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Grindflesh is a thrash metal band from La Rochelle on the French Atlantic coast, formed in 2025. They bring high-speed thrash to the Charente-Maritime port city.
Stockholm death/thrash metal and grindcore act launched in 2025, combining the ferocity of multiple extreme subgenres into a relentless sonic barrage. Their grinding assault reflects the newest generation of Swedish extreme music.
Groningen-based four-piece rooted in grindcore, hardcore, sludge, and powerviolence since 2005, navigating across subgenres while maintaining a foundation of blistering extremity. Members later formed the collective Onhou, continuing their impact on northern Netherlands' heavy music landscape.
Grindcore act split between Breznica and Stropkov in eastern Slovakia, active since 2016 and delivering blasting extremity with irreverent humor suggested by their name. Their rapid-fire sonic assaults carry the confrontational spirit central to the grindcore tradition.
Grinding Reaction is a thrash metal and hardcore band from Diadema, in greater São Paulo, Brazil. The band blends old-school and new-school hardcore with thrash and groove metal while tackling political and social themes, and has released material including the EP Tempo, Persistência e Fúria and a full-length album featuring fifteen original tracks.
Utrecht-based death/thrash metal act named after the Dutch word for 'gravel path,' formed in 2006 and winners of the Dutch Metal Battle in 2010. After recruiting ex-Sinister drummer Paul Beltman, they released the Ed Repka-illustrated 'Sharkbite!' EP and 2020 debut album 'Violence,' produced at Soundlodge Studios with hardcore and speed metal influences sharpening their thrash attack.
Grindstone is a death metal, grindcore, and hardcore band from Ravensburg in Upper Swabia, Germany, formed in 2022, delivering a three-way collision of extreme styles. The band channels furious intensity from the south German countryside.
Grindustry is a brutal death metal and grindcore band from Doetinchem, Netherlands, active since 2019 and merging industrial-strength brutality with grinding velocity. The project's name reflects its mechanized approach to extreme metal.
Grindzilla is a goregrind and grindcore act from Gomel, Belarus, formed in 2015, whose releases include the 2015 demo and the 2018 EP Toshinquandon. Their tracks are short, chaotic bursts of grinding metal, exemplified by the one-minute single King Kong Kamikaze.
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