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Exício is a grindcore band from São João del-Rei, Minas Gerais, formed in late 2016 with a mission to fuse the most extreme elements of metal and punk under themes of misanthropy, nihilism, and social decay. The band released their debut demo, Mórbida Existência, in May 2018.
Death metal and grindcore act from Bremen in northern Germany, delivering chaotic extremity since 2017. Their playful phonetic name conceals the sonic violence of their grinding death metal assault.
F.A.M. is a death metal/grindcore band from Wroclaw, Poland, formed in 2013. They bring the raw aggression of grindcore and death metal to the vibrant underground scene of Lower Silesia's capital city.
F.O.A.M. arrived on the Evansville, Indiana underground in 2024 fusing the blastbeat brutality of grindcore with power metal's melodic ambition — a deliberately jarring combination that keeps listeners off-balance.
Flagstaff, Arizona's Face Pulp waste no time — formed in 2022, they grind through death metal, grindcore, and hardcore punk in the most uncompromising way the high desert allows.
Out of Ashtabula, Ohio, Face Rot have been running blackened grindcore since 2013 — short, vicious songs that swap grind's antisocial energy for a colder, more nihilistic black metal atmosphere.
Wilmington, North Carolina's Faceless Muck have spent over a decade in the death/grind underground since 2010, building a catalog of low-fi brutality that feeds off the coastal South's isolation.
Facepalm Death is a grindcore and death 'n' roll band from Sofia, Bulgaria, formed in 2022, featuring Slaveyko on vocals, Yavor and Kamen on guitars, Pavel on bass, and Mads on drums. They describe their sound as "fast ethno-stoner psychedelic prost-grindcore," blending breakneck tempos with stoner and psychedelic elements, as heard on their self-titled release and a three-way split with Rugged and Outrage.
Facial Abuse is a grindcore/death metal band from Vasteras in central Sweden, formed in 2013. They deliver punishing, short-form extremity from the Malaren Valley industrial city.
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