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Shock Narcotic – My Flesh Is Afraid but I Am Not (Review)

This is the second album from Shock Narcotic, a grindcore band from the US.

Following on from 2019’s I Have Seen the Future and It Doesn’t Work, My Flesh Is Afraid but I Am Not contains 23 minutes of new material, (27 minutes with the bonus Meathook Seed cover). Featuring current and ex-members of bands such as The Dillinger Escape Plan and Child Bite, I’ve previously described Shock Narcotic roughly as a cross between Napalm Death and Pig Destroyer, and as the band now feature the drummer of Pig Destroyer in their ranks, the comparison is even more apt. Continue reading “Shock Narcotic – My Flesh Is Afraid but I Am Not (Review)”

Kontusion – Insatiable Lust for Death (Review)

This is the debut album from US death metal band Kontusion.

Kontusion contain current and ex-members of Repulsion, Iron Reagan, Magrudergrind, and Mammoth Grinder, and on Insatiable Lust for Death they have provided us with 26 minutes of ugly death metal punishment. Continue reading “Kontusion – Insatiable Lust for Death (Review)”

Caustic Wound – Grinding Mechanism of Torment (Review)

This is the second album by US deathgrinders Caustic Wound.

Caustic Wound contain current/ex-members of Corpus Offal, Magrudergrind, Mortiferum, and Cerebral Rot,, and Grinding Mechanism of Torment is a 28-minute platter of old-school ferocity. Providing us with largely short bursts of death metal-infused grindcore, this is for fans of bands such as Brutal Truth, Carcass, Exhumed, Napalm Death, Repulsion, and Terrorizer. Continue reading “Caustic Wound – Grinding Mechanism of Torment (Review)”

Haemorrhage – Opera Medica (Review)

This is the latest EP from Spanish grindcore band Haemorrhage.

It’s been a while since 2017’s We Are the Gore, but now we have this new 19-minute EP from the gore-covered Haemorrhage. Containing four new songs and a Dismember cover, Opera Medica offers an enjoyable hit of deathgrind extremity for aficionados of the band to sink their bloodstained teeth into. Continue reading “Haemorrhage – Opera Medica (Review)”

Horrid Human Condition – Perpetual Imbalance (Review)

This is the debut album from Italian grinders Horrid Human Condition.

Perpetual Imbalance contains 14 songs across 28 minutes. Horrid Human Condition waste little time in unleashing their mix of crust, punk, and grindcore. Only three tracks break the two-minute mark, so you know you’re in for an album of rage and violence. Continue reading “Horrid Human Condition – Perpetual Imbalance (Review)”

Putrid Offal – Obliterated Life (Review)

This is the third album from French deathgrinders Putrid Offal.

Wow, has it really been ten years since 2015’s Mature Necropsy? That’s depressing. Less depressing is that we have a new Putrid Offal album to ease the terrible passage of time. With 35 minutes of new material, Obliterated Life is a wrecking ball of deathgrind nastiness. Continue reading “Putrid Offal – Obliterated Life (Review)”

Earthburner – Permanent Dawn (Review)

This is the debut album from US grindcore band Earthburner.

Brought to us by members of The Atlas Moth, Broken Hope, Canyon of the Skull, Gloryhole Guillotine, and Sanguisugabogg, (and featuring guests from Immolation and Napalm Death), Earthburner deliver a fearsome deathgrind assault. Permanent Dawn is 21 minutes of grinding aggression that unexpectedly culminates in a Corrosion of Conformity cover. Continue reading “Earthburner – Permanent Dawn (Review)”

Escuela Grind – Dreams on Algorithms (Review)

Escuela Grind are a hardcore/grindcore band from the US and this is their third album.

Following on from 2022’s promising Memory Theatre comes the 30 minutes of Dreams on Algorithms. On their new record, Escuela Grind live up to that promise and then some. Continue reading “Escuela Grind – Dreams on Algorithms (Review)”

Heriot – Devoured by the Mouth of Hell (Review)

This is the debut album from UK metal act Heriot.

I enjoyed 2022’s Profound Morality, so have been looking forward to Heriot unleashing a full album. I’ll tell you what too, they haven’t disappointed me. Quite the opposite in fact. Continue reading “Heriot – Devoured by the Mouth of Hell (Review)”

Immune to Them – Vomit the Chains (Review)

This is the debut EP from Spanish grindcore band Immune to Them.

Five tracks, 10 minutes – it’s time for a hit of grinding ferocity from Immune to Them. Vomit the Chains marks a new entrant into the grindcore killing arena, and we may have a future champion on our hands. Continue reading “Immune to Them – Vomit the Chains (Review)”