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A four-piece death metal and grindcore band from Přerov, Autophobic have released albums including Tinnitus and Prdel Světa as well as a full-length death metal/grindcore record titled RARE DEMA. Their lineup of Roman Krejčí, David Šumský, Stanislav Halda, and Jan Landsinger delivers the blasting, uncompromising extremity characteristic of Czech grind.
Martinsburg, West Virginia grindcore project whose 2012 EP Precision Death delivers exactly calibrated blasts of fury from the Eastern Panhandle.
Midlands-based Awoke blend death metal brutality with grindcore velocity, creating short, explosive salvos of extreme metal fury. Since 2012, they've operated at the intersection of these two genres with a relentless, no-frills approach.
Axia delivers death metal and grindcore from Porto since 2018. Their Greek-derived name meaning 'value' or 'worth' brings philosophical weight to extreme metal from northern Portugal.
Axis of Despair delivers grindcore from Örebro since 2018. Their geopolitical-despair name drives blastbeat-laden compositions of compressed violence from central Sweden's Närke province.
Aüscülta is a death metal and grindcore band from Aracaju, Sergipe, Brazil, formed in 2021 and part of a small but tenacious extreme metal scene in Brazil's northeastern interior. Their name — a stylized rendering of the Portuguese/Latin word meaning "listen" — signals an abrasive, confrontational approach to brutality, combining death metal's heaviness with grindcore's short-burst intensity.
Grindcore act from Culemborg, formed in 2001. Their music exists in a state of perpetual detonation, packing blast beats and screamed vocals into compositions that rarely exceed the two-minute mark.
Philadelphia power-violence and grindcore trio who describe their music as Eternal Microbursts of Electric Power, releasing a string of EPs and split 7-inches including records with Nimbus Terrifix and Chainsaw to the Face alongside albums such as Primordial Paranoia and Psychic Rot.
Spanish grindcore band from Badalona near Barcelona, formed in 2013. They deliver short, punishing blasts of grindcore from the Catalan coast.
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