 | | Texan grindcore band Kill the Client were founded in Dallas in 2002, and steadily rose to prominence in America's underground scene thanks to a serious touring work ethic and acclaimed releases like 2004's Wage Slave EP, 2005's Escalation of Hostility album, a 2007 split album with Agoraphobic Nosebleed, and 2008's sophomore full-length Cleptocracy. |
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 | | Based in Quebec, Canada, experimental grindcore outfit Fuck the Facts was originally conceived in 1997 as a nameless studio project by guitarist/vocalist Topon Das; but it would take several tape releases and three years before he issued the first official CD, Discoing the Dead, under the band's eventual, provocative name. |
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 | | Born in Pittsburgh, PA, Complete Failure was a hybrid metal outfit, combining the earnestness of metalcore with the experimental flourishes of post-metal and the sheer, unabashed power of grindcore. |
 | | 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. |
 | | 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. |
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 | | New York City grindcore primitives Brutal Truth formed in 1990, originally comprising singer Kevin Sharp, guitarist Brent "Gurn" McCarthy, bassist Dan Lilker, and drummer Scott Lewis. |
 | | 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. |
 | | Insect Warfare are a grindcore band from Houston, TX, known for their unbridled ferocity and studious dedication to perpetuating this radical extreme music subgenre in its most undiluted and least accessible form. |
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 | | Finland, like most countries, has its mainstream, middle-of-the-road pop stars (people who sound like Celine Dion or Gloria Estefan singing in Finnish) as well as its musical extremists who cater to the underground; and rock doesn't get much more extreme and underground than Rotten Sound. |
 | | The beginnings of grindcore are often pinpointed to Napalm Death's 1987 masterpiece Scum and the early work of Carcass, but the 1989 release World Downfall by the overlooked outfit Terrorizer is often talked about in revered tones by extreme metallists worldwide. |
 | | 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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 | | Billing themselves as the "Grind Gods of Chicago's Financial District" (complete with detailed corporate lingo to that effect on their website), He Who Corrupts comprises vocalist Tommy Camaro, guitarists Cory Lockheart and Caz Ul Friday, bassist Rory Lockheart, and drummer Ross Boneyard. |
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 | | The arguably still undefeated champions of offensive band names, Newton, MA's Anal Cunt (A.C., as we will refer to them henceforth) was, not surprisingly, originally started as a joke in 1988 by vocalist Seth Putnam. |
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 | | The sound of extremity defined, Salt Lake City's Gaza performs an unpredictable mixture of metal, sludge, and grindcore, which could very well be termed "progressive" due to its highly technical and innately unconventional approach. |
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 | | An English deathcore band that formed in 2006, Annotations of an Autopsy released their first EP, Welcome to Sludge City, in 2007. |
 | | One of the most offensive and musically challenging bands to ever produce music, A.C. are one of the most infamous bands in the heavy metal underworld. |
 | | Stuttgart, Germany's Debauchery were conceived in the year 2000 by vocalist and guitarist Thomas "The Bloodbeast" Gurrath (aka "Blood God"/"Bluttgott"), initially using the charming name of Maggotc**t before making the change, and releasing a first demo tape, simply called Zombie, the following year. |
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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. |
 | | Thrash/death metal project led by country music royalty Hank Williams III........................... |
 | | Dozens of heavy metal bands have named themselves Genocide over the years, but the one from Kleve, Germany, was formed in 2005 by former members of the recently defunct black metal band Eternal Frost: bassist/vocalist Plague and drummer Tsyrtec. |
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 | | Probably the first Italian band to become famous abroad before getting known at home, nu metal outfit Linea 77 formed in Venaria, on the outskirts of Turin, in 1993 -- their name being the number of the bus they used to take to reach their rehearsal room. |
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 | | The Chicago-based trio Hatewave specialized in ultra-fast death/grind metal, which was played with a non-traditional slant, perhaps owing to its members' experience in a variety of other genres, including free jazz, no wave, and experimental/noise rock. |
 | | Fort Lauderdale, FL's Infernaeon was founded in 2004 by sometime Monstrosity members Brian Werner (vocals) and Sam Molina (rhythm guitar), as a parallel endeavor intended to incorporate symphonic elements into their usual death metal style, with occasional black metal inclinations thrown in for additional spice. |
 | | Based out of Madrid, Spain, the quintet of Avulsed has maintained their lyrical grimness and death metal chops since their formation in 1992. |
