Secret Cutter is one of those bands that I try to tell everyone to listen to, every time their self-titled debut comes on shuffle. I remember fondly the day I hit play on that, expecting d-beats and screeching but getting much, much more. The Bethlehem, PA natives were one of…
There’s no reason to be sorry for creating grindcore in any of its forms. Unless you’re a far-right grind trio recording EP’s between meth runs/gammon steaming/boot polish conventions, then you can shut that shit down and start apologising right away. I digress, already. The introduction unravelled pretty much from the…
God. Damn. It’s so nice to come back to Heavy Blog for a new week with fresh as fuck grindcore to share. The time I allocate myself for checking out new music has had to take a pretty hefty cut recently because of (no one cares) but I’ll never give…
No matter how hard we try to keep on top of everything coming out, we’re gonna miss a few here and there. Like the new WAKE LP which came out a day after the last Grind My Gears graced newsfeeds worldwide (ha). With myself to blame I considered dedicating this…
Everyone loves a good split. They’re basically a BOGOF. There are a bunch of good ones in the shit gilded halls of Grind My Gears this time around. I’m keeping the intro short this time around because I’m sick of the sound of my own voice in my head and…
A recent teaser from Relapse Records got me really excited about grind all over again. I might have fallen out of love with the whole thing for a few minutes between a combination of waxy ears and new headphones. But, after a dig that revealed what I assume to be…
It’s been a year for good old grind. Maybe certain political events and increased tensions in a couple of places are the reason? Grind from the ground up has always been deeply rooted in current and future global interests, any one who tells you otherwise can go suck a McFuck.…
The world is full of mysterious places, cultures and grindcore. You just need to know where to look to find them (a Bandcamp search for the grindcore tag). I know fine and well that I tend to focus on the typical Western countries when covering bands on Grind My Gears,…
Four years ago I was a proud member of the #defendentombedcore movement, hailing every band to use the HM-2 pedal prominently in their sound as the next best thing. If it didn’t buzzsaw, I didn’t care. Now, having matured significantly (slightly) as a human and appreciator of extreme music, I…
I’ve written and deleted four or five attempts at an introductory paragraph for this edition of Grind My Gears. The stretches I was trying to make happen were ridiculous. Seriously. I went with a vague Pretty Woman metaphor, tried to open with a “religious subtext” shtick, eventually deciding to pack…
