Tag: Grindcore
Yautja – Songs of Lament Review
Yautja’s Songs of Descent was one of 2014’s most pleasant surprises, a blistering combination of grind, sludge, death metal, hardcore, and even noise that never felt as if it was overreaching to any one of …
Die Choking – III Review
I have a to-do list that I keep on my phone – y’know, because I’m, like, organized and stuff – and on it, in addition to whatever stupid tasks I must complete in order to …
Captain Cleanoff – Rising Terror Review
I’m about six months behind on writing this one, and at one point, I figured I’d just end up consigning Rising Terror to some kind of “great albums we missed” write-up yet to come, but …
Norylsk – Catholic Dictatorship Review
Norylsk (or “Norilsk”), the city, is Russian – a Siberian mining and industrial town notable for being both the former center of the Norillag cluster of GULAG labor camps and one of the top-ten most …
King Parrot – Dead Set Review
The Aussie goons in King Parrot self-released their debut full-length, 2012’s Bite Your Head Off, and that disc earned them enough of a good reputation that the album was subsequently picked up by Candlelight for …
Cloud Rat – Qliphoth Review
On paper, Michigan’s Cloud Rat really doesn’t sound all that distinctive – a trio for most of their career, they’re now a four-piece crusty grindcore outfit following the addition of a member credited for “electronics.” …
Antigama – The Insolent Review
Originally written by Chris Redar Didn’t Antigama just drop a phenomenal album a short while ago? ‘Heads should still be whiplashing their necks to 2013’s Meteor, which still feels as fresh and vital as the …
Mindflair – Scourge Of Mankind Review
Germany’s Mindflair has been lurking around the grindcore scene since 1994, issuing a series of splits over the course of nearly a decade before releasing their first full-length in 2002’s Green Bakery. That one was …