Like thrash before it, grindcore was born out of a convergence of elements of punk and metal. Where thrash combined metal song structure and intensity with the brevity and minimalism of punk, grindcore merged the most abrasive aspects of hardcore punk with the techniques of death metal of the oldest school, arriving at an uncompromisingly direct and streamlined torrent of atavistic rage.
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Sodom are headlining the Festival del Diablo III in Bogota, Colombia along with Accept.
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Hammerheart Records is repressing Nile’s In the Beginning demo collection on vinyl LP for every OCD collector who needs to own every single mediocre death metal band’s demo on vinyl.
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California underground death metal legends Sadistic Intent are headlining the Abadon Festival in Lima, Peru.
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Quality speed metal bands Ripper and Entrenched have published a final list of their Fall 2017 European tour dates.
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Polish nu-metal, formerly brutal death metal, band Decaptiated are accused not only of kidnapping but of gang raping some groupie.
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Deathcore playing sell-outs At the Gates got a new guitarist to replace Anders Björler so that the sell-outs can pickpocket their long suffering fans once more.
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Former Megadeth shredder Marty Friedman attacked modern political correctness and the hypersensitivity of special snowflakes in a recent interview with the Cleveland Scene:
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