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Grindcore outfit from Switzerland whose tongue-in-cheek absurdity belies ferocious extremity. With releases titled Antebellum and Parabellum and a self-described ethos of war, death, and goat worship, they channel chaotic blasts through the Swiss underground.
These Machines hail from Binghamton, New York, combining technical death metal's precision with grindcore's blunt ferocity since 2011. The band's mechanically exacting riffwork and relentless pace place them firmly in the abrasive upper tier of upstate New York extreme metal.
Thicker than Blood come out of Detroit, Michigan with a ferocious hybrid of death metal, grindcore, and hardcore that has been tearing through the city's heavy underground since 2012. Their Motor City roots infuse their blunt, industrial-strength brutality with a gritty working-class intensity.
Thieves is a California grindcore and crust punk act formed in 2013, channeling the raw, politically charged fury of crust into a grindcore format that is brief, loud, and absolutely unsparing. Operating without a fixed city listing, they embody the nomadic, anti-establishment spirit of the crust underground.
Thirst Prayer from Milan blend black metal with grindcore's brevity since 2017. Their compositions channel desperate, parched invocation through the Italian fashion capital's extreme underground.
Phoenix, Arizona's Tho Ko Losi have been grinding since 2017, combining death metal's sonic density with grindcore's brutal economy of time — fast, violent, and uninterested in subtlety.
A New York heavy metal and hard rock act formed in 2024, Thrasher work in the muscular, anthem-oriented territory where classic heavy metal song structures meet the raw directness that has always made the genre appealing — the band name and Bandcamp handle suggest a project unafraid of owning their influences.
Washington state death metal and grindcore outfit formed in 2014, combining the technical and compositional aggression of death metal with grindcore's economy and explosive speed — a combination well-represented in the Pacific Northwest underground.
Relentless Grindcore out of Texas.
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