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Let You Go (2024)
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The Bestiary (2025)
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Halo (2017)
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Messflesh is a death metal and grindcore act from Helsinki, grinding out extreme music since 2018 with a sound that prioritizes raw aggression and visceral impact. The band operates within Helsinki's diverse and well-established extreme metal underground.
Metzgore is a German death metal and grindcore band from Halberstadt, formed in 2010. Their raw, visceral sound blends black metal undercurrents with punishing grindcore brevity, as heard on their debut Black Hole Eating.
Birmingham, Alabama's Miasmic Ooze arrived in 2021 with a death metal and grindcore hybrid that wastes no time and takes no prisoners. They traffic in short, brutal blasts that marry grinding velocity to the flesh-peeling heaviness of death metal, a combination that feels right at home in the Deep South's increasingly vicious extreme metal scene.
Michael Khill is a grindcore project from Modena, formed in 2023. The project delivers rapid-fire blasts of extreme noise from the heart of Emilia-Romagna.
Formed in Daytona Beach, Florida in 2026, Microcephaly storms out of the gate blending death metal brutality with grindcore's punk-fueled contempt for restraint. Florida's death metal lineage casts a long shadow, and Microcephaly plants their flag firmly in that tradition while pushing tempo and aggression to a grinding extreme.
A death metal and grindcore act from Liverpool, Midrift Guillotine has been grinding out visceral extremity since 2021. The band combines the brutality of death metal with grindcore's brevity and relentless blast beats.
Bus the Unknown Secretary is a heavy/doom metal and hard rock act from Athens, active since 2014. The band's enigmatic name hints at a surreal, narrative-driven approach to their heavy, groove-laden compositions.
Mincer is a death, thrash metal, and grindcore band from Halle, Germany, formed in 2012. They deliver a relentless barrage of extreme metal aggression rooted in the crossover of death, thrash, and grind.
Mind Phaser is a brutal death metal and grindcore act from Mantua in Lombardy, active since 2015. The band delivers punishing, blast-driven extremity from the historic city of the Gonzagas.
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