceral, grinding extremity with the darkly humorous edge suggested by their name.
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