PRETTY LITTLE FLOWER

 

Stalwarts of Gulf Coast Grindcore for more than two decades, PRETTY LITTLE FLOWER are one of the finest and most consistent examples of the genre. Shit is tight like a lid on your casket, the amped up early thrash riffing on the slower parts (which are still fast of course - "Pinned Beneath The Flaming Wreckage" as a perfect example) set them apart from knuckle-dragging hoards and the pure relentlessness is unparalleled. 2014's Ultimate Whirlwind Of Incineration was maybe their fourth album and it's an absolute clinic....I'm gonna stop talking - find your volume knob and activate it. 

ULTIMATE WHIRLWIND OF INCINERATION

 

BEHAVIOR

 

It's hard to explain why (how?) this BEHAVIOR tape hits so hard. Relatively hesitant, murky, no-fi dream pop ain't typically my thing over here, but....when it works, maybe it's best to not spend too much time questioning why? Just press play and let it soak in.

P.S. + THE BETTER HOUSE

ANGEL LUST

 

Oh yes - I don't know how I passed this behemoth from San Jose in real time, but all hail my hoarding tendencies and a burning desire to listen to everything at least once. You can listen to ANGEL LUST once, but I advice volume and focus to prepare yourself for the very real possibility that you might not get a second chance....there might not be anything left. Five bursts of filthy grinding hardcore delivered with OSDM ferocity, it's a fucking shame that this tape was all that ANGEL LUST have to the world, but it's possible that they imploded after they finished this masterpiece. And fair enough if they did.

ANGEL LUST

2ND COMING

Snail mail Los Angeles address and a (310) area code scrawled on the inside (but no email), so I'm going to guess late '90s here - but the sound is what really dates 2ND COMING, and that is not a dig. NYC style crossover (think SOD, ANTHRAX) with serious SUICIDAL vibes (check the solo on "The Blame" - dropping right into the funk break). It's so hard trying to imagine this band even existing in the new millennium....

2ND COMING

 

FREMEN

 

Nothing to say other than a simple, humble request: read the title. 

If this is what that sounds like...

If this is what that feels like...

Then I'm ready to pack my bags. 

TIME TRAVEL

DISCARGA

 

Playing with DISCARGA in Brazil was something else. We spent a week with them in 2002 and they laid waste to everything. Every night. I posted this demo in 2014 but I've been blasting a lot of early '00s fastcore lately and DISCARGA just keeps coming up...because they were awesome. That's all. 

DISCARGA 2000

DISHUMAN

 

Five blasts of by-the-books DBeat repetition, delivered with every ounce of raw fury the (sub)genre demands. Bands can use more than two riffs if they want...but DISHUMAN makes it clear that the extra riffs aren't really necessary. "Hate For This System" on repeat all damn day. 

DEMO 2021