One can find much to like on this later grindcore release, but it never quite gained traction in the canon. One wonders why, since it has Bolt Thrower and Carcass styled thunderous fairly technical grindcore, guttural vocals that sear ears and hope simultaneously, and carefully paced songs which accelerate for choruses.
1 CommentSepsis – To Make Rotten (La Caverna Records)
To Make Rotten was initially released in 1991 by the band Sepsis and only seventy handmade copies existed at the time. La Caverna records have re-released this record twenty eight years of its initial release. While many expect another band that is rediscovered uniquely for existing at the right time and having a certain “spirit”. Sepsis put these claims to rest with a good demo that shows untapped potential.
2 CommentsTags: death metal, Grindcore, la caverna records, sepsis, to make rotten
Napalm Death Announces Spring North American Tour
Grindcore pioneers Napalm Death, now playing a hybrid of death metal, grindcore, and indie rock as they have for the past two decades, launch their Spring North American Tour 2020 with tourmates Aborted (April 17-May 16), The Locust (April 9-April 15), Nastie Band (April 9-April 15), Tombs (April 24-May 16), and Wvrm (April 17-May 16) for select dates.
21 CommentsTags: emo, Grindcore, napalm death, sonic youth
Carcass Release New Song “Under the Scalpel Blade”
Carcass have released a new song from their upcoming 2020 unnamed album by the name of “Under the Scalpel Blade.” It should be no secret to anyone here that Carcass are a shell of their former selves and have been attempting to cash in on the sound of Heartwork mixed with their Swansong Rock ideas. This time round, the band take that base and add a very basic chugging riff that leads to the chorus and then a fast riff that shows a glimpse of creativity before the song follows its basic verse/chorus/solo pattern. Early signs to avoid the album.
17 CommentsTags: carcass, Grindcore, sonic AIDS, terrible music, under the scalpel blade
Blood Impulse To Destroy Re-Issue Features Lost Tracks, Rough Mix
Animate Records recently published a 30-year retrospective re-issue of Blood Impulse to Destroy with the “lost” rough mix of the original, added photos, and the “Recognize Yourself” EP with undiscovered rarities. The cassette tape comes in a limited edition of 200.
13 CommentsXymsa Releases 2CD Compilation Xysma Of Beach Boys Influenced Grindcore
Nearly thirty years after the heyday of death metal and grindcore (1983-1994) one of those “odd” bands, Xysma, similarly situated outside normalcy as Disharmonic Orchestra, Phlebotomized, Comecon, Afflicted, and Carbonized, finally releases a mass production compilation of its oeuvre of experimental death metal and grindcore.
2 CommentsTags: death metal, deathgrind, experimental, Grindcore, xysma
Feral Viscera – The Nuclear Death Cult
Phil from Nuclear Death returns with his new project Feral Viscera which continues on the path originally set out by the band but without the influence of the other members. The Nuclear Death Cult consists of eleven rerecorded Nuclear Death songs and two brand new songs. Songs remain the same in regards to composition but are produced in a much more modern manner. Gone are the demented screams of Lori Bravo, now replaced with a cold heavily distorted growl. The guitars are much louder and though are just unpolished are easier to make out due to the overly compressed nature of the music.
5 CommentsTags: death metal, feral viscera, Grindcore, nuclear death, nuclear death cult
Cianide Releases “The Serpents Wake” From Unhumanized
After having hidden in obscurity for a short while, Chicago death/grind band Cianide returns with some of its darkest material to date. The track kicks off with an Autopsy-styled introduction, then detours into Deathstrike-style Motorhead-influenced riding rhythms before venturing into Celtic Frost territory.
15 CommentsTags: cianide, death metal, doom-death, Grindcore
Carcass – “Reek of Putrefaction” Introduction Analysis
On Symphonies of Sickness Carcass integrated a stronger Death metal influence into their music in regards to structure as the unorganized noise was given a clear vision and the short blasts of vitriol now communicate sickening short tales that have a greater sense of dynamism and progression. With these added tools, Carcass now had the ability to make the greatest gore related of all time. Though many band would use all the elements present here with varying levels of success as the style fell into the joke genres of Porno and Goregrind. Carcass remain the masters of this through meticulous arrangements as seen in one of the greatest introductions in metal.
2 CommentsTags: carcass, death metal, Grindcore, reek of putrefaction, symphonies of sickness
Dayton Shooter Was Failed Goregrind Vocalist, Antifa Member
As the nation mourns the deaths of 9 people killed in the Dayton, Ohio shooting on Sunday more information about 24 year old shooter Connor Betts is surfacing based on his newly unearthed Twitter profile. While mainstream media outlets such as the Daily Beast have falsely reported that Betts had no links to extremist ideology, the account contains tweets that profess the gunman’s support of socialism, Satanism, and “Antifascism.”
46 CommentsTags: antifa, Antifacist metal, Antifascism, Antifascist grind, ben umanov, Brooklyn Vegan, Connor Betts, Dayton shooter, dayton shooting, domestic terror, Goregrind, Grindcore, Invisible Oranges, Kerrang, Kim Kelly, left wing, mass murder, Menstrual Munchies, metal, metal journalism, metal media, MetalSucks, neckbeard deathcamp, pornogrind, radicalization, rolling stone, Teen Vogue, terrorism, vice magazine