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Named after the plastic explosive, Boston's C4 began as a powerviolence outfit before shifting into crossover hardcore territory, gaining enough metal credibility to earn a Metal Archives listing on the strength of their release Payback's a Bitch.
Denver goregrind band Cacaorcass take a comedic approach to extreme metal, centering their themes around chocolate and parody; they appeared on the 2021 A Grindcore Tribute to Nirvana compilation.
Fall River, Massachusetts's Cacophonia have been pushing death metal and grindcore into experimental territory since 2021, representing a dissonant and unconventional voice in the New England underground.
A death metal and grindcore band from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Cadaveric Spasm has been grinding since 2009, channeling the collision of DM brutality and grind's spastic, short-form aggression.
Formed in Santa Ana, California in 2024, Cadaverous Odour takes the splatter and speed of brutal death metal and goregrind and channels it through an intense, blood-soaked sonic attack.
Solo grindcore project from Columbia, Missouri helmed by Kaleb Russell, releasing short bursts of caustic noise including the 2023 EP Idiots.
Richmond, Virginia crossover/grindcore/powerviolence band formed in 2019, channeling maximum aggression across genre lines in the city's unruly extreme underground.
Michigan death/grind unit from White Lake, active briefly around 2022 before splitting up, channeling scatological grindcore aggression into short, brutal bursts.
Oakland sludge metal/grindcore/powerviolence band on Youth Attack, channeling war, hate, and anti-humanity themes through abrasive, maximally aggressive music.
Cape Canaveral death/grind act formed around 2021, channeling nihilism, anarchy, and social rage into short blasts of caustic extremity.
Northumberland County, Pennsylvania slam/brutal death metal and goregrind band taking their name from the 1980 horror film and operating in the extreme underground.
California death/grind project active since 2021 on Anguished Records, operating in the brutal intersection of death metal and grindcore.
The brainchild of San Francisco musician JBOT, Captured by Robots is a one-man grindcore performance art spectacle in which the founder claims to be enslaved by two animatronic robots who shred guitar and drums both live and on record.
Lafayette, Indiana thrash/grindcore band using programmed electronic percussion instead of a human drummer, wrapping their aggression in equal parts humor and provocation.
Experimental post-black metal/grindcore/hardcore from Dallas.
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