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Martin and the Vampires is a brutal death metal and grindcore act from Sundbyberg in the Stockholm metropolitan area, active since 2018. The band channels B-movie horror themes into visceral, blast-driven extremity.
Martyrizer played short, abrasive grindcore in the tradition of the Belo Horizonte extreme underground, releasing the six-track "Sick Music To An Extreme World" in April 2014. They also appeared on the compilation "Crushed Vol. II" and performed live that same year at the Metal Punk Overkill III festival before eventually disbanding.
Maruta formed in Miami, Florida in 2005, blurring the boundaries between grindcore and technical death metal through a relentlessly dense compositional approach. The band released In Narcosis (2008) and Forward Into Regression (2011) on Willowtip Records to strong critical reception, with the latter scoring a nine out of ten from Decibel magazine, before a brief dissolution and reformation led to their third album Remain Dystopian (2015) on Relapse Records. Their precision within extreme speed and their refusal to simplify the technical elements of their writing set them apart within the Florida grindcore underground.
Marutaud was a metal band from Tallinn, Estonia, now defunct. The group cycled through multiple vocalists and bassists across their tenure, leaving behind a self-titled album and a demo before disbanding with the epitaph 'Once from Estonia. No more, no longer.'
Formed in 2020 by vocalist Yves Schneider, guitarist Israel Bianchi, bassist Dangelis Britto, and drummer Vinicius Brasil, Masennus fuse death metal's density with grindcore's aggression and tackle themes of existentialism, inner struggle, and social decay. Their debut demo "Phobos Terrorizer" and the follow-up "Disturbing Pandemic Incantations" — which includes a caustic cover of Björk's "Human Behaviour" — both appeared within months of the band's formation.
Mass Coomer is an experimental electronic project from Monza, Italy, creating what they describe as 'fast songs for horny memers.' Their releases, including collaborative work with Involucrus Vaginalis, embrace absurdist humor and intentional shock value as core artistic elements.
A death metal and grindcore band from Kyustendil, Bulgaria, operating in the extreme underground of the country's metal scene. Documented in the Encyclopaedia Metallum, they represent one of the few grindcore-oriented acts to emerge from the southwestern Bulgarian metal community.
Mass Suicide is a grindcore act from Wrocław, formed in 2023. The band delivers rapid-fire blasts of extreme noise from Lower Silesia's capital.
Massacred is an Argentine brutal death metal and grindcore project driven by guitarist/vocalist Christian Edwards and bassist Robert Myiasis, drawing heavy inspiration from Mortician and incorporating horror film samples and Resident Evil video game themes throughout their music. The band has been prolific across multiple releases, including the 2022 album "Human Extermination" and the 20-track "Mortal Annihilation", released in March 2025 to positive notice from No Clean Singing. Their songs typically clock in at one to two minutes, delivering non-stop blast beats and heavy riffing in the old-school brutal death metal tradition.
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