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Spazztic Blurr is a Portland, Oregon crossover thrash and grindcore band active since 1988, making them one of the Pacific Northwest's longest-running extreme acts and a veteran of the era when hardcore punk and thrash metal first collided.
Special Buddy Discount is a blackened grindcore band from Rochester, New York, active since 2012, fusing the relentless velocity of grindcore with the abrasive, lo-fi spite of black metal. The deliberately absurdist name belies music of genuine sonic hostility.
Spewtilator is an Atlanta band formed in 2008 that blends thrash metal speed with death metal brutality and grindcore chaos, maintaining a relentless and filthy live presence in the Georgia underground.
Spinal Remains is a grindcore and death metal band from Conroe, Texas, formed in 2019, blasting through short, venomous songs that tap into the grind tradition while maintaining the heaviness of death metal.
Ruthless Death Metal / Grindcore out of Texas.
Ripping Brutal Death Metal / Grindcore from El Paso.
Splatter Control is a grindcore band from Lombard, Illinois, formed in 2012, delivering short, explosive bursts of noise-infused grind rooted in the Midwest's long tradition of extreme underground music.
Splatter Day Saints is a grindcore and death metal band from Carson City, Nevada, formed in 2012, playing gore-drenched extreme music with a name that riffs on the region's dominant cultural backdrop.
Splatter Whore is a death 'n' roll and grindcore band from East St. Louis, Illinois, formed in 2009, blending the groove-heavy swagger of death 'n' roll with the abrasion of goregrind in the Midwest underground tradition.
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