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Philadelphia, PA · 2010–present · active
Philadelphia power-violence and grindcore trio who describe their music as Eternal Microbursts of Electric Power, releasing a string of EPs and split 7-inches including records with Nimbus Terrifix and Chainsaw to the Face alongside albums such as Primordial Paranoia and Psychic Rot.
Los Angeles, CA · 2009–present · active
Los Angeles crossover/thrash and grindcore band formed in 1989 by Keith Aazami and Dirk Rogers, maintaining a relentless output across three-plus decades that includes Lynch the Weirdo (2004), Worship of Fear (2015), Taught to Fear (2022), and Decency Anomaly (2025).
Albuquerque, NM · 2020–present · active
Albuquerque death metal, grindcore, and powerviolence band formed in 2020, named after the HTTP 502 error code and releasing brutal short-form material from the New Mexico underground.
Richmond, VA · active
Richmond, Virginia brutal death metal and grindcore band formed in 2017, pairing an intentionally absurdist name with pulverizing extreme metal.
Austin, TX · active
Austin, Texas goregrind act Basic Torture Procedure formed in 2020, operating as an unsigned independent outfit before splitting up and leaving behind a brief run of uncompromising extreme noise.
Portland, OR · active
Portland's Bastard Feast is a ferocious collision of sludge, death metal, grindcore, and crust, channeling social unrest and anarchic politics; they released material on Season of Mist Underground Activists.
Raleigh, NC · active
Raleigh, North Carolina's Basura began as a grindcore outfit before evolving toward death metal/grindcore crossover territory, distinguished by their use of dark humor throughout their work.
Austin, TX · 1999–? · disbanded
Relentless Black / Death / Groove Metal / Grindcore from Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas (early); Austin, Texas (later).
Chicago, IL · active
Chicago death metal and grindcore act Bat Eater has been grinding since 2020, tackling themes of satire, paranoia, and coronavirus-era zeitgeist with characteristically vicious brevity.

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