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Depravity Favours the Bold (2016)
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Death metal and grindcore act from the Zaanstreek region, with renewed activity since 2019 but roots in the early Dutch extreme scene. Consolation is a veteran of the Netherlands' death metal underground.
Tulsa's Constant Peril channel death metal, grindcore, and hardcore into a high-velocity assault that burns short and hot, drawing from Oklahoma's scrappy underground to produce raw, confrontational noise.
Grindcore act from Prešov in eastern Slovakia, formed in 2020. Constipation delivers raw, provocative grinding extremity.
Baltimore's Constituents blend grindcore's velocity with death metal's weight and hardcore's confrontational edge, channeling the working-class grit of the Maryland scene into short, furious blasts of aggression.
Death-grind act from Moscow, formed in 2018. Constrained Ferocity delivers blast-driven extremity from the Russian capital.
Death metal and grindcore band from Potsdam, Germany, active since 2013. They deliver chaotic extremity from the Brandenburg capital near Berlin.
Dallas's Construction Sports are a genre-bending experiment in extremity, hurling death metal, grindcore, sludge, and power metal into chaotic collision in one of Texas's most unpredictable and adventurous heavy acts.
Allen, Texas death/grind act that fuses brutal death metal heaviness with the manic speed of grindcore. Compact, relentless songs built on blast beats and churning low-end aggression.
Tulsa, Oklahoma brutal death/grind band cranking out short, savage blasts of gore-drenched extremity. Their music careens between death metal heaviness and grindcore speed with no regard for restraint.
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