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Houston, Texas grindcore unit Mutual Hate launched in 2025 with the city's well-documented capacity for underground extremity behind them, delivering short bursts of chaotic, politically caustic grind.
A grindcore act from Moscow, MxAxMxA has been delivering rapid-fire blasts of noise since 2017. The band channels the abbreviated fury of their name into compact, punishing compositions.
My Body Is a Cage is a three-piece grindcore and powerviolence band from Saxony, Germany, blending punk rawness with screamo intensity. Their 2021 split with Gritted Teeth was recorded at link-audio studio and showcases their commitment to the underground DIY ethos.
My First Knife is a death metal and grindcore act from Budapest, one of the longer-running extreme acts in the Hungarian underground since 2005. The band delivers visceral, grinding extremity with the darkly humorous edge suggested by their name.
My Minds Mine is a grindcore act from the Frisian towns of Reduzum and Dokkum, delivering rapid-fire blasts of noise since 2018. The band brings extreme music to one of the Netherlands' most rural and linguistically distinct regions.
Savage Goregrind from Houston.
Más Allá de la Carne is a grindcore band from Ciudad Real, Spain, formed in 2020. Their name meaning "beyond the flesh" sets the tone for their visceral, punishing grindcore assault.
Mörser is a grindcore, powerviolence, death metal, and hardcore act from Bremen, one of Germany's most respected extreme music institutions since 1997. The band delivers punishing, genre-blurring extremity with nearly three decades of relentless activity.
Nagasaki Birth Defect is a genre-defying extreme metal trio from Leicester, UK, self-described as fast/sludge/ambient/noise/prog/grind weirdos. Their 2024 album Friendship, Yay! delivers sixteen tracks of chaotic, provocatively titled grindcore and progressive metal.
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