SUFFOCATION

Suffocation is an American death metal band that was formed in 1989 in Long Island, New York. The band comprises vocalist Frank Mullen, guitarists Terrance Hobbs and Guy Marchais, drummer Mike Smith and bassist Derek Boyer. Suffocation rose to prominence of death metal and created a blueprint for the genre for the 1990s with their 1991 debut album Effigy of the Forgotten. Suffocation released six studio albums. The band's raw death metal style uses guttural vocals with a downtuned guitar sound, fast complex guitar riffs and drumming, and a sophisticated sense of songwriting. Blabbermouth.net described Suffocation's style as "brutal death metal"...taken from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suffocation_(band)

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BUTCHER ABC

band from Tokyo, Japan that's play goregrind/death...label: Obliteration Records

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MANHATTAN SKYLINE

Manhattan Skyline is a Norwegian mathcore band based in Oslo, Norway. They are influenced by metal, hardcore, contemporary music, jazz, fusion and electronica. After their performance at the 2005 Bodø Hardcore festival, The Faceless Masses website praised them as "one of the fastest and most technical bands in Norway today." After releasing an EP, they began recording a full-length debut album which was intended for an early 2007 release, but due to illness within the band, this release was postponed until 2008...taken from Wikipedia..

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SADISTIC INTENT

Sadistic Intent is a death metal band from Los Angeles, California. Sadistic Intent formed in 1987. Two years later they released a small run of demo cassettes, called Conflict Within, followed by the release of a few rehearsal tapes and demos. Eventually Sadistic Intent signed with a rising label, Wild Rags Records. In 1990 the 'Impending Doom' EP was released and a few tours followed in Mexico as well as the United States. The following year, after bitter disputes with the label, they moved on and self-released a limited edition (1,000 copies) 7" EP A Calm Before The Storm. Due to line-up problems, the band would not release any material until late 1993...taken from Wikipedia...

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Sadistic Intent is a death metal band from Los Angeles, California. Sadistic Intent formed in 1987. Two years later they released a small run of demo cassettes, called Conflict Within, followed by the release of a few rehearsal tapes and demos. Eventually Sadistic Intent signed with a rising label, Wild Rags Records. In 1990 the 'Impending Doom' EP was released and a few tours followed in Mexico as well as the United States. The following year, after bitter disputes with the label, they moved on and self-released a limited edition (1,000 copies) 7" EP A Calm Before The Storm. Due to line-up problems, the band would not release any material until late 1993...taken from Wikipedia...

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GAZA

band from US...Gaza has crafted a hardcore/grind album dripping with rage and hostility, supported by an atmosphere drenched in decay and darkness...

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BRAINDRILL

Brain Drill is an American death metal band formed in 2005 from Ben Lomond, California. They are signed to Metal Blade Records and released their full length debut album entitled Apocalyptic Feasting on February 5, 2008. In support of their debut, disagreements were engaged and members began to leave, which lead to rumors that Brain Drill was disbanding on March 19, 2008. Founding member Dylan Ruskin originally stated Brain Drill was finished when the other three band members left, but the group recovered with a full line-up once more. Steve Rathjen rejoined less than two weeks after leaving. Also, a new drummer named Joe Bondra (who was subsequently replaced by Ron Casey), and a new bassist named Ivan Munguia joined the band. Brain Drill released their follow-up full-length titled Quantum Catastrophe in 2010 with this line up... taken from Wikipedia.

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IMPALED NAZARENE

Impaled Nazarene is a Finnish black metal band that incorporates elements of grindcore in their sound and punk rock in their aesthetics. The band is currently signed to Osmose Productions of France. When asked about the origin of their name, Mika Luttinen stated in an interview that he had read a pamphlet about Christ appearing to be a vampire. He got to thinking about how impaling a vampire is one of the only ways to kill them, and thus, thought of the name "Impaled Nazarene".[citation needed] The band was infamous for seeming to hate the Norwegian black metal scene back in the early 1990s however the band now seems to disassociate with such hatred. It has been ascertained that the origin of such "hate" was the fact that singer Mika Luttinen had been subjected to telephone pranks by members of fellow Finnish metalheads Beherit, which he interpreted as "attacks" from members of the Norwegian black metal scene. They also stopped wearing corpse paint in the mid 1990s due to it being "too trendy". In 2003, guitarist Teemu Raimoranta died falling – or jumping – off a bridge on the ice below. Although officially stated to be caused by intoxication, Mika Luttinen speculated it was suicide... taken from Wikipedia.

