Tag Grindcore
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 →
When is a supergroup not a supergroup? I say it transcends that epithet when they have released their fourth killer album of grind infused hardcore punk! For the uninitiated Venomous Concept is the brainchild of Shane Embury and Kevin Sharp… Continue Reading →
This Polish grind act’s second album has been out since September 2019 but has only just hit Ave Noctum nearly a year later which is a shame because it is a truly gargantuan grindcore release. Since then the band has… Continue Reading →
“We’re just two little girls from Little Rock. We lived on the wrong side of the tracks” Jane Russel and Marilyn Monroe sang wonderfully in “Gentlemen Prefer Blondes”. I gotta say that was the first thing that sprang to mind when I read… Continue Reading →
These Finns have been around since 2006 and deal in a primal mix of black, death and grindcore. Every so often I listen to a band and find its extremity strangely relaxing and soporific. Violent Hammer are one such band…. Continue Reading →