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Say The Phrase (2022)
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The Pain, will be exquisite (2025)
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The Jester Race (Black Ash-Inheritance Version) (2022)
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Death-grind-thrash act from Radom, central Poland, formed in 2017. Christhole delivers a volatile mix of extreme subgenres.
Black-grind act from Stavropol in the North Caucasus, active since 2008. ChristInvertion delivers blasphemous extremity merging black metal with grindcore.
Death-grind act from Novosibirsk, active since 2015. ChristoSadist delivers blasphemous, blast-driven extremity from the Siberian capital.
Dayton, Ohio's Chronic Demise operates in the grinding intersection of death metal and grindcore, favoring speed, blasting, and concise bursts of brutality. Their music draws from the Midwest's tradition of keeping extreme metal gritty and unpretentious.
Death-grind act from Estremoz in the Alentejo, formed in 2018. Chronic Infection delivers blast-driven extremity from the marble-quarrying town of central Portugal.
Seattle grindcore band Chronic Tomb delivers short, punishing blasts of noise in the Pacific Northwest underground tradition. Their music favors velocity and controlled chaos over any concession toward accessibility.
Fargo, North Dakota's Chronocide brings groove metal's locked-in rhythmic chug to the Great Plains, fusing it with traditional heavy metal songcraft. Their music is accessible but heavy, built for arenas their region rarely hosts.
Knoxville's Chthonic Abomination tears through black metal and grindcore with feral energy and a total disregard for sonic comfort, resulting in short, violent, and chaotic bursts of noise. Their approach is combative and unpolished in the best underground tradition.
Pennsylvania brutal death/grind veterans Circle of Dead Children have been one of the most extreme and uncompromising acts in American underground metal since the mid-1990s. Their hyper-blasting, caustic assault blurs the line between brutal death metal and grindcore with relentless ferocity.
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