FOOOZZZZZZZYYYYYYY BEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRR
So here we are at part two of the grindcore journey.
Here I'll mention a bit more bands that someone out there might enjoy them in a way that I do (or in some different way; pervert :P). They are all great bands so obviously I recommend to check them all out. Especially if you're into grindcore duh. :D
If you're reading this blog on a more constant basis you probably noticed I have a fetish for female vocalists in most areas of music but especially in more extreme genres. I'm not trying to sound chauvinistic or something like that. I just like when a woman screams. It warms my heart (sometimes pants). Bands with female singers usually get distinguished fairly quickly from the rest of the bunch simply because there's a female in it. That's a bit disgusting but hey, people are like that. Most singers in the scene are male so it's kinda natural for female fronted bands to get noticed because they are different in a way despite the fact that they play the same crap as other bands do.
Last female fronted band that made an impression is Lycanthrophy. They come from Czech Republic which is currently flourishing with great new bands. I saw these guys live a month or so ago and they ripped shit up. They don't have a lot of releases but I manged to grab their latest split while I was there. Sadly I'm unable to rip vinyls (yet) but I do have their somewhat older 7'' split with Kursk.
I can't really say anything about Kursk. They play Iron Lung~ish grindcore but a bit more faster I think. It's nothing special really. What does shine on this split is Lycanthrophy which is why I decided to share this release. Production is also far better on their side as opposed to Kursk who didn't do a lot to improve the sound of the recording but that's not really something to look for in grindcore anyway. I'm sure a lot of you out there will enjoy this, I certainly did, but it's too damn short. Longer run is actually the only thing I'm bothered with haha.
Eat children, shit holocaust.
Another band I'd like to mention is Punch. I already posted their EP not long ago so check it out a little bit down from this post. I'll still share their short but sweet self titled full length.
While Lycanthrophy is more of a face melting fast grindcore type of band Punch leans more to the punk side of things. Their riffs and style of playing is slower, there are those sudden pace changes and furious female vocals to back it all up. It's a thing called powerviolence. Some hate it and some love it. I personally disliked a lot these sudden pace changes but I grew to like them. And you will too; eventually. :P
You'll love it. Trust me, I'm from the internet. :D
While female vocalists and all that is great there's a vital part that I do not receive a lot from these bands. Perhaps I haven't found such band but I'm actively looking. What I'm talking about is ferocity. By ferocious I mean something that's so fast you can't scrobble on last.fm and so distorted that it rings in your ears hours after you listened to it. I honestly haven't found a female fronted band that could deliver me such feeling. Males do it better I guess. A prime example of a ferocious band is Threatener.
Look how happy he is! Can't you feel all the groovy energy coming out from this picture? This is how Threatener sounds for the most part. It's short, it's sweet and it melts your face with its speed. They slow down from time to time but that's just so that your ears can rest for a few seconds because they are nice people. There are also guitar solos sometimes inside this fun mess.
The Hammering, the Fastening and the Bending of Throats
But there are others like them but not quite the same. I'm talking about Spoonful Of Vicodin and their epic beards.
Bushy beards are known for making fast music. I have seen similar beards making fast grindcore and I was not disappointed. Beards also tend to scream like there's no tomorrow. They carry a message which is:
The 60's Changed The World I'm Sure You Will Too
Yet there is more! Another band decided to keep evolving things positively and that band is Exclaim! They sound like this:
They come from the land of the rising Sun.
They use distortion like there is no yesterday or today nor tomorrow. It's pure sloppy chaos we all like. Something worth living for indeed! It goes on for ten minutes because their throats and strings along with your head would explode if they lasted longer. Exclamation very much so!
We covered female fronted bands, ferocious bands so now let's get pissed off. :[
This is it. This is the moment of your death.
"Pissed off" grindcore is what I like to call bands that are generally atonal (no punkish riffing or melodic sound) with either growling or shouted vocals. They all pretty much vary in speed. My favorite of the bunch is Iron Lung and their album Life. Iron Lung. Death..
Iron Lung at first was something that foolishly overlooked. This was mostly because of the rapid pace change and somewhat radical riffs that I could not enjoy in the beginning. It very quickly grew on me so I started liking it more and more. Today I think it's pretty much my favorite pissed off band. It's a legendary band and it's fairly well known so I won't babble much about them. They sound like a broken down coal factory or you breathing through the iron long.
After I found out about Iron Lung others soon followed like The Endless Blockade which is definitely faster but somewhere near as brutal as is Iron Lung. They pack similar vocal styles (they both sound like they have some serious flu issues).
93 93/93
Shed no tears though for I have more! Here's Thousandswilldie and their short swift demo which is as br00tal as it can possibly be in its short 3:15 minute demo and it's so brutal that it makes you shower in menstruation blood.
Stillborn.
