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Proof (2024)
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Death Atlas (2019)
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Fire and Water (Riffissippi Studio Jam Sessions Vol. 1) (2025)
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Hands of Eternity (2024)
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Milan's Suicide by Cop have been grinding since 2010. Their darkly specific name and Milanese origins channel urban violence and societal critique into bursts of grindcore extremity.
Columbia, Missouri goregrind project formed in 2024, trafficking in the hyper-compressed blasts and grotesque lyrical imagery that define the most extreme end of the grindcore spectrum.
Orlando black/death metal and grindcore band formed in 2013, blending the chaos of grindcore with the darkness of black and death metal into a relentlessly aggressive extreme metal assault.
Raw deathgrind duo from Brazil consisting of vocalist Niili and multi-instrumentalist Billy Grind, active since early 2021. The project released three recordings in its first month — Toda Desgraça do Mundo, O Pior Lado do Capitalismo, and Sessão de Foda-se — followed by a Demo in June 2021 and the EP Pequenas Empresas, Grandes Cuzões in August 2022.
Sulaco is a Rochester, New York death metal and grindcore band active since 2003, known for their punishing fusion of extreme metal brutality with the velocity and compression of grind.
Sully is a Rochester, New York grindcore band active since 2008, delivering the fast, abrasive blasts characteristic of the genre's underground DIY scene.
Summoned is a death metal and grindcore band from Whittier, California, formed in 2007, combining the brutality of death metal with the speed and aggression of grind.
Sunyata is a grindcore band from Phoenix, Arizona, formed in 2020, whose name references the Buddhist concept of emptiness, delivering blasts of chaotic, high-velocity grindcore from the desert Southwest underground.
Superrot is a death metal and grindcore band from Rock Island, Illinois, formed in 2025 and built around the pulverizing short-form brutality that defines the Midwest's underground extreme metal underground.
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