Tephra

Formed in Braunschweig, Germany by the end of 2003, these guys have released two full-lengths, the self-titled «Tephra» (2005) and «A Modicum of Truth» (2007); a 7" split with Omega Massif is expected soon too.

For the likes of Mouth of the Architect, Rosetta, Amenra.

They've gathered everything for free download on their last.fm profile:
Demo (2004)
Tephra (2005)
A Modicum of Truth (2007)

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Shining

Holy fucking shit. Weird jazz metal from Norway.



Black Jazz (Stolen from the Swamp)

California Love

"Heavy-as-shit powerviolence from these guys. Members of Look Back And Laugh and Talk Is Poison, so this is a fucking awesome slab to add to anyone's mp3 collection (we all know you're not buying it, fucker). On top of all the praise, the production on this album is amazing. All that's available now is the CD release, but the vinyl had hand-made silk-screened covers." taken from Buddha Khan

Can't Waste Death (2006)

Hatred Surge

Great power violence act in the line of Despise You (with male and female vocals everywhere). Includes a member from Insect Warfare.

Deconstruct (2008)

The Endless Blockade

"Primitive explodes in severely acidic rage. The album slabs together a mash of coarse power violence, splintering harsh noise, and commanding power electronics. The Endless Blockade evoke the loathsomeness of Man Is the Bastard and the throbbing fast-slow-fast construction of Crossed Out. In particular, the rasping blastbeats and rapid riffs in "Irrationalism Uberalles" share similarities with those of Crossed Out's "Crown of Thorns."With Scott Hull's mixing touch, Primitive breathes just enough. "Thick Skin, Transparent Blood" slows things down, opening with tasty, lumbering chords. Taps on the snare warn of imminent attack; guitars then spew their guts through projectile vomiting." Taken from Invisible Oranges

Primitive (2008)

Outbreak

Emerging out of the quiet, peaceful state of Maine in 2002, Outbreak has proven to be anything but the generalizations made about the state in which they began. They play fast, they play loud, and they have a reputation for an explosive live show. Or as simply as Alternative Press has described Outbreak: "fast, furious, and absolutely unrelenting".

Failure (2006)
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Le Scrawl

"Le Scrawl was formed in 1990 by Peter and Mario in Potsdam, Germany.
In the beginning mainly influenced by Grindcore and Deathmetal, first of all by bands like Extreme Noise Terror, Terrorizer, and Napalm Death, they gradually tried to introduce various styles of music. At the time Felix and Michael joined the band, they started to blend Grindcore with Ska, Swing, Jazz..."

Eager to Please(2004)
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Struck By Lightning

Hailing from Columbus, Ohio these guy's debut album offers us a meeting point of His Hero Is Gone and High on Fire. It features Mouth of the Architect's former vocalist Greg Lahm.

Serpents (2009)
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Kowloon Walled City

Dwelling somewhere between Sludge and Noise Rock San Francisco's Kowloon Walled City deliver us their debut album.

Gambling on the Richter Scale (2009)
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Litany for the Whale

From Santa Rosa, California comes this debut EP by Litany for the Whale, hardcore/crust as if Cursed and Converge combined.

Dolores (2009)
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Barebones

Cool rock'n'roll in the line of Heavy Rocks and Pink (from Boris).

Back In Your Black (2007)
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Mind Eraser

Mind Eraser come from Boston and they play powerviolence leaning more into the slow parts the genre usually implies making it a little less tireing than some other bands of the genre. I couldn't find much about these fellas but here's a review.

Glacial Reign (2006)

Parlamentarisk Sodomi

"Fuck all the systems at the same time"

Motherfuckin' Grindcore from Norway! Check this out!

2008 - Har Du Sagt "A" Får Du Si "Nal"
2009 - De Anarkistiske An(n)aler
2009 - Regnskog, Fred og Vegetarmat 7" EP

Black Elk

"The second album by Portland's Black Elk comes from a familiar enough starting point -- namely, there's something about loud guitars and aggressive yowling that will always please somebody, somewhere. Given how thoroughly any number of putatively different sounds and styles that match that description have essentially cross-fertilized into one monstrous leviathan of music, it comes as little surprise that Black Elk are almost a post-everything band -- they use lumbering metal, frenetic no wave rampages, epic solos, and distorted art noise, and that's just in the opening song "My Last Shred of Decency." But if Black Elk are still arguably working towards their own sound, they're doing so with panache -- and it doesn't hurt that they've got a full appreciation of the classic '80s thrash and power metal they pretty obviously grew up on. Hearing the spiraling solos and chunky riffs on songs like the fierce as hell "Pig Crazy," helped by the excellent recording quality throughout the album, complements rather than works against singer Tom Glose's rasped rampage. Meanwhile, the fact that the album ends on a perfectly melodramatic note with the ever-more-intense performance of "Winter Formal" cutting off suddenly to silence further shows the band's sense of how to leave a maximum impact behind. At this rate the group's next album should be a spectacular breakthrough." Ned Ragget @ all music guide

Always a Six, Never a Nine
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Riff Cannon

Gotta love this band name. Riff Cannon come from Boston, Massachusetts and play sludgy stoner/doom with some post-rock ambients.
"......Riff Cannon create similarly killer, Sabbathian sludge......I was honestly left craving more from this quartet, so strong is the material here........Strong and memorable composition.......with varied, solid influences such as Electric Wizard and Thin Lizzy, what’s there not to like? "

Mercury Mountain
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9Horizon

9Horizon hail from Latvia. They play some modern punkish sludge.
They aren't original at all. But somehow their music captivated me.
Check them out.

EndStartEnd
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Asshole Parade

"Ten years of relentless mayhem has long pointed (with two fingers in the air) to this crystalline moment: the debut album by Gainesville thrash historians Asshole Parade! "Embers" is 21 tracks of circle pit-inducing thrashy hardcore bordering on powerviolence with those smart and clever lyrics they have become known for. Manic, urgent hardcore blazes and smokes from every angle, felling all pit barons with a tangle of legs, downing all airborne crowd pirates with human flack! 21 songs for the love of all things fastcore! Feel the burn!"

Embers (2006)

Heirs

"Heirs is the marriage of dark and light. The pain and hopelessness of addiction vs the elation of freedom."

This Australian quartet draw influences from Swans and Godflesh, so that should be just enough information to get you straight to the download link - which is provided by their label, Denovali. This is their 2009 debut album.

Alchera

Mule Skinner

Mule Skinner is a grindcore band from New Orleans, USA. Including members of Righteous Pigs and Flesh Parade, their sound is not far from Terrorizer and Assuck.

"Abuse may not be the finest example of grind but it is a more then worthwhile purchase outshining many grind bands from today and the mid 90's era where this album was spawned. The lack of availability of this release is even more motivation for you grind freaks to track this fucker down and become one of only a select amount of people lucky enough to own this killer, under appreciated grindcore gem."

Abuse (1996)

Diamatregon

French BM.
As reported in their label’s page, the band is tagged as “vintage black metal” and is specialized in “violently thrashing, ultra chaotic, on-the-verge-of-losing-control, over saturated, super distorted and noisy, “true” black metal, fast and furious to occasional midtempo breakdown and a once-in-a-while doomy dirge.”

Crossroad