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Meant to Suffer were a grindcore band whose sound pulled in elements of crust punk, hardcore, and sludge alongside their blasting core. The four-piece — Al on vocals, Louie on guitar, Gus on bass and vocals, and Rod on drums — released "A Step Towards Deception" in 2012 and a self-titled record in 2015 before eventually splitting up.
A death-grind project driven largely by Billy Grind, who handles all instruments and vocals, Megalodon released a self-titled EP in 2018 followed by "Sozinho Contra Todos" in 2022. The project pulls from industrial and electro-grindcore textures while retaining the blasting, short-format brutality expected from the genre.
Mental Disorder is a death metal and grindcore band from Temuco, in Chile's Araucanía region, built around original members Jorge Kayser (vocals/guitar), René López (guitar), and Jorge Ortiz (drums), with Mig Martiz on bass. The band originally formed in 2009 and disbanded in 2013 before regrouping in 2018; their themes address mental illness, society, and violence.
A chaotic extreme metal project from São Sepé blending grindcore, death metal, and goregrind into what the band describes as a schizophrenic fuss of extreme subgenres. Their discography includes a split with Despoiled at Birth and a collaboration with S.E.B.O.
Moretools emerged from the Brasília underground with a self-titled debut that fuses death metal, grindcore, thrash, and hardcore into a relentlessly aggressive whole. The band has shared stages with Krisiun, Onslaught, and Torture Squad, and appeared at major festivals including Porão do Rock.
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