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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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Zachlapany Szczypior is a goregrind band from Włocławek, Poland, formed in 2020. Their absurdist approach is inspired by "contemporary village issues, dead farm animals, construction machinery, and shared trips to garden plots," delivering irreverent grindcore chaos.
Zaprti Oddelek is a grindcore/crust punk band from Slovenia, formed in 2013. Their albums feature rapid-fire blasts recorded across Ljubljana and Nova Gorica, with physical releases distributed through multiple international underground labels.
Zeit Geist is a grindcore band from Turin, Italy, formed in 2021. They deliver rapid-fire blasts of grinding intensity from the heart of northern Italy's extreme music scene.
Zludij is a grindcore/thrash metal band from Slovenia, formed in 2020. They deliver rapid-fire blasts of grinding thrash from the Slovenian underground.
Zoebeast is a death metal and grindcore band from Saint Petersburg, Russia, formed in 2003. Their three albums, from the self-titled debut (2018) through "Railway To Hellvan" (2025), deliver aggressive yet humorous death-grind under the motto "Aggressive means positive!"
Zombie Holocaust is a death metal and grindcore band from Mosonmagyaróvár, Hungary, formed in 2014. They deliver a savage barrage of grinding death metal with gory, horror-themed imagery.
Zombiemoles is an experimental death metal and grindcore band from Košice, Slovakia, formed in 2005. Their two decades of activity have produced a unique blend of extreme metal experimentalism from eastern Slovakia.
Zoophobia is a thrash/death metal and grindcore band from Florange, France, formed in 2022. Their sound combines rapid-fire grindcore blasts with the heaviness of thrash and death metal in a volatile crossover assault.
Zoster is a death metal and grindcore band from Vladikavkaz, Russia, formed in 2021. Their early work features extreme grindcore and death metal before evolving toward a more grunge-influenced direction.
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