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Just found this thread... if you like high-pitched stuff ("cat bands"), Discordance Axis "Jou Hou" and "Inalienable Dreamless" are good albums, I also like As The Sun Sets and the Daughters album "Canada Songs". Some of my friends dig The Locust though I personally am not into them. Puritan is a decent screamo band from central PA (long defunct) with some grind influence. A local band that's done some great black/grind/doom is The Communion - we played several shows with them, although their main guitarist passed away a couple of years ago and I'm not sure what they're up to these days. For lower growls ("dog bands") I love Assuck's "Anticapital" and would recommend it to any fan of death metal or grind, also Broken Hope's "Bowels Of Repugnance" (death/grind), Brutal Truth's "Need To Control" (death? grind?), Napalm Death's "Scum" (forefathers of grind), and if you want really old shit, Swans' "Filth" and "Cop" (forefathers of Napalm Death). -Edit, just saw BAN's list of videos, good call.

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I'll have to listen to Alien Crucifixion, never heard them. For odd kind of industrial growly grind, I forgot to mention Gigantic Brain - they only have one album, "The Invasion Discographies", and it's really fun. Also check out Ahumado Granujo. I like them ok - there are a few other bands in that vein too, must check through my collection. Personally I prefer older, crustier stuff, but I can see the appeal. edit: since I last checked up on them, Gigantic Brain has apparently recorded and released some new material. I've gotta check it out.

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I'll have to listen to Alien Crucifixion' date=' never heard them. For odd kind of industrial growly grind, I forgot to mention Gigantic Brain - they only have one album, "The Invasion Discographies", and it's really fun. Also check out Ahumado Granujo. I like them ok - there are a few other bands in that vein too, must check through my collection. Personally I prefer older, crustier stuff, but I can see the appeal.[/quote'] I hated Ahumado Granujo's vocals. The music sounded decent, but Rompeprop is better, despite also suffering from having terrible vocals. Sent from my HTC PH39100 using Tapatalk 2
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The only Rompeprop I've heard is their split with Tu Carne, and I think I prefer AG. The drummer from my grind band was massively into all this stuff. For slightly more slam, Jig-Ai is good. I give all these bands a pass on their vocals... not too far from Demilich, honestly! Before Cephalic Carnage went all tech, they did some great death grind like Perversions...and the Guilt After, their split with Anal Blast.

I hated Ahumado Granujo's vocals. The music sounded decent, but Rompeprop is better, despite also suffering from having terrible vocals. Sent from my HTC PH39100 using Tapatalk 2
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The only Rompeprop I've heard is their split with Tu Carne' date=' and I think I prefer AG. The drummer from my grind band was massively into all this stuff. For slightly more slam, Jig-Ai is good. I give all these bands a pass on their vocals... not too far from Demilich, honestly! Before Cephalic Carnage went all tech, they did some great death grind like Perversions...and the Guilt After, their split with Anal Blast.[/quote'] All of Cephalic Carnage's albums are great, I just think they've always been so far on the technical and death metally side of grind that I rarely recommend them to those seeking grindcore. Fuck the Facts' last few releases are a better example of technical grind that doesn't forget how to bring it old-school with sliding power chords riffage!!
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The only Rompeprop I've heard is their split with Tu Carne' date=' and I think I prefer AG. The drummer from my grind band was massively into all this stuff. For slightly more slam, Jig-Ai is good. I give all these bands a pass on their vocals... not too far from Demilich, honestly! Before Cephalic Carnage went all tech, they did some great death grind like Perversions...and the Guilt After, their split with Anal Blast.[/quote'] Jig-Ai isn't really my flavor, really repetitive for grind, and the vocals don't do anything for me. For modern grind, I prefer stuff like Nasum and Rotten Sound. Sent from my HTC PH39100 using Tapatalk 2
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All of Cephalic Carnage's albums are great' date=' I just think they've always been so far on the technical and death metally side of grind that I rarely recommend them to those seeking grindcore. Fuck the Facts' last few releases are a better example of technical grind that doesn't forget how to bring it old-school with sliding power chords riffage!![/quote'] "Perversions" is still my favorite recording in a pretty stellar catalog, and it's the only one I'd really call "grind" - they've got that "fuck you" attitude about song arrangements, and a really great sense of humor. But yeah, you're right, more grind-death than grindcore. I love them up through "Xenosapien". I'd also recommend Ed Gein's album "It's A Shame..." if you find yourself into that death-grind sound: b_VckUxlAgU
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