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Noisegrind

Noisegrind is a metal fusion genre, formative in the late 1980s. TheMetalNet maps 26 bands and 70 albums under it.
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What it is

Noisegrind is grindcore pushed to near-formlessness — ultra-short, chaotic blasts of distorted riffing, screamed vocals, and blast beats with melody and structure stripped away entirely. Boston’s Anal Cunt were the definitive act, often recording songs mere seconds long amid walls of feedback and noise. The style prizes shock, brevity, and abrasiveness over musicianship. It sits at the harshest, most confrontational edge of grind.

Facts

Level
Sub-genre
Parent genre
Grindcore
Formative era
late 1980s
Fusion genre
Yes
Bands
26
Albums
70
Formation span
1983 to 2025

Bands

Where it is played

Bands formed by decade

DecadeBands formed
1980s5
1990s1
2000s1
2010s4
2020s4