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Grindcore is an extreme fusion genre of heavy metal and hardcore punk that originated in the mid-1980s, drawing inspiration from abrasive-sounding musical styles, such as thrashcore, [3] [4] crust punk, [5] hardcore punk, extreme metal, and industrial.
- Napalm Death – Scum (Earache, 1987) It’s impossible to imagine just how life-changing/brain-destroying it would have been for the average person to be exposed to Scum back in 1987.
- Nasum – Helvete (Relapse, 2003) Having never dropped a bad record, Nasum were the true kings of Scandinavian grindcore up until the untimely death of frontman Mieszko Talarczyk in the devastating Indian Ocean tsunami that killed hundreds of thousands back in 2004.
- Trap Them – Darker Handcraft (Prosthetic, 2011) Though it could be argued that Trap Them are more of a hardcore or perhaps crust band, they really could grind with the best of them up until their dissolution in 2017.
- Pig Destroyer – Terrifyer (Relapse, 2004) Arguably the finest U.S. grindcore record of all time – and certainly one of the best bass-free metal records ever released – Terrifyer, is frankly terrifying.
- Napalm Death – Scum
- Terrorizer – World Downfall
- Um – Human 2.0
- Pig Destroyer – Prowler in The Yard
- Full of Hell – Weeping Choir
The big bang of grindcore. Yes, there were plenty of other bands aiming for a sky-high level of extremity prior to the emergence of the Birmingham legends; Napalm themselves would surely be quick to point to the likes of Swans, Motörhead, Poison Idea, Discharge, Slayer, Sonic Youth and others as artists that inspired their brand of savageness, but ...
If Napalm Death invented the initial blueprint for grindcore, then Terrorizer tweaked and improved on the formula. The trio were only around for a few years, and split soon after the release of this watershed album, but the impact of World Downfall cannot be understated. While Scum felt freeform, improvised and ramshackle in its approach, Terrorize...
Improving on the sheer sonic intensity of grindcore became a difficult task as we moved into the new Millennium; after all, this was a genre that had been born at the very apex of extremity, and thus, left very little room for manoeuvre. So, it’s to the eternal credit of Swedish grind legends Nasum that they found a new gear for grindcore, taking t...
It would be utterly absurd to create this list without at least one contribution from Scott Hull included. Across his work as an early member of the controversial Anal Cunt, his time in both Agorophobic Nosebleed and Pig Destroyer and his various production credits, he’s done more than pretty much anyone to shape the sound of modern grindcore. Pig ...
It’s not unfair to suggest that grindcore just plodded along in the years after Powler In The Yard. It plodded at a million miles per hour, obviously, but there weren’t that many aural surprises along the way. Then, in the mid-2010s the genre sprang to life again; Wormrot, Nails, Magrudergrind and more popped up and made some brilliantly ferocious ...
- Repulsion – Horrified (1989) Originally recorded in 1986, Horrified is simply the grindcore motherlode. Filthy, breakneck, two-minute death metal tunes delivered with swivel-eyed zeal, drenched in lyrical splatter and driven by drummer Dave Grave’s breathless blasting, it paved the way for the entire grindcore scene and still sounds insanely exciting 30 years on.
- Napalm Death – From Enslavement To Obliteration (1988) The gods of grind incinerated the rulebook with their 1987 debut Scum, but it was the follow-up that truly cemented the essence of balls-out grind.
- Terrorizer – World Downfall (1989) Morbid Angel men David Vincent and Pete Sandoval teamed up with vocalist Oscar Garcia and guitarist Jesse Pintado (later of Napalm Death) for this monstrous explosion of deathly grindcore fury.
- Nasum – Inhale/Exhale (1998) The band that injected fresh adrenalin into grindcore’s nebulous template as a new millennium loomed, Nasum’s nails-hard extremity upgrade ensured that their debut album was almost universally hailed as a classic.
- Napalm Death – Scum (1987) The Rosetta Stone of grindcore. This is the key to unlocking the secrets of the most extreme of metal subgenres. The sheer rawness of it means that there are a handful of songs where it’s unclear what the hell is going on, but that doesn’t mean it’s not barrels of fun.
- Bolt Thrower – In Battle There Is No Law! (1988) Bolt Thrower’s 1988 debut album, much like Carcass’ first few releases, sits on the cusp of grindcore and death metal, a raw, bulldozing set of rippers with riffs to spare.
- Napalm Death – From Enslavement to Obliteration (1988) Napalm Death’s lineup hadn’t yet solidified into something resembling permanence on their second album—longtime vocalist Barney Greenaway wouldn’t join the group until after this album was released, nor would longtime guitarist Mitch Harris, making bassist Shane Embury the only member that’s still with the group today.
- Carcass – Symphonies of Sickness (1989) Goregrind pioneers Carcass briefly shared a member with Napalm Death in Bill Steer, making them not only peers but rather sibling bands of sorts.
May 1, 2005 · From Napalm Death to Pig Destroyer. In metal's overwhelming drive to push the boundaries of sonic extremity, grindcore was probably an inevitable and natural end, "faster, louder, harder" (d)evolved to the point of "fastest, loudest, hardest" as humanly possible to play — and then, in the form of drum-machine bands such as Agoraphobic ...
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Grindcore is an extreme music style originated basically to mix: hardcore punk, crust punk, thrash metal and death metal. It emerged in the mid 80s in the UK and USA. Structurally songs tend to be short, simple, direct and ultra-fast.