Another pissed off band that I'd like to mention is Swallowing shit, which is less similar to thousandswilldie but somewhere there between Iron Lung and some sort of humanoid machines that operate on raw oil. They come from Winnipeg and they don't like that. Just like Aaron Funk.
OIL WILL MAKE YOU EARN MONEY
And I almost forgot to upload Final Draft from Inglewood!
Their style is also "pissed off" but are probably the fastest from the bunch I mention. As we all know; who is the fastest is the bestest. Or something like that. It's one ripping little EP. It's actually that fast that I won't use any pictures.
Crucifying the Earth.
And so our journey comes fairly near the end. I covered most things and avoided the popular things, until now. Well somewhat popular I think. Perhaps I'll call this part: the part where I post things I forgot to post last time.
So besides all the things I mentioned there's still brutality to cover. Brutality is where things are very much relevant in the science of blast beats and growling, preferably screaming and a bit longer songs (minute or so).
Last year the scene was swept away by a little known band called Wormrot. They ate everything including your unborn children. It's what I call brutal when people ask me what's so brutal in grindcore. I adore them and so do a lot of people connected to the netsphere. Their album is Abuse.
Good times.
Personally I consider this band as what would Insect Warfare be if they became even better (because I like Insect Warfare so much that I fuck my pretentious vinyls with their music on it). Everyone already heard this so I won't bother much with talking about it.
Another brutality that deserves mention and praise is Kill The Client. They kill clients by request. They also have a video on youtube to summarize their sound. Sadly their other album is not that much of a success. Very generic. Cleptocracy on the other hand is pure gold and should not be missed. Even metalheads should enjoy it me thinks.
You'll like it, trust me. Tool of the state. :P
And here I'll partially stop. I say this because I don't want to let Magrudergrind sit alone in the last post. That's why I mention two similar bands! First one is Dropdead which has been around for a while and an interesting one man band (I think) called Ulcerrhoea. Dropdead I think is more superior from the two but they are both great fun. Screaming at its near best!
Enjoy them:
Dropdead and Ulcerrhoea!
This is the end I promise. All that's left is for you to get married and enjoy some German fast würst grindcore.
æ
So here we are at part two of the grindcore journey.
Here I'll mention a bit more bands that someone out there might enjoy them in a way that I do (or in some different way; pervert :P). They are all great bands so obviously I recommend to check them all out. Especially if you're into grindcore duh. :D
If you're reading this blog on a more constant basis you probably noticed I have a fetish for female vocalists in most areas of music but especially in more extreme genres. I'm not trying to sound chauvinistic or something like that. I just like when a woman screams. It warms my heart (sometimes pants). Bands with female singers usually get distinguished fairly quickly from the rest of the bunch simply because there's a female in it. That's a bit disgusting but hey, people are like that. Most singers in the scene are male so it's kinda natural for female fronted bands to get noticed because they are different in a way despite the fact that they play the same crap as other bands do.
Last female fronted band that made an impression is Lycanthrophy. They come from Czech Republic which is currently flourishing with great new bands. I saw these guys live a month or so ago and they ripped shit up. They don't have a lot of releases but I manged to grab their latest split while I was there. Sadly I'm unable to rip vinyls (yet) but I do have their somewhat older 7'' split with Kursk.
I can't really say anything about Kursk. They play Iron Lung~ish grindcore but a bit more faster I think. It's nothing special really. What does shine on this split is Lycanthrophy which is why I decided to share this release. Production is also far better on their side as opposed to Kursk who didn't do a lot to improve the sound of the recording but that's not really something to look for in grindcore anyway. I'm sure a lot of you out there will enjoy this, I certainly did, but it's too damn short. Longer run is actually the only thing I'm bothered with haha.Eat children, shit holocaust.
Another band I'd like to mention is Punch. I already posted their EP not long ago so check it out a little bit down from this post. I'll still share their short but sweet self titled full length.
While Lycanthrophy is more of a face melting fast grindcore type of band Punch leans more to the punk side of things. Their riffs and style of playing is slower, there are those sudden pace changes and furious female vocals to back it all up. It's a thing called powerviolence. Some hate it and some love it. I personally disliked a lot these sudden pace changes but I grew to like them. And you will too; eventually. :PYou'll love it. Trust me, I'm from the internet. :D
While female vocalists and all that is great there's a vital part that I do not receive a lot from these bands. Perhaps I haven't found such band but I'm actively looking. What I'm talking about is ferocity. By ferocious I mean something that's so fast you can't scrobble on last.fm and so distorted that it rings in your ears hours after you listened to it. I honestly haven't found a female fronted band that could deliver me such feeling. Males do it better I guess. A prime example of a ferocious band is Threatener.
Look how happy he is! Can't you feel all the groovy energy coming out from this picture? This is how Threatener sounds for the most part. It's short, it's sweet and it melts your face with its speed. They slow down from time to time but that's just so that your ears can rest for a few seconds because they are nice people. There are also guitar solos sometimes inside this fun mess.The Hammering, the Fastening and the Bending of Throats
But there are others like them but not quite the same. I'm talking about Spoonful Of Vicodin and their epic beards.
