Berlin, Germany

The imaginatively named extreme music quintet War from a Harlots Mouth hails from Berlin, Germany, and plays a violent blend of math metal, grindcore, and assorted unrelated genres (indeed, they refute association with any specific musical style). After getting their start in 2005, the group recorded a split EP with Molotov Solution, toured throughout Europe with acts like Dying Fetus, Cattle Decapitation, and Cephalic Carnage, then released their full-length debut CD, Transmetropolitan, in 2007. Not long afterwards, the band parted way with singer Steffan, replacing him with Nico Webers of The Ocean. After spending most of 2008 touring, the group made it back into the studio, and in 2009 they released their second album, In Shoals. Not content to rest, the quintent followed up quickly, releasing MMX in 2010. ~ Eduardo Rivadavia