MIASMATIC NECROSIS (Paolo), September 2024

[Straight up - MIASMATIC NECROSIS are the kings of goregrind in the 2020s, and "Apex Profane" is unbeaten nearly four years on since release. No-one else has crafted such a record that is disgusting, heavy as hell AND memorable since the glory days of DEAD INFECTION and BILE. Read as Paolo humours my fanboyish blathering.]

RETORSION - "Élve Rohad​á​s" CS (2024)

 

"LET'S DO A BAND LIKE REPULSION!" - clone bands are usually trash for obvious reasons, but when it's this well-executed and with plenty of palpable piss and rage in it, I'm all for it!

THIS IS NOT A PROMO BLOG. No review submissions are accepted.

As the title says, THIS IS NOT A PROMO BLOG and no review submissions are accepted. LIVE TO LOSE is strictly one man's bullshit and nostalgia for the good old days of Web 1.0 put up for whoever stumbles across it to see - nothing more, nothing less. Thanks for reading.

In 2024, there are no excuses for grindcore bands not putting their shit up online.

I mean, c'mon. The reasons are obvious. Well, to me at least. Here are a few.

HARM - "Con Safos" LP (2024)

"LET'S DO A BAND LIKE EXCRUCIATING TERROR!" - Los Angeles grinders HARM (standing for "Harsh.Abusive.Radioactive.Mutation.", according to Discogs) have generated somewhat of a cult name for themselves in the last few years over the course of a few live tapes, a 7" EP, a split 7" and now their debut full length. They play a tributary style of grindcore that is almost entirely based on LA legends EXCRUCIATING TERROR, and on this record, particularly E.T.'s first album, "Expression of Pain". Nearly everything is very reminiscent of it - similar guitar sound, riff and most song arrangements; the emulation of the various idiosyncrasies of E.T's drumming; mostly low, barked vocals; a dirty, rumbling bass and an overall production that just stinks of "Expression of Pain"'s sonic character. I could well end the review here and you'd have a solid idea of what this is all about. 

EXHUMED KORPSE - "Spontaneous Combustion" CS (2023)

Storming out of Adelaide comes EXHUMED KORPSE, a new hard-as-nails black/death war metal entity with a grinding edge. Zero bullshit here!

DISPOSAL UNIT - "78.88.98." CD (2024)

From Lima, Ohio comes DISPOSAL UNIT bringing 10 tracks of hard, embittered, despondent early 90s-rooted industrial metal on their second full length.

Name change to LIVE TO LOSE

TERRIBLE MUTILATION is dead and now you shall LIVE TO LOSE. Contact email is still tmrecs@proton.me

FORCED STARVATION (New Zealand grindcore) - spotlight

Holy fuck, New Zealand just knows how to do it right!

Bands - get your own website with a webstore going (not Bandcamp!). Listeners - you should be buying MP3s instead of streaming.

Oh, another anti-streaming rant? I get it, same old whinge, screaming into the void - but maybe don't scroll by this time?!