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“Me, falling in love with a jazzgrind record? Of all the things that surprised me this year, that takes the cake by a wide margin. Of course, it follows that the band responsible for this change of heart is no less than my (formerly) least favorite act in the turboniche subgenre, Russia’s ByoNoiseGenerator.” Panic at the jazzgrind emporium.
“Shit’s gone to the dogs, man. I don’t need to justify this claim. I know it, you know it, and multi-instrumentalist/university lecturer/UK extreme metal devotee Neil Erskine sure knows it, confirmed thoroughly by his new grind outfit Chairmaker and their debut record Leviathan Carcass.” Sitting in a grindy chair.
“Defigurement’s debut album Endbryo is classified as experimental deathgrind, and though that’s accurate, it doesn’t fully capture what’s on tap. Endbryo is an album in constant flux, never content to lock into one vibe for too long. While experimental, Defigurement still adheres to grindcore’s brutal core tenets: short songs and unfettered aggression. Their sound isn’t limited to just these things, though, as Defigurement adopts crackerjack technicality that contrasts with the blunt drubbing associated with much of the subgenre. Varied paces and some unconventional instrumentation further heighten Endbryo’s unorthodox approach.” Bad baby!
“Nuclear Dudes is one step closer to living up to their moniker as they are now officially more than one person. Joined by Brandon Nakamura (Doomsday 1999, ex-Teen Cthulu) on vocals, Sandrider’s Jon Weisnewski bounces back from the synthwave moment of Compression Crimes 1 to resume the usual trajectory of insanity. 2023’s Boss Blades—my personal introduction to this madness—was a disarmingly likeable collection of silly and serious sounds heavy and light. It was also surprisingly good.” Waste no Nuclear, dudes.
“When I reach for something blindly, I hope for the best. As it pertains to the acquisition of promo, I calculate my chances of enjoying whatever I select as little as possible. Impulse reigns supreme, instinct takes precedence, gut feelings have the final say. This process ultimately led me to Chicago, Illinois’ Blind Equation. Originally launched as a chiptune-heavy cybergrind project, mastermind and main songwriter James McHenry steadily integrated other influences that distinguish this material from that of the greater subset.” Blind but loud.
January Filters are scrubbed. Now your ears will be brutally rubbed.
“Though every album lands into our grabby hands with a visual artistic adornment of some sort, and that representation may reflect in the music to varying extents, a lot of compositions don’t rely on the strength of that accompaniment for a full impact. To an extent, our eyes get the opportunity to shop before our ears in the modern day, with absurd band names and grand images (or conversely, the rejection of AI images) standing on lists and tag trees as important first impressions where a faceless radio single may have filled in before. Järnbörd takes the idea a step further using their own narrative recordings to adorn their grind-loaded messages with a fun cinematic flair” Welcome a Börd!
“Ass to Mouth are an entertainingly-titled but unheralded Polish band that quietly dropped one of the best grind records of the 2010s with Degenerate, before promptly disappearing for a decade. Their prized quality was their irreverent, cynical outlook on life that resulted in music that tore chunks out of politicians, organized religion, and other holier-than-thou hypocrites. They did this with a perversely visceral brand, dipping into images of sex and violence to deliver their message. 2024 sees their equally unexpected return with a new line-up and record called Enemy of the Human Race.” Ass is in session.
“There’s a sect of grind-lovers out there that say Terrorizer’s World Downfall represents the ideal to which grindcore should aspire, with many simply asking “Why hit anything else?” At its base, grindcore is a fusion genre of metal ideas against the speed and fury of fully torqued punk. And when bands like Terrorizer, Napalm Death, and Repulsion were making a name for the scene, the emergent flavor that spilled into their sprint-speed d-beats, hammering skanks, and flurried fight riffs was that of a nascent death metal. And on this foundation, Broken Hope veteran Jeremy Wagner seeks to unleash Permanent Dawn with his long-cooking Earthburner project.” Burn the world or just terrorize it?
“It’s a reliable pattern that every two years, Andrew Lee (Ripped to Shreds) crawls out from under his waifu body pillow, clears his work bench of Haikyuu!! figurines and Mountain Dew Code Red cans, and assembles a new full-length LP of otaku-themed death grind. Houkago Grind Time’s appropriately named third album Koncertos of Kawaiiness: Stealing Jon Chang’s Ideas, A Book by Andrew Lee finds Lee bowing to his senpai of Discordance Axis and Gridlink fame, the first to deem anime an appropriate theme to explore through the lens of grindcore. If you’re familiar with past Houkago Grind Time material, or anime culture in general, you’ll be well prepared for these 21 minutes of completely unserious meme music packaged as brutal death played at neck-snapping speed.” When anime attacks.
