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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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Necrofist is a five-piece grindcore band from Orléans, France, formed in 2012, blending brutal death metal with crust and grindcore influences. Their raw, aggressive recordings capture the unpolished intensity of the French underground extreme scene.
Vetlanda death metal and grindcore act formed in 2021, delivering rapid-fire extremity with irreverent humor from the Småland highlands. Their grinding assault channels both genres' most visceral qualities.
Necrogrind is a grindcore/death metal band from Billère, France, formed in 2017. The band delivers relentless, grinding death metal brutality from the foothills of the French Pyrenees.
NecroKillGraveTerror is a grindcore band from Smolensk, Russia, active since 2002. Their maximalist name stacks four horror elements, matching the excess of their grinding sound.
Necromore is a brutal death metal and goregrind duo from Rouen, France, consisting of Satabass and Nicola Bochariz. Their 2021 album The Blood Crypt, released through 126 Records, delivers horror-themed extremity blending brutal death metal with goregrind savagery.
Moreno Valley's Necromorph have been sculpting death metal from the Inland Empire's sprawling concrete landscape since 2011, taking their name from the horror genre's mutated undead. Their Southern California approach favors raw aggression over technical flourish.
Örebro death metal and grindcore act formed in 2021, delivering rapid-fire extremity from central Sweden. Their grinding assault follows in the tradition of Örebro's legendary grindcore heritage.
Nowa Ruda death metal and grindcore act formed in 2012, delivering rapid-fire extremity from the Lower Silesian mountains. Their grinding assault combines death metal brutality with grindcore velocity.
Necrophile is a death metal and grindcore band from Pleven, Bulgaria, active since 2020. The band pairs blast-beat-driven grindcore fury with guttural death metal from central Bulgaria.
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