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DESULTORY

Desultory was part of the first wave of Swedish death metal bands, alongside Entombed, Dismember, and others. Into Eternity, their Metal Blade debut following a lesser-known EP release, is standard for the genre, energetic and forceful, straddling the line between the more brutal American death style and the melodic Gothenburg variety. Though not groundbreaking, it was considered a fine album by fans. By most accounts, their followup, Bitterness, is more of the same, but 1996's Swallow the Snake takes quite a different approach, dropping the death vocals (and, for the most part, death metal itself), for a more heavy rock sound likened by some to Soundgarden. Having been dropped by Metal Blade, they disappeared, but the three members from the Snake album recruited a new fourth member and, continuing the progression from that last album, continued on as the rock act Zebulon, releasing one EP and 2 LPs... taken from Wikipedia.

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CARBONIZED

The oddity known as Carbonized was formed by Lars Rosenberg in 1998, and featured Dismember vocalist Matti Karki its early stages. Joined by drummer Piotr Wawrzeniuk, the trio was completed by Therion mainmain Cristofer Johnsson, who originally agreed to only perform session guitarwork but eventually became a full-time member. Quite different from anything that any of the members would become involved in later, the three albums ran the gamut from psychedelic grindcore on For The Security to dischordant jazz-metal weirdness on the excellent Disharmonization to something apparently even stranger yet on Screaming Machines (the album is not reviewed here, but a quote from Johnsson himself describes Screaming Machines as "the worst of Sonic Youth, Syd Barret era Pink Floyd, old Black Flag, and Voivod"). Even the most conventional of the three (Security) has an odd feel about it, as it's quite apparent that Rosenberg and friends were experimenting with sounds and styles that unfortunately never caught on. Disharmonization is not for everyone, it's not an easy listen and its quirkiness sometimes gets the best of it, but it's also quite an interesting and cool album, with its clear (but not particularly melodic) vocal style adding to the strangeness. Both Rosenberg and Wawrzeniuk were later recruited by Johnsson into Therion for a time, and the two also paired up in the doom band Serpent... taken from http://www.bnrmetal.com

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GOREFEST

Gorefest was a Dutch band from the Zeeland region of the Netherlands which was founded in 1988 as a death metal outfit by De Koeyer, Harthoorn, van Schaik and Hoogendoorn. Within two months of existence these four death metal enthusiasts recorded a death metal demo featuring one of the most low-pitched and cavernous voices ever heard in death metal. A Dutch independent label, Foundation 2000, signed them for one album. Before recording Mindloss they first released another demo in 1990, which also received positive feedback. As a supporting act for Carcass they travelled through Belgium and the Netherlands impressing the metal-scene also on stage. Colin Richardson was the producer of 1991's album Mindloss... taken from http://en.wikipedia.org

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GRIDE

GRIDE has played since mid 90ies. A group of hardcore and grindcore freaks has formed the band in 1996. Early production mainly drew from such bands like DOOM, NAPALM DEATH, AGATHOCLES, EXTREME NOISE TERROR, early BRUTAL TRUTH etc. After some months of rehearsals, line-up has been stabilized on: Cert - drums, David - guit, Zdenda - bass, Iny - scream. First show of GRIDE was on local grind/metal gig called Crush Kill Destroy Party - 30.8.1996...

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PHOBIA

Phobia is a Grindcore band from Orange County, California. The band was formed in 1990 and is heavily influenced by crust punk and grindcore. Their lyrical content focuses mainly on socio-political issues and left-wing politics...taken from WIKIPEDIA.

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CLUSTER BOMB UNIT

Hardcore/Punk/Crusty from Germany...starting at 1989...

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CRIPPLE BASTARD

Cripple Bastards is a grindcore band from Asti, Italy. They were formed in 1988 in order to keep their area on the hardcore map as most of the other bands around them were breaking up. They were formed by vocalist Giulio the Bastard and guitarist Alberto the Crippler. They were initially a metal-influenced punk band called Grimcorpses. However, they were not satisfied with their music and soon decided to make their style more extreme, which was accompanied by a name change. They combined hardcore and metal influences with grindcore, but still managed to sound different than many other grindcore bands at the time. Their first demo shares the tape with two other bands, which also include members of Cripple Bastards. A few more tracks and demos were recorded after this. The band also played various venues including their first ever international concert in Croatia...taken from WIKIPEDIA.

