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Cattle Decapitation

Monolith of Inhumanity (2012)

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Heavy Meta (2015)

04/11 @ The Belasco, Los Angeles

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Cult Classic (2023)

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New Age Filth (2021)

04/17 @ Archer Music Hall, Allentown

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Benümb

· 1994–present · active

Benümb were a grindcore and powerviolence band from the San Francisco Bay Area, formed in 1994 in Millbrae, California. Their debut full-length Soul of the Martyr (1998) was a chaotic and highly regarded document of the West Coast powerviolence scene, and the band maintained their intensity through Withering Strands of Hope (2000) and By Means of Upheaval (2003) on Relapse Records before disbanding in 2006. Several members went on to form Agenda of Swine.

Grindcore Powerviolence

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