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The Weather (2025)
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SERPENT (2025)
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Devil´s Bell (2022)
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Hinesville, Georgia grinders fusing the blunt trauma of death metal with the velocity and aggression of grindcore since 2012, built on relentless speed and concise, punishing song structures.
A Massachusetts brutal death and grindcore act born in 2025, trading in the kind of visceral, compressed extremity that sits at the genre's most punishing outer edge.
Santa Maria brutal death and grindcore act formed in 2021, delivering chaotic, speed-driven extremity that blurs the line between the two genres with short, savage, and unrelenting compositions.
One of the Pacific Northwest's more unusual extreme metal acts, combining grindcore's frantic brutality with sludge's slow toxicity and unexpected power metal elements into a genuinely bizarre and unpredictable listening experience.
Denver brutal death and grindcore band delivering unrelenting extremity at high altitude, blending the guttural density of brutal death metal with grindcore's short, savage bursts of violence and noise.
San Francisco death/grind unit grinding out compact, savage blasts where grindcore's brevity and punk fury collide with death metal's guttural weight.
Amherst grindcore outfit formed in 2025, built around short, violent bursts of noise and political or nihilistic fury in the grind tradition.
San Jose grind/death unit formed in 2025, delivering short bursts of violent, noise-soaked brutality in the tradition of West Coast goregrind and power violence.
Whittier grindcore outfit formed in 2026, blasting through short, chaotic tracks with the relentless speed and noise-worship common to Southern California's underground grind circuit.
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