Rolling Grindcore/PV/Fastcore Thread 2013

Starting this thread back up again for 2013; let's see if I can make more of an effort this time. Onward!

Some great stuff to kick off the New Year - new Blockheads and Cloud Rat for starters. And Nails have a three-song taster out this month for their forthcoming new album; they sound less grind than I remember but I'll have to relisten to Unsilent Death before making any judgements. What else are you grinding to this cold January?

I love Nails but I've never thought of them as grind, more of a crusty UKHC (despite where they're from).

Downloaded Nolentia's May The Hand That Holds The Match That Will Set This World On Fire Be Blessed Above All but haven't listened to it yet.

Also, anybody who doesn't already have the Defeatist discography, they've put it all (three full-lengths - one of which compiles several EPs - and a split) on Bandcamp for pay-what-you-want. I interviewed Aaron Nichols of Defeatist back in 2011 - sharp, funny dude. They were a great band.

Duly bookmarked.

Haven't got much to add at the moment other than holy shit Infest are playing this weekend. Pity it's in LA though.

any newish grind releases that aren't Carcass-tribute goregrind, or Disrupt worship, maybe a little on the 'noisier' side?

been acquiring hella grind lately but almost all of it from the 90s, so I kinda wanna get some newer releases.

maybe knelt rote?
http://nuclearwarnowproductions.bandcamp.com/album/insignificance
http://nuclearwarnowproductions.bandcamp.com/album/trespass

the sheer noisiness was what got my attention tho the latest one (trespass) probably leans more metal than ever.

anyone hear the d-clone record from last year? the review from the pissed jeans guy's blog got my attention but I still haven't checked it out:
http://www.yellowgreenred.com/?p=5861&utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=reviews-november-2012

Nino, you're from the bay area? you said hella....

new Rotten Sound coming... I think Decibel already reviewed it. Oh, and new Misery Index.

my frends band, AUGURS. Have done only 3 shows and only just released this demo via their bandcamp, already getting flooded with indie labels interested. They've changed their name 5 times since starting, but they are sticking with AUGURS.. lol

http://auspexoakland.bandcamp.com/album/demo-2012

heres the proper link, that one above is not working...

http://augurs.bandcamp.com/

Very disappointed that the new Misery Index is a) a live album and b) only 10 tracks.

Saw them a few mos ago, liked them but yea, live grind on disc = zzzzzzz

well you just killed my excitement too xpost

I've just written a review for the new Blockheads but it won't be online for a couple of days. If you like Nasum and Rotten Sound you'll dig it, I think.

not from the bay, just said 'hella' for som reason, lol.

that sounds good Mac, I love Nasum

anyone hear the d-clone record from last year?

yeah it owns. so much of that Japanese or would-be Japanese noise punk stuff sounds tinny and halfassed but the production on this is perfect

oh, right on. sounds great!

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any newish grind releases that aren't Carcass-tribute goregrind, or Disrupt worship, maybe a little on the 'noisier' side?

been acquiring hella grind lately but almost all of it from the 90s, so I kinda wanna get some newer releases.
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Gay for Johnny Depp? Maybe more "grind-ish" than "grind" but noisy as fuck for sure

My review of the Blockheads LP is here. Right now I'm listening to the new Cloud Rat again.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TVf98b65wc0

New Rotten Sound and Blockheads aren't showing up in Spotify in the US. Pretty bummed about that.

Both are streaming in full on bandcamp if it helps.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R4mNmw2Azeo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7rixjwzI6P4

Thanks for the bandcamp tip. Looks like they've been posted on spotify now as well.

The guy from Chronocide was on Pointless just now. Got to the last round but didn't know anything about the Emmys.

Ah! Is that one on iPlayer?

Yeah, should be.

Digging this one by French fastcore band Yattai I just heard via Grind to Death: http://yattai.bandcamp.com/album/fast-music-means-love

I need to take a day soon just to go through all the grind-related links and recommendations I have.

best tour artwork

http://gallery.mailchimp.com/0d7dba5a27266057cc106ad66/images/UK2013.jpg

That's brilliant!

