Like thrash before it, grindcore was born out of a convergence of elements of punk and metal. Where thrash combined metal song structure and intensity with the brevity and minimalism of punk, grindcore merged the most abrasive aspects of hardcore punk with the techniques of death metal of the oldest school, arriving at an uncompromisingly direct and streamlined torrent of atavistic rage.
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German grindcore gods Blood have made some patches and put them up for sale in their web shop.
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Retortion Terror and Invidiosus serve up a high-speed, fourteen minute technical grindcore split with one stronger half holding up the weaker side as on most split releases.
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Blood played an inspiring live show at Cafe Central in Weinheim, Germany just two years ago.
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Grindcore guitar god Takafumi Matsubara (Gridlink and Mortalized) has a new band now, Retortion Terror. They have recorded a split with an American grind band called Invidiosus. Both bands are currently seeking labels to print and distribute the release on CD, cassette, and LP.
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Carcass have been touring almost non-stop over the last few years, playing their “hits” and a few tracks from the awful Surgical Steel, including the ones that rip off “The Hellion” and “Holy Wars”.
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Blood are taking pre-orders for their upcoming Inferno at their own online store.
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Guitarist Takafumi Matsubara of Mortalized and Gridlink wrote a new track earlier this month for Australian distortion pedal manufacturer Unknown Pedal Australia.
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