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Poison Wind 'Virus!'
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Review: Poison Wind ‘Virus!’

3rd November 20202nd December 2020 Reza Mills Black Metal, Eleventh Key, Grindcore, Metal, Poison Wind, Sludge, Virus!

Poison Wind is an eight piece ‘supergroup’ formed during the early stages of the COVID -19 lockdown and features Brian

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Obnoxious Youth ‘Mouths Sewn Shut’
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Review: Obnoxious Youth ‘Mouths Sewn Shut’

22nd May 202023rd June 2020 Matt Alexander Grindcore, Hardcore, Metal, Mouths Sewn Shut, Obnoxious Youth, Svart Records

Would you look at that record cover….I hadn’t even heard a note and I already knew what I was in

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Total Fucking Destruction ‘…to be alive at the end of the world’
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Review: Total Fucking Destruction ‘…to be alive at the end of the world’

21st April 202022nd May 2020 Dave Bowes …to be alive at the end of the world, Grindcore, Total Fucking Destruction, Translation Loss Records

With more splits to their name than a yoga influencer’s Instagram and a general recording history that would put the

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Collision ‘The Final Kill’
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Review: Collision ‘The Final Kill’

8th April 20201st May 2020 Matt Alexander Collision, Grindcore, Hammerheart Records, The Final Kill

Today I have the honour of reviewing the final release from Dutch grindcore stalwarts, Collision, with their new record The

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WVRM ‘Colony Collapse’
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Review: WVRM ‘Colony Collapse’

26th March 20201st May 2020 Matt Alexander Colony Collapse, Grindcore, Prosthetic Records, WVRM

Repulsion guitarist Matt Olivo described grindcore as ‘This isn’t metal, it isn’t punk, I don’t know what the fuck these

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Abest ‘Bonds Of Euphoria’
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Review: Abest ‘Bonds Of Euphoria’

24th January 202011th February 2020 Chris Wood Abest, Bonds Of Euphoria, Grindcore, Hardcore, Moment Of Collapse Records, This Charming Man Records

It’s weird how one note makes all the difference to a chord, how subtle changes to what you’re playing takes

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Exhumed ‘Horror’
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Review: Exhumed ‘Horror’

25th October 201914th November 2019 Sandy Williamson Exhumed, Grindcore, Horror, Relapse Records

What more do you need to say about gory death metal icons and legends Exhumed? Well nothing really, as their

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Cloud Rat ‘Pollinator’
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Review: Cloud Rat ‘Pollinator’

22nd October 201929th October 2019 Fossil Artoffact Records, Cloud Rat, Grindcore, Pollinator, Review

The words ‘savage’ and ‘brutal’ are so over-used when referring to grind (and all its variants) that, however much they

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Magrudergrind 'II'
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Magrudergrind ‘II’ CD/LP/DD 2016

16th March 201613th September 2019 Jorge Miguel 2016, CD, Digital, Grindcore, Hardcore, II, Jorge Miguel, LP, Magrudergrind, Power Violence, Relapse Records, Review

Magrudergrind are back after six years of silence and they remain just as brutal and relentless as they were back

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Isolation Tank / Art Of Burning Water – Split 7″/DD 2014

28th August 20143rd September 2019 Dave Bowes 2014, 7", Art Of Burning Water, Dave Bowes, Digital, Doom Metal, Grindcore, Isolation Tank, Power Violence, Review, Sludge, SuperFi Records, Survivor Guilt, Vetala Productions

If there’s one thing that could never be aimed at either Isolation Tank or Art Of Burning Water, it’s that

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Beg – S/T – LP/DD 2014

2nd August 20143rd September 2019 Dave Bowes 2014, Beg, Dave Bowes, Digital, Grindcore, Hardcore, LP, Power Violence, Review, Self Titled, SuperFi Records

Featuring Grief from London-based filth-mongerers Art Of Burning Water on guitar and Elliot Smith from like-minded grinders The Afternoon Gentlemen

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