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Grindcore/death metal band from Olsztyn, Poland, formed in 2022. Their Polish name, meaning 'romantic evening,' ironically accompanies extreme grindcore brutality.
New Jersey's Rorschach have been colliding hardcore, metalcore, grindcore, and powerviolence since 2017 in a way that doesn't so much blend genres as force them into the same room. The result is aggressive and unpredictable, built on the intensity of hardcore and the technical vocabulary of metal without ever settling into either camp.
Rosetta Twist is a goregrind project from Germany, formed in 2022. The project delivers visceral, microsecond-length blasts of extreme noise in the goregrind tradition.
Death metal/grindcore band from Leeds, England, active since 2018. Their approach delivers extreme velocity and heaviness from the West Yorkshire city.
Thrash/death metal and grindcore act from Belpasso near Catania, formed in 2021 and delivering extreme aggression from the slopes of Mount Etna. Their triple-genre fusion channels the volcanic intensity of their Sicilian setting.
Brutal death metal and grindcore band from Salvador, Bahia, formed in 2009 under the name Gutrender before adopting their current name. The lineup of Caio Rohr on vocals, Diego Fleischer on guitar, Derick Alcântara on bass, and Márcio Jordanne on drums released the mini-CD Execrate in 2009 and the full-length Misbegotten in 2014, both centering on gore-themed lyrics. Their later material appeared on Guttural Brutality Productions, including the album Intense Sensations in Self Mutilation.
Grindcore/death metal band from Wolfsberg, Carinthia, active since 2000, Rotten Cold deliver politically charged, anger-driven hardcore-inflected grind. Their catalog includes splits with Monolith and Human Mastication, the MCD Butterfly (2006), and the 2019 full-length Grind Culture, as well as a split 7" with fellow Austrian band Distaste.
Death metal/grindcore band from Tver, Russia, formed in 2024. Their approach combines death metal heaviness with grindcore velocity from the city between Moscow and Saint Petersburg.
One-person death metal and grindcore project from Minas Gerais, Brazil, with all instruments and vocals handled by Jefferson Death. The band released the EP Nascer, viver, morrer e apodrecer... in January 2018, a five-track collection tagged as old school splatter death metal whose tracklist includes "Diário de um Legísta" and "O Estripador."
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