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Edinboro, Pennsylvania's Papercut Homicide have been subjecting audiences to technical death metal and grindcore in equal measure since 2002, making them one of the more seasoned and abrasive acts in the state's underground. The sheer sonic violence of their hybrid is matched only by the precision with which they execute it.
Parasiticide wage total sonic war across black metal, death metal, and grindcore, letting the three styles collide without quarter. Formed in 2020, the band's location-free status suggests a project more concerned with extremity than geography.
Grindcore band from Kassel, Germany, formed in 2021, delivering short, sharp bursts of extreme sonic violence. They operate at the fastest and most abrasive end of the Hessian extreme metal spectrum.
Essentially a one-man grindcore machine, PartyGrind is the solo project of Igor Goularth, who handles all vocals, guitars, bass, and programming out of his Dead Icon Productions studio in Rio de Janeiro. Since launching in 2019 Goularth has released a relentless stream of politically charged short-form brutality — including the early 2020 release COVID-19 — with lyrics in Portuguese that dissect Brazilian social and political dysfunction through blasts of sub-two-minute savagery.
Grindcore band from Tampere, Finland, formed in 2020, whose deliberately vulgar Finnish name sets the tone for their crude, fast, and furious grindcore assault. They bring unfiltered extremity to the Tampere underground.
Brutal death metal and grindcore band from Sonta, Serbia, active since 2002, delivering over two decades of gore-soaked extremity from the Vojvodina flatlands. They are veterans of the Serbian grindcore scene.
Death metal and grindcore band from Toulouse, France, formed in 2022, whose name simply means 'skin' in French. They deliver raw, stripped-down extremity from the Pink City.
Hailing from Macapá in the far north of the country, Peia Braba bring a chaotic and unpolished grindcore attack to a genre with deep roots in Brazil's underground. The band drew international underground attention with a 2015 split alongside Belgian grindcore legends Agathocles, recorded at Khaos Studio in their home city.
Death metal and grindcore band from Paris, France, formed in 2015, delivering relentless blasts of extreme metal from the French capital. They are part of Paris's active and varied grindcore community.
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