Lachlan’s Top 5 Australian grind albums
It's been a slow news week and I can't find shit to post, so here are my Top 5 Australian grind albums I recently had to compile for a magazine interview with some additional explainatory bullshit attached. Why not list your favourite 5 Australian grind albums too so we all feed like one big warm, happy eFamily (or is that iFamily?)?
In no particular order;
Captain Cleanoff - Discography (No Escape Records): Insanely catchy punk-influenced grindcore; the perfect distillation of Napalm Death style grind coupled with truly infectious grooves. The original pressing of Captain Cleanoff's self-titled was one of my first ever encounters with grindcore, and still remains one of my favourite grind albums of all time. Grindhead sells it.
The Kill - Hate Sessions (No Escape Records): Blisteringly intense, caustic and relentless single-pedal grindcore which has featured at various times members of Fuck... I'm Dead, Blood Duster, Undinism and Super Fun Happy Slide. This three-piece are up there with Gridlink, Pig Destroyer, Discordance Axis and Insect Warfare in their ability in creating fast, violent and stripped-back grindcore. Grindhead sells it.
Agents of Abhorrence - Earth.Water.Sun (Numerical Thief): Frantic Discordance Axis-styled discordant guitar riffing fused with chaotic song structures and delivered with absolutely crushing intensity. To be completely honest, these guys even showed up Insect Warfare when they supported them in Sydney. A wall of chaotic grinding noise.
Blood Duster - Str8outtanorthcote (Relapse Records): This is THE Blood Duster album to own. It captures the band at their most stoner-rock orientated moment, melding incredible blues-baked stoner riffs and psychedelic grooves with erratic bursts of blast beats and Blood Duster's hilarious sense of humour.
Five Star Prison Cell - The Complete First Season (Faultline Records): An absolute oddity in the world of grind. These guys mix grindcore with The Dillinger Escape Plan-esque rapid-fire syncopations and complex Meshuggah-influenced polyrhythms with a vocalist that constantly conjures up references to Mike Patton's experimental approach to vocals. Incredibly awesome, complex and unique. You could argue this isn't strictly grindcore, but I don't care. It rules.
This weekend Ebolie and Kill A Celebrity triumpantly return to the stage at Bald Faced Stag. Be there.
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May 5th, 2009 - 19:16
fuck. this website is a joke. time for a name change. you can’t even name 5 actual grind bands! 5spc are fucking pissweak. I don’t even understand why you cunts run a site called ausgrind when your posts are 50% trendy sydney faggot bands, 49% lachlan posturing and ego-stroking, 1% actual grind. give it up!
May 6th, 2009 - 09:54
Ehh whatever. I thought Five Star Prison Cell deserved mention though they are pretty far from a pure grind band. They are a technically brilliant and very unique extreme band who always seem to cop a lot of shit from grind and metal purists (IE: jerks who only listen to one genre of music). Good for you if you don’t like them; you must feel proud to be able to state such a conviction. If you must have a fifth I’ll go with Fuck… I’m Dead’s Gore Grind Thrash Attack.
If you’re looking for a blog that only praises original wave of raw grind and hates everything post 1989 you’re in the wrong place. I’m not sure what ‘trendy’ Sydney bands you’re talking about, especially when the extreme scene in general doesn’t seem to be particularly healthy nowdays. And of course there is plenty of Lachlan ego stroking. I have an ego which demands consistent stroking. I’m a narcissist.
For old mates sake, here’s a little list of other albums you should have already familiarised yourself with (I might have to start doing a run down of some of these in the near future);
Agents of Abhorrence – Character Dissection
Beyond Terror Beyond Grace – Extinction | Salvation
Blood Duster – Fisting The Dead
Blood Duster – Yeest
Captain Cleanoff – Symphonies of Slackness
Cuntscrape – Thrust Bang Mania
Fuck… I’m Dead – Bring On The Dead
Fuck… I’m Dead – Gore Grind Thrash Attack (DVD/CD)
Hailstones Kill 200 – June 19, 1932
Halo of Knives – Eat God
Maximum Perversion / Ebolie – Fuck Ya Ears and Drink Ya Beers
Roskopp – Roskopp
Super Fun Happy Slide – The Undislodgable Nugget Scenario
The Day Everything Became Nothing – Le Mort
The Kill / Insect Warfare – Split Tape
Unidinism – Born With An Erection
Volatile – Bluez, Booze and BBQz
Warsore – Sweet Revenge
May 6th, 2009 - 11:03
Dear eatballs,
We are here to support the music we listen to and the bands we go watch every week, we aren’t strictly grind listeners therefore we post about whatever the fuck we want, and it our blog, so we can.
If you want to add something productive to this site feel free to contact us and send us Australian grind news stories and we will be more than happy to put them up.
If you wanna whinge go to Metal Shop.
May 6th, 2009 - 18:21
That’s the problem, metalshop has been down for a few days…
If you want grind news, search for it. Why would any idiot rely on one site?
May 7th, 2009 - 09:54
Speaking of; if you ever find anything of interest Nathan feel free to hit me up with a link or whatever for the site.