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Narrative (Instrumental) (2022)
Featured Black Metal Album
L'Envol (2024)
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Depravity Favours the Bold (2016)
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Orlando grindcore act delivering rapid-fire blasts and abrasive noise from the Florida underground. Short, ferocious bursts of chaos are the defining feature of their output.
Grindcore band from Stuttgart, Germany, formed in 2021. They channel chaotic, mechanical grinding fury from the Swabian capital.
Chicopee, Massachusetts brutal death metal band delivering blasphemous, gore-drenched extremity from the New England underground. Dense, guttural, and uncompromisingly brutal.
San Luis Obispo, California death metal and grindcore band channeling the chaotic energy of both scenes into short, vicious blasts of noise. They favor speed and savagery over any pretense of melody.
German grindcore project emerging in 2026. They deliver abrasive, blast-beat-driven extremity in the grindcore tradition.
Death metal and grindcore band from Wigan, England, formed in 2023. They deliver grinding extremity from Greater Manchester.
Indianapolis brutal death metal and grindcore outfit that makes no effort to obscure its intentions — the name says everything about the level of restraint on display. Their music is a short, violent exercise in extreme audio punishment.
Death metal and grindcore band from France, formed in 2024. They deliver chaotic, devouring extremity.
Grindcore band from Athens, Greece, formed in 2018. They deliver chaotic grinding extremity from the Greek capital.
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