Powerviolence

Zesta Grande is a grindcore/powerviolence festival not to be missed.

UK powerviolence outfit Gets Worse get better on Snubbed.

Kidnapped show off what they do best on their new album, Connecticut Powerviolence.

Hear a new song from Seattle powerviolence crew Endorphins Lost.

Check out a new song from pissed-off, noisy powerviolence duo Thetan.

Portrayal of Guilt ended 2018 with a bang, celebrating the release of Let Pain Be Your Guide. Read a new interview with the band.

Be the first to hear the destructive new EP from Philly grind/powerviolence trio Bandit.

Kluvim come flying out of Israel with their caustic blend of grindcore, powerviolence and sludge.

New Jersey grinders Durian play fast, ask questions later.

Decibel catches up with Bandit, and premieres a new song.

Trappist are “Victims of a Bomber Raid.”

Stream the new split from Endorphins Lost and OSK.

Sure, you probably know about Infest, Charles Bronson, Spazz and Despise You, but not everyone is well versed enough to know about Apartment 213 (or wasn’t old enough to be into them when they were putting out material).

Horror Pain Gore Death strike again during Halloween season with a four-band split from Toxicology , Skuz , Triple Cripple , and Ground.

Chris Dodge and his Trappist bandmates get primal in their new metal-and-beer podcast series, “Hour of the Barbarian.”

Ulcerate, Whores, Gatecreeper, Full of Hell/Nails, Gendo Ikari and everything else Waldo pecked on in 2016. 

Spazz is rereleasing a collection of live and studio recordings from 1995-96. 

This three song tour de force is what happens when Full of Hell and Nails join forces for a split 7-inch.

Be sure to check these sets out when Southwest Terror Fest goes down next weekend.

Alpha Ghoul
Lactose tolerant
dB rating: 8/10

A loud, powerful blast of driving aggression that deals with themes of death and alienation.

The Oakland duo gets up in your guts with a slithering track off their new album Deathroll.

II
Still a bad machine
dB Rating: 8/10

Providence, Rhode Island-based FUCKING INVINCIBLE — featuring faces that will be familiar to fans of Daughters, Dropdead, Soul Control, Sweet Jesus, etcetera — gave themselves a lot to live up to with their chosen moniker, but, as the exclusive stream of “Ape As Man/Man As Ape” below ably demonstrates, these dudes have good reason to…

If this sounds like the rambling of an old fart, so be it: kids have it too easy these days when it comes to underground music. If you have a laptop and spare time you have unfettered access to pretty much every rare treasure recorded during the past four decades of metal and punk. That…

Human Cull are a gnarly grindcore trio from the United Kingdom who deal largely in 30-second riff-salvos. Guitarist and vocalist Edd Robinson admits as much that the band’s entire canon will be fast and crusty, but dammit he’s a humanitarian, it’ll be memorable too. Brevity in grindcore song structures was hardwired at the genre’s birth…

You’ve got to love and admire the optimism of people in the UK. While limited releases are a staple practice in underground music, adding both that exclusivity/collector appeal and some fiscal security, British grind champs The Atrocity Exhibit took it to, uh, extremes and limited the supply of 2011 faceripper Grind Over Matter to a…