While I'm here, the new Call of the Void record on Relapse is really good. Doom grind I'd call it, like a sludgy Uphill Battle.

Yeah, I've been digging that Call of the Void quite a bit. Doom grind is a pretty good description.

Liking Baptists' "Bushcraft." Wouldn't say there's anything too original on display (although there are some nicely weird guitar touches) but executed with a lot of conviction and clear, direct production. I like the fast ones better than the doomy ones (the album starts with one of the weakest tracks, imho).

I reviewed the Baptists record last month. I dig it a lot too, though I wouldn't class it at grind - not enough blastbeats! Much more Convergy than anything else, but as I wrote that isn't a bad thing.

Bushcraft is one of my favorites of the year so far, like Converge's scrappier younger brother. Very well executed album.

I agree, the new Baptists is great.

didn't know this thread existed until now! Awesome!

Digging that Baptists, and Call of the Viod as well.

I'll have to checkout Call of the Void, thanks Sean.

My review of the Call Of the Void debut, which I finally got around to finishing this weekend.

Listening to that Baptists' album now... fucking love it, but I wouldn't consider it a grind album either.

I think I posted on the metal thread about this already but I saw Repulsion last week and if they are playing where you are you should totally go, they were awesome.

As I said in the other day, I really recommend Fuck, I'm Dead's "Another Gory Mess".

for a grind(ish) album, it manages to have a lot of insanely, catchy melodic riffs. Plus, the name....

Thanks for the thread revival/reminder!

I'll be reviewing the new Mumakil at some point (I know it's out in a week or so, where does the time go?). I'm also digging an Irish doom/grind/crust/death band called Okus, who have their debut S/T up on Bandcamp here.

A few things going on in London I might be going to:

13th July - Despise You
10th August - Bleh fest (Magrudergrind, Atrocity Exhibit)
22nd Sept - Hammer-Smashed fest (Brutal Truth, Extreme Noise Terror)

Brutal Truth are great live. I saw them in 2010.

Dan Lilker sold me a BT hoodie that seems to have been made in a sweatshop, and leaves nasty black residue over any clothes you're wearing underneath.

He also gave me back incorrect change, but I was so awestruck at meeting Dan Lilker that I didn't notice right away.

pieces of this probably fit this thread so what the hell, this is rad

http://meekismurder.bandcamp.com/album/everything-is-awesome-nothing-matters

thx, rad, yeah

weekend nachos' latest came out this week:

http://weekendnachos.bandcamp.com/releases

Got to it a bit late and have only listened to it once (I know it's 20 minutes long!) so I'll need another couple of goes.

dead in the dirt - the blind hole: coincidentally produced by a guy from weekend nachos. they have that dual vocalist thing going on to good effect like blockheads. enjoying this a lot

http://open.spotify.com/album/6WkdJkAffibFMN5tiWE4Dt

:( brutal truth RIP

Last ever British (maybe even European) show confirmed for Temples this morning. Stoked and sad at the same time.

So close, and yet so far (doubt they'll play Ireland - so many bands skipping us, for obvious reasons but still).

Also, I should probably start a new thread for 2014? Or maybe just ask a mod to knock the year off the title?

yes plz, grindcore in 1-4

http://www.metalinjection.net/latest-news/bummer-alert/wormrots-biggest-fan-the-grind-goat-dies

its sad she was a goat

RIP

no 2014?

https://soundcloud.com/blastasfuk/plf-ultimate-whirlwind-of

http://cutnpasteyoface.blogspot.com/2014/01/pretty-little-flower.html:

Houston, Texas' Pretty Little Flower ( P.L.F.) is an unrelenting grind outfit that's been melting faces since 1998. This band constructs music that's loaded with manic and complex thrash riffs that mix with intense and violent drum bursts with blown out bass chaos throughout. This crushing display of grindcore is simply amazing and with the added element of crossover-thrash it's even more of a plus to hear. Get hooked on these guys if you haven't already. Snag everything I could find below and DIG!

