Blast Worship
Blast Worship: Trauma Bond
July 5, 2022 Gene Meyer
Hear London duo Trauma Bond come together over in celebration of blast beats and noise-filled breakdowns.
Video Premiere: BLCKHWK – “Decomposing Rotting Flesh”
June 23, 2022 Gene Meyer
Get down with the latest video from Indonesian rot ‘n’ rollers BLCKHWK.
Blast Worship: Triac
June 7, 2022 Gene Meyer
Veteran Baltigrinders Triac channel punk fury into metallic bliss on new release Pure Joy – Numb Grief-stricken Animals.
Blast Worship: Suffering Mind
May 31, 2022 Gene Meyer
Hear the unkind grind of Poland’s Suffering Mind.
Mathcore Index Reveals Festival Lineup for 2022 Edition
May 24, 2022 Gene Meyer
The fourth annual Mathcore Index fest will feature such genre stalwarts as gif. from god, Black Matter Device, Frail Body, fallfiftyfeet and more.
Blast Worship: No/Mas
May 17, 2022 Gene Meyer
Four years after their first Blast Worship appearance, we revisit DC grind heroes No/Más. Unsurprisingly, they still rule.
Blast Worship: Whoresnation
May 10, 2022 Gene Meyer
French grinders Whoresnation offer anything but a dearth of crushing riffs on their latest LP.
Full Album Premiere: Lorelai – ‘Concealed Ovulation’
May 3, 2022 Gene Meyer
Hear Philly death grinders Lorelai‘s debut Concealed Ovulation in advance of its release.
Blast Worship: BowelFuck
April 26, 2022 Gene Meyer
Prague blasters BowelFuck evacuate the gore from their system in favor of grindcore.
Blast Worship: Gritted Teeth
April 19, 2022 Gene Meyer
Bite down hard and experience mysterious German grinders Gritted Teeth.
Blast Worship: Genestealer
April 12, 2022 Gene Meyer
Hear San Diego grind fiends Genestealer splice grindcore and punk into a familiar mutation.
Blast Worship: Scud
April 5, 2022 Gene Meyer
Hear Israeli group Scud launch an audio attack of Washington D.C.-styled grinding hardcore.
Blast Worship: Days of Desolation
March 29, 2022 Gene Meyer
Crusty Belgian blasters Days of Desolation bring the riffs but no motherfucking Hootie & the Blowfish.
Blast Worship – Human Cull
March 22, 2022 Gene Meyer
Accelerate the world’s demise with some sci-fi dystopian type grindcore for U.K. trio Human Cull.
Blast Worship: Fake Dust
March 15, 2022 Gene Meyer
There may be (at least) two Portlands, but there is only one grindcore band called Fake Dust.
Blast Worship: BLCKHWK
March 8, 2022 Gene Meyer
Get down with the serious beatdowns of Indonesian grinders BLCKHWK.
Full-Album Premiere: Comé Mierda – ‘2021 Demo’
March 1, 2022 Gene Meyer
Hear Horror Pain Gore Death Productions’ reissue of Comé Mierda‘s ripping 2021 demo. That counts as a premiere, right?
Dreary North Fest Announce Lineup for 2022
February 22, 2022 Gene Meyer
Cloud Rat, World Peace, Sick/Tired, Choke, Fluoride, Knoll, Test, Sissy Spacek, Grishka and Brazil’s Test all set for the second annual Dreary North Fest.
Blast Worship – Bodyrot
February 15, 2022 Gene Meyer
Sick, twisted crust-influenced grind is skin that Bodyrot are in on Fleshworks.
Blast Worship – Syntax
February 8, 2022 Gene Meyer
Hear Los Angeles’ Syntax create well-formed songs in the language of grindcore.
Album Premiere: Deliriant Nerve – ‘Uncontrollable Ascension’
February 1, 2022 Gene Meyer
Hear D.C. deathgrind crushers Deliriant Nerve before the release of their nine-track grind tornado Uncontrollable Ascension.
Blast Worship – Full Body Punishment
January 25, 2022 Gene Meyer
In which we wonder aloud, way can’t every one-person grind project be as good as Full Body Punishment?
Blast Worship: Expression of Pain
January 18, 2022 Gene Meyer
Hear Canadian grinders Expression of Pain blast on in memory of fallen drummer Graham Green on their self-titled release.
Video Premiere: Test Big Band – “Teste do Error, As Vozes dos Tolos”
January 11, 2022 Gene Meyer
Watch Brazil’s premiere grindcore unit Test expand to Test Big Band for an 11-minute grind opera.
Blast Worship’s 21 Favorite Grindcore Songs of 2021
January 4, 2022 Gene Meyer
Now that 2021 has ground to a halt, blast back with the 21 best grindcore and powerviolence songs of the past year.
Blast Worship – Neon Hiss
December 21, 2021 Gene Meyer
Catch the buzz on the Canadian mostly-solo avant grind project Neon Hiss.
Blast Worship: Will Cope
December 7, 2021 Gene Meyer
Hear Lithuanian grind duo Will Cope, bring an east coast hardcore vibe to eastern Europe on An Attempt.
Blast Worship – Gummo
November 30, 2021 Gene Meyer
The French grind scene contributes to the growing — am I reading this correctly — mirco genre of grindcore bands inspired by the 1997 film Gummo?
Blast Worship: Razoreater
November 23, 2021 Gene Meyer
Hear the U.K.’s Razoreater serve up a brutal helping of HM-2-propelled old-school Euro grind.
Blast Worship: Civilian Thrower
November 16, 2021 Gene Meyer
Do not toss aside the heaving black metal-influenced grindcore of France’s Civilian Thrower.