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Narrative (Instrumental) (2022)
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L'Envol (2024)
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Depravity Favours the Bold (2016)
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Swedish death metal and grindcore act active since 2014, delivering rapid-fire extremity through a fusion of both genres. Their grinding assault combines death metal's weight with grindcore's relentless velocity.
Weymouth, Massachusetts grind/sludge band colliding the explosive speed of grindcore with the oppressive, tar-thick weight of sludge metal. The collision of those two extremes results in a sound that is both manic and suffocating.
Experimental grindcore and death metal act from Most, Czech Republic, active since 1995. Across seven releases from Necrostories through 2020's Mamun, Contrastic blend forward-thinking grind with melodies, electronica, and jazz influences for a uniquely catchy and chaotic sound.
Crust punk and grindcore band from Prague, Czech Republic, formed in 2011. They deliver raw, politically charged extremity at the intersection of hardcore punk's fury and grindcore's velocity.
Kansas City's Convulsed grind through brutal death metal with a grindcore-informed hunger for speed and extremity, delivering punishing releases that hit hard and don't overstay their welcome. They're a reliable force in Missouri's underground extreme metal scene.
Grindcore band from El Ejido in Almeria, Spain, formed in 2016. They deliver chaotic, short bursts of grinding fury from the Andalusian coast.
Brutal death-grind-deathcore act from Perm in the Urals, formed in 2021. CoproCobra delivers visceral, multi-faceted extremity.
Death metal and grindcore band from Ruse, Bulgaria, formed in 2021. They deliver a putrid cocktail of grinding death metal from the banks of the Danube, embracing the genre's most extreme and visceral elements.
Oklahoma's Coprophagist bring death metal extremity to Tahlequah, a town far from the genre's traditional urban hubs but no less committed to ferocious, no-compromise brutality. Their existence is a testament to death metal's deep reach into American regional scenes.
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