St. Louis experimental death metal and grindcore band leaning into bizarre humor and grotesque absurdity, mixing blasting grind violence with oddball genre detours.

Florida mathcore and deathgrind trio blending the arhythmic dissonance of Discordance Axis with brutal deathgrind energy and free jazz-influenced off-kilter structures.

Oakland, Maryland's Cavern blend progressive metal's structural ambition with sludge heaviness and thrash metal's rhythmic aggression, producing a genre-spanning sound that shifts between cerebral complexity and sheer sonic weight.

New Jersey's Cavity Injector smash death metal and grindcore together in characteristic East Coast bursts of blastbeats, surgical riff brutality, and vocals pitched between guttural roar and grinding shriek.

Cell Death is a grindcore band from Richmond, Virginia, delivering short, savage blasts rooted in the powerviolence and hardcore punk traditions that have long defined the Richmond extreme music underground.

Cellar Fluids is a death metal and grindcore band from Savannah, Georgia, blending the gore-obsessed intensity of grind with the downtuned riff structures of death metal for a caustic and deliberately unpolished sound.

Cellgraft is a grindcore band from Tampa, Florida, known for tight, blastbeat-driven ferocity and biting socially charged lyrics, operating in the precise and unrelenting tradition of American technical grindcore.

Cemetery Flood is a grindcore band from Pennsylvania, delivering fast, chaotic, and confrontational material in the powerviolence and classic grind tradition, with raw production and unrelenting sonic hostility.

Denver, Colorado extreme metal outfit formed in 1992, renowned for a chaotic blend of grindcore, death metal, and progressive elements that has made them one of the most technically adventurous acts in the American underground; their albums on Relapse Records, including Lucid Interval and Xenosapien, are landmarks of experimental extreme metal.

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania brutal death metal and grindcore band whose name — a medical term for conjoined twins — signals their penchant for grotesque themes delivered through abrasive, blasting extremity.

San Francisco, California three-piece brutal death metal and slam band formed in 2007, evolving from a noise project into a full-force practitioner of slam's rhythmically punishing style, with their 2011 album Orgasmica showcasing their established sound.

Providence, Rhode Island band operating at the intersection of death metal, grindcore, and metalcore, combining aggressive blasting extremity with metalcore's rhythmic drive.

Cesspool is an Atlanta, Georgia death metal band delivering the putrid, guttural brutality that defines the American underground death metal tradition. Their sound emphasizes raw, filthy aggression with thick, down-tuned riffing.

Louisville, Kentucky death-grind band Chains of Bondage combine brutal death metal heaviness with grindcore speed and intensity. Their material is short, violent, and unrelenting, aimed squarely at fans of the genre's most extreme corners.

Meridian, Mississippi brutal death metal and grindcore act Chains of Flesh deliver dense, gore-soaked heaviness drawing on slam and old-school brutal death conventions. Their sound is low-tuned and relentlessly violent, with grindcore tempos pushing the pace.