grindcore
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.
Misery Index Premiere Exclusive Single, “Strategies of Manipulation,” Via the Decibel Flexi Series
March 22, 2022 Decibel Magazine
Hear and acquire this Misery Index disc single, featuring an exclusive brand new track, available as part of the Decibel Flexi Series. Hurry, quantities are extremely limited!
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 EP Stream: Shock Withdrawal – ‘Shock Withdrawal’
March 1, 2022 Adem Tepedelen
Check out the deathly grindcore on new trio Shock Withdrawal’s Arthur Rizk-mastered six-song EP.
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.
Full Album Stream: Backslider – “Psychic Rot”
February 9, 2022 Vince Bellino
Keep on rotting in the free world with a full album stream from Philly metallic punks Backslider.
Blast Worship – Syntax
February 8, 2022 Gene Meyer
Hear Los Angeles’ Syntax create well-formed songs in the language of grindcore.
Misery Index To Release Exclusive Single, “Strategies of Manipulation,” via the Decibel Flexi Series
February 5, 2022 Decibel Magazine
Get your deluxe Decibel subscription by Monday, February 7 to obtain this HIGHLY LIMITED flexi disc single from death grindcrushers Misery Index.
Pre-Order THE LOCUST’s ‘Safety Second Body Last’ on Decibel-Exclusive Vinyl and Cassette RIGHT NOW!
February 1, 2022 Decibel Magazine
Only 100 copies each of The Locust‘s Safety Second Body Last Oxblood color variant LP and Brown color variant cassette are available via the Decibel web store.
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.
Liberteer’s Unsung Grind Classic ‘Better to Die on Your Feet Than Live on Your Knees ‘ Turns 10
February 1, 2022 Daniel Lake
Decibel celebrates the 10th anniversary of Liberteer‘s Better to Die on Your Feet Than Live on Your Knees with Matt Widener, the man behind this eclectic grind masterpiece.
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.
Track Premiere: Inerth -“Resilience In”
January 17, 2022 Chris Dick
Spain-based modern metal quintet Inerth lay down ultra-heavy grooves on new track, “Resilience In.” FFO: Godflesh, Napalm Death, Neurosis.
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.
Full EP Premiere: Apes – “Lullabies For Eternal Sleep”
January 6, 2022 Adem Tepedelen
Hear Quebec sextet, Apes, offer up nightmare-inducing, black metal-flecked grindcore lullabies on their new four-song EP.
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.
Track Premiere: Bayht Lahm – “Valientes Sin Armas, Sociedad Sin Miedo”
December 15, 2021 Gene Meyer
Hear New Jersey blasters Bayt Lahm debut a new single addressing political unrest in Colombia.
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.
Full EP Premiere: Takafumi Matsubara – “Poison”
November 11, 2021 Adem Tepedelen
Listen to ex-Gridlink destroyer Takafumi Matsubara‘s new EP of unreleased Mortalized tracks featuring grindcore allies from around the globe.
Track Premiere: BLK OPS – “Host”
November 9, 2021 Adem Tepedelen
Feast upon the new track, “Host,” from Texas noise grinders BLK OPS.
Blast Worship: Mellow Harsher
November 9, 2021 Gene Meyer
Wisconsin grindcore trio Mellow Harsher is, um, immunized against lousy extreme music on a new split EP.