King Parrot to unleash “Ugly Produce” on September 22, new music video available

King Parrot will unleash their Australian brand of thrash on the band’s third album Ugly Produce due September 22. The record drops from Agonia Records (Europe), Housecore Records (North America) and Rocket/EVP (Australia). “Ten Pounds Of Shit In A Five Pound Bag” is King Parrot’s brand new music video directed by Dan Farmer. Ugly Produce […]

Review: Insect Warfare – World Extermination [2009]

Re-released from 2007, Texas grindcore trio Insect Warfare’s WORLD EXTERMINATION gets the re-release treatment courtesy of Earache, and hail Satan for that! This disc yields a blindingly-fast and corrosively abrasive metallic mauling, essential for fans of Brutal Truth, Napalm Death, and Nasum to get their crusty claws on. Broken down into 20-tracks clocking in at […]

Review: Narcosis – Best Served Cold [2009]

BEST SERVED COLD is an all-encompassing posthumous offering by revered UK grindcore gang Narcosis. Containing 51 tracks chronicling all of this face-shattering troupe’s split 7″‘s, EP’s, and full-lengths, this disc is perfect for completists, as no stone is left unturned when this noise mongering squad scoured their vaults. This caustic affair does a fine job […]

Review: Harpoon – Double Gnarly/Triple Suicide [2009]

Harpoon is a Chicago-based duo (now beefed up to a trio) whose grindcore meets metal batterings are backed by programmed drums, an element that sets a definitive tone for DOUBLE GNARLY/TRIPLE SUICIDE. Coming off as sterile and clinical when artificial beats become inhumanly overbearing (“Throngs”) despite maintaining a crushing concoction of blasting guitars and glass-gargled […]

Review: Total Fucking Destruction – Peace, Love, And Total Fucking Destruction [2008]

Total Fucking Destruction provide an unusual socio-apocalyptic musical experience meshing offbeat bursts of grindcore mired in jackhammered repetition with an unabashed thumb at the nose punk attitude kicking down the door on the irreverent 23-track assault titled PEACE, LOVE, AND TOTAL FUCKING DESTRUCTION. Menacing at times (“Anyone But Me”) yet consistently maintaining an upbeat and […]