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Genre
grindcore
Parent Genre: metal

Grindcore is a subgenre of extreme metal that is characterized by its aggressive and abrasive sound. It typically features fast-paced, heavily distorted guitars, blast beat drumming, and guttural vocals. The lyrics often focus on social and political issues, as well as themes of violence and gore. Grindcore bands are known for their short, intense songs that rarely exceed two minutes in length. The genre originated in the early 1980s and has since evolved to include various subgenres and experimental elements.


Top artists of grindcore genre

Cattle Decapitation
Napalm Death
Mortician
Pig Destroyer
Full Of Hell
Wormrot
Aborted
Immolation
Vomitory
Misery Index
Terrorizer
Brutal Truth
Insect Warfare
Devourment
Decrepit Birth
Autopsy
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grindcore music timeline

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List of grindcore artists

Here is a list of grindcore artists on Spotify, ranked based on popularity, who exemplifies the grindcore genre. You can find out what grindcore genre sounds like where you can preview artists or sort them the way you want, just click the headers to sort.

#namePopularity instrumentalnessdanceabilityenergyacousticnessHappinesstempofollowers
1
Cattle Decapitation
52 63 28 95 1 15 128 197284
2
Napalm Death
46 64 27 91 0 18 111 311688
3
Mortician
44 63 31 74 0 24 120 85573
4
Pig Destroyer
38 46 26 99 0 12 116 92241
5
Full Of Hell
38 61 25 91 0 12 115 70666
6
Wormrot
37 54 21 98 0 8 129 50523
7
Aborted
37 72 34 96 0 20 126 115949
8
Immolation
36 85 22 95 0 14 118 98563
9
Vomitory
36 90 26 97 0 9 129 51733
10
Misery Index
34 26 33 96 0 23 116 60313
11
Terrorizer
34 91 34 97 0 9 112 82573
12
Brutal Truth
33 88 19 97 0 7 135 54560
13
Insect Warfare
31 4 23 99 0 4 125 37702
14
Devourment
31 87 29 88 1 33 126 54136
15
Decrepit Birth
31 79 43 98 0 18 121 48320
16
Autopsy
31 37 22 88 3 18 108 93579
17
Magrudergrind
31 74 31 95 0 26 114 40263
18
Agoraphobic Nosebleed
30 58 23 92 0 14 115 41479
19
Rotten Sound
30 23 24 97 0 14 112 33130
20
Grave
30 65 27 93 0 22 111 71871
21
Nasum
29 68 24 96 0 19 114 44716
22
Defeated Sanity
29 89 24 93 0 25 122 43918
23
Spazz
29 33 32 76 0 29 98 20984
24
Exhumed
29 59 24 96 0 13 117 61524
25
Gorgasm
28 48 27 99 0 9 121 31467
26
Last Days Of Humanity
28 65 28 91 1 21 118 15053
27
disrupt
28 8 27 97 0 28 130 32848
28
Despise You
28 22 29 87 0 18 112 16146
29
Lock Up
27 1 31 98 0 19 125 23225
30
Cloud Rat
27 53 26 90 1 14 126 18169
31
Impetigo
26 26 22 95 0 31 149 20300
32
Weekend Nachos
26 43 20 98 0 10 123 28586
33
Trap Them
26 66 18 97 0 15 156 32474
34
Extreme Noise Terror
26 55 22 96 1 25 124 40012
35
Pungent Stench
26 46 28 90 0 39 116 37111
36
Dropdead
26 64 22 96 0 16 121 27630
37
Deeds of Flesh
25 88 28 97 0 19 121 49178
38
Monstrosity
25 46 35 93 0 16 114 52718
39
Sex Prisoner
25 60 27 95 0 26 113 12049
40
Deterioration
25 70 21 94 4 8 104 5956
41
Putrid Pile
25 41 33 95 0 22 156 28743
42
Repulsion
25 75 19 99 1 8 122 36709
43
The Red Chord
25 18 32 97 0 24 105 38175
44
Capitalist Casualties
25 52 34 82 9 54 130 21445
45
Disfear
24 35 19 99 0 16 162 24849
46
His Hero Is Gone
