Brooklyn grindcore project grinding away at humanity's pretensions since 2021. Their EPs — Those Who Know Nothing and At the Mercy of the Merciless — deliver rapid-fire violence from New York City's most relentlessly creative borough.

Walnut, California doom metal and grindcore hybrid with ten releases since 2024. Their catalog — including Anhedonic Empires and Cryptomnesis — blends seemingly incompatible genres at a feverish pace from suburban Los Angeles.

Oakland grindcore outfit whose 2011 self-titled EP delivers rapid-fire aggression from the East Bay. Part of the Bay Area's long tradition of politically charged, musically ferocious extreme punk-metal.

Inglewood, California grindcore veterans whose 1999 debut Monarchy of Damned predates the genre's modern revival. A piece of LA County grind history from the turn of the millennium.

New York City grindcore project whose 2024 EP Vital Transformation delivers rapid-fire extremity from the capital of American underground music. The name — meaning elevation to divine status — applies aspirational grandeur to grindcore's most primal impulses.

Portland grindcore project from the Oregon underground.

Portland, Oregon grindcore and thrash hybrid. The forensic-sounding name evokes crime scene imagery channeled through the Pacific Northwest's inexhaustible extreme underground.

DuBois, Pennsylvania extreme metal project with deep roots stretching back to 1997. Five releases spanning two decades — from the nature-themed Natura to the healing-themed Panacea — trace a remarkable evolution from small-town Pennsylvania grindcore to more refined extremity.

Bristol County, Massachusetts grindcore outfit whose 2024 full-length boasts one of the most honest album titles in metal history — re-releasing deleted material 'because why the fuck not.' Unpretentious New England grind.

Philadelphia/New York grindcore project operating across the Northeast corridor, delivering blistering micro-blasts of socially conscious fury in the tradition of East Coast grind.

Ohio grindcore project whose 2024 split with Tomb Perfume channels botanical grotesquerie through grinding extremity. Named after a real organism that shoots spore masses — a perfect metaphor for their explosive sound.

Philadelphia grindcore act whose 2020 debut Fountainous Exsanguination pairs a diacritical-marked name with a title describing explosive bloodletting. Linguistically ornate grindcore from the City of Brotherly Love.

Los Angeles grindcore project — their name means 'assassin' in Spanish — with three releases since 2012. Lo que llevamos dentro and Mas Victimas deliver bilingual extremity from LA's massive Latin American metal community.

Richmond, Virginia grindcore outfit tearing through the capital city's vibrant punk and metal crossover scene with blistering blasts and socially charged fury.

North Dakota grindcore act bringing blistering micro-blasts from one of America's most sparsely populated states, channeling isolation into ferocious sonic violence.