Tag: Grindcore
Blast Rites: October Grind Spooktacular, Part Two
If you’re just now catching up, well, we’re just now catching up. Seth Buttnam and I (plus one uninvited guest) are rounding up some of our favoritest grindcore (or grind-adjacent) releases of the past however …
Blast Rites: October Grind Spooktacular, Part One
To put it mildly, I’ve been a bit sidetracked this year, so I apologize to all zero of my readers for not keeping them informed on the state of grindcore as I see it. Thankfully, …
Suffering Quota – Sisyphean Life Review
[Cover artwork by Stiv] Life is a grind – survival is a never-ending struggle; uphill both ways, our all-too-brief march toward the finality of death. And in that briefness, life is grind, as well – …
Gadget – Coerced Review
[Artwork by Caroline Harrison] “Nonsense” opens with a slow fade-in of distorted guitars and seismic drums — the chaos before the swarm. It’s a trick of the trade, the extreme metal equivalent of a camera …
In Crust We Trust: Vol 37
Kia ora, compadres. Welcome to the latest edition of In Crust We Trust. Below you’ll find a bunch of ear-wrecking noise to help you process and/or drown out the 24/7 horror show currently occupying our …
No/Mas – No Peace Review
Oh, it feels like a million years ago now, but way back in January, I wrote this one up as one of our (meaning, in this instance: “my”) most anticipated releases of 2026, and here …
Exhumed – Red Asphalt Review
Ross Sewage closed a recent interview with a perfectly Exhumed response to a simple question: Asked to complete the sentence beginning with “Death metal is at its best…,” his answer was straight to the point: …
Rotten Sound – Mass Extinction Review
So here’s the thing about Rotten Sound: They kick ass. That’s really the end of the review, but okay, let’s keep going. Now some thirty years into their career, Rotten Sound has set themselves into …