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Walnut, California doom metal and grindcore hybrid with ten releases since 2024. Their catalog — including Anhedonic Empires and Cryptomnesis — blends seemingly incompatible genres at a feverish pace from suburban Los Angeles.
Death metal and grindcore band from Catanduva, São Paulo, formed in 2023. Combining the blastbeat-driven brutality of grindcore with the riff density of death metal, they operate within Brazil's long-established tradition of extreme underground metal. The band self-releases their material on Bandcamp.
Oakland grindcore outfit whose 2011 self-titled EP delivers rapid-fire aggression from the East Bay. Part of the Bay Area's long tradition of politically charged, musically ferocious extreme punk-metal.
Apokrifos is a death metal and grindcore band from Tula, Hidalgo, Mexico, active since 1997. The band released their debut album Fatal Demencia that same year, a thirteen-track assault of Spanish-language death metal touching on themes of violence, societal critique, and gore. They have maintained an active underground presence in Mexico's extreme metal scene for nearly three decades.
Inglewood, California grindcore veterans whose 1999 debut Monarchy of Damned predates the genre's modern revival. A piece of LA County grind history from the turn of the millennium.
New York City grindcore project whose 2024 EP Vital Transformation delivers rapid-fire extremity from the capital of American underground music. The name — meaning elevation to divine status — applies aspirational grandeur to grindcore's most primal impulses.
Portland grindcore project from the Oregon underground.
Architeuthis Dux is a death-grind band from Mar del Plata, Argentina, featuring Chela on vocals, Blass on guitar, Pitu on bass, and Joaco on drums. The band has built an extensive catalog of recordings, including releases such as "Apotheosis of the Guillotine", "Acropolis", "Hecatomb", and a split with Indonesian band Jeritan. Named after the scientific designation for the giant squid, they are one of the most prolific acts in the Argentine extreme metal underground.
Are You God? was a brutal death metal and grindcore band from São Paulo, Brazil, active from 2001 until their split-up. They released their 2001 debut demo as a handmade CD-R on recycled paper, distributing over a thousand copies for free — a gesture rooted in the DIY ethos of the São Paulo underground. Their discography includes the 2006 album Miranda (released via Travolta Discos and 2+2=5 Records) and a 2008 split with German grindcore act Japanische Kampfhörspiele.
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