Wednesday, January 1, 2025

Top 13 new releases of 2024 according to me.

AHULABRUM “Daimonic Reality” LP - Fucked up field recordings and interview clips of paranormal absurdity mixed with blown to hell boombox black metal noisecore. The exact concoction of brilliant idiocy required to properly curse your basement on a cold Appalachian night. (Satanik Requiem)

DEATHCONTROL “Endless Echo Of His Own Litany” Tape - Brain-seering mechanized grindcore killing machine! Just got this one in the mail so I've only had to chance to sodomize myself with it a few times but my earholes are already completely cauterized. Laser blast ultra-grind a la early 324 and ASSÜCK with a festering layer of organic filth and the occasional injection of toxic chemical noise for total suicide nightmare freak out. Delirious drumming! An excellent way to end the year or just end it all forever. (Noxious Ruin)

FACES OF DEATH “Stand Up And Face Death” CD - Obscure 90’s death grind treasure unearthed and given a much-deserved discography reissue. Always enjoyed their tracks from the classic “I Kill What I Eat” compilation and the rest of this stuff is equally as scummy. If you’re in the mood for some gnarly old grindcore of the toughest variety, then I reckon you need look no further than this top quality disc. (Bestial Burst)

FOOD FORTUNATA “My Mind Is An Awful Place” CD - The greatest singer-songwriter of our time provides yet another disc full of splendor and wisdom. “Behold my special powers of always making the wrong decision and doing the opposite of what’s in my best interest. I hit my lowest point faster than a speeding bullet. I am super failure man. I give the world something it sorely needs – a person to look down upon so that others might feel better about themselves”. (Wheelchair Full Of Old Men)

I.R.F. “Discography 1995-1997” LP - Tragically under-appreciated 90’s gem gets the deluxe reissue they deserve. Raw but powerful, fast as hell and bursting at the seams with savage enegry! Excellent artwork and insert booklet. If you dig classic early NAPALM DEATH inspired grindcore, you’ll absolutely dig the shit out of this. (FOAD Records)

LEPROPHILIAC “Mil Gritos Tiene La Noche” EP - Current kings of disgusting death grind abuse serve up a solid ten minutes of mutilation. Twice as heavy as it is ugly; non-stop cranial collapse and general human rot. More repugnant than a septic tank full of partially digested human remains but still totally memorable and oddly catchy! The kind of record you wanna play again as soon as its over instead of just file away forever like most of the new "faux old school" death metal stuff I've heard lately. (Seven Metal Inches)

MEAT SPREADER “Mental Disease…” CD - Incessant concussive grindcore bludgeoning! Never strays far from the beaten path but definitely serves up way more meat than potatoes. Big ol' beefy production for maximum impact. “Mentally Murdered” era NAPALM DEATH mixed with actual death by napalm on the battlefield. Crushing! (Lifestage Productions)

NEGATIVE BIAS “Funburn” CD - Catchy fast-as-fuck thrash punk with memorable songs, freaked out hooks and gusto to spare. One big rapid-fire barrage of short bursts but endless replay value; it gets better every time I listen. Hyper blastcore excellence! (Hygiene Records)

PIG RIDES “Demo 2024” Tape - Mean spirited sledgehammer hardcore punk with crippler crossface riffs and cigarette butts for teeth. Negative mental attitude anthems that would make the perfect soundtrack for losing an autoerotic knife fight with yourself and then bleeding out in a gutter. This is prime ass-ripping scumbag rock for derelict mutants. (Self-Released)

RIDE FOR REVENGE / LEGION OF ANDROMEDA "Electric Male Discharge" Split CD and RIDE FOR REVENGE / TRANSHUNTER "Vertical Passion Escalator" Split CD - Reigning tyrants of the satanic Finland sewers team up with two other unknown mutant death squads for maximum carnal skull molestation and midnight sodomy. True art for violent criminals. (Fuck Yoga Records)

SERPENTS ANUS “Salamamgkero” Tape - A sprawling journey into total madness! Exploding brain noisecore cacophony with fungal black metal atmosphere and a progressive rock scope. Epic ear annihilation by masters of the craft. Quite literally the soundtrack to the most insane montage of Southeast Asian horror images ever compiled. Set aside your petty hangups and TAKE A TRIP into the abyss! (No Fucken Labels)

SEWAGE GRINDER “Rotten” LP - Frenetic grindcore slaughter with pure punk rock spirit. No limp dick color-by-numbers genre clone bullshit here; this is authentic pissed-off whirlwind holocaust hand-crafted by diehard underground freaks of the highest order! For fans of side two of “Scum” and being gnawed to death by fire ants. One of the few bands currently doing this style in a way that keeps my attention while repeatedly kicking me in the teeth. Hectic perfection! (Self-Released)

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