HUMAN SHIELD - Forever Indebted

Instagram - Twitter - Bandcamp - Spotify

Human Shield out of Tennessee play powerviolence with metallic hardcore intensity. Forever Indebted dropped January 9, 2026 with six tracks of blistering aggression. The trio - Drew Miller on guitars/vocals, Will Shephered on bass/vocals/electronics, and Noah Guffin on drums - delivers nearly 11 minutes of relentless chaos. The band blends grinding powerviolence brutality with crushing metallic riffs and occasional electronic elements adding industrial textures to the violence. Short, explosive bursts of fury is what you get here. They previously released Sullen Population in February 2025 and a summer promo in June 2024, showing a consistent evolution in their punishing sound.

FFO: Sex Prisoner, Nails, Iron Lung  

Hatred Surge - Rotten To Forgotten

Instagram - Facebook - Bandcamp

Hatred Surge out of Austin, Texas play brutal powerviolence/grindcore death metal. Rotten To Forgotten came out March 20, 2026 but it aint new. It's got four tracks recorded from 2012 demo sessions. The trio - Hughes on bass, Sharp on drums, and Ulsh on guitar - feature different vocalists on each track: Azeta, Gomes, Nolan, and Walker bringing their own vicious styles. Originally tracked on 4-track in 2012, vocals recorded in 2021. Released by Cosmic Hearse as limited 7" with 32-page zine.

FFO: Despise You, Iron Lung, Spazz  

STRAGGLER - Without a Country

Instagram - Bandcamp - Spotify

STRAGGLER out of Oakland, California play frantic powerviolence with fastcore intensity. Without a Country dropped March 13, 2026 with three tracks of blazing aggression and crushing breakdowns. Combining fast/slow dynamics, guttural vocals, and unhinged fury - the band tears through it in under five minutes of pure chaos. This is the third release from the band and they keep getting heavier and faster.

FFO: ACxDC, Scalp, Infest, Man Is The Bastard 

Writhe - Self Titled

I've actually written about this release here before back in Two Thousand Fucking Sixteen! But christ this is fucking good, and it just got put on streaming sites again, so I'm writing about it again. Writhe from Hobart, Australia play fast, aggressive grindcore with powerviolence bludgeoning. It's pretty incredible, especially since it's 1-man project. With raw production, brutal riffs, glorious HM2 usage and relentless speed, this is grind stripped down to its nastiest form.

FFO:  Wormrot, Rotten Sound, Nails

Mold Bunny - (H)are you afraid of the dark?

Mold Bunny blast through 15 tracks of deathgrind/powerviolence chaos on (H)are you afraid of the dark?. The entire album clocks in under 20 minutes with rabbit and horror movie-themed track titles like "Hopmare on Elm Street" and "The Texas Rabbit Massacre." Mixing slamming death metal with grindcore intensity and powerviolence unpredictability, the band delivers brutal, relentless aggression with a tongue-in-cheek horror aesthetic.

Plunge - Tour Demo

 

Instagram - Bandcamp

Plunge out of Albuquerque, NM deliver five tracks of pure grindviolence chaos on Tour Demo. Released February 6, 2026, the demo alternates between sub-minute bursts of powerviolence and longer, grinding assaults that stretch past the three-minute mark. Tracks like "Unclaimed" and "Petroleum Party" explode with frustrated rage about societal collapse and manufactured narratives, while the extended cuts "Fluid" and "Violent Change" let the sludgy, noisy aggression breathe and mutate. The New Mexico hardcore scene keeps churning out brutal acts, and Plunge is raw, uncompromising, and ready to wreck eardrums.

FFO:  Big Gulp, Sex Prisoner, Full Of Hell, Wasp Mother

Unyth - Fatal Exception Error

Unyth out of Charlotte play grindnoise and powerviolence with a harsh noise edge that doesn't mess around. Their new 4-track album Fatal Exception Error came out early on Bandcamp and clocks in at just under 4 minutes total—three tracks under 32 seconds and one 3-minute closer called "Faceless Hivemind." It's the same brutal noisegrind they've been doing since Scolding Visions in 2023. Short, aggressive, unpolished in the best way.

Instagram - Facebook - Bandcamp - Spotify 

FFO: Full Of Hell, ACxDC, Mellow Harsher

suffer//erase - Sullen Trails

Massachusetts hardcore band suffer//erase have been quietly grinding away with a raw, no-frills sound that feels more like a basement show than a studio product. Featuring members of Boxcutter Facelift, BastardCurse, Fixture, and more, their songs are short, ugly, and direct, pulling from hardcore, d-beat, and grind without dressing any of it up. Sullen Trails dropped on January 30, 2026, and showcases a tight collection of short, pounding tracks like “Dreadful Teeth” and “Violent Mind,” serving up six blows of unfiltered hardcore chaos.

FFO: Wound Man, Year of the Knife, End, Full Of Hell 

SKYTT - BRUTALISMUS

Instagram - Facebook - Discogs - Bandcamp - Spotify

SKYTT is a powerviolence & Sludgecore trio from Giessen, Germany, delivering raw intensity and uncompromising energy that formed in 2018. Their 2025 EP Brutalismus captures their ferocious style in short, abrasive, blistering tracks. 

FFO: Nails, Regional Justice Center, Gulch, Trap Them

agenda - filth

Instagram - Spotify - YouTube Music

Filth is the debut ep of singapore buzzsaw hardcore outfit, agenda, known for raw emotion and explosive live shows. filth is a refreshing blend of traditional hardcore/d-beat with black metal and modern metal/metalcore influences.. With a fierce DIY spirit and growing regional presence, Agenda is a must-listen for fans of Touché Amoré, Loma Prieta, Envy, & La Dispute. 

Constrict - Kadavergehorsam

 

More German Chaos. From their bio: Constrict is a grindcore band from Potsdam, Germany, formed in 2015. Fusing fast, aggressive blasts with death metal elements, their sound combines raw speed with relentless heaviness. After several DIY releases - including Ultima Ratio, Saturation, and Devourer - they now return with Kadavergehorsam, their most furious and focused EP to date. 

breathe//die - gestalt

    FROM: Berlin, Germany

    GENRE: Powerviolence, Hardcore, Death Metal

I've said it 1,000 times and I'll say it again,
every hardcore band from Germany rules 

 

We Sleep - Split w/Travolta

FROM: Hamburg, Germany

GENRE: Powerviolence, Fastcore

RELEASED: May 2, 2025

Bad Guy - Demo 2025

FROM: Yorkville, IllinoisGENRE: Grindcore, PowerviolenceRELEASED: May 3, 2025

Mold Bunny - Unholy Sunday

 Hoppy 4/20-Easter. Consider yourself blessed

FROM: Italy?

GENRE: Grindcore, Powerviolence

RELEASED: April 19, 2025

Norman Bates - Hell To Pay

FROM: Vicenza, Italy

GENRE: Metallic Hardcore, Powerviolence, Grind

RELEASED: April 9, 2025

I.E.D. - Demo

FROM: Ontario, CanadaGENRE: Powerviolence, SludgeRELEASED: April 4, 2025

Violent Abuse - Defenseless

 

FROM: Washington

GENRE: Powerviolence, Thrash, Hardcore Punk

RELEASED: March 28, 2025

Meat Obelisk - Blunt Force

 

FROM: Fallbrook, California

GENRE: Grindcore, Powerviolence, Hardcore

RELEASED: March 24, 2025

Kodak Courage - Take It Back

FROM: Monroe, WashingtonGENRE: Hardcore Punk, PowerviolenceRELEASED: March 17, 2025