Powerviolence
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: Fake Dust
March 15, 2022 Gene Meyer
There may be (at least) two Portlands, but there is only one grindcore band called Fake Dust.
Video Premiere: Catching Whiffs of Dystopia with Depleted Uranium’s “Beta Particles”
February 24, 2022 Kevin Stewart-Panko
Take a gander at a two-part video from Toronto grinders Depleted Uranium!
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: Mellow Harsher
November 9, 2021 Gene Meyer
Wisconsin grindcore trio Mellow Harsher is, um, immunized against lousy extreme music on a new split EP.
Blast Worship: Stall
October 5, 2021 Gene Meyer
Cincinnati’s Stall don’t have time to slow down via powerviolence blasts delivered in a minute or less.
Full Album Stream: Trappist / Connoisseur – “Cross Faded”
September 8, 2021 Vince Bellino
Powerviolence vets and craft beer experts Trappist get Cross Faded with Oakland powerviolence quartet Connoisseur .
Blast Worship: Ranker
September 7, 2021 Gene Meyer
West Coast powerviolence crew Ranker don’t care about your fantasy football draft.
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.
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: Sulk
March 23, 2021 Gene Meyer
U.K. blasters Sulk do the very opposite via their eclectic, self-aware grindcore.
Blast Worship: Maxxpower
February 2, 2021 Gene Meyer
Get fully amped on Canadian powerviolence bashers MAXXPOWER
Blast Worship: Squashed Beef
January 5, 2021 Gene Meyer
Connecticut crew Squashed Beef are low on drama, high on blasts and burger puns.
Video Premiere: Thetan – “Frustration/Focused Hatred”
December 3, 2020 Bradley Zorgdrager
Watch guitarless powerviolence duo Thetan smash a pair of tracks together in their new video.
Blast Worship: HONG KONG FUCK YOU
October 13, 2020 Gene Meyer
Mexican powerviolence purveyors HONG KONG FUCK YOU are coming to the bottom row of a festival flier near you.
Blast Worship: Snarler
August 18, 2020 Gene Meyer
Nova Scotia trio Snarler deliver a bit of the ol’ ultra grindviolence.
Full Album Stream: Cyttorak – ‘Simultaneous Invocation Of Apocalyptic Harbingers’
April 29, 2020 Sean Frasier
Rhode Island bruisers Cyttorak summon beasts from distant worlds on their new slab of slowerviolence Simultaneous Invocation Of Apocalyptic Harbingers.
Track Premiere: ACxDC – “Copsucker”
April 9, 2020 Bradley Zorgdrager
California powerviolence purveyors ACxDC deliver first new album in six years. Get a mouthful of new single “Copsucker.”
Video Premiere: Escuela Grind – “Inspirational Significance/Hyper-Victim/Private Vice, Public Benefit”
February 4, 2020 Dutch Pearce
Get to know brand-new grinders Escuela Grind through this absurd and gory infomercial for the first three tracks on their forthcoming debut LP, Indoctrination.
Blast Worship: Zesta Grande 2 Festival
January 7, 2020 Gene Meyer
The second edition of this full-blown, three-day grindcore and powerviolence festival will be held in Northern California this July!
Blast Worship: The Top 50 Grind/Powerviolence Albums of 2010-2019: Part 5
December 30, 2019 Gene Meyer
The final installment of our five-part countdown of the Top 50 grindcore and powerviolence releases of the decade
Blast Worship: The Top 50 Grind/Powerviolence Albums of 2010-2019: Part 4
December 18, 2019 Gene Meyer
Part Four of our five-part countdown of the Top 50 grindcore and powerviolence releases of the decade
Blast Worship: The Top 50 Grind/Powerviolence Albums of 2010-2019: Part 3
December 10, 2019 Gene Meyer
Part Three of our five-part countdown of the Top 50 grindcore and powerviolence releases of the decade
Blast Worship: The Top 50 Grind/Powerviolence Albums of 2010-2019: Part 2
December 3, 2019 Gene Meyer
Part Two of our five-part countdown of the Top 50 grindcore and powerviolence releases of the decade
Blast Worship: The Top 50 Grind/Powerviolence Albums of 2010-2019: Part 1
November 26, 2019 Gene Meyer
Part of 1 of our five-part countdown of the Top 50 grindcore and powerviolence releases of the decade.
Blast Worship: Deplete
October 22, 2019 Gene Meyer
In Russia, you do not blast beat; in Russia, beat blasts you.
Blast Worship: Stimulant
August 6, 2019 Gene Meyer
Get amped on Brooklyn grindcore/powerviolence duo Stimulant.
Blast Worship: Powerviolence Round-Up
July 16, 2019 Gene Meyer
Get to know powerviolence “hopefuls” Sick Shit, Medication Time, Fissure, Hong Kong Fuck You and more.