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Wormrot formed in Singapore in 2007 and rapidly emerged as one of the most internationally recognized grindcore acts outside of the genre's traditional Anglo-American centers. After a self-released debut EP, their 2009 full-length Abuse earned a deal with Earache Records, who also released Dirge (2011) and Voices (2016). The band made history in 2017 as the first Singaporean act to perform at Glastonbury Festival; Hiss (2022) further consolidated their critical standing with a tightly executed set of concussive short-form extremity.
Technical and melodic death metal band with grindcore elements from the Krkonoše Mountains of the Czech Republic. Their self-titled 2025 debut packs seven tracks into nineteen minutes of aggressive, forest-themed metal described as spores that "will infest your ears."
Chicago grindcore outfit Worn Out have been honing their craft since 2017, channeling the city's rich history of extreme music into short, savage bursts of noise. Grindcore in its most functional form — fast, ugly, and unapologetic — has always found a home in Chicago, and Worn Out carry that tradition forward without sentimentality.
Worse than Death have been operating out of Chicago since 2011, combining death metal's technical brutality with grindcore's compressed ferocity in a city that has long been a fertile ground for both. Their decade-plus run in the Chicago underground has produced music that refuses to settle for only one form of extreme.
Out of Philadelphia since 2013, Worst Episode Ever grind through a relentless collision of death metal brutality and grindcore chaos. Their music strips song structures down to bare, savage essentials — blast beats, down-tuned riffs, and throat-shredding hostility delivered without mercy.
New Bedford, Massachusetts's Wound Man fuse sludge metal's crushing weight with powerviolence's white-knuckle aggression, channeling the post-industrial decay of coastal New England into short, suffocating bursts of noise since 2013. The band's cross-genre approach makes each release feel like a trap door opening beneath you.
Providence, Rhode Island death metal and grindcore outfit active since 2016, delivering short, savage bursts of extreme noise from a New England city with a fertile underground scene. Their sound leans into grindcore's economy of destruction — fast, ugly, and mercilessly brief.
Death metal and grindcore band from Reading, England active since 2012. Wrench merges death metal's brutality with grindcore's short, explosive bursts from the Thames Valley.
San Diego death metal and grindcore band formed in 2023, operating out of Southern California's second-largest city with a sound that fuses grindcore's hyper-compressed violence with the riff architecture of old-school death metal. A young act already tapping into the city's historically fertile underground extreme scene.
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