Tag Grindcore
Chaotic deathgrind with proggy leanings from Buenos Aires. OK this is a bit different. From the get go this is not the stereotypical South American lo fi blast fest that my cynical and foolhardy ears expected. It’s a jumble of influences and a cut… Continue Reading →
Among my favourite pasttimes I would have to say trawling Bandcamp is one of them. Particularly Grind and its various forms. I like the nastiness and the envelope pushing extremity this platform offers. Sure, I find a lot of pure… Continue Reading →
My first experience of the Nashville, Tennessee, noise mercenaries Yautja came at the tail end of 2019, back when it was relatively easy to travel, before the world turned into the stinking mess it is now. I found myself in… Continue Reading →
I do it to myself. I only have myself to blame. I read a short excerpt from a PR or label and something pricks at my core. I thrust my hand up like a needy toddler and before I know it, I… Continue Reading →
Pomposity and metal often go hand in hand. If we’re being honest with ourselves, there is a predilection for bands, media, and fans alike, to take the whole business of heavy metal very, very seriously indeed. To the point where… Continue Reading →
With the reissue of albums showing no signs of ceasing this Polish label has decided to pick up one of their compatriot band’s debut releases that was originally out in 1996 on cassette before being issued on CD in 1998…. Continue Reading →
It may have been a horrendous year, without any live gigs in over eight months (Napalm Death was my last incidentally), but one positive as such, is the high quality of recorded output; the pandemic obviously getting many a creative… Continue Reading →
Time is flying despite the world being stationary. It was only in May of this year that I was kicked in the gonads and conscience by “Fight War – not wars – Destroy Power, Not People by Utilitarian. Their mix… Continue Reading →
Of the three bands with this moniker I found, which means Ruins as you probably deciphered, two of them are from Argentina and are polar opposites in style with one being of heavy/power metal and the other sludge whereas this… Continue Reading →
It’s that time of year where we enter autumn and a flurry of releases hit us, the big guns come out and fire their weapons. Although this year has been different in many respects and seen the death of live… Continue Reading →
As per usual, much of the next nine hundred or so words will unfortunately contain very little of what you would consider critiquing but more of a meandering rummage through the dusty caves of what remains of my memory, reminiscing… Continue Reading →
Is it something in the French DNA that makes French extreme metal bands produce albums that go off at a tangent, it doesn’t seem to matter what genre they indulge within either as Putrid Offal’s deathgrind obliteration will certainly raise… Continue Reading →