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MENTAL ANGUISH Unleashes Brutal Grindcore Assault From the Buffalo and Niagara Underground Friday April 24 2026, 2:34 PM

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RELEASE DATE: June 6th via CDN RECORDS

MENTAL ANGUISH Unleashes Brutal Grindcore Assault From the Buffalo and Niagara Underground

Emerging from the gritty borderlands of Niagara Falls and Buffalo, New York, Mental Anguish arrives with a no-frills, full-force grindcore attack forged from decades of underground experience and a deep refusal to dial anything down.

While the name is new to the modern extreme metal landscape, the people behind it are anything but. The members have carved their reputations in the trenches of Western New York’s underground, cutting teeth in bands like Immortal Terror, Grotesque Infection, Eternal Torment, Arsenic Disposal, and Anthropic. All that history gets funneled straight into something faster, heavier, and more merciless.

Mental Anguish operates with a simple lineup and a simple mission: destroy everything in their path.

Chris Hull delivers guttural, barked vocals that hit like a warning siren in a collapsing factory. Carl Pace carves out razor-edged guitar riffs with surgical precision. Russ Martin holds down the low end with thick, crushing bass lines. Jim Santillo turns the kit into a war zone, hammering out relentless blast beats and chaotic rhythms with zero restraint.

This is grindcore in its purest form. Fast. Ugly. Efficient. No wasted motion.

In 2024, the band introduced themselves with their debut release Demo ’24 , recorded at Watchmen Studios. Across five tracks including “Construct of Fear,” “Perilous Grasp,” and “Whore of Babylon,” Mental Anguish laid down a statement of intent: songs that rarely stretch past two minutes but hit like they could level a block. It is raw, unfiltered extremity captured exactly as it should be, loud, abrasive, and unapologetic.

What sets Mental Anguish apart is not just speed or heaviness, but the weight of where they come from. The Niagara and Buffalo underground has long been a breeding ground for DIY extremity, and this band carries that tradition forward without compromise. No trends. No polish. No dilution.

Just impact.

With Demo ’24 already making noise in underground circles, Mental Anguish is now poised for the next step, pushing deeper into the modern grindcore landscape while staying firmly rooted in the chaos that built them. Whether in cramped basement venues or spreading through underground networks worldwide, this is a band built to overwhelm.

Western New York grind is alive, loud, and not asking permission.

And Mental Anguish is leading the charge.

RELEASE JUNE 6th ON CDN RECORDS

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