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Hutt is a grindcore and death-thrash trio from São Paulo formed in 2002, comprising Appezzato on vocals, Leandro on guitar, and André on drums, with the band name taken from Jabba the Hutt of Star Wars. The band has built a discography spanning six releases, including the albums Horror³, Monstruario, Apocalipster (2017, via Black Hole Productions), and Maldicto (2019), all featuring short, ferocious songs with Portuguese lyrics addressing social themes. Their sound draws on classic grindcore acts such as Napalm Death alongside death metal influences in the vein of Morbid Angel.
Death metal/grindcore band from Petershagen, Germany, active since 2004. Two decades of extreme music make them seasoned veterans of the Lower Saxon grindcore underground.
Black/death metal and grindcore band from Hamburg, Germany, active since 2013. Their three-pronged extreme assault merges blackened fury, death metal weight, and grindcore brevity from the Hanseatic city.
Bred in Oirlo's underground, this act delivers menacing goregrind since 2007. Heavy, downtuned riffing and relentless percussion drive their compositions.
Dark grindcore/crust punk project from Jyväskylä, carving a path through Finland's underground since 2011. Their work explores the genre's heaviest territories through savage delivery.
Höküs Pöküs is a experimental death metal/grindcore/hardcore band from Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France, active since 2021 and delivering uncompromising extremity through crushing riffs and guttural vocals. The project channels the relentless brutality of the genre.
Hørdür is a grindcore act from Lyon, France, active since 2017 and delivering chaotic, ferocious bursts of extreme music at breakneck velocity. The project channels the genre's most frenzied and violent impulses.
I Refuse is a death metal/grindcore/hardcore band from Iłża, Poland, active since 2011 and delivering uncompromising extremity through crushing riffs and guttural vocals. The project channels the relentless brutality of the genre.
Death metal/grindcore band from Pori on Finland's western coast, formed in 2024. Their sound fuses death metal with grindcore from the Satakunta region.
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