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RORT - Demo [2009] + GRIDE - Záškuby Chaosu [2011]

neat little demo from melbourne hardcore band RORT. very enjoyable shit plus it includes a beatbox + freestyle of snoop dogg's "drop it like it's hot".

czech band GRIDE released one of the best grindcore records of 2011. very, very fast (i want to say "pummeling" but that word's been used way too much when describing grind) and bass-y. another thing i noticed were the drums which sound absolutely fucking perfect. DAT SNARE. this album is a must listen. no, really.

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Umberto + Chelsea Wolfe (double header)

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umberto is matt hill. he describes his influences as 80s cop movies and italian horror (myspace) so it's no surprise that From the Grave is bass + synth heavy. i mean it, it's like an early 80s movie soundtrack. someone described it as a soundtrack to a john carpenter film and i find that to be quite fitting. the atmosphere he has created with the slowly pounding drums, the creeping bassline and the synth that seems to cut through it all is excellent. this album is a time-machine that has only one setting: 1982.

http://www.mediafire.com/?64s1v2n1f1vrq4q

yeah, i know the cover looks rather "pitchforky" but this album is incredible. chelsea wolfe: think feist and zola jesus and you're getting closer. Ἀποκάλυψις/Apokalypsis is, to me, a very ritualistic and cathartic album. as the album progresses, wolfe opens up at an increasingly alarming rate but you're captivated, you want to see how it ends. the album starts off with "primal//carnal" and it consists of wolfe growling and snarling. it's a good indication of what is stirring beneath the surface, not to mention a damn good opener. reminds me of the atilla bits in sunn o)))'s album, black one, only less nauseating (i mean nauseating in a good way). anyway, the album is good. get it and listen to it.

http://www.mediafire.com/?ct7y6fmyby6zro6

owen hart- self-titled 7"

I searched long and hard for this shit all over until I got it from their bandcamp fucking mouth-breather that I am. Nevertheless, here we have Owen Hart, seemingly all-over-the-place yet fairly structured grindcore. Is nice, very nice

PSUDOKU - Space Grind

PSUDOKU, aka GridLink on acid, is a side project of the sole member of (another great grind band) Parlamentarisk Sodomi. Described on their/his bandcamp page as "non-stop warp space grind space space space non-stop rock fusion", I simply could not resist. Simply put, no longer is GridLink's Orphan the most baffling grindcore release of recent times. A mix of fast & relentless grindcore with cool "spacey" effects and blistering technicality and innovation in a genre that usually doesn't warrant either, Space Grind is a great record. I'm assuming that traditional grindcore fans won't be all to pleased with this new Stephen Hawking Grind but to hell with them.

download | bandcamp

edit: yes, I'm back. hadn't posted in a while since I was busy and my hard-drive, which had my entire music library, was stolen along with a bunch of other things. Pretty sure the RIAA orchestrated the whole thing.