Tag: Grindcore
Barren Path – Grieving Review
The concept of a grindcore guitar god is a little bit silly to me, considering the rawness and punk ethos involved in the style overall… but then again, this is a sub-genre built on the …
Forced Starvation – Forced Starvation Review
Aotearoa New Zealand grindcore outfit Forced Starvation call the world’s southernmost capital city, Te Whanganui-a-Tara (aka Wellington), home. As a fellow Wellingtonian, I can tell you that things are not exactly peachy in Forced Starvation’s …
Diamonds & Rust: Disharmonic Orchestra – Expositionsprophylaxe (Um, Gesundheit)
[Album artwork by Martin Messner and Patrick Klopf] Perhaps you’ve noticed by now that these Diamonds & Rust treatments have a tendency to dip into a sort of narcissistic form of self-interest when generated by …
Abraded – Ethereal Emanations From Chthonic Caries Review
[Cover art by Mihály Zichy] There’s certainly nothing wrong with grindcore that sounds like a violent raccoon orgy in a dumpster full of nuclear waste, but I tend to be ever-so-slightly more partial to those …
Blast Rites: Scalp – Not Worthy Of Human Compassion Review
[Cover art by Ricardo Bettazzoni] I bet you were expecting Albert Pecans, or whatever that idiot’s name is, but he’s not the only one who listens to grind around here. Sure, he’s the only one …
Blast Rites: Sulfuric Cautery – Killing Spree Review
If you’re one of those poor, unfortunate souls who can’t get into grindcore because “it’s just nonstop blasting and grunts” and “the songs fly by so fast it all blurs together,” then… well, Sulfuric Cautery …
Haggus – Destination Extinction Review
After a decade or so of bouncing around the underground, Bay Area mince-masters Haggus found a new home with Oakland’s venerable Tankcrimes last year, and promptly released two surprise EPs in the process, both of …
Blast Rites: Meth Leppard – Gatekeepers Review
Ah, the life of the grinder, where you wait patiently for one of your most-anticipated releases of the year… and it’s finally here… and it’s fourteen minutes long. But hey, at least, these are fourteen …