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Fire and Water (Riffissippi Studio Jam Sessions Vol. 1) (2025)
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Zaprti Oddelek is a grindcore/crust punk band from Slovenia, formed in 2013. Their albums feature rapid-fire blasts recorded across Ljubljana and Nova Gorica, with physical releases distributed through multiple international underground labels.
Zeit Geist is a grindcore band from Turin, Italy, formed in 2021. They deliver rapid-fire blasts of grinding intensity from the heart of northern Italy's extreme music scene.
Zludij is a grindcore/thrash metal band from Slovenia, formed in 2020. They deliver rapid-fire blasts of grinding thrash from the Slovenian underground.
Zoebeast is a death metal and grindcore band from Saint Petersburg, Russia, formed in 2003. Their three albums, from the self-titled debut (2018) through "Railway To Hellvan" (2025), deliver aggressive yet humorous death-grind under the motto "Aggressive means positive!"
Zombie Cookbook is a death/thrash and grindcore band from Joinville, Santa Catarina, Brazil, active since 2010 with a fixation on zombies, gore, and B-horror movie aesthetics. The band has released several records including the Cinetrash EP, the split Among the Living...Dead with Rancid Flesh, and later full-lengths Outside the Grave and Motel Hell, with a current lineup featuring members performing under pseudonyms such as Clandestine, Dismembered, Consumed, Thombstoned, and Leprous.
Zombie Holocaust is a death metal and grindcore band from Mosonmagyaróvár, Hungary, formed in 2014. They deliver a savage barrage of grinding death metal with gory, horror-themed imagery.
Zombiemoles is an experimental death metal and grindcore band from Košice, Slovakia, formed in 2005. Their two decades of activity have produced a unique blend of extreme metal experimentalism from eastern Slovakia.
Zoophobia is a thrash/death metal and grindcore band from Florange, France, formed in 2022. Their sound combines rapid-fire grindcore blasts with the heaviness of thrash and death metal in a volatile crossover assault.
Zoster is a death metal and grindcore band from Vladikavkaz, Russia, formed in 2021. Their early work features extreme grindcore and death metal before evolving toward a more grunge-influenced direction.
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