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Hands of Eternity (2024)
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No Cross No Crown (2018)
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Albuquerque brutal death metal and grindcore act formed in 2020, delivering relentlessly punishing extremity rooted in the Southwest underground scene.
Los Angeles experimental grindcore and death metal act formed in 2016, pushing extreme metal into unpredictable territory through unconventional song structures and noise-driven abrasion.
Grindcore and crust punk band from São Paulo formed in 2001, active for over two decades in the Brazilian underground scene. Their discography includes early releases 'The End' and 'Verdade ou Pesadelo' (both 2004), the album 'Siege of Grind' (2013), and 'Enquanto Deuses Empoeiram Dentro de Você' (2020), released via Black Hole Productions.
Socialistik Primer grind through grindcore from Hameenlinna, channeling political ideology through short, explosive compositions. Formed in 2024, they bring politically charged extremity to the southern Finnish scene.
Sodomizing the Dead is a death/thrash and grindcore band from Lynwood, California, formed in 2014, channeling the abrasive energy of Southern California's extreme metal underground through a punishing crossover of brutality and speed.
Soilent Green is a New Orleans-based sludge, death metal, and grindcore band with roots going back to the early 1990s, widely regarded as one of the most distinctive acts to emerge from the Crescent City's extreme music underground, fusing the region's murky sludge aesthetic with grindcore brutality and experimental dissonance.
Sokushinbutsu is a grindcore, death metal, and crust punk band from Baltimore, Maryland, formed in 2013, named after the Japanese practice of self-mummification and channeling that extreme dedication into ferociously short, punishing compositions.
Solvent Abuse deal in death metal and grindcore from Berlin, their chemical-huffing name reflecting the toxic intensity of their extreme output. Formed in 2020, they bring caustic aggression to the German capital's underground.
Sonic Poison blast through grindcore and death metal from Tampere, delivering toxic, short-burst compositions. Active since 2016, they bring venomous sonic intensity to the Pirkanmaa underground.
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