Powerviolence

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…