24 81 21 89 0 36 117 20157
47
Dead in the Dirt
24 63 22 97 0 10 114 13246
48
ACxDC
24 39 24 96 0 33 119 21124
49
Regurgitate
24 81 20 97 0 16 120 18779
50
Genghis Tron
24 78 38 83 0 23 141 30528
51
Skitsystem
23 41 22 96 0 17 149 21569
52
Phobia
23 82 25 93 0 18 125 20856
53
Soilent Green
23 37 26 93 0 33 107 23176
54
Archagathus
23 43 24 94 0 18 131 6869
55
Iron Lung
23 67 21 95 0 9 134 16728
56
Birdflesh
23 21 27 91 0 25 123 7857
57
Internal Rot
22 82 18 97 0 6 121 6368
58
Coke Bust
22 12 26 98 2 20 111 11018
59
Cephalic Carnage
22 34 28 94 0 15 108 38055
60
Gaza
22 46 18 89 0 12 138 22897
61
Discordance Axis
22 84 18 91 0 4 95 12303
62
Jarhead Fertilizer
22 66 21 75 2 23 89 7210
63
Disgorge
21 89 29 97 0 15 124 33642
64
Caustic Wound
21 61 31 97 0 23 102 8747
65
Internal Bleeding
21 57 33 91 0 28 110 15757
66
Gadget
21 65 27 95 0 13 128 10574
67
Sore Throat
21 71 19 80 0 18 121 8464
68
Angelcorpse
21 70 20 98 0 7 117 24304
69
Agathocles
21 68 19 90 1 26 109 17379
70
Malignancy
21 85 25 94 0 31 124 16346
71
All Pigs Must Die
21 76 18 92 0 10 129 28827
72
General Surgery
20 52 22 95 0 15 111 16665
73
Cripple Bastards
20 38 22 97 0 15 107 18162
74
Torsofuck
20 68 41 94 5 29 134 21320
75
Rectal Smegma
20 41 25 82 0 24 135 12317
76
Putridity
20 96 41 96 0 47 140 24641
77
Haemorrhage
19 44 25 97 0 17 133 19889
78
Lividity
19 39 27 94 0 21 137 16693
79
Vermin Womb
19 76 18 98 0 10 122 11279
80
Brodequin
19 90 26 92 0 20 117 7927
81
Necrophagia
19 53 32 90 0 22 113 19427
82
Avulsed
19 78 38 97 0 48 150 15118
83
Heresy
18 46 21 95 0 23 121 9988
84
Cave State
18 43 22 97 2 15 125 4498
85
Demilich
18 84 22 91 0 29 93 27727
86
Insult
18 32 33 96 1 42 130 5391
87
Warcollapse
17 53 22 98 1 18 142 9208
88
Unholy Grave
17 93 20 92 7 20 118 10111
89
Feastem
17 87 26 96 0 7 93 2595
90
Hatred Surge
17 83 20 96 0 7 110 8969
91
Kill The Client
17 79 17 94 0 4 126 6065
92
Lack Of Interest
17 3 37 91 0 58 122 8460
93
Man Is The Bastard
17 93 28 90 3 22 149 12690
94
Fuck On the Beach
16 83 20 97 0 22 106 10286
95
Disgust
16 80 10 95 0 19 169 6327
96
Death Toll 80K
16 88 17 98 0 6 118 3882
97
Wormed
16 80 27 94 0 8 110 22499
98
Prostitute Disfigurement
16 33 28 99 0 10 121 14055
99
Blood Duster
16 83 31 99 0 8 109 6600
100
Gridlink
16 98 22 97 0 7 126 6214
101
Severe Torture
16 87 31 97 0 17 112 19723
102
Endless Swarm
16 19 35 95 0 18 106 2607
103
Fluoride
15 82 15 94 0 5 121 5865
104
Apartment 213
15 78 27 90 0 15 168 7370
105
Ed Gein
15 13 24 97 0 14 103 13382
106
Venomous Concept
15 22 29 97 0 26 143 10637
107
Sublime Cadaveric Decomposition
14 88 22 91 0 35 127 7715
108
Chepang
14 70 16 95 0 4 108 3626
109
Dead Infection
14 90 25 91 1 22 118 10482
110
Impaled
14 68 37 94 0 25 120 15726
111
Gets Worse
14 24 25 79 0 29 118 4494
112
Gorerotted
14 65 28 97 0 46 134 12834
113
Triac
13 83 22 90 0 12 125 2850
114
Cliteater
13 97 25 97 0 13 113 11553
115
Flesh Parade
13 15 26 87 0 34 108 5354
116
Fuck The Facts
13 71 24 92 0 10 123 14526
117
Splitter
13 0 58 75 0 63 122 673
118
Machetazo
13 89 17 99 0 7 114 12851
119
Disavowed
13 72 37 98 1 23 124 14670
120
P.L.F.
13 89 17 99 0 4 133 4956
121
Antigama
12 45 29 98 0 14 105 6197
122
Total Fucking Destruction
12 22 16 99 0 9 126 8019
123
Warfuck
12 0 0 0 0 0 0 1517
