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188-553: A Deicide cover, contains an extensive history of the genre, a look at the scene in Florida and Stockholm , a double-sided Morbid Angel and Deicide poster, a look at progressive death metal and oral histories from Cannibal Corpse 's Alex Webster and The Haunted / At the Gates ' Anders Björler . The second part opened with an interview with Albert Mudrian , author of Choosing Death: The Improbable History of Death Metal and Grindcore ,
282-425: A Gothenburg scene report, an article on death metal artwork and the over-the-top sounds of Anal Cunt and Lawnmower Deth . Also included were oral histories from Immolation 's Ross Dolan and Nile 's Karl Sanders . The third part, the issue also including a feature on Napalm Death and a tribute to Napalm Death/ Terrorizer 's Jesse Pintado who died 24 August, launched with a look at the role tape-trading played in
376-486: A black metal news column. The next two years were dominated by black metal vs hardcore punk debates, as the two forces then dominant in extreme music came head-to-head in the magazine. Issue 33 also featured a demo review of Public Disturbance, a Cardiff -based hardcore band whose members would go on to form Lostprophets . In 1997, the first incarnation of the Terrorizer website was launched; Emperor, Deicide , Vader and
470-650: A doom metal revival with coverage of Cathedral and Spirit Caravan so intensive that British doom metallers Warning split up following an argument inspired by quotes in their Terrorizer interview that year. Issue 91 saw cover placement for London-based Satanic metallers Akercocke and later coverage of emerging British black metallers Anaal Nathrakh which would culminate in the previously studio-only band headlining Terrorizer 's 2005 Christmas event, "A Cold Night in Hell", as their first ever live appearance. With news of Chuck Schuldiner's death, issue 97 saw him appear on
564-552: A recording contract with Earache Records . In 2019, Filipino band TUBERO signed a recording contract with Tower of Doom Records. Japanese noise rock group Boredoms have borrowed elements of grind, and toured with Brutal Truth in 1993. The Japanese grindcore group Gore Beyond Necropsy formed in 1989, and later collaborated with noise music artist Merzbow . Naked City , led by avant-garde jazz saxophonist John Zorn , performed an avant-garde form of polystylistic , grindcore-influenced punk jazz . Zorn later formed
658-481: A British term for thrash ; that term was prepended to -core from hardcore . Grindcore relies on standard hardcore punk instrumentation: electric guitar , bass and drums . However, grindcore alters the usual practices of metal or rock music in regard to song structure and tone. The vocal style is "ranging from high-pitched shrieks to low, throat-shredding growls and barks." In some cases, no clear lyrics exist. Vocals may be used as merely an added sound effect,
752-461: A Top 10 position in the Billboard 200 chart and went platinum in less than a year. The originators of the style have expressed some ambivalence regarding the subsequent popularity of grindcore. Pete Hurley, the guitarist of Extreme Noise Terror, declared that he had no interest in being remembered as a pioneer of this style: " grindcore was a legendarily stupid term coined by a hyperactive kid from
846-589: A career in industrial metal with Godflesh . Mick Harris, in his post-Napalm Death project, Scorn , briefly experimented with the style. Scorn also worked in the industrial hip hop and isolationist styles. Fear Factory have also cited debts to the genre. Digital hardcore is an initially German hybrid of hardcore punk and hardcore techno . Agoraphobic Nosebleed and the Locust have solicited remixes from digital hardcore producers and noise musicians . James Plotkin , Dave Witte , and Speedranch participated in
940-622: A champion of death metal and grindcore , mentioned the magazine in an episode of Home Truths on BBC Radio 4 . "...I took several copies of a music magazine called 'Terrorizer' out of my luggage before leaving for New Zealand via Los Angeles in 2002 and given the hostility of the officials we encountered in California I'd say we did the right thing..." Terrorizer 's pool of writers included former Stampin' Ground bassist Ian Glasper, who has also written three books on UK punk, Burning Britain: The History of UK Punk, 1980–1984 , The Day
1034-525: A common practice with bands such as the experimental and jazz-infused band Naked City . A characteristic of some grindcore songs is the "microsong," lasting only a few seconds. In 2001, the Guinness Book of World Records awarded Brutal Truth the record for "Shortest Music Video" for 1994's " Collateral Damage " (the song lasts four seconds). In 2007, the video for the Napalm Death song " You Suffer " set
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#17328757826621128-408: A feature on cover art, censorship , horror movies and Gorerotted 's own top ten. Cover stars Arcturus and Opeth were photoshopped to hold the glowing covermount CD, a design that failed with the last minute change from a clear CD sleeve to a card one. The special opened with "A Brief History of Prog", an interview with Arcturus, Opeth, Ihsahn , Rush , Dream Theater and Cave In . A feature on
1222-528: A feature on progressive rock art and a top ten album sleeves, Oral Histories with Dream Theater 's Mike Portnoy and James LaBrie , Akercocke 's Jason Mendoca and The Nice 's Davy O'List. Bringing up the rear was an article on progressive hardcore and forgotten classics of prog. Issue 163 concluded the special with Oral Histories from Jesu 's Justin Broadrick and former Yes man Rick Wakeman , features on krautrock , Lee Dorrian 's sizeable record collection,
