Best Grindcore Bands

Rank	Band / Formed / Genres	Albums
1	Anaal Nathrakh 1999, United Kingdom Industrial Black Metal, Grindcore	The Whole of the Law (2016) #374 Vanitas (2012) #422 Hell Is Empty, And All the Devils Are Here (2007) #573
2	Napalm Death 1981, United Kingdom Grindcore, Death Metal, Hardcore Punk	The Peel Sessions (1989) [Compilation] Scum (1987) #1094 Harmony Corruption (1990) #1412
3	Wormrot 2007, Singapore Grindcore	Dirge (2011) #1577 Voices (2016) #1580 Abuse (2009) #4346
4	Terrorizer 1987, United States Deathgrind, Grindcore, Death Metal	World Downfall (1989) #791 Hordes of Zombies (2012) #2828 Caustic Attack (2018) #6124
5	Carcass 1986, United Kingdom Death Metal, Melodic Death Metal, Death 'n' Roll	Heartwork (1993) #97 Necroticism - Descanting the Insalubrious (1991) #271 Surgical Steel (2013) #302
6	Brutal Truth 1990, United States Grindcore, Deathgrind, Hardcore Punk	Extreme Conditions Demand Extreme Responses (1992) #2315 Evolution Through Revolution (2009) #3913 Need to Control (1994) #7700
7	밤섬해적단 (Bamseom Pirates) 2005, Korea Grindcore	서울불바다 (2010) #4575 김정일카섹스 (2013) [EP] #8862 Unity of Penis and Vagina (2006) [Split]
8	Benighted 1998, France Brutal Death Metal, Grindcore	Identisick (2006) #874 Obscene Repressed (2020) #1716 Necrobreed (2017) #2605
9	Pig Destroyer 1997, United States Grindcore, Sludge Metal	Prowler in the Yard (2001) #3466 Demo (1997) [Demo] Terrifyer (2004) #4308
10	Exhumed 1991, United States Deathgrind, Goregrind, Death Metal	Gore Metal (1998) #818 Slaughtercult (2001) #842 All Guts, No Glory (2011) #2901
11	Lykathea Aflame 1999, Czech Republic Technical Death Metal	Elvenefris (2000) #1396
12	Waco Jesus 1994, United States Brutal Death Metal, Grindcore	Receptive When Beaten (2006) #3288 The Destruction of Commercial Scum (1999) #3704 Filth (2003) #5559
13	Rotten Sound 1993, Finland Grindcore	Cursed (2011) #2590 Napalm (2010) [EP] Exit (2005) #6407
14	Nails 2009, United States Grindcore, Powerviolence	I Don't Want to Know You (2019) [Single] Abandon All Life (2013) #2947 You Will Never Be One of Us (2016) #4079
15	Nasum 1993, Sweden Grindcore	Grind Finale (2006) [Compilation] Human 2.0 (2000) #5534 Shift (2004) #5959
16	Nahu 1999, Korea Death Metal, Grindcore	Eternal Recurrence of Carnage (2012) #992 Nahu / Archagathus (2016) [Split] Demo (2002) [Demo]
17	Repulsion 1986, United States Grindcore, Death Metal	Horrified (1989) #2100 Rebirth (1991) [Demo] Excruciation (1991) [Single]
18	Cattle Decapitation 1996, United States Deathgrind, Death Metal, Goregrind	The Anthropocene Extinction (2015) #635 Monolith of Inhumanity (2012) #736 Medium Rarities (2018) [Compilation]
19	Mortician 1989, United States Brutal Death Metal, Grindcore	Re-Animated Dead Flesh (2004) #6097 House By the Cemetery (1995) [EP] Chainsaw Dismemberment (1999) #7858
20	Anal Cunt 1988, United States Grindcore, Noisecore	Morbid Florist (1993) [EP] 5643 Song EP (1990) [EP] I Like It When You Die (1997) #8851
21	Agoraphobic Nosebleed 1994, United States Grindcore, Sludge Metal, Doom Metal	Bestial Machinery (2005) [Compilation] Agorapocalypse (2009) #6431 Altered States of America (2003) #7986
22	Brujeria 1989, Mexico Death Metal, Grindcore, Deathgrind	Matando güeros (1993) #5407 Raza odiada (1995) #6499 Esto es Brujeria (2023) #7340
23	!T.O.O.H.! 1993, Czech Republic Technical Death Metal, Deathgrind	Order and Punishment (2005) #1053 Pod vládou biče (2002) #2483 Democratic Solution (2013)
24	Discordance Axis 1992, United States Grindcore	The Inalienable Dreamless (2000) #2290 Ulterior (1995) Jouhou (1997)
25	Animals Killing People 2003, United States Brutal Death Metal, Grindcore, Goregrind	Kentucky Fried Killing (2008) #3135 Human Hunting Season (2004) [EP] Phylum Morph-Apokalupsis (2012) [Split]
26	Extreme Noise Terror 1985, United Kingdom Crustgrind, Hardcore Punk, Death Metal, Grindcore	Extreme Noise Terror (2015) #4554 Phonophobia (1992) [EP] Being and Nothing (2001)
27	Inhume 1994, Netherlands Brutal Death Metal, Deathgrind, Grindcore	Chaos Dissection Order (2007) #1338 Decomposing from Inside (2000) In for the Kill (2003)
28	Sete Star Sept 2004, Japan Grindcore, Noisecore, Avant-gard Metal	Bird (2021) [EP] Revision of Noise (2010) #4199 Visceral Tavern (2013)
29	Caninus 2003, United States Death Metal, Grindcore	Now the Animals Have a Voice (2004) #6873 Bird Seeds of Vengeance / Wolfpig (2005) [Split] Cattle Decapitation / Caninus (2005) [Split]
30	Assück 1988, United States Death Metal, Grindcore	Anticapital (1991) #2983 Blindspot (1992) [EP] Misery Index (1997) #8122
31	Gridlink 2004, United States Technical Grindcore	Coronet Juniper (2023) Amber Gray (2008) Orphan (2011)
32	Abysmal Torment 2000, Malta Brutal Death Metal	Cultivate the Apostate (2014) #1518 Epoch of Methodic Carnage (2006) #1898 Omnicide (2009) #3410
33	Exhumer 2004, Italy Brutal Death Metal, Grindcore	Bloodcurdling Tool of Digestion (2008) #2224 Degraded By Sepsis (2013) Sick & Deviance (2004) [Demo]
34	No One Gets Out Alive 2008, Germany Slamming Brutal Death Metal, Grindcore, Banjo Slam	Widowmaker (2013) #2787 Hidden Bloodiness (2017) Beyond the Edge of the Woods (2012)
35	Diminished 2005, United States Brutal Death Metal, Progressive Metal, Grindcore	Chainsaw Cunt (2010) Regurgitating Rotten Semen (2015) Rectal Torment (2010) [EP] #8223
36	Resurrected 1993, Germany Brutal Death Metal, Grindcore	Endless Sea of Loss (2006) Fierce (2009) Resurrected (2017)
37	Iwrestledabearonce 2007, United States Experimental Grindcore, Metalcore, Experimental Deathcore	It's All Happening (2009) #6092 Iwrestledabearonce EP (2007) [EP] Late for Nothing (2013)
38	Insect Warfare 2004, United States Grindcore	World Extermination (2007) #3727 Noise Grind Power Death (2009) [EP] 5 Band Genetic Equalizer Pt.4 [In 4 Parts] / Untitled (2008) [Split]
39	Phobia 1990, United States Grindcore, Deathgrind	Remnants of Filth (2012) Means of Existence (1998) Grind Your Fucking Head In (2003) [EP]
40	Jig-Ai 2005, Czech Republic Death Metal, Goregrind	Entrails Tsunami (2019) Jig-Ai (2006) #6636 Promo 2006 (2006) [Demo]
41	Grog 1991, Portugal Brutal Death Metal, Grindcore	Macabre Requiems (1996) #5897 Scooping the Cranial Insides (2011) Odes to the Carnivorous (2001)
42	Implore 2012, Germany Deathgrind, Crust Punk	Black Knell (2014) [EP] Alienated Despair (2019) Depopulation (2015)
43	Terminally Your Aborted Ghost United States Brutal Death Metal, Grindcore	Suicide As Self Expression (2006) [EP] Slowly Peeling the Flesh From the Inside of a Folded Hand (2005) #7226 Inanimately Soundless (2006) [EP]
44	Exit Wounds 2004, Poland Grindcore	17 Wounds of Exit (2007) [EP] Exit Wounds (2008) #6555 World of Pain (2004) [Demo]
45	Brain Drill 2006, United States Technical Death Metal, Grindcore	The Parasites (2006) [EP] Quantum Catastrophe (2010) #8651 Apocalyptic Feasting (2008) #9157
46	Circle of Dead Children 1998, United States Brutal Death Metal, Grindcore	Starving the Vultures (1999) Psalm of the Grand Destroyer (2010) Human Harvest (2003)
47	5 Stabbed 4 Corpses 2009, Germany Brutal Death Metal, Grindcore, Goregrind	Dance or Die (2013) Get Smashed (2011) #7779 Gambling for Gore (2015)
48	Nomenmortis 1992, Slovakia Brutal Death Metal, Grindcore	Forget Arcadia (2011) How I Learn to Bleed... for the Things I Wish to Forget (2000) The Day You`ll Lose Your Head (2002)
49	Naked City 1988, United States Avant-garde Jazz, Grindcore	Naked City (1990) #8808 Torture Garden (1990) #9127 Leng Tch'e (1992) #9471
50	Cephalic Carnage 1992, United States Technical Grindcore, Death Metal	Exploiting Dysfunction (2000) Anomalies (2005) #5595 Xenosapien (2007)

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