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Bandit (USA) - Warsaw (2018)

Bandit (USA) - Warsaw (2018)

Zmaj - 8:28 AM

Philly's Bandit condensed a whole bunch of shifty, riff-heavy powerviolence to about four minutes on their 2018 EP titled Warsaw, leaving cadaverous footprints in the shapes of top-tier grind bands such as Pig Destroyer and even Discordance Axis (see also the 2017 EP,  Self Inflicted , for riffs of worship) in their wake. Most importantly, whatever they lose for the speed demons among their listeners with the occasional chugalong, they quite successfully make up for it in the elaborated riff department and tight song-structuring. Put the …

SINGLE-MINDED BLASTBEATS: Sikora (Canada) - 5 Torments (2020)

SINGLE-MINDED BLASTBEATS: Sikora (Canada) - 5 Torments (2020)

Zmaj - 10:22 AM

In the first installment of Single-minded Blastbeats - namely, an ongoing exhibition of one-human solo grindworks and other blastbeat-adjacent projects - I present Sikora, aptly powered by Sarah Jane Cooper, member of Minitel , a defunct band of (totally understandable) Discordance Axis worship. The low, dragging start to  Imposter Syndrome is a self-conscious far cry from professed "false grind" clichés, and it certainly doesn't prepare one for the rest of the blasting tracks that grace the EP. Rare breakdowns rain down hard; i…

MOUTH BREATHER (Texas, USA) - Welcome to the Hellmouth (2020)

MOUTH BREATHER (Texas, USA) - Welcome to the Hellmouth (2020)

Zmaj - 6:11 PM

The problem with fast 'n' noisy music is that there is no problem, but there are only so much adjectives to describe it as such. Sure, I'd have it easier if there were less kickass bands to check out, yet having it easy is hardly the point of life. As the old saying goes, life sucks and then you die, at least for us mortal working folk, so maybe the best you can do is to get all powerviolent about it, something like the four Texans who call themselves Mouth Breather. Welcome to the Hellmouth is no-nonsense grindviolence in the sen…