ChaosResolved
12-11-2005, 10:53 AM
Generative Genres: Grindcore
As Jordan Volz's "Tracking the Trends" articles uncover musical trends in specific regions of the world, Generative Genres focuses more on the essence of truly visionary genres. This article is the first chapter of a four part series featuring bands who are just stepping into the limelight of their particular genre. Also to be noted about my articles, they will be showcasing more metal-oriented bands rather than spacey post rock bands like my friend Jordan loves to write about. So, open your browser and get the horns ready, you're about to be informed on the generative genre of grindcore.
Stand Before the Firing Squad
Valencia, California
http://www.decoymusic.com/images/trackingthetrends/StandbeforetheFiringSquad.jpg
Listen: Myspace (http://www.myspace.com/standbeforethefiringsquad)
Website: Hand of Hope Records (http://www.handofhoperecords.com/)
It seemed like any other drugged out fiesta: heroin and tacos. We've all been there before, but this one was different, this one...it was the beginning of Stand Before the Firing Squad. While some lay passed out, five men made eye contact that day and changed each other's lives forever. There was much cuddling along with discussion. It was discovered that four of the five played instruments, 2 geeeturs, 1 bass (non-fish) and bongos. The bongos were later converted to drums. The last man played no instruments, had no rhythm and was possibly a chimpanzee. This made him prime material for lead vocals. After a hardy mud wrestling match a name was chosen for the band. Stand Before the Firing Squad, the genesis story.
See You Next Tuesday
Bay City, Michigan
http://www.decoymusic.com/images/trackingthetrends/SeeyounextTuesday.jpg
Listen: Myspace (http://www.myspace.com/seeyounexttuesday)
Website: See You Next Tuesday (http://www.seeyount.com/)
See You Next Tuesday has an affiliation with the grind-whore Cunning Linguist Industrial Technologies, (otherwise known as C.L.I.T.), and it's easy to see why. This band takes the phrase "hyprbrütality" to a new level with their extremely abstruse vocals and hi-tech pulses of jangling grooves. Just recently down-sized from a 5-piece band to a 4-piece band, See You Next Tuesday shows no signs of slowing down. Their 3-song self-titled EP is out now and can be ordered from both their myspace and C.L.I.T.'s myspace page as well.
Dead Will Rise
Central Ohio
http://www.decoymusic.com/images/trackingthetrends/DeadwillRise.jpg
Listen: Myspace (http://www.myspace.com/deadwillrise)
Website: Dead Will Rise (http://www.deadwillrise.com/)
In September, Jordan wrote the article "Tracking the Trends: Ohio Alternatives" to present Decoy readers with amazing bands from that region. I'm here today to present one more band from that area of the country that deserves a mention: Dead Will Rise. These technical grindcore prodigies have offered us Rest Assured the End is Upon Us, the most promising debut Extended Play since Into the Moat's Means by Which the End is Justified. These boy-wonders use the release's 5 tracks to brandish their compelling capabilities of descending into mammoth breakdowns only to surge back up into dexterous and perforating improv segments. Keep an eye out for these grinders because they're only going to get better.
Cloacal Kiss
Raleigh, North Carolina
http://www.decoymusic.com/images/trackingthetrends/CloacalKiss.jpg
Listen: Myspace (http://www.myspace.com/cloacalkiss)
Website: Cloacal Kiss (http://www.cloacalkiss.com/)
"Four men...one machine...bathing in the sweet grease of your rot." The band's short but effective description of their 4-man, 1 drum machine (known to the band as Programus) vortexing grind project. Clocal Kiss was created by the members of the now deceased grindcore band The Sawtooth Grin and the band couldn't be more assiduous on reperforming the blistering spectacle that earned The Sawtooth Grin's popularity. The paroxysm of earsplitting shrieks and clambering guitars remains the apex of the band's inherited abilities, but newfangled sense of perversion separates Cloacal Kiss (which is defined as a sexual act between two birds) from being a mirror image of their former selves.
Crowpath
Southern Sweden
http://www.decoymusic.com/images/trackingthetrends/Crowpath.jpg
Listen:Willowtip (http://www.willowtip.com/store/product_detail.aspx?id=505)
Website:Crowpath (http://www.crowpath.com/)
With 2 full-lengths distributed by Willowtip, including their newly available album Son of Sulphur, and several vinyl releases under their belt, Crowpath has emerged as a formidable powerhouse in the modern grindcore scene. Their previous release, Red on Chrome, was as distorted as a bumper-car rally under the illumination of a hundred bursting strobe lights. Son of Sulphur, however, sees an impelling amalgam of gargantuan baneful breakdowns and grind-oriented havoc that brings to mind the unique works of Mare and The Secret. Crowpath has developed an inconceivable hybrid of two contrasting genres with their latest album and it's foolish to think they'll stop there, as these Swedish grindcore pioneers have just begun their cauterizing career.
