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Infinite Terror (2024)
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With Fang and Claw (2025)
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Drowned in my Loneliness (2008)
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Death/thrash metal and grindcore hybrid from Torrelavega in Cantabria, Spain, delivering chaotic three-genre extremity since 2003. Their two-decade career of genre-blending aggression makes them a veteran force in the Spanish underground.
Grindcore act from Valencia, Spain formed in 2010, featuring members of Overnoise and other local bands. Their releases include the 2021 album Satan 1 Dios 0, delivering aggressive grindcore in the vein of Rotten Sound, Brutal Truth, and Napalm Death.
On the warpath since 2015, this Stockholm Crust Punk, Death Metal, and Grindcore outfit delivers microsecond-length blasts of noise and fury. Their place within the Gothenburg school's homeland speaks to the depth of the region's heavy music culture.
Brutal death metal and grindcore project from Sant Feliu de Guixols, Spain, driven by Killer on guitars, bass, and programmed drums with vocalist Sata. Members have ties to Infecto Cadaver, Silent Grinders, and Moriae Encomium.
Part of Poland's relentlessly productive underground, this act channels death metal and grindcore with a focus on microsecond-length blasts of noise and fury. Formed in 2010, based in Chodzież, the results are heavier and more inventive than the genre tag might suggest.
Death metal and grindcore act from Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic, freshly formed in 2025 with a machine-like approach to extreme metal. Their name evokes the relentless, mechanical aggression that drives their blend of death metal and grindcore.
Death/grind project from Spain created by Sobrion't el Putrefacto, debuting with the 2023 EP Sexo, Drogas, Grind y Blasfemia. Their five tracks of deliberately crude grindcore embrace a transgressive, toilet-humor aesthetic.
When Ensnared emerged in 2025 from Bangor, they brought with them a sound rooted in death metal and grindcore — all punk-speed chaos meeting death metal's sonic extremity. The combination of influences yields something more interesting than any single genre label implies.
A product of Poland's titan-grade death metal scene, this death metal and grindcore act channels punk-speed chaos meeting death metal's sonic extremity. Active since 2018, the combination of influences yields something more interesting than any single genre label implies.
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