Gene Meyer

Get to know Wisconsin grinders Mellow Harsher.

P.L.F. keep the titles long and the songs short on Jackhammering Deathblow of Nightmarish Trepidation.

What were the best grindcore songs of 2018?

Black metal isn’t all Norway has to offer.

D.C. grinders No/Más are featured in the latest Blast Worship column.

Texas grinders Daggra are featured.

Suffering Quota live Life in Disgust.

Goregrinders Sulfuric Cautery like their blast beats and they like them fast.

Kluvim come flying out of Israel with their caustic blend of grindcore, powerviolence and sludge.

New Jersey grinders Durian play fast, ask questions later.

Get familiar with grindcore duo Meth Leppard.

Check out California grind crew Recalcitrant.

Worship blasts with the Czech Republic’s grindcore maniacs Needful Things.

Do Crucial Rip rip?

Crust-worshipping grind maniacs Controlled Existence deliver aggressive, memorable grindcore.

Get familiar with Cognizant, a relatively new, technical grindcore outfit.

Watch a new video for Upheaval‘s “Eviscerate the Light.”

Waking the Cadaver vocalist Don Campan speaks on the band’s reunion, upcoming show, new music and the “shredded wheat” meme.

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Does Slave to the Grind accurately document the genre? Decibel watches the film to find out.

Our Place of Worship is Silence provide a refreshing take on death metal with their second full-length.

Grindcore outfits Chepang and Test team up for a blistering, innovative split.

Decibel attends a “Two Minutes to Late Night” taping at Saint Vitus.

Nasum drummer Anders Jakobson discusses the grindcore legends’ debut full-length, Inhale/Exhale.

Organ Dealer return to action, sharing a three-way split with Nerve Grind and Invertebrate.

Stream Backslider‘s crushing new EP, Death Residue.

Comedian Chris Cook listens to and shares his thoughts on a variety of extreme metal songs.

Comedian Shane Torres on Pig Destroyer, Deicide and why Pallbearer reminds him of Top Gun.

“Paul Ryan” (Chris Fairbanks) weighs in on metal songs he’s never heard and will never listen to again.

Extremely non-metal comedian Jessa Reed gives her take on extremely extreme songs from Ulver, Cryptopsy, Slipknot and more.