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Ride the Flatline (feat. Jami Morgan & Code Orange) (2024)
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Evidence (2023)
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Agamemnon (2025)
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Death metal/grindcore band from Madrid, Spain, active since 2014. Their relentless blast of brutality and grind erupts from the Spanish capital's extreme underground.
Born in the blistering underground of Krasnodar, this goregrind act has delivered unflinching intensity since 2025. Punishing compositions and guttural fury form the core of their sound.
Grindcore band from Nova Paka, Czech Republic, active since 2012. Their short, sharp bursts of sonic annihilation represent the most extreme end of the Czech underground music scene.
Death metal/crust/grindcore band from Osnabruck, Germany, formed in 2022. Their ferocious crossover of death metal, crust punk, and grindcore creates a relentless sonic assault.
HIV is a grindcore act from Gdynia, Poland, active since 2018 and delivering chaotic, ferocious bursts of extreme music at breakneck velocity. The project channels the genre's most frenzied and violent impulses.
Vicious death metal/grindcore emanating from Dubnica nad Váhom, active since 2017 within Slovakia's metal scene. Cavernous production and rhythmic complexity define their death metal approach.
Hobbling is a death metal/goregrind band from France, active since 2020 and delivering uncompromising extremity through crushing riffs and guttural vocals. The project channels the relentless brutality of the genre.
Brutal death metal/grindcore band from Barcelona, Spain, active since 2012. Their merciless blend of slam-heavy brutality and grindcore velocity erupts from the Catalan extreme underground.
Death metal/grindcore band from Estepona, Spain, active since 2000. A quarter century of gore-drenched extremity from the Costa del Sol makes them one of Spain's most enduring grind acts.
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