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Agroterrorism is a death metal and grindcore band from Buenos Aires, Argentina, formed in 2017 and active in the city's extreme underground scene. The band has self-released a series of EPs titled Tentacle, Muzzle, and Tusk, each maintaining the brutal and concise format typical of the grindcore genre. Their output reflects the raw, caustic energy that characterizes Argentina's death-grind underground.
Airlines of Terror creates a volatile cocktail of death 'n' roll, grindcore, and rock from Rome since 2010. Their absurdist name and genre-blending approach bring irreverent chaos to the Eternal City's diverse extreme music landscape.
Akraniuum is a Brazilian death metal and grindcore band active since 1992, making them one of the longer-running acts in Brazil's extreme underground. Their three-decade career places them in the same generational wave as the country's foundational extreme metal groups, combining the blasting brutality of grindcore with the riff structures of death metal.
Akrisy grinds out punishing grindcore from the Finnish underground since 2020, delivering short, sharp bursts of sonic violence. Their anonymous origins and stripped-down approach embody the genre's commitment to raw extremity.
Alaridos are a grindcore band from Santiago, Chile, formed in 2013, with a lineup featuring Daniela on vocals, Erik on drums, Alberto on bass, and Alejandro on guitar. The band has released four recordings: the debut full-length Ciudad Paranoia (2013), Vida Sangre y Dolor (2014), a split with Richard Harrison (2017), and Horca (2021), which was tracked at Lion's Roar Studio in Peñaflor and mixed by Cristian León. Their Bandcamp presence under the tag "Grindcore y Muerte" reflects the band's dual grindcore and death metal influence.
Alcoholic Russian Bear delivers brutal death metal and grindcore from Moscow since 2014. Their self-parodying national stereotype name brings dark humor to the punishing extremity of their blast-beat-driven compositions.
Alea Iacta Est delivers grindcore from Galanta in western Slovakia since 2009. Their Latin phrase — Caesar's 'the die is cast' — drives fifteen years of irreversible blastbeat commitment.
San Diego death metal and grindcore project. Southern California extremity with a fantasy-tinged name.
Roswell, New Mexico death metal and grindcore project from the actual UFO crash site. Extraterrestrial blasphemy from America's alien capital.
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