Slug Gore – They Slime! They Ooze! They Kill! (Review)

Slug Gore - They Slime! They Ooze! They Kill!This is the debut album from Slug Gore, an Italian grindcore band.

Fusing together death metal and grindcore into a gross deathgrind brew that stinks to high heaven, Slug Gore deliver 18 minutes of disgusting fight music on their debut album. Prepare yourself, as it’s about to get messy. Continue reading “Slug Gore – They Slime! They Ooze! They Kill! (Review)”

Knoll – As Spoken (Review)

Knoll - As SpokenThis is the third album from US grindcore band Knoll.

Following on from 2022’s blistering Metempiric comes As Spoken, its 41-minute follow up. On their new record Knoll have continued to push their punishing sound forward, embracing the nihilistic darkness more than ever. Continue reading “Knoll – As Spoken (Review)”

Walking Corpse – Our Hands, Your Throat (Review)

Walking Corpse - Our Hands, Your ThroatThis is the second album from Swedish grindcore band Walking Corpse.

A grindcore band named, (presumably at least), after a Brutal Truth song? Count me in. I instantly knew I had to check this out. Good grind is hard to come by, so I crossed by fingers and dived right in. What did I find? Continue reading “Walking Corpse – Our Hands, Your Throat (Review)”

Closet Witch – Chiaroscuro (Review)

Closet Witch - ChiaroscuroCloset Witch are a grindcore band from the US and this is their second album.

Sometimes, you just need to GRIIIIIINNNND. But not just any kind of grind; no, sometimes you need to grind and burn with the sort of visceral, idiosyncratic grind that leaves scars. For times like that, you have a band like Closet Witch. Continue reading “Closet Witch – Chiaroscuro (Review)”

Gridlink – Coronet Juniper (Review)

Gridlink - Coronet JuniperThis is the fourth album from US grindcore band Gridlink.

Featuring current and ex-members of bands such as Discordance Axis, Maruta, No One Knows What the Dead Think, and Phobia, it’s safe to say that Gridlink know a thing or two about grinding. Boasting 19 minutes of furiously technical hostility, Coronet Juniper is a scathingly remarkable listen. Continue reading “Gridlink – Coronet Juniper (Review)”

Gendo Ikari – Rokubungi (Review)

Gendo Ikari - RokubungiThis is the debut album from Scottish grindcore band Gendo Ikari.

Featuring a member of Ashenspire, Gendo Ikari play scathing grindcore that should appeal to fans of bands such as Discordance Axis, Agoraphobic Nosebleed, Antigama, and Pig Destroyer. It’s fast, it’s nasty, and in 25 minutes it will leave you a bloody puddle on the floor. Continue reading “Gendo Ikari – Rokubungi (Review)”

Organ Dealer – The Weight of Being (Review)

Organ Dealer - The Weight of BeingThis is the second album from US grindcore band Organ Dealer.

It’s been a very long time since Organ Dealer’s 2015 debut album Visceral Infection, but the quality of that release has stuck with me. So, when The Weight of Being appeared, I was ready for it. Continue reading “Organ Dealer – The Weight of Being (Review)”

Miserable Failure – т​о​с​к​а​́ (Review)

Miserable Failure - т​о​с​к​а​́This is the latest release from Miserable Failure, (or MSRBLFLR), a French death metal/grindcore band.

Miserable Failure have surfaced once more to bring us more multifaceted mayhem with this single-track EP.  Toska is a 25-minute descent into chaos, and it’s great to experience Miserable Failure’s dark, warped reality once more. Continue reading “Miserable Failure – т​о​с​к​а​́ (Review)”

Elder Devil – Everything Worth Loving (Review)

Elder Devil - Everything Worth LovingThis is the second album from US sludge metal/grindcore band Elder Devil.

Here we are then – 33 minutes of nasty sludgy grind to clear away the cobwebs. It’s not pretty, but it’s certainly brutal. Elder Devil know how to produce an engaging slab of aggressive hostility. Continue reading “Elder Devil – Everything Worth Loving (Review)”

Rotten Sound – Apocalypse (Review)

Rotten Sound - ApocalypseThis is the eighth album from Finnish grindcore band Rotten Sound.

Following on from 2018’s Suffer to AbuseApocalypse unleashes a condensed barrage of mayhem and carnage for us to be punished by. 18 songs in just 21 minutes? Count me in! None of the tracks on Continue reading “Rotten Sound – Apocalypse (Review)”