124
Meth Leppard
12 77 26 93 0 11 137 2423
125
Yacøpsæ
12 0 0 0 0 0 0 2757
126
Lymphatic Phlegm
11 0 0 0 0 0 0 5134
127
Enemy Soil
11 20 25 94 0 11 130 4623
128
Nuclear Death Terror
11 87 15 97 0 19 119 10234
129
Whoresnation
10 0 0 0 0 0 0 2292
130
Afgrund
10 85 24 97 0 9 127 4505
131
Tu Carne
10 57 31 95 0 25 121 5434
132
FLAGITIOUS IDIOSYNCRASY IN THE DILAPIDATION
10 0 0 0 0 0 0 5964
133
Hummingbird of Death
10 18 36 99 0 50 147 4439
134
The Day Everything Became Nothing
9 88 25 93 0 57 84 5510
135
Circle Of Dead Children
9 57 27 93 0 36 126 5124
136
Hemdale
9 0 0 0 0 0 0 3995
137
Squash Bowels
9 85 49 100 0 34 117 7713
138
Leng Tch'e
9 79 24 95 0 22 136 8015
139
The Kill
8 56 22 97 0 5 117 4757
140
Hellnation
8 0 0 0 0 0 0 3682
141
Human Remains
8 14 28 96 0 16 109 3755
142
Shitstorm
8 86 17 100 0 3 165 3435
143
The Arson Project
8 71 24 98 0 5 117 4502
144
Pigsty
8 3 37 99 0 28 130 4879
145
Six Brew Bantha
7 33 21 99 0 4 132 2752
146
Inhume
7 91 28 99 0 4 122 3392
147
The Endless Blockade
7 97 29 100 0 4 113 4250
148
Looking for an Answer
7 5 20 100 0 3 111 5618
149
Fukpig
7 75 6 76 0 11 200 3540
150
Cretin
7 17 24 100 0 4 97 4958
151
Mincing Fury and Guttural Clamour of Queer Decay
7 0 36 98 0 12 142 4056
152
Afternoon Gentlemen
6 73 23 95 0 31 125 3143
153
Maruta
6 92 27 99 0 15 128 5246
154
Mumakil
6 0 0 0 0 0 0 4899
155
Sick/Tired
6 68 26 92 0 34 104 2625
156
Black Army Jacket
6 0 0 0 0 0 0 3059
157
Takafumi Matsubara
6 75 20 97 0 5 74 1466
158
Parlamentarisk Sodomi
5 0 0 0 0 0 0 2828
159
Nashgul
5 0 0 0 0 0 0 4394
160
Gruesome Stuff Relish
4 2 37 99 0 4 100 3548
161
Fuck I'm dead
4 88 21 97 0 4 133 4072
162
Axis Of Despair
4 92 29 95 0 14 119 1448
163
The County Medical Examiners
4 0 0 0 0 0 0 6421
164
Noisear
4 0 0 0 0 0 0 3099
165
Catheter
4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2593
166
Population Reduction
3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1212
167
Organ Dealer
3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1455
168
The Drip
3 0 0 0 0 0 0 4172
169
Clinging to the Trees of a Forest Fire
3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2687
170
Benümb
3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1105
171
Coldworker
3 0 40 100 0 26 114 2018
172
Infanticide
3 87 7 87 0 67 199 2327
173
Sayyadina
3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2441
174
Swarrrm
3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1131
175
F.U.B.A.R.
2 90 17 100 0 2 105 1951
176
Suffering Mind
2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1492
177
Jesus Crost
2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1115
178
XBRAINIAX
2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2781
179
Defeatist
1 0 0 0 0 0 0 885
180
7000 Dying Rats
1 0 0 0 0 0 0 627
181
Jigsore Terror
1 0 0 0 0 0 0 710
182
Hayaino Daisuki
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 710
183
Vulgar Pigeons
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 208
184
Birdflesh
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 45
185
324
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 422
186
Agenda Of Swine
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 313
187
Rompeprop
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12250