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Necro Terror is a grindcore band from Santo António dos Cavaleiros near Lisbon, active since 2017. They deliver rapid-fire terror from the Lisbon suburbs.
Necrobass is a brutal death metal and grindcore band from Moscow, Russia, active since 1993. With over three decades of history, they are among the pioneer extreme metal acts of the Russian capital.
Necroblation is a death metal and grindcore band from Lausanne, Switzerland, active since 2013. The band pairs death metal heaviness with grindcore velocity from the shores of Lake Geneva.
Formed in 1988 by Skull Detonator, Sathan, and Kranium, Necrobutcher played a ferocious blend of death metal and grindcore where most tracks barely broke the one-minute mark. Their two 1989 demos, "Schizophrenic Christianity" and "Corrosive Noisy Torment," were later compiled by Nuclear War Now! Productions on the anthology "Schizophrenic Noisy Torment," preserving all 44 tracks of their brief but savage output.
Necrocadaveric Vomit is a death-grind band from Paraná, Entre Ríos, Argentina, formed around 2010 with a lineup including vocalist Joel Tutau, guitarist Santiago Pontoni, bassist Ariel Reyes, and drummer Mathías Chamorro. The band recorded their first demo, Putrid Flesh, in 2011 before releasing their self-titled full-length album in October 2015, a blistering 11-track set of pure deathgrind.
Necrocite is a death metal and grindcore band from Khabarovsk in Russia's Far East, active since 2009. They bring extreme metal from this city on the Amur River near the Chinese border.
Necrocracia is a grindcore band from Lima, Peru that formed in 2017 and channels anti-fascist politics and existentialist themes into blasts of extreme music. The band has appeared on international grindcore compilations and released a string of splits and demo recordings between 2017 and 2021, including the split with Global Horror.
Formed in 1998 in Minas Gerais, Necrocult deliberately stayed out of the commercial underground, releasing a string of cassette and CD-R demos between 1999 and 2001 — including "Sadistic Armageddon" and "Spiritual Rape" — through the local Godless Records imprint. Decades later the band resurfaced with "For Thine Is The Kingdom, And The Power, And The Glory" (2015), released jointly by Satanath Records and Ira Militias Productions.
Karlshamn grindcore/black metal act launched in 2024, fusing blasting extremity with black metal's atmospheric aggression from southern Sweden. Their hybrid approach channels the confrontational energy of both traditions.
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