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Ride the Flatline (feat. Jami Morgan & Code Orange) (2024)
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Evidence (2023)
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Agamemnon (2025)
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Shkura deal in death metal and grindcore from the Estonian underground, channeling extreme aggression through short, brutal compositions. Formed in 2020, they bring raw intensity to the Baltic extreme scene.
Detroit grindcore outfit Shock Narcotic formed in 2019 with no interest in subtlety — blast-beat driven, maximally abrasive, and firmly rooted in the Motor City's tradition of punishing underground extremity.
Los Angeles grindcore and death metal act Shock Withdrawal launched in 2022 with a ferocious, high-velocity sound that blends the clinical brutality of death metal with grindcore's chaotic, compressed aggression — another entry in LA's densely packed extreme underground.
Gulfport, Mississippi's Shokushu Goukan have been operating at the fringe of death metal and grindcore since 2011, delivering a relentlessly extreme sound from an unlikely corner of the Deep South underground.
Relentless Goregrind from Austin, Texas / Pennsylvania.
Ripping Death Metal / Goregrind from Austin.
Little Rock, Arkansas's Shredded Corpse trace their roots back through grindcore into death metal, the band's evolution reflecting a gradual shift toward slower, more deliberate brutality while retaining the extremity of their earliest material formed in 2025.
Shredding Infant Limbs deliver brutal death, standard death, and grindcore from Moscow/Saint Petersburg since 2023. Their graphic name channels maximum shock value into compositions of unrelenting technical extremity.
Sialogogo produces goregrind from the small Landes seaside town of Mimizan, having formed in 2020. Their medically-themed name and micro-blasting intensity place them firmly within the gore-obsessed grindcore tradition.
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