- Members Also Play(ed) In: Race Against Time, Morbosidad, 50/50, Knuckle Scraper, Gridlink, Türbokrieg, Oath Of Cruelty, Phobia, Noisear, Kill The Client & Insect Warfare

- For Fans Of: The Kill, Rotten Sound, Discordance Axis & Pig Destroyer

this is great

The only real grind releases from 2014 I've really been into:

Cripple Bastards - Nero in Metastasi
The Drip - A Presentation of Gruesome Poetics

PLF sounds like what i thought that mammoth grinder album from last year would sound like, based on the descriptions it was getting

Gridlink! still rules

I was gonna start a 2014 thread but I got lazy.

Yeah, the GridLink is still my favourite grind of the year so far. I liked The Drip one but I didn't stand out for me, but I'll be listening again. I've got a promo of Brutal Blues but I haven't listened to it yet. Also awaiting the Columns records coming out soon.

I thought this sick/tired lp was fun:
https://sick-tired.bandcamp.com/album/king-of-dirt-12-lp

but the gridlink outclasses it by several orders of magnitude. that's my fave for the year as well, no surprises there (tho I can't say I've been following things super closely either).

Not sure it 100% fits in this thread, but the Electric Funeral reissue/compilation on Southern Lord is great. One-man D-beat soaked in so much fuzz and feedback it'll give you a brain tumor.

I just downloaded the Electric Funeral thing; haven't listened yet but the shortness of the track lengths has impressed me already.

Longhena is basically the first grind record I've gotten super into. I've enjoyed Napalm Death and stuff in the past, but I never replayed them to the point where the songs really opened up and revealed themselves. It's cool when something that initially sounds like a blur of noise becomes clear and enunciated with further listens.

http://www.underthegunreview.net/2014/07/28/stream-columns-thrashy-grindy-please-explode/

oh, this is fun

Yeah that's really good - I was worried with the tinniness of the drums and the lack of bass heft on the first track, but I have to say the sound really grew on me. Helps that the music's interesting, not just tap-tap-tap-blast-BUZZZZZZZ-GAHHHHHHRGH!

doesn't *strictly* fit the column but the new Pig Heart Transplant sounds blistering. all the songs are (iirc) 48 seconds long which leads to some unsatisfying curtailments but apart from that. some of it might be streamable at ironlungpv.bandcamp.com

liking this columns record a lot!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j4VzdTpXl4k

Cloud Rat is so damn good

fuck yes

:-o

Did anyone hear this Tellusian album, Collision? http://tellusian.bandcamp.com/

I'm really liking it. It's proggy and melodic, not all that intense, with lots of noodly bass and catchy riffs that don't take up too much space. "Wolf in Sheep's Medicine" is what grabbed me first.

I was looking for more weird techy grindcore. This is extremely far from Gridlink, but good stuff too, though to be honest it sounds as much like shortened DM to me.

I'm looking for noisy crust stuff, anyone have any suggestions? Like I was listening to Warpriest and they have some great moments of weird noisiness and one brief instrumental that almost hits Buzzoven territory before it fades out. I guess I'm looking for sort of slightly sludgy crust stuff that doesn't get entirely hung up in slow tempos. Also just general noisiness is a plus.

Drunk Dad? http://digital.eolianempire.com/album/ripper-killer

Wow! That's just about perfect, thanks!

I was looking for more weird techy grindcore.

Ha I'm hilariously late to everything this year, but I finally gave that Brutal Blues a spin and that's exactly what it is, I love it.

xpost: awesome! I love that album, but obviously wasn't sure if it'd fit your needs. Glad it did.

Bastard Feast is more like blackened hardcore but noisy sludgy crust is in there too and it generally moves fast. I don't think anyone really mentioned them all year on ilx but I will be voting them in the metal poll for sure:

https://bastardfeast.bandcamp.com/