Gene Meyer

This week we highlight a grind band that more than four of you are already familiar with, Cloud Rat.

Hungarian grind force Another Way aren’t playing games on self-released ripper Csillagok Kutyalancon.

The sounds of the animal kingdom are loud enough, fast enough for Italian grinders Ape Unit.

Hear Houston grind force Shitstormtrooper blast an imperial combo powerviolence, grind and big capital “R” riffs.

Hear Indian grinders Konflicts blur geographic and sonic grindcore boundaries.

It doesn’t take a (pet) detective to learn that Midwest grind duo Skag rules.

Meet Pilori, your new favorite blackened crust/death/grind band from Rouen, France

Hear Dallas grinders Trucido rip out the heart of Texas on their 2022 demo.

Hear Seattle hypergoreblasters (seriously, we’re making this a thing) Disease bring the riffs on their new split EP.

Hear Seattle grinders Endorphins Lost lean into their punkier side on new EP Head Sick.

Hear Leeds weirdos Ona Snop take their bonkers powerviolence cues from the other side of the pond.

Blast Worship welcomes the return of the Polish grindcore heroes Antigama.

Head to Long Island for a full day of blast beats, extreme music distros and other vendors, at Barely Breathing Fest on Saturday, July 30.

Hear London duo Trauma Bond come together over in celebration of blast beats and noise-filled breakdowns.

Get down with the latest video from Indonesian rot ‘n’ rollers BLCKHWK.

Like any good American mathcore act, Richmond, Virginia’s Black Matter Device pass the Rorschach test in latest video.

Veteran Baltigrinders Triac channel punk fury into metallic bliss on new release Pure Joy – Numb Grief-stricken Animals.

Hear the unkind grind of Poland’s Suffering Mind.

The fourth annual Mathcore Index fest will feature such genre stalwarts as gif. from god, Black Matter Device, Frail Body, fallfiftyfeet and more.

Four years after their first Blast Worship appearance, we revisit DC grind heroes No/Más. Unsurprisingly, they still rule.

French grinders Whoresnation offer anything but a dearth of crushing riffs on their latest LP.

Hear Philly death grinders Lorelai‘s debut Concealed Ovulation in advance of its release.

Prague blasters BowelFuck evacuate the gore from their system in favor of grindcore.

Bite down hard and experience mysterious German grinders Gritted Teeth.

Hear San Diego grind fiends Genestealer splice grindcore and punk into a familiar mutation.

Hear Israeli group Scud launch an audio attack of Washington D.C.-styled grinding hardcore.

Crusty Belgian blasters Days of Desolation bring the riffs but no motherfucking Hootie & the Blowfish.

Accelerate the world’s demise with some sci-fi dystopian type grindcore for U.K. trio Human Cull.

There may be (at least) two Portlands, but there is only one grindcore band called Fake Dust.

Get down with the serious beatdowns of Indonesian grinders BLCKHWK.