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Sick Sinus Syndrome grind through goregrind from Ostrava, named after an actual cardiac arrhythmia in keeping with the subgenre's tradition of medical-themed horror. Their Moravian-Silesian output is gleefully grotesque and sonically abrasive.
Chicago grindcore outfit Sick/Tired have been grinding since 2008, delivering short, brutal bursts of noise-laden extremity rooted in the city's storied underground hardcore and metal crossover scene.
Sickbag has been grinding out death metal and grindcore from the Norman city of Caen since 2004, making them one of the region's longer-running extreme acts. Two decades of output reflect an unwavering commitment to short, brutal sonic assaults.
Belgorod's Sickcunt merge brutal death, standard death, and grindcore from the Black Earth region since 2020. Their maximally provocative name channels shock-value extremity into compositions of southern Russian aggression.
Sickflesh deal in brutal death metal and goregrind from Nachod, combining inhuman gutturals with grinding blasts of noise. Their approach embraces the most extreme end of the death metal spectrum without compromise.
Thrash/death/grindcore band from São Paulo, active from the early 2000s until splitting up. The band released the 14-track full-length Traitors Execution in December 2002 on Hate Storm Records.
Death/grind band from Fortaleza, Ceará, formed in 1997 by Bruno Gabai (vocals, guitar, drums) and George Frizzo (bass). The duo has released six records across nearly three decades, including Subversive By Nature (2003) on Encore Records in Brazil — later picked up by Karmageddon Media in Europe and Candlelight Records in the US — Deathmocracy (2009), Animalism (2013), and Medieval Trauma (2022), a split with Guro.
Thrash/grindcore band from São Paulo, formed in 1989 and named after two sisters from the neighbourhood where the founding members lived. After disbanding in 2002, they reunited in 2015 and signed to Cogumelo Records, releasing Back From Hell (2023) — their first studio album in 24 years, featuring guest appearances from Mayara Puertas of Torture Squad and Henrique Fogaça of Oitão — followed by the live album Massacre em Lorena (2024), recorded at Ferrovia Estúdio in Lorena, São Paulo.
North Carolina's Signs of Decay lean into the most punishing end of the death metal spectrum, blending brutal death and grindcore in short, merciless bursts of extremity since their 2023 formation.
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