Bushy beards are known for making fast music. I have seen similar beards making fast grindcore and I was not disappointed. Beards also tend to scream like there's no tomorrow. They carry a message which is:The 60's Changed The World I'm Sure You Will Too
Yet there is more! Another band decided to keep evolving things positively and that band is Exclaim! They sound like this:
They come from the land of the rising Sun.They use distortion like there is no yesterday or today nor tomorrow. It's pure sloppy chaos we all like. Something worth living for indeed! It goes on for ten minutes because their throats and strings along with your head would explode if they lasted longer. Exclamation very much so!
We covered female fronted bands, ferocious bands so now let's get pissed off. :[
This is it. This is the moment of your death.
"Pissed off" grindcore is what I like to call bands that are generally atonal (no punkish riffing or melodic sound) with either growling or shouted vocals. They all pretty much vary in speed. My favorite of the bunch is Iron Lung and their album Life. Iron Lung. Death..
Iron Lung at first was something that foolishly overlooked. This was mostly because of the rapid pace change and somewhat radical riffs that I could not enjoy in the beginning. It very quickly grew on me so I started liking it more and more. Today I think it's pretty much my favorite pissed off band. It's a legendary band and it's fairly well known so I won't babble much about them. They sound like a broken down coal factory or you breathing through the iron long.After I found out about Iron Lung others soon followed like The Endless Blockade which is definitely faster but somewhere near as brutal as is Iron Lung. They pack similar vocal styles (they both sound like they have some serious flu issues).
93 93/93Shed no tears though for I have more! Here's Thousandswilldie and their short swift demo which is as br00tal as it can possibly be in its short 3:15 minute demo and it's so brutal that it makes you shower in menstruation blood.
Stillborn.Another pissed off band that I'd like to mention is Swallowing shit, which is less similar to thousandswilldie but somewhere there between Iron Lung and some sort of humanoid machines that operate on raw oil. They come from Winnipeg and they don't like that. Just like Aaron Funk.
OIL WILL MAKE YOU EARN MONEY
And I almost forgot to upload Final Draft from Inglewood!Their style is also "pissed off" but are probably the fastest from the bunch I mention. As we all know; who is the fastest is the bestest. Or something like that. It's one ripping little EP. It's actually that fast that I won't use any pictures.
Crucifying the Earth.
And so our journey comes fairly near the end. I covered most things and avoided the popular things, until now. Well somewhat popular I think. Perhaps I'll call this part: the part where I post things I forgot to post last time.
So besides all the things I mentioned there's still brutality to cover. Brutality is where things are very much relevant in the science of blast beats and growling, preferably screaming and a bit longer songs (minute or so).Last year the scene was swept away by a little known band called Wormrot. They ate everything including your unborn children. It's what I call brutal when people ask me what's so brutal in grindcore. I adore them and so do a lot of people connected to the netsphere. Their album is Abuse.
Good times.Personally I consider this band as what would Insect Warfare be if they became even better (because I like Insect Warfare so much that I fuck my pretentious vinyls with their music on it). Everyone already heard this so I won't bother much with talking about it.
Another brutality that deserves mention and praise is Kill The Client. They kill clients by request. They also have a video on youtube to summarize their sound. Sadly their other album is not that much of a success. Very generic. Cleptocracy on the other hand is pure gold and should not be missed. Even metalheads should enjoy it me thinks.
You'll like it, trust me. Tool of the state. :PAnd here I'll partially stop. I say this because I don't want to let Magrudergrind sit alone in the last post. That's why I mention two similar bands! First one is Dropdead which has been around for a while and an interesting one man band (I think) called Ulcerrhoea. Dropdead I think is more superior from the two but they are both great fun. Screaming at its near best!
Enjoy them:
Dropdead and Ulcerrhoea!
This is the end I promise. All that's left is for you to get married and enjoy some German fast würst grindcore.
æ
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Kaže mi ekipa da Iron Lung bubnjar na svakom koncertu razbije par setova palica. Istovremeno, stotine grind bendova sviraju blastbeatove koji se uživo ni ne čuju. Jebem ti metal!
ReplyDeleteSamo Black Fag i izbjegavanje madraca.
Nice post, thanks for the shares ! Iron lung is indeed a sweet band. You should try Hatred Surge's "Deconstruct" if you want female-fronted aggression.
ReplyDeleteAlso, Threatener is awesome, thank you very very much for that. ^3^
ReplyDelete@ Zmaj: Haha ne iznenađuje me to nimalo! Bilo bi predobro da Iron Lung dođe svirat u neku napuštenu tvornicu Torpeda u Rijeci. Atmosfera bi bila do testisa. :D
ReplyDelete@ Jyb: I've listened to Deconstruct but I didn't find it very much to my liking. I'll try to listen to it again, perhaps I was wrong about it.