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Alphen aan den Rijn, Netherlands — death metal and grindcore of the most uncompromising kind. Active since 2011, they deal in punk-speed chaos meeting death metal's sonic extremity. The combination of influences yields something more interesting than any single genre label implies.
Estado Laico is a grindcore band formed in 2022 in the Pimentas neighborhood of Guarulhos, São Paulo, playing fast and confrontational music rooted in social criticism from a working-class perspective. The four-piece outfit has released multiple recordings including the EP "Vai pro Lixo da História" and subsequent works such as "Estamos no Inferno" and "SISTEMA".
Black metal, death metal, and grindcore act from Badalona near Barcelona, Spain, active since 2015. They deliver a punishing blend of extreme subgenres from the greater Barcelona metropolitan area.
Grindcore band from Subotica in northern Serbia near the Hungarian border, active since 2014. Their sound channels blasting grindcore intensity from the Vojvodina region's northernmost major city.
Death metal, doom, and grindcore band from Budapest, Hungary launched in 2024. They bring a diverse extreme metal assault from the Hungarian capital.
Sacramento's Eulogy combine death metal's bodily brutality with grindcore's compressed fury, producing short, violent bursts of aggression since 2016. In a city with a storied punk and metal crossover history, they carry that tradition forward with maximum intensity.
Eutanasia is a death metal and grindcore band from Santiago, Chile, active since 1990. Drawing from the Florida death metal tradition of bands like Cannibal Corpse and early Deicide, they released their debut full-length Exterminio in 2007, later reissued in 2021 by Iron Blood and Death Corporation with additional Promo 2017 tracks.
Crust punk, death metal, and grindcore band from the UK formed in 2020. They deliver raw, punishing extremity across multiple genres.
Laying down tracks since 2006, this Rybinsk Grindcore outfit delivers microsecond-length blasts of noise and fury. Their place within Russia's sprawling, uncompromising metal landscape speaks to the depth of the region's heavy music culture.
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