The Groove

The greatest grindcore artists of all time

9 artists ranked by the Groove — music.nw’s own measure of renown. Not an opinion, a fact computed from the record. Why?

This board is decided by who has rated so far. That is not a verdict on this corner of the record — it is the shape of who has voted. Rate what you love and the number moves.

No. 1

Napalm Death

United Kingdom · 1982– · grindcore

9.473

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2 Wormrot

Singapore · 2007– · grindcore 4.840

3 Anaal Nathrakh

United Kingdom · 1999– · black metal 1.441

DIR EN GREY

Japan · 1997– · rock 0.971

5 The Dillinger Escape Plan

United States of America · 1997–2017 · mathcore 0.599

6 Carcass

United Kingdom · 1985– · death metal 0.587

7 Naked City

United States of America · 1988–1993 · free jazz 0.567

Bring Me the Horizon

United Kingdom · 2004– · metalcore 0.559

9 Orchid

United States of America · 1997– · emoviolence 0.233