 | | Washington, D.C.'s Pig Destroyer combine hardcore with the heaviest of heavy metal, creating one of the most powerful and explosive metallic hybrids to be heard in quite some time. |
 | | There are not many who would expect that two musicians who met while working on a Modest Mouse album would get together and start a project that elicited descriptors like ‘grindcore', ‘industrial metal', and ‘death metal', but Chicago, Illinois' Plague Bringer managed to beat the odds of uncertainty and make it happen. |
 | | The fathers of grindcore, Napalm Death pushed the envelope of metal to new extremes of ear-splitting intensity, rejecting all notions of melody, subtlety, and good taste to forge a brand of sonic assault almost frightening in its merciless brutality. |
 | | Forming in Ohio in the mid-'90s, Hemdale was one of the strongest forces in the grindcore scene upon their arrival. |
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 | | Nasum, a Swedish grindcore band formed in 1992 by Necrony members Anders Jakobson(guitar) and Rickard Alriksson(drums and vocals), would develop into one of that country's premier metal acts, but would be felled tragically by the events of the December 2004 tsunami that brought mass destruction to Thailand, ending the life of (eventual) vocalist and beloved member Mieszko Talarczyk. |
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 | | Originally formed in 2006 as a grindcore band by guitarist Jeremy Carroll, Chicago's Oceano went through a revolving cast of players until settling on a new lineup and a new sound in 2007. |
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 | | English death metal outfit Trigger the Bloodshed were formed in Bath in 2006 by guitarists Rob Purnell and Martyn Evans. |
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 | | Unleashing a relentless fusion of hardcore and death metal with the precision guitar attack of progressive metal, Job for a Cowboy was formed in Glendale, AZ, in 2002. |
 | | Formed in 2006 by Phil Bozeman, Brandon Cagle, and Ben Savage, tech-heavy Knoxville, TN-based death metal outfit Whitechapel (named for the London neighborhood where the notorious Jack the Ripper disposed of most of his victims) blend grindcore, hardcore, and black metal into an unholy trinity of audio violence. |
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 | | Punishing Orange County metal quintet Belay My Last formed in 2004 around the talents of guitarists Ryan George and Nick Leavenworth, bass player Garrett Harer, drummer Ilai Lebel, and singer Jason Denney. |
 | | A self-defined "new age death metal band," Scarve was formed in 1994, in Nancy, France by rhythm guitarist Patrick Martin and drummer Dirk Verbeuren. |
 | | The black metal brainchild of vocalist and guitarist Deviant, Arkhon Infaustus was a French band that was formed in 1997. |
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 | | Based in Bristol, England, Burning Skies is among the European bands that has been categorized as deathcore in the 2000s. |
 | | The Swedish style of increasingly melodic death metal, combining the post-hardcore aggression and guttural vocal style of black metal with the more technically proficient and comparatively melodic guitar lines at the heart of most European metal acts, has become so popular among bands in the United States that yet another subgenre name, "Swedecore" (that is, Scandinavian-style metal as played by non-Nordic dudes), could be coined for American bands like From Autumn to Ashes and Shadows Fall. |
 | | Tabernacle, New Jersey's the Concubine are known for death metal as brutal as it is intricate, relying far less on commercial gimmicks and melodic choruses than most of their Garden State peers. |
 | | After the dissolution of the well-liked Autopsy, metal fans were hoping for a punk-influenced death metal band that had a similar dark humorous vibe. |
 | | Chicago-based black metal band Broken Hope was formed by singer Joe Ptacek, guitarist Jeremy Wagner and drummer Ryan Stanek following the dissolution of their previous band, Crypt; adding lead guitarist Brian Griffin and bassist Ed Hughes, the group's early demos soon earned a contract with Grindcore Records, and in 1991 they issued their debut LP Swamped in Gore. |
 | | Tantalizing death-metal from Texas with a different musical perspective. The group debuted with 1991's Peaceful Death & Pretty Flowers; Horsecore followed in 1999. |
 | | The Berzerker unleashes intense, death-grind metal music that thrashes everything in its path with a mix of industrial, noise, and unstoppably heavy riffs. |
 | | With a name like Aborted, it doesn't take a genius to file a band into the realm of grindcore; but since being formed in 1995 by vocalist Sven de Caluwé (aka Gurgloroth Sven), these Belgians have broken through stylistic limitations to also meddle in straightforward death metal and other metallic forms. |
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 | | Swedish grindcore extremists Regurgitate were formed in 1990 by vocalist Rikard Jansson and Crematory drummer Mats, who promptly set about recording their first demo in the spirit of early Napalm Death - by cramming eleven ‘songs' into approximately two minutes! 1992 saw them teaming up with Germany's Vaginal Massaker for a split 7" E. |
 | | Headed by guitarist/bassist/drum programmer Scott Hull (also of Pig Destroyer and formerly of A.C. as well), grindcore nut-cases Agoraphobic Nosebleed have existed in various forms since 1994. |
 | | Denver, CO's Clinging to the Trees of a Forest Fire were formed in 2006 by vocalist Ethan McCarthy, guitarist Ben Romsdahl, bassist Zach Harlon, and drummer J. |
 | | New York based grindcore outfit Asra released their debut album, The Way of All Flesh, in 2008, and broke up soon after (according to their website October of 2008, to be specific). |
 | | Essentially an all-star death metal side project that refuses to tour or divulge their identities (they go by aliases and wear disguises for publicity photos), Brujeria is led by Fear Factory members Dino Cazares (guitar) and Raymond Herrera (drums) and includes various members from Faith No More, Down by Law, and Napalm Death, among others. |
 | | Technical death metal band Beneath the Massacre hails from Montreal, Canada, where it was formed in 2004 by vocalist Elliot Desgagnés, guitarists Christopher Bradley and Jonathan Dubeau, bassist Dennis Bradley, drummer Justin Rousselle, and, for a brief spell, keyboard player Christian Pépin. |
 | | These Canadians started to rock in 1992 with the mission statement "deliver the most punishing music ever created by combining melody and power into one devastating force. |
 | | Often considered one of grindcore's founding fathers, Carcass were among the first bands of the extreme metal genre to try a different lyrical approach -- one that reflected a fascination with surgical gadgets and peculiar words straight out of a med student's textbook. |
 | | Originally conceived as a Carcass tribute band in 2001, the gore-obsessed grindcore trio County Medical Examiners have since created their own little shop of horrors. |
 | | San Francisco's Exhumed play gore-obsessed death metal with a tongue-in-cheek flair and an overall musical approach often reminiscent of Carcass, a band that they have frequently acknowledged as a primary influence. |
 | | As I Lay Dying are a metal-hardcore crossover band from San Diego, California. The group formed as a trio in 2001 with vocalist Tim Lambesis, drummer Jordan Mancino, and guitarist Evan White, and shortly thereafter released Beneath the Encasing of Ashes. |
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 | | Over the course of their existence, the San Diego-based Cattle Decapitation have transformed from a stripped-down gore-grind side project of the arty hardcore/grindcore band the Locust to a full-fledged death metal band of their own, undergoing a confusing maze of lineup changes in the process. |
 | | Taking their name from a villain in the G.I. Joe mythology -- apparently a popular choice, since there are at least two other bands with the same name, both lacking the definite article -- the Destro formed in the Dallas suburb of Gainesville, TX, in 2001. |
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 | | Inspired by the usual grindcore suspects (Napalm Death, Carcass, Exhumed, et al.), Denver, CO's evocatively named Catheter formed in 1997, and has since released over a dozen split LPs and 7"s with like-minded acts such as Black Market Fetus, Fukrot, and F. |
 | | Formed in late 1997 after growing sick of constant line up changes and personal turmoil of his former band Malevolent Creation, Jason Blachowicz (bass/ vocals) got together Derik Roddy (drums) and J. |
 | | In the self-penned biography on their website, From a Second Story Window describe their work by saying, "Simply put, we are trying to create music for attention-deficit people," and the group's tight, furious blend of math rock, hardcore, and death metal, dominated by precise, stop-on-a-dime shifts of tempo and melody, certainly sounds like the hard rock equivalent of Ritalin. |
 | | A death metal band from Baltimore, MD, Misery Index was founded in 2001 by vocalist and bassist Jason Netherton, drummer Kevin Talley (both former members of Dying Fetus), and guitarist Mike Harrison (ex-Pessimist). |
 | | New York death metal band Internal Bleeding was formed in 1991 with a short-lived original lineup of guitarist Chris Pervelis, bassist Tom Slobowski, vocalist Brian Richards, drummer Bill Tolley, and guitarist Anthony Miola; Slobowski and Richards were quickly replaced by John Colucco and Eric Wigger, respectively. |