- Eric Simpson
As Jordan Volz's "Tracking the Trends" articles uncover musical trends in specific regions of the world, Generative Genres focuses more on the essence of truly visionary genres. This article is the first chapter of a four part series featuring bands who are just stepping into the limelight of their particular genre. Also to be noted about my articles, they will be showcasing more metal-oriented bands rather than spacey post rock bands like my friend Jordan loves to write about. So, open your browser and get the horns ready, you're about to be informed on the generative genre of grindcore.
Stand Before the Firing Squad
Valencia, California
http://www.decoymusic.com/images/trackingthetrends/StandbeforetheFiringSquad.jpg
Listen: Myspace (http://www.myspace.com/standbeforethefiringsquad)
Website: Hand of Hope Records (http://www.handofhoperecords.com/)
It seemed like any other drugged out fiesta: heroin and tacos. We've all been there before, but this one was different, this one...it was the beginning of Stand Before the Firing Squad. While some lay passed out, five men made eye contact that day and changed each other's lives forever. There was much cuddling along with discussion. It was discovered that four of the five played instruments, 2 geeeturs, 1 bass (non-fish) and bongos. The bongos were later converted to drums. The last man played no instruments, had no rhythm and was possibly a chimpanzee. This made him prime material for lead vocals. After a hardy mud wrestling match a name was chosen for the band. Stand Before the Firing Squad, the genesis story.
See You Next Tuesday
Bay City, Michigan
http://www.decoymusic.com/images/trackingthetrends/SeeyounextTuesday.jpg
Listen: Myspace (http://www.myspace.com/seeyounexttuesday)
Website: See You Next Tuesday (http://www.seeyount.com/)
See You Next Tuesday has an affiliation with the grind-whore Cunning Linguist Industrial Technologies, (otherwise known as C.L.I.T.), and it's easy to see why. This band takes the phrase "hyprbrütality" to a new level with their extremely abstruse vocals and hi-tech pulses of jangling grooves. Just recently down-sized from a 5-piece band to a 4-piece band, See You Next Tuesday shows no signs of slowing down. Their 3-song self-titled EP is out now and can be ordered from both their myspace and C.L.I.T.'s myspace page as well.
Dead Will Rise
Central Ohio
http://www.decoymusic.com/images/trackingthetrends/DeadwillRise.jpg
Listen: Myspace (http://www.myspace.com/deadwillrise)
Website: Dead Will Rise (http://www.deadwillrise.com/)
In September, Jordan wrote the article "Tracking the Trends: Ohio Alternatives" to present Decoy readers with amazing bands from that region. I'm here today to present one more band from that area of the country that deserves a mention: Dead Will Rise. These technical grindcore prodigies have offered us Rest Assured the End is Upon Us, the most promising debut Extended Play since Into the Moat's Means by Which the End is Justified. These boy-wonders use the release's 5 tracks to brandish their compelling capabilities of descending into mammoth breakdowns only to surge back up into dexterous and perforating improv segments. Keep an eye out for these grinders because they're only going to get better.
Cloacal Kiss
Raleigh, North Carolina
http://www.decoymusic.com/images/trackingthetrends/CloacalKiss.jpg
Listen: Myspace (http://www.myspace.com/cloacalkiss)
Website: Cloacal Kiss (http://www.cloacalkiss.com/)
"Four men...one machine...bathing in the sweet grease of your rot." The band's short but effective description of their 4-man, 1 drum machine (known to the band as Programus) vortexing grind project. Clocal Kiss was created by the members of the now deceased grindcore band The Sawtooth Grin and the band couldn't be more assiduous on reperforming the blistering spectacle that earned The Sawtooth Grin's popularity. The paroxysm of earsplitting shrieks and clambering guitars remains the apex of the band's inherited abilities, but newfangled sense of perversion separates Cloacal Kiss (which is defined as a sexual act between two birds) from being a mirror image of their former selves.
Crowpath
Southern Sweden
http://www.decoymusic.com/images/trackingthetrends/Crowpath.jpg
Listen:Willowtip (http://www.willowtip.com/store/product_detail.aspx?id=505)
Website:Crowpath (http://www.crowpath.com/)
With 2 full-lengths distributed by Willowtip, including their newly available album Son of Sulphur, and several vinyl releases under their belt, Crowpath has emerged as a formidable powerhouse in the modern grindcore scene. Their previous release, Red on Chrome, was as distorted as a bumper-car rally under the illumination of a hundred bursting strobe lights. Son of Sulphur, however, sees an impelling amalgam of gargantuan baneful breakdowns and grind-oriented havoc that brings to mind the unique works of Mare and The Secret. Crowpath has developed an inconceivable hybrid of two contrasting genres with their latest album and it's foolish to think they'll stop there, as these Swedish grindcore pioneers have just begun their cauterizing career.
- Eric Simpson