Gene Meyer
Blast Worship: Shitbrains
July 20, 2021 Gene Meyer
Don’t overthink the caustic grind of Los Angeles blast duo Shitbrains.
Video Premiere: Ingrown – “Waste”
July 6, 2021 Gene Meyer
Watch Idaho’s killer hardcore power trio Ingrown in their natural habitat in the new video “Waste.”
Blast Worship: Gastropod
June 29, 2021 Gene Meyer
Midwest grindcore crew Gastropod marry a caveman aesthetic with a progressive approach to performance.
Yuckmouf and Brook Pridemore Release Split EP “Trve Grind”
June 22, 2021 Gene Meyer
In which a psychedelic doom metal band releases a split album with a folk singer from Brooklyn
Blast Worship: Ptomatopsiaa
June 15, 2021 Gene Meyer
Are Ptomatopsiaa your new favorite hypergoreblast band? Of course they are!
Blast Worship: Choke
June 8, 2021 Gene Meyer
Choke‘s It’s Hard To Talk Shit, With No Fucking Teeth is the antifacist grindcore antidote to a lifetime of bullshit.
Blast Worship: Bleachdrinker
June 1, 2021 Gene Meyer
A hearty bottoms up to Bleachdrinker‘s voracious whirlwind of blast beats and D-beats.
Blast Worship: Kuvotus
May 25, 2021 Gene Meyer
Hear Finnish groove grinders Kuvotus make the genre somewhat accessible in their split with fellow blasters Tunkio.
Blast Worship: Cognizant
May 18, 2021 Gene Meyer
Dallas blasters’ split release with Cryptic Void is a definite grind album of the year candidate.
Sunrot and Ides Release Politically Charged (and Black Flag Influenced) Split
May 11, 2021 Gene Meyer
Hear the Jersey punks in Ides and Sunrot team up for a heavily Black Flag-inspired split.
Full Album Premiere: Waternoose – “All Pain, No Feeling”
May 4, 2021 Gene Meyer
If you are a fan of any era of Daughters, the Locust or Saetia, it’s time to tune into the powerviolence/screamo/shoegaze hybrid of Waternoose.
Blast Worship: Chadhel
April 27, 2021 Gene Meyer
Get to know Quebec crushers Chadhel as they team up with Assidious Assault on a crucial new split
Blast Worship: Sugar Wounds
April 13, 2021 Gene Meyer
Are Myrtle Beach’s Sugar Wounds the world’s first “shoegrind” band? Probably not, but that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t listen to their Calico Dreams release right now.
Track Premieres: Human Obliteration and Vile Species Deliver a Grind Double-Dose
April 6, 2021 Gene Meyer
Hear the ripping new split from Sacramento’s Human Obliteration and Athens-based maniacs Vile Species.
Full Album Premiere: Karkait – ‘Yevul’
March 30, 2021 Gene Meyer
Hear Jerusalem’s Karkait bring forth its potent mix of black metal anguish and angular grindcore on Yevul
Blast Worship: Sulk
March 23, 2021 Gene Meyer
U.K. blasters Sulk do the very opposite via their eclectic, self-aware grindcore.
Blast Worship: Last Days of Humanity
March 16, 2021 Gene Meyer
Hear Dutch goregrinders Last Days of Humanity “clean up” their sound on Horrific Compositions of Decomposition.
Blast Worship: Regional Justice Center
March 9, 2021 Gene Meyer
Regional Justice Center’s sophomore full-length Crime and Punishment is our grinding face-peeler of the week.
Blast Worship: Jarhead Fertilizer
March 2, 2021 Gene Meyer
Maryland grinders Jarhead Fertilizer emerge from six years of recording silence with Product of My Environment.
Blast Worship: Socioclast
February 23, 2021 Gene Meyer
San Jose trio Socioclast unleash an early contender for grindcore album of the year on Carbonized.
Blast Worship: Middle Days of Humanity
February 16, 2021 Gene Meyer
Middle Days of Humanity: think of them as the Empire Strikes Back of ridiculous-sounding goregrind.
Blast Worship: Pari’sya
February 9, 2021 Gene Meyer
German blasters Pari’sya drop just a hint of Scandinavian blackness into their debut EP, SOG.
Blast Worship: Maxxpower
February 2, 2021 Gene Meyer
Get fully amped on Canadian powerviolence bashers MAXXPOWER
Blast Worship: Guilt Dispenser
January 26, 2021 Gene Meyer
Los Angeles grinders Guilt Dispenser are our blasting band of the week.
Blast Worship: Bas Rotten
January 19, 2021 Gene Meyer
Can you take a punch from Portuguese crossover killers Bas Rotten?
Blast Worship: Squashed Beef
January 5, 2021 Gene Meyer
Connecticut crew Squashed Beef are low on drama, high on blasts and burger puns.
Blast Worship’s Top 20 Grindcore Songs of 2020
December 29, 2020 Gene Meyer
2020 is (almost) fucking dead! Long live the best blasting bits of 2020!
Track Premiere: Acid Womb – ‘The Woods’
December 15, 2020 Gene Meyer
Ontario based two-piece Acid Womb grapple with the impact of PTSD on their new Grief EP.
Blast Worship: Incinerated
December 8, 2020 Gene Meyer
Hear Aussie death blasters Incinerated deliver a new split of thunderous hyper goreblast insanity mixed with absolutely bowel-shaking slam.
Full EP Stream: Ten Ton Hammer – ‘New Failures’
December 3, 2020 Gene Meyer
Philadelphia-based bashers Ten Ton Hammer drop five new tracks of ’90s-fueled metal and hardcore squarely on your cranium with the New Failures EP.