1316-455: A great deal of criticism from the underground. Terrorizer also featured the last interview with Death frontman Chuck Schuldiner in issue 59. Although the next year saw the emergence of noisecore with Neurosis , Today Is the Day and The Dillinger Escape Plan , Slipknot , who would receive a cover by issue 73, got their first interview. Joey Jordison would later reveal how he had been reading
1410-493: A heavy amount of grindcore influence; thus, these bands ended up becoming called "deathgrind" for short (sometimes written as death-grind or death/grind ). Dan Lilker described deathgrind as "combining the technicality of death metal with the intensity of grindcore." Some examples of death metal and grindcore hybrids include Assück , Circle of Dead Children , Misery Index , Exhumed , Gorerotted and Cattle Decapitation . Assück in particular has been credited as one of
1504-422: A hundred miles per hour, basically. Earache Records founder Digby Pearson concurs with Embury, saying that Napalm Death "put hardcore and metal through an accelerator." Pearson, however, said that grindcore "wasn't just about the speed of [the] drums, blast beats, etc." He claimed that "it actually was coined to describe the guitars – heavy, downtuned, bleak, harsh riffing guitars [that] 'grind', so that's what
1598-403: A look at the 'true doom' community, doom labels, funeral doom / drone , oral histories from Candlemass's Leif Edling , Trouble 's Eric Wagner, Saint Vitus ' Dave Chandler and Cathedral's Lee Dorian. The issue also looked at stoner / sludge , doom artwork, the impact that doom had on the music world at large and posters of Electric Wizard and My Dying Bride. Part three opened with a look at
1692-453: A major impact on grindcore's emergence. The first grindcore, practiced by British bands such as Napalm Death , Extreme Noise Terror and Disrupt emerged from the crust punk scene. This early style is sometimes dubbed "crustgrind". Deathgrind is a shorthand term that is used to describe bands who play a fusion of death metal and grindcore. With growing popularity of grindcore in the metal fandom, some death metal bands were noted to feature
1786-408: A move towards broader musical coverage. Despite this, Terrorizer 's pulse remained firmly on the extreme metal underground with Cradle of Filth winning best demo and Fear Factory best newcomer in the 1993 Readers' Poll. Issue 11 saw Terrorizer celebrate its first birthday, covering hardcore punk in force with features on Suicidal Tendencies , Madball , Chaos UK and Pro-Pain . "There
1880-424: A new "Shortest Music Video" record: 1.3 seconds. Beyond the microsong, it is characteristic of grindcore to have short songs in general; for example, Carcass ' debut album Reek of Putrefaction (1988) consists of 22 tracks with an average length of 1 minute and 48 seconds. It is also not uncommon for grindcore albums to be very short when compared to other genres, usually consisting of a large track list but having
1974-591: A notable precursor, calling them "arguably one of the fastest bands on the planet back [in the mid 1980s]". Other groups in the British grindcore scene, such as Heresy and Unseen Terror , have emphasized the influence of American hardcore punk , including Septic Death , as well as Swedish D-beat . Sore Throat cites Discharge, Disorder , and a variety of European D-beat and thrash metal groups, including Hellhammer , and American hardcore groups, such as Poison Idea and D.R.I. Japanese hardcore , particularly GISM ,
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#17328757826622068-513: A regular "Fear Candy". Previous entrants for the "Fear Candy Unsigned" who have since had a level of success include Season's End, a symphonic metal band now on 1 Records, zombie -themed thrash band Send More Paramedics on In at the Deep End Records, post-hardcore band Million Dead (now split-up) and avant-garde grindcore band Tangaroa on Anticulture Records. In September 2007, Jonathan Selzer left Terrorizer for Metal Hammer , and
2162-444: A scene report from the US, a look at power metal labels and selection of prominent power metal artists. The issue also contained a Judas Priest poster. Part three contained an interview with Gamma Ray and Helloween , a scene report for Europe, a top twenty and an A-to-Z of power metal themes. Although only the first part dominated the cover, a Black Sabbath -era image of Ozzy Osbourne ,
2256-548: A total length of only 15 to 20 minutes. Many grindcore groups experiment with tuned-down guitars and play mostly with downstrokes of the pick, power chords and heavy distortion . While the vinyl A-side of Napalm Death's debut, 1987's Scum , is set to Eb tuning , on side B, the guitars are tuned down to C. Their second album From Enslavement to Obliteration and the Mentally Murdered EP were tuned to C ♯ . Harmony Corruption , their third full-length album,
2350-525: Is a raw and dissonant subgenre of hardcore punk . The style is closely related to thrashcore and similar to grindcore. While powerviolence took inspiration from Napalm Death and other early grind bands, powerviolence groups avoided elements of heavy metal. Its nascent form was pioneered in the late 1980s in the music of hardcore punk band Infest , who mixed youth crew hardcore elements with noisier, sludgier qualities of Lärm and Siege . The microgenre solidified into its most commonly recognized form in
2444-408: Is also mentioned by a number of originators of the style. Other key groups cited by current and former members of Napalm Death as formative influences include Discharge, Amebix , Throbbing Gristle , and the aforementioned Dirty Rