History Main / Grindcore

* Powerviolence: Though stylistically closer to hardcore punk, powerviolence is sometimes seen as a grindcore subgenre due to how similar it sounds to the latter. Sonically, it takes inspiration from grindcore, HarshNoise and thrashcore with a more dissonant riffage and HardcorePunk-style shouts (as opposed to grindcore's DeathMetal growls and shrieks), while also adding fluctuating tempos akin to SludgeMetal and crust punk along with samples from action films, TV shows, and video games as postmodern meta-commentary. California's flourishing skateboarding, HipHop, and graffiti culture during the mid-90s also left an imprint on the powerviolence scene. Key artists from the original powerviolence scene include Siege, Spazz, No Comment, Infest, Gasp, Despise You, Man Is the Bastard, and Crossed Out, while notable contemporary acts include Charles Bronson, Witch Cult, [=ACxDC=], Bucket Full of Teeth, Weekend Nachos, Magrudergrind, and Hatred Surge. Non-American PV bands include Conga Fury (Japan) and Yacøpsæ (Germany).

* Pornogrind: a derivative of goregrind that [[LighterAndSofter relies more on groove and fun than pure aggression and gore]] ([[DownplayedTrope though considering how grind itself is already quite abrasive, that's not saying a whole lot]]). Of course, the lyrics are often sexually explicit. Bears a lot of resemblance to goregrind, may be a little slower though. It's not unusual to have high pitched falsetto vocals (in a tongue-in-cheek way) along the usual pitch-shifted gurgling vocals. Gut, Rompeprop, Gutalax, Cemetary Rapist, Cock and Ball Torture, and Meat Shits are the most famous examples.

* Powerviolence: Though stylistically closer to hardcore punk, powerviolence is sometimes seen as a grindcore subgenre due to its overlap with the genre. Sonically, it takes inspiration from grindcore, HarshNoise and thrashcore with a more dissonant riffage and HardcorePunk-style vocals (as opposed to grindcore's DeathMetal growls and shrieks), while also adding fluctuating tempos akin to SludgeMetal and crust punk along with samples from action films, TV shows, and video games as postmodern meta-commentary. California's flourishing skateboarding, HipHop, and graffiti culture during the mid-90s also left an imprint on the powerviolence scene. Key artists from the original powerviolence scene include Siege, Spazz, No Comment, Infest, Gasp, Despise You, Man Is the Bastard, and Crossed Out, while notable contemporary acts include Charles Bronson, Witch Cult, [=ACxDC=], Bucket Full of Teeth, Weekend Nachos, and Hatred Surge. Non-American PV bands include Conga Fury (Japan) and Yacøpsæ (Germany).
* Crustgrind: grindcore that kept more of its crust roots rather than its extreme metal roots. To sum up, it's d-beat crust with blast beats; but it's definitely more than that. Examples would be Extreme Noise Terror, Electro Hippies, and Disrupt.

* Powerviolence: PV is sometimes seen as a grindcore subgenre, it takes inspiration from grindcore, HarshNoise and thrashcore with a more dissonant riffage and HardcorePunk-style vocals (as opposed to grindcore's more DeathMetal one), while also adding fluctuating tempos akin to SludgeMetal and crust punk and often incorporated samples from action films, TV shows, and video games as postmodern meta-commentary. California’s flourishing skateboarding, HipHop, and graffiti culture during the mid-90s also left an imprint on the powerviolence scene. Key artists include Siege, Spazz, No Comment, Infest, Gasp, Man Is the Bastard and Crossed Out, with revival bands started to crop up, such as Charles Bronson, Witch Cult, [=ACxDC=], Bucket Full of Teeth and Hatred Surge. Non-American PV bands include Conga Fury (Japan) and Yacøpsæ (Germany).

* Jarhead Fertilizer

* PornWithPlot: Hentaigrind and pornogrind bands found a way to adapt pornography and hentai in their music beyond IntercourseWithYou, essentially creating a variation of the trope - Porn With Music.

* Deathgrind: grindcore that's less compressed, making it easier to understand what's going on with all the instruments. Some bands combine grind with the aforementioned brutal death metal. Think of the later [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TvBo4KV7MoA Napalm Death]]. Alternatively, some bands such as [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V0OYZujVu_k Cephalic Carnage]] play more with the musical complexity common to death metal but do it at the intense speeds of grindcore; this can often sound like death metal with far too many notes, or grindcore that's far too long and complex. There is also some overlap with deathcore, as numerous early bands in the latter genre took heavy influence from deathgrind. Brutal Truth, Terrorizer, Gorerotted, Assück, and Rotten Sound are some of the best examples of the genre.

* Blackened grindcore: ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin - BlackMetal meets grindcore. Expect blatant Satanic imagery, corpse paint and SeriousBusiness here. Oh, and intentionally lo-fi production as well. Notable bands in this subgenre include Sunlight's Bane and Knelt Rote.

The principal characteristic of grind music is its intense density: everything is pushed to the extreme, so much that on first listening it can be difficult to discern what is happening, and it sounds just like a wall of speedy noise and shrieking vocals[[note]]Some bands actually do this, in fact; it's called "noisegrind"[[/note]]. Grind in general is often mistaken for brutal death metal, which is a subgenre of death metal that strips away melodic elements to focus on a dense pounding sound. However, this is much slower and more technical, and relies more on heaviness, non-stop beating and linearity than the monster speed and aggression of grindcore. Musically speaking, grind tends to use more power chords, simple tremolo pickings and fast beats while brutal death tends more to use intricate tremolo picking, a lot of palm muting and intricate riffs, and a much more technical and heavy drumming. While in pure speed, both genres are on par, grind feels "faster" than brutal death, which feels more "overwhelming". Just compare the second [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D87ExoPR2SE Napalm Death]] album to anything by, say, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ln5jRhlySA0 Hate Eternal]]. Yeah, it's confusing, especially when you have bands that merge the two.

* MisogynySong: A distressingly common lyrical theme in pornogrind, though it's almost always done for pure shock value.

The principal characteristic of grind music is its intense density: everything is pushed to the extreme, so much that on first listening it can be difficult to discern what is happening, and it sounds just like a wall of speedy noise and shrieking vocals[[note]]some bands actually do this, in fact, it's called noisegrind[[/note]]. Grind in general is often mistaken for brutal death metal, which is a subgenre of death metal that strips away melodic elements to focus on a dense pounding sound. However, this is much slower and more technical, and relies more on heaviness, non-stop beating and linearity than the monster speed and aggression of grindcore. Musically speaking, grind tends to use more power chords, simple tremolo pickings and fast beats while brutal death tends more to use intricate tremolo picking, a lot of palm muting and intricate riffs, and a much more technical and heavy drumming. While in pure speed, both genres are on par, grind feels "faster" than brutal death, which feels more "overwhelming". Just compare the second [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D87ExoPR2SE Napalm Death]] album to anything by, say, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ln5jRhlySA0 Hate Eternal]]. Yeah, it's confusing, especially when you have bands that merge the two.

'''Grindcore''', often shortened to "grind", is what you get when you take hardcore, thrashcore, and crust punk and mix them with the spirit of noise and power electronics. Short, brutal, and apparently a joke to begin with.

While there are some examples of bands playing an early form of the genre in the early eighties, grind really started in the late eighties in the UK, Japan, and the US, when the crust punk band Napalm Death decided to take their already pretty extreme music to a new level. Combining their music with extreme metal, they created a new subgenre of both punk and metal. The term "grindcore" reportedly came from Napalm Death's drummer Mick Harris describing a Music/{{Swans}} album to a friend.

The genre is characterized by incredibly short songs (songs lasting under a minute aren't unusual, and the barely-over-one-second song is a staple of the genre, first pioneered by Music/NapalmDeath with their song "You Suffer"), growled vocals akin to DeathMetal mixed with thrashcore shouts and shrieks, a chaotic, stripped-down but still very heavy sound, fast drumming, and an overall simplicity in everything: time signatures, three-chords-by-song, no chorus, or so. Later bands, particularly in the 2000s (like the Swedish band Nasum), added a whole new level of musicianship to the genre. The lyrical content of grindcore is faithful to its punk roots and is usually about [[ProtestSong political and social content]], although being as a genre highly prone to mutation and fusion, it can be about virtually anything.

* Powerviolence: PV is sometimes seen as a grindcore subgenre, it takes inspiration from grindcore, HarshNoise and thrashcore with a more dissonant riffage and HardcorePunk-style vocals (as opposed to grindcore's more DeathMetal one), while also adding fluctuating tempos akin to SludgeMetal and crust punk and often incorporated samples from action films, TV shows, and video games as postmodern meta-commentary. California’s flourishing skateboarding, HipHop, and graffiti culture during the mid-90s also left an imprint on the powerviolence scene. Key artists include Spazz, No Comment, Infest, Gasp, Man Is the Bastard and Crossed Out, with revival bands started to crop up, such as Charles Bronson, Witch Cult, [=ACxDC=], Bucket Full of Teeth and Hatred Surge. Non-American PV bands include Conga Fury (Japan) and Yacøpsæ (Germany).

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* Powerviolence: PV is sometimes seen as a grindcore subgenre, it takes inspiration from grindcore, HarshNoise and thrashcore with a more dissonant riffage and HardcorePunk-style vocals (as opposed to grindcore's more DeathMetal one), while also adding fluctuating tempos akin to SludgeMetal and crust punk and often incorporated samples from action films, TV shows, and video games as postmodern meta-commentary. California’s flourishing skateboarding, HipHop, and graffiti culture during the mid-90s also left an imprint on the powerviolence scene. Key artists include Spazz, No Comment, Infest, Gasp, Man Is the Bastard and Crossed Out, with revival bands started to crop up, such as Charles Bronson, Witch Cult, ACxDC, Bucket Full of Teeth and Hatred Surge. Non-American PV bands include Conga Fury (Japan) and Yacøpsæ (Germany).

* Powerviolence: PV is sometimes seen as a grindcore subgenre, it takes inspiration from grindcore, HarshNoise and thrashcore with a more dissonant riffage and HardcorePunk-style vocals (as opposed to grindcore's more DeathMetal one), while also adding fluctuating tempos akin to SludgeMetal and crust punk. Key artists include Spazz, No Comment, Infest, Gasp, Man Is the Bastard and Crossed Out, with revival bands started to crop up, such as Charles Bronson, Witch Cult, Bucket Full of Teeth and Hatred Surge.

* Music/{{ManIsABastard}}

* Music/{{Siege}} (UrExample along with Repulsion; essentially played very noisy HardcorePunk with slight jazz flourishes)

* Music/BoltThrower (on their first album ''In Battle There Is No Law'', changed sound to DeathMetal on next album ''Realms Of Chaos'')

* Music/BubblegumOctopus ([[GenreBusting too weird to really classify as anything]], but cybergrind is a major component of the sound Matthew Morden goes for, thereby making him heavily associated with the grindcore scene)

* Music/CockAndBallTorture (their third record ''Egoleech'' bore a much heavier DeathMetal slant than what came before it)

* Music/{{GUT}} (TropeMaker for pornogrind; they started integrating elements of ElectronicMusic and HipHop into their formula circa-''The Cumback 2006'')