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Napalm Death – Throes of Joy in the Jaws of Defeatism

September 2, 2020

According to every boomer I know, there are only two certainties in life: death and taxes. While existing as the stalest of semi-humorous platitudes, there’s obviously a fairly deep truth to the statement. But... Read More...

Into the Pit – 2019 Wrap-Up And Playlist Swap

Joshua Bulleid

December 16, 2019

Best of 2019, Into the Pit

Happy holidays, fellow moshers! Once again, we find ourselves at the end of the year. A calendar is about to get thrown out just to be replaced by another one with a new number on it. But what a year it was! 20... Read More...

Grind My Gears – 2019 Breakdown (Calm Down, Not That Kind)

Matt MacLennan

December 12, 2019

Best of 2019, Grind My Gears

I've used and abused the Grind My Gears column for a few years now, writing blast blurbs while taking the hits and shits of life as they come. There have been fistfuls of scuzzy riffs and eardrums perforated by... Read More...

Cattle Decapitation – Death Atlas

Joshua Bulleid

November 15, 2019

Reviews

Cattle Decapitation's transformation from novelty goregrind act into one of the premier progressive/technical death metal bands of the modern era has been one of the most surprising and rewarding events in mode... Read More...

EXCLUSIVE PREMIERE: Grind Yourself into “grey goo.” with Rank and Vile

Scott Murphy

October 1, 2019

Premieres

I don't listen to grindcore as often as Matt does, but I still know my way around the genre. Deathgrind has always been my preferred iteration of the style. Bands like Pig Destroyer and later Napalm Death are ... Read More...

Hey! Listen to Not Your Friends!

Scott Murphy

September 19, 2019

Listen To This!

Short bursts of off-kilter aggression have yet to go out of style for me. As much as I've gravitated toward longer and more complex music, I still periodically revisit my high school affinity for the '00s math... Read More...

Grind My Gears – Young Man Screams At Cloud

Matt MacLennan

August 15, 2019

Grind My Gears

There have been a few surprise releases over the last fortnight, including a few featured below. I'm not entitled enough to complain about them throwing off my playlist or writing schedule, but their appearance... Read More...

Doomsday – March 2019

Pete Williams

March 27, 2019

Doomsday

Greetings unto thee, heaviest of Heavy Bloggers! Welcome to the end of Q1 for Riff Lords, Inc. I am Pete, here as always with your monthly presentation of doom economics. 2019 has slowly been ramping up the re... Read More...

Asthma Castle – Mount Crushmore

Pete Williams

March 6, 2019

Reviews

Doom metal can sometimes become a catch-all term. Bands just get that label because they don’t clearly fit into something else. If it’s not fast-paced or evil enough, then you can’t give it the death or thrash... Read More...

Grind My Gears – New Year, New You, Same Shit, New Grind

Matt MacLennan

February 21, 2019

Grind My Gears, Listen To This!

January didn't have an edition of Grind My Gears because yours truly was up to his nuts in boring, boring life bullshit. There's little point in fixating on it - that wouldn't be very grindcore, after all - so... Read More...

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