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Greenville, South Carolina's WVRM have been grinding and blasting since 2013, blending the savage intensity of grindcore with the filthy brutality of death metal into short, violent salvos of noise. Their output is marked by an ugly, abrasive production sensibility that suits the chaos of their material.
Wärcharge is a Brazilian raw black metal, crust, and grindcore outfit formed in 2012, combining the primitive brutality of war metal with the short-burst intensity of grindcore and the anarchic energy of crust punk. The band released Heavy Sessions in 2022, a recording that captures their abrasive and unpolished approach to extreme music.
Florida's Wørsen have been sharpening a ferocious black/death/grind hybrid since 2012, compressing the blast and fury of all three extreme genres into material that is brief, ugly, and deliberately merciless. Their Floridian roots and long tenure in the underground mark them as committed extremists with no interest in accessibility.
Xenocide is a death/thrash metal and grindcore band from Dublin, Ireland, formed in 2011. They deliver a relentless fusion of death metal brutality, thrash metal velocity, and grindcore chaos, representing the extreme end of Ireland's metal underground.
Goregrind band from Viareggio, Italy, formed in 2012. The band delivers short, visceral bursts of goregrind brutality with the tongue-in-cheek aesthetics typical of the genre, contributing to Italy's long-standing tradition of extreme grindcore.
Yautja formed in Nashville, Tennessee in 2010 as a trio — guitarists Shibby Poole, bassist Kayhan Vaziri, and drummer Tyler Coburn — intent on bridging grindcore velocity with sludge metal density, a pairing they pursue without compromise. Their debut Songs of Descent drew critical attention for the conviction of its execution, and The Lurch (2021, Relapse Records), recorded at Steve Albini's Electrical Audio studio in Chicago, offered a more expansive and dynamic take on the same confrontational template. The band has been described as one of the most cohesive practitioners of the grindcore-sludge hybrid.
Grindcore band from Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic, formed in 2018. They deliver short, brutal bursts of grindcore fury in the tradition of the Czech extreme music underground.
Black metal and grindcore band from Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic, originally formed in 1995 under the name Gravity. Featuring members with ties to Ingrowing and Isacaarum, the band evolved from early black metal into grindcore territory, with releases including "The Forgotten Past" and "Wardenclyffe."
Zachlapany Szczypior is a goregrind band from Włocławek, Poland, formed in 2020. Their absurdist approach is inspired by "contemporary village issues, dead farm animals, construction machinery, and shared trips to garden plots," delivering irreverent grindcore chaos.
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