Magrudergrind

Grindcore and the more fertile subgenre power violence have always been rooted in a sociopolitical tradition, though it's easy to lose sight of that amid the sweat-drenched chaos of the blast beats. But there's much more to behold. In the case of Washington, D...

Maryland Deathfest performers Watain and Pentagram have contributed songs to a free digital extreme metal compilation that will be distributed at the event by Metalhit.com. Other artists on the collection are Revocation, the Crinn, Wormrot, Graves of Valor, Hail of Bullets, Nominon, Cardiac Arrest, Sectioned, Diabolic, Colonize the Rotting, Aldaaron, Sacrilegious Impalement, Vulvectomy and Othrus.

It seems like Relapse death squad Misery Index are always on the road, hitting that pavement hard to spread their biting social commentaries and politically-informed diatribes to the unwashed masses. They've recently announced a February/March tour with like-minded crucial moshers Magrudergrind, and they're gearing up to launch an attack on Noisecreep's home base, New York City, on March 20... Re

Even though Blacklisted and Hope Conspiracy played there last week, Brooklyn, N.Y.'s Cake Shop is usually a venue where indie bands play. Yet on Jan. 23, it was the sanctuary to underage grindcore lovers. With the show -- that was put on by Rich Hall of 1,000 Knives and Black Bubblegum of BrooklynVegan -- starting mid-afternoon and ending before 9 PM, it was just like being at a matinee... Read M

Remember a week or so ago, when Five Finger Death Punch announced that guitarist Zoltan Bathory had gone missing in Las Vegas? Well, Zoltan's finally speaking about what really went down over those three days the band couldn't track him down...

The work of Ryan Patterson from Auxiliary Design graces the front of Struck By Lightning's 'Serpents,' released on Translation Loss Records. "Greg from Struck By Lightning wanted an occult, dark vibe for the art, obviously centering around a serpent," Patterson recently told Noisecreep in an interview...

One look at Magrudergrind's self-titled might cause a little confusion. There's a cadre of cut-out style unrelated images in black and white against a stark yellow background, with a crossed out double eighth note suggesting an anti-musical sentiment...

Scott Hull might be the hardest working man in underground metal today. Besides his heralded studio work mastering records by acts like Brutal Truth, Magrudergrind, and Suffocation, the guitarist somehow still finds time to write and record with grindcore juggernauts Agoraphobic Nosebleed and Pig Destroyer...