Blast Worship

In which we wonder aloud, way can’t every one-person grind project be as good as Full Body Punishment?

Hear Canadian grinders Expression of Pain blast on in memory of fallen drummer Graham Green on their self-titled release.

Watch Brazil’s premiere grindcore unit Test expand to Test Big Band for an 11-minute grind opera.

Now that 2021 has ground to a halt, blast back with the 21 best grindcore and powerviolence songs of the past year.

Catch the buzz on the Canadian mostly-solo avant grind project Neon Hiss.

Hear Lithuanian grind duo Will Cope, bring an east coast hardcore vibe to eastern Europe on An Attempt.

The French grind scene contributes to the growing — am I reading this correctly — mirco genre of grindcore bands inspired by the 1997 film Gummo?

Hear the U.K.’s Razoreater serve up a brutal helping of HM-2-propelled old-school Euro grind.

Do not toss aside the heaving black metal-influenced grindcore of France’s Civilian Thrower.

Wisconsin grindcore trio Mellow Harsher is, um, immunized against lousy extreme music on a new split EP.

Hear Canadian crushers Bone Tower raise a monument to the pain and chaos of the past year and a half with We All Will Die One Day.

Vancouver duo Jisei healthy dose of deathcore doesn’t spoil their grindcore recipe on Bad Representation.

Long Island, New York’s Dog Food are on the menu if you have a hankering for stompy riffs mixed with rapid-fire grindcore precision.

Czech out the latest release from European grind duo Impulsealer!

Cincinnati’s Stall don’t have time to slow down via powerviolence blasts delivered in a minute or less.

Hear Brooklyn based experimental grind unit Vixen Maw‘s portion of a new four-way split, imaginatively titled 4 Way Split, on Sludgelord records.

The numbers add up. Death Toll 80k are one of grindcore’s best bands at the moment.

West Coast powerviolence crew Ranker don’t care about your fantasy football draft.

Minnesota’s premiere basement unit make their second appearance in Decibel‘s #1 grindcore column.

S-L-A-G! SLAG! SLAG! SLAG!

You’ll laugh, you’ll cry, you’ll hurl when you hear Aurora grinders Melting Rot.

Clean up your act and hear all of Texas death dealers Imperial Slaughter‘s new LP, …Vile Slobs, before its release this Friday.

International blasters Eastwood will make any grindcore fan’s day.

Don’t overthink the caustic grind of Los Angeles blast duo Shitbrains.

Midwest grindcore crew Gastropod marry a caveman aesthetic with a progressive approach to performance.

In which a psychedelic doom metal band releases a split album with a folk singer from Brooklyn

Are Ptomatopsiaa your new favorite hypergoreblast band? Of course they are!

Choke‘s It’s Hard To Talk Shit, With No Fucking Teeth is the antifacist grindcore antidote to a lifetime of bullshit.

A hearty bottoms up to Bleachdrinker‘s voracious whirlwind of blast beats and D-beats.

Hear Finnish groove grinders Kuvotus make the genre somewhat accessible in their split with fellow blasters Tunkio.