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NECRONY

Necrony was a cult death/grind band from Sweden which formed in 1991. They fit into the classic gore/death/grind genre along with bands such as (old) Carcass, (old) Exhumed, Haemorrhage, etc. Necrony began their short-lived career with the release of the "Mucu-Purulent Miscarriage" EP and the "Severe Malignant Pustule" demo; both in 1991. Two years later the band released their first and only full-length album entitled "Pathological Performances." After the release of the Necronyism: Distorting the Originals EP (a nod to their obvious Carcass influences) which was comprised entirely of cover songs, and an untitled promo-tape in 1994 (re-released in 2000 as "Under the Black Soil"), the band broke up. Political grindcore band Nasum, formed in 1992, was originally a side-project of Jakobson and Alriksson's. This, however, changed with Necrony's demise, and Nasum became their primary focus...

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HAEMORRHAGE

Haemorrhage is a five-piece goregrind band from Madrid, Spain. Formed in 1990 as Devourment, Haemorrhage began its life as a trio, with Jose on bass and vocals, Luisma on guitar, and Emilio on drums, though this only lasted until the summer of 1991, when Emilio left the band. The group soon reformed, this time as duo, with Luisma again playing the role of guitarist and Jose taking over as drummer, with both performing vocals, and released their first demo as Haemorrhage, Grotesque Embryopathology. Near the end of 1993, Lugubrious and Ramon joined the band as vocalist and bassist, respectively. Between 1994 and 1995, Haemorrhage recorded a seven song promo tape, which was sent to Morbid Records and resulted in a two-album contract, welcomed guitarist Ana, and recorded their first release, Emetic Cult. However, Jose left in the following year due to personal issues and was replaced by Rojas. After releasing five studio albums on Morbid Records the band gets signed to Relapse Records which put out their new disc "Hospital Carnage". Haemorrhage are, like many goregrind bands, heavily influenced by Carcass, yet still have an identity all their own. Live shows typically feature band members sporting surgeon's outfits and vocalist Lugubrious covered in blood, which is common in goregrind and death metal scenes. Artwork is almost exclusively done by guitarist Luisma...taken from WIKIPEDIA.

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WARSORE

Warsore was an anarchist crust punk / grindcore band that started in Melbourne Australia during the mid-1995 The original line-up was Paul - Guitar Eric - Drums Ryan - Bass and Eugene - Song But this line-up only lasted two shows and the band was actually improvised noise-core back then - though still heavily influenced by old Swedish and Japanese bands hardcore punk Ryan soon got kicked out and Eugene left so he could do vocals of grindcore band sell out Mark then joined on bass and they got Dan - selling out drummer - to make the song Eric also played guitar for selling out so Warsore and sell out was like brother bands Warsore became quite well known in the crust and grind scenes around the world, releasing a series of acclaimed 7 "EP and is shared with bandas authoritarian Unholy Grave Gore Beyond autopsy, etc. In 2006 Warsore's longtime drummer Eric passed away and soon after the band officially called it stops...

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MUNICIPAL WASTE

Municipal Waste is a crossover thrash band from Richmond, Virginia. They performed at the UK's Download Festival on June 15, 2008, on the tuborg stage. They also joined At the Gates on their "Suicidal Final Tour" along with Darkest Hour, Toxic Holocaust and Repulsion. The group's fifth album (and fourth for the Earache label), The Fatal Feast was released in April 2012. In 2010, the band was confirmed as being part of the soundtrack for Namco Bandai Games' 2010 remake of Splatterhouse...taken from WIKIPEDIA.

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NASUM

Nasum (pronunciation [na:sum]) was a grindcore band from Örebro, Sweden formed in 1992. The band released four studio albums, developed into "one of that country's premier metal acts" and disbanded after December 2004 tsunami killed the band's frontman, Mieszko Talarczyk. The band's name, Latin for "nose", was taken from the horror film Flesh for Frankenstein. In 2012, Nasum will reunite, with Rotten Sound frontman Keijo Niinimaa taking the place of Talarczyk, for a one-off tour to celebrate the band's 20th anniversary...taken from WIKIPEDIA.

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SOILENT GREEN

Soilent Green is a grindcore and sludge metal band that hails from Metairie, Louisiana, a suburb of New Orleans. Soilent Green was founded in 1988. Their début album wasn't released until 1995, when Pussysoul came out on Dwell Records. The following four albums were released by Relapse Records, until they signed with Metal Blade Records for their 2008 album, Inevitable Collapse in the Presence of Conviction. To promote the album they toured with God Forbid, Dethklok, and Chimaira. The band have had their share of tribulations, even violence. On 26 April 2004, bassist Scott Williams was killed in an apparent murder/suicide by his roommate. Then, in September 2005, former singer Glenn Rambo was killed in Hurricane Katrina...taken from WIKIPEDIA.

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THE ABSENSE

The Absence is an American melodic death metal band from Tampa, Florida. Their style has been described as aggressive thrash metal with Scandinavian metal influences. They are currently signed to Metal Blade Records. The band is also notable for its highly technical lead work between its two guitarists...taken from WIKIPEDIA.

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SHAI HULUD

Shai Hulud is an American hardcore punk band with progressive metal influences. Originally formed in Pompano Beach, Florida, the band later moved to Poughkeepsie, New York. The name of the band comes from the giant sandworms in Frank Herbert's novel, Dune. The two mainstay members of Shai Hulud are considered to be Matt Fox (guitar), who writes most of the band's musical and lyrical output, and Matt Fletcher (originally guitar, but then moved on to bass), who assists in writing...taken from WIKIPEDIA.

ABORTED

Aborted is a Belgian death metal band formed in Waregem, in 1995. The group comprises vocalist and founder Sven de Caluwé, guitarists Eran Segal and Mike Wilson, bassist J.B. Van Der Wal, and drummer Ken Bedene. The band members of Aborted are from Belgium, France, Israel, United Kingdom, and the United States. Aborted has released six studio albums, two EPs and one live performance video album. Allmusic stated that Aborted "had grown into the role of key contributors to the death-grind genres" and described the band's style as "unrestrained grindcore savagery and meticulously crafted death metal technicality"...taken from WIKIPEDIA.

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HELLNATION

Hellnation was an extreme hardcore punk band from Kentucky. They formed in 1988. Their sound has been variously described as thrashcore, power violence or grindcore. Hellnation have completed numerous tours of the United States, Japan, Brazil and Europe. The trademarks of Hellnation's sound include punk rock guitar riffs played at hyper speed, copious amounts of distortion and angry, profanity-laden lyrics. Members of Hellnation also play in Brody's Militia and Jacked Up Zeros. They broke up in January 2010...taken from WIKIPEDIA.

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MAGRUDERGRIND

Magrudergrind is an American grindcore and powerviolence band formed in 2002. They have released numerous splits and two full length albums. Since its inception the band has toured Europe and North America multiple times, Puerto Rico, Japan, and South East Asia, along with Misery Index, Unholy Grave, Phobia and Rotten Sound. In 2007, Magrudergrind released their first full length, Rehashed, on Six Weeks Records. In 2009, Magrudergrind's second full-length, self-titled record was released on Willowtip Records, engineered by Kurt Ballou (Converge, Misery Index, Torche) and mastered by Scott Hull (Pig Destroyer, Phobia). During 2010, Magrudergrind appeared at the Scion Rock Festival in Ohio in March, the Maryland Deathfest, Memorial Day weekend and Hellfest in Clisson, France in June 2010. Magrudergrind also appeared at the SXSW Music Festival in Austin, Texas, and European metal festivals in Holland, Portugal and Czech Republic, including the Obscene Extreme festival. In 2010, Magrudergrind released the Crusher EP on Scion Audio/Visual in America and on Bones Brigade Records and RSR in Europe. In 2012 this will be re-released on To Live a Lie Records in the United States...taken from WIKIPEDIA.

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DOOM

Doom are an English crust punk band from Birmingham, England, whose first, influential lineup were together from 1987 to 1990. Despite its short existence, the band is considered pivotal in the rise of crust punk, a style within the punk rock subgenre that fuses extreme metal with anarcho-punk. They recorded for Peaceville Records and are cited as an early precursor to the grindcore style of heavy metal music. Doom were also a favorite of BBC Radio DJ John Peel...taken from WIKIPEDIA.

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PSYOPUS

Psyopus (sometimes written as PsyOpus) is a mathcore band from Rochester, New York. Formed in 2002, the band is noted for the unorthodox and extremely technical guitar techniques of Christopher Arp, often referred to as "Arpmandude". In order to receive endorsement deals from various guitar and amp companies, Arp had to send a live video of himself playing in order to prove that he could actually play as fast as he does. Arp considers Psyopus to be a very technically proficient band: "I understand people not understanding us so by default the music comes across as noise but, the music makes sense to us all too much and every 16th note was scrutinized." Regarding learning to play guitar, Arp says: "I learned to play guitar in my bedroom. I got my first guitar in eighth grade. I bought Metallica tablature books, Megadeth books, guitar magazines, didn’t do homework and just played guitar all night." The band released their 2nd album Our Puzzling Encounters Considered in February 2007. The techniques Arp uses have made it even more difficult to receive any endorsement. Arp himself said, "Mesa Boogie has not done very much to sponsor me because I do too much of this," as he raised his guitar by the whammy bar shaking it up and down. The band released their third studio album Odd Senses, on February 17, 2009...taken from WIKIPEDIA.

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SEPULTURA

Sepultura (Portuguese for "grave" is a Brazilian metal band from Belo Horizonte, formed in 1984. The band was a major force in the death metal, thrash metal and ultimately groove metal realms during the late 1980s and early 1990s, with their later experiments melding nu metal, hardcore punk and industrial metal. Sepultura have released 12 studio albums so far, the latest being Kairos (2011). Their most successful records are Arise (1991), Chaos A.D. (1993), and Roots (1996). Sepultura has sold over 3 million units in the USA and almost 20 million worldwide, gaining multiple gold and platinum records across the globe, including in countries as diverse as France, Australia, Indonesia, United States, Cyprus and their native Brazil...taken from WIKIPEDIA.

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WOLVES IN THE THRONE ROOM

Wolves in the Throne Room is an American black metal band formed in 2003 in Olympia, Washington. According to the band, one of the founding concepts of WITTR is to channel the "energies" of the Pacific Northwest's landscape into musical form...taken from WIKIPEDIA.

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WORMROT

Wormrot is a Singaporean grindcore band formed in 2007, immediately after the founding members had completed their mandatory two years of National Service. The band was discovered in late December 2009 by Digby Pearson, the owner of record label Earache, in a mixtape posted on the Invisible Oranges blog. After hearing the song "Born Stupid" on the compilation, Pearson searched out and downloaded Wormrot's full-length debut, Abuse, from file-sharing site MediaFire. Pearson was impressed with the album's quality and the band's "ambition, hard work ethic, and willingness to put [its home country] and Asian grindcore in the global map." Pearson approached the band on their Myspace page, asking if they were interested in joining Earache's roster. The band signed a recording contract with Earache in late January 2010. Earache reissued Abuse in Europe on 13 April 2010 and in the United States on 8 June 2010. To promote the album's reissue, Wormrot toured Europe between late April and June 2010. Their second album, Dirge, was released in 2011 and the EP Noise in summer 2011...taken from WIKIPEDIA.

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NASUM

Nasum (pronunciation [na:sum]) was a grindcore band from Örebro, Sweden formed in 1992. The band released four studio albums, developed into "one of that country's premier metal acts" and disbanded after December 2004 tsunami killed the band's frontman, Mieszko Talarczyk. The band's name, Latin for "nose", was taken from the horror film Flesh for Frankenstein. In 2012, Nasum will reunite, with Rotten Sound frontman Keijo Niinimaa taking the place of Talarczyk, for a one-off tour to celebrate the band's 20th anniversary...taken from WIKIPEDIA.

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ROTTEN SOUND

Rotten Sound is a grindcore band from Vaasa, Finland, formed in 1993. The band comprises vocalist Keijo Niinimaa, guitarist Mika Aalto, bassist Kristian Toivainen and drummer Sami Latva. The band has released eight studio albums and "earned a reputation for being one of the most intense bands on the Scandinavian death metal/grindcore scene"...taken from WIKIPEDIA.

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