--- title: "Deathgrind" type: "MusicGenre" url: "https://themetalnet.com/genre/deathgrind" parent: "Grindcore" bands: 216 era: "early 1990s" --- # Deathgrind **Deathgrind** is a metal fusion genre, formative in the early 1990s. TheMetalNet maps 216 bands and 404 albums under it. Deathgrind splits the difference between death metal and grindcore, pairing death metal’s heavier riffing and guttural vocals with grind’s blasting speed and short, punishing songs. It coalesced in the 1990s and 2000s through bands like Cattle Decapitation, Brutal Truth, and Misery Index. Tracks are fast, dense, and often politically or misanthropically charged, hitting harder and more concisely than standard death metal. It is extremity distilled. ## Facts | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Genre | Deathgrind | | Level | Sub-genre | | Parent genre | Grindcore | | Formative era | early 1990s | | Fusion genre | Yes | | Bands | 216 | | Albums | 404 | | Formation span | 1980 to 2025 | ## Notable bands (top 60 by prominence) - [Cattle Decapitation](https://themetalnet.com/band/cattle-decapitation) (1996) - [Cephalic Carnage](https://themetalnet.com/band/cephalic-carnage) (1992) - [General Surgery](https://themetalnet.com/band/general-surgery) (Sweden, 1988) - [Japanische Kampfhörspiele](https://themetalnet.com/band/japanische-kampfhorspiele) (1998) - [Blood](https://themetalnet.com/band/blood) (Germany, 1986) - [Dead](https://themetalnet.com/band/dead-2b5cac35) (Germany, 1990) - [Lock Up](https://themetalnet.com/band/lock-up) (United Kingdom, 1998) - [Machetazo](https://themetalnet.com/band/machetazo) (1994) - [Swarrrm](https://themetalnet.com/band/swarrrm) (Japan, 1996) - [Looking for an Answer](https://themetalnet.com/band/looking-for-an-answer) (Spain, 1999) - [Brujería](https://themetalnet.com/band/brujeria) (United States, 1989) - [Kill the Client](https://themetalnet.com/band/kill-the-client) (United States, 2002) - [Legion of Doom](https://themetalnet.com/band/legion-of-doom) (1990) - [Catheter](https://themetalnet.com/band/catheter) (United States, 1997) - [Criminal Element](https://themetalnet.com/band/criminal-element) (United States, 2001) - [Atrocity](https://themetalnet.com/band/atrocity) (United States, 1985) - [Anal Blast](https://themetalnet.com/band/anal-blast) (United States, 1994) - [Inferia](https://themetalnet.com/band/inferia) (1989) - [Keitzer](https://themetalnet.com/band/keitzer) (Germany, 1999) - [Blood Freak](https://themetalnet.com/band/blood-freak) (United States, 2003) - [Defecation](https://themetalnet.com/band/defecation) (1987) - [Engorged](https://themetalnet.com/band/engorged) (United States, 1997) - [The Partisan Turbine](https://themetalnet.com/band/the-partisan-turbine) (United States, 2003) - [Gorerotted](https://themetalnet.com/band/gorerotted) (United Kingdom, 1997) - [Righteous Pigs](https://themetalnet.com/band/righteous-pigs) (United States, 1986) - [Nembrionic](https://themetalnet.com/band/nembrionic) (Netherlands, 1991) - [Caninus](https://themetalnet.com/band/caninus) (United States, 1992) - [Coldworker](https://themetalnet.com/band/coldworker) (Sweden, 2006) - [Sikfuk](https://themetalnet.com/band/sikfuk) (United States, 2001) - [Atomçk](https://themetalnet.com/band/atomck) (2006) - [Flesh Parade](https://themetalnet.com/band/flesh-parade) (United States, 1990) - [Cannibal Accident](https://themetalnet.com/band/cannibal-accident) (Finland, 2007) - [Embolism](https://themetalnet.com/band/embolism) (Slovakia, 1997) - [Gutted](https://themetalnet.com/band/gutted) (Hungary, 1998) - [Dead Vertical](https://themetalnet.com/band/dead-vertical) (Indonesia, 2001) - [Nyctophobic](https://themetalnet.com/band/nyctophobic) (Germany, 1992) - [Obliterate](https://themetalnet.com/band/obliterate) (Slovakia, 1992) - [Septicopyemia](https://themetalnet.com/band/septicopyemia) (1995) - [Abnormyndeffect](https://themetalnet.com/band/abnormyndeffect) (2004) - [Infamy](https://themetalnet.com/band/infamy-bbb89783) (United States, 1995) - [Jigsore Terror](https://themetalnet.com/band/jigsore-terror) (Sweden, 2001) - [Suffocate](https://themetalnet.com/band/suffocate) (Slovakia, 1992) - [Black Bleeding](https://themetalnet.com/band/black-bleeding) (Belgium, 1998) - [Bolt Stein](https://themetalnet.com/band/bolt-stein) (1998) - [Cadaveric Incubator](https://themetalnet.com/band/cadaveric-incubator) (Finland, 2004) - [Dahmer](https://themetalnet.com/band/dahmer) (1995) - [Deathcore](https://themetalnet.com/band/deathcore) (Germany, 1986) - [Filthy Christians](https://themetalnet.com/band/filthy-christians) (Sweden, 1985) - [Distaste](https://themetalnet.com/band/distaste) (2000) - [I’ll Eat Your Face](https://themetalnet.com/band/i-ll-eat-your-face) (Ireland, 2006) - [Necrony](https://themetalnet.com/band/necrony) (Sweden, 1990) - [WVRM](https://themetalnet.com/band/wvrm) (2013) - [Pakeni](https://themetalnet.com/band/pakeni) (Finland, 1992) - [Paralysis](https://themetalnet.com/band/paralysis) (United States, 1989) - [WTN](https://themetalnet.com/band/wtn) (Singapore, 1998) - [Jarhead Fertilizer](https://themetalnet.com/band/jarhead-fertilizer) (United States, 2011) - [Rajasinga](https://themetalnet.com/band/rajasinga) (Indonesia, 2004) - [Hermaphrodit](https://themetalnet.com/band/hermaphrodit) (Czechia, 1992) - [The Drip](https://themetalnet.com/band/the-drip) (United States, 2007) - [Zombified Preachers of Gore](https://themetalnet.com/band/zombified-preachers-of-gore) (United States, 1988) ## Where it is played - [United States](https://themetalnet.com/country/us): 52 bands - [Germany](https://themetalnet.com/country/de): 11 bands - [Finland](https://themetalnet.com/country/fi): 9 bands - [United Kingdom](https://themetalnet.com/country/gb): 6 bands - [Argentina](https://themetalnet.com/country/ar): 6 bands - [Slovakia](https://themetalnet.com/country/sk): 6 bands - [Canada](https://themetalnet.com/country/ca): 5 bands - [Sweden](https://themetalnet.com/country/se): 5 bands ## Bands formed by decade | Decade | Bands formed | | --- | --- | | 1980s | 28 | | 1990s | 55 | | 2000s | 28 | | 2010s | 41 | | 2020s | 17 | --- Source: [TheMetalNet https://themetalnet.com/genre/deathgrind](https://themetalnet.com/genre/deathgrind). Catalog data from MusicBrainz and Metal Archives. Full site index: https://themetalnet.com/llms.txt