Swedish grind.
AFGRUND - Vid Helvetets Grindar - 2009
www.myspace.com/avgrund
Download
Formed in 2006 in Stockholm.
This one is their second full-lenght.
Swedish-made grindcore.
With that inimitable guitar sound...
Fuck it.
Highly damn recommended!
"I spent much of 2008 semi-coherently raving about how Afgrund may be the new Nasum, but the band’s sophomore slab and Willowtip debut, Vid Helvetets Grindar, tells me I was catastrophically wrong.
Afgrund may very well be Sweden’s answer to Kill the fucking Client. The Nasum influence still looms (particularly in the Miezko/Anders-style vocal tradeoffs), but Afgrund escalate the hostility with a more Americanized tinge of aggression and more prominent sludge passages. From the scorched earth artwork through the pyrotechnic assault of songs like A Future Europe in Flames and A Burning Cross on Your Perfect Lawn, everything on Vid Helvetets Grindar unites to create a holocaust that further refines Svarta Dagar. From needle drop to screeching halt, Afgrund maul their way through 30 minutes of elite Scandi-grind with a Texas-sized bite and one massive chip on their shoulder.
Afgrund nimbly dodge the sophomore slump by reaching deep into their arsenal to highlight new attacks, whether it’s the grind n’ roll of Loneslavar Sla Tillbaka or the sinuous, serpentine leads of “The Great Cover Up Apocalypse.
My only nitpick is that Panu Posti (who once again produced) annihilates the guitars in the mix with his turbine drumming (incidently, Svarta Dagar had the exact opposite problem). But the prominence only klieg lights the intricate fills and stutters of the raging Inevitable Environmental Collapse and Borja Fran Noll. Quibbles aside, Vid Helvetets Grindar is an absolutely incendiary album that proves my faith was not misplaced. Look for Afgrund to move up a few more notches on 2009's year end count down."
http://grindandpunishment.blogspot.com
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SAYYADINA - Mourning the Unknown - 2007
www.myspace.com/sayyadinagrindcore
Download
"Sayyadina was formed in the grindcore bombshelter in Hawktown, the rainy summer of 2000. Bored youth as we were, spending our days harrasing the homeless people in our area we decided to grow up and start a band. Since all of us like Brutal Truth, Overdeth and Terrorizer we thought it'd be a great idea to start a fast band, not necessarily a grindcore band... But, as some of you already know Ove has got these really long, slender and fit arms, built for speed so to speak, and we figured the best way to put 'em to use was to make em blast all day long. He liked it and so did we, and the rest is hstory..."
This one is their second album. Crusty, Grind/punk.
Just try this great release.
If you are into fast and hardcore music.
"Mourning the Unknown is tight, blasting but controlled chaos somehow captured on vinyl to give grindheads orgasms. These guys might be just a tad more on the hardcore side of the metal/ hardcore mix which makes up grindcore, but most of the best grind bands are. Yeah I know, Repulsion and early Carcass are great bands but both are a little on the metal side of the mix. Then again, they're really the exceptions to the rule, unless you like the ridiculous level that goregrind and pornogrind have reached.
The key to amazing grind bands like Sayyadina and Yacopsae (besides the incredibly tight musicianship) is to include just enough originality for it to stay interesting, but not enough for it to not be considered grindcore anymore I guess since all kinds of crap is considered grindcore these days that really isn't, that might now be a moot point. Anyway, Sayyadina (whose name is taken from Frank Herbert's Dune book series) was, like Yacopsae, not mentioned in either Decibel or Terrorizer magazines' grindcore issues. Shame on them."
http://no-funeral-zine.blogspot.com
AFGRUND - Vid Helvetets Grindar - 2009
www.myspace.com/avgrund
Download
Formed in 2006 in Stockholm.
This one is their second full-lenght.
Swedish-made grindcore.
With that inimitable guitar sound...
Fuck it.
Highly damn recommended!
"I spent much of 2008 semi-coherently raving about how Afgrund may be the new Nasum, but the band’s sophomore slab and Willowtip debut, Vid Helvetets Grindar, tells me I was catastrophically wrong.
Afgrund may very well be Sweden’s answer to Kill the fucking Client. The Nasum influence still looms (particularly in the Miezko/Anders-style vocal tradeoffs), but Afgrund escalate the hostility with a more Americanized tinge of aggression and more prominent sludge passages. From the scorched earth artwork through the pyrotechnic assault of songs like A Future Europe in Flames and A Burning Cross on Your Perfect Lawn, everything on Vid Helvetets Grindar unites to create a holocaust that further refines Svarta Dagar. From needle drop to screeching halt, Afgrund maul their way through 30 minutes of elite Scandi-grind with a Texas-sized bite and one massive chip on their shoulder.
Afgrund nimbly dodge the sophomore slump by reaching deep into their arsenal to highlight new attacks, whether it’s the grind n’ roll of Loneslavar Sla Tillbaka or the sinuous, serpentine leads of “The Great Cover Up Apocalypse.
My only nitpick is that Panu Posti (who once again produced) annihilates the guitars in the mix with his turbine drumming (incidently, Svarta Dagar had the exact opposite problem). But the prominence only klieg lights the intricate fills and stutters of the raging Inevitable Environmental Collapse and Borja Fran Noll. Quibbles aside, Vid Helvetets Grindar is an absolutely incendiary album that proves my faith was not misplaced. Look for Afgrund to move up a few more notches on 2009's year end count down."
http://grindandpunishment.blogspot.com
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++
SAYYADINA - Mourning the Unknown - 2007
www.myspace.com/sayyadinagrindcore
Download
"Sayyadina was formed in the grindcore bombshelter in Hawktown, the rainy summer of 2000. Bored youth as we were, spending our days harrasing the homeless people in our area we decided to grow up and start a band. Since all of us like Brutal Truth, Overdeth and Terrorizer we thought it'd be a great idea to start a fast band, not necessarily a grindcore band... But, as some of you already know Ove has got these really long, slender and fit arms, built for speed so to speak, and we figured the best way to put 'em to use was to make em blast all day long. He liked it and so did we, and the rest is hstory..."
This one is their second album. Crusty, Grind/punk.
Just try this great release.
If you are into fast and hardcore music.
"Mourning the Unknown is tight, blasting but controlled chaos somehow captured on vinyl to give grindheads orgasms. These guys might be just a tad more on the hardcore side of the metal/ hardcore mix which makes up grindcore, but most of the best grind bands are. Yeah I know, Repulsion and early Carcass are great bands but both are a little on the metal side of the mix. Then again, they're really the exceptions to the rule, unless you like the ridiculous level that goregrind and pornogrind have reached.
The key to amazing grind bands like Sayyadina and Yacopsae (besides the incredibly tight musicianship) is to include just enough originality for it to stay interesting, but not enough for it to not be considered grindcore anymore I guess since all kinds of crap is considered grindcore these days that really isn't, that might now be a moot point. Anyway, Sayyadina (whose name is taken from Frank Herbert's Dune book series) was, like Yacopsae, not mentioned in either Decibel or Terrorizer magazines' grindcore issues. Shame on them."
http://no-funeral-zine.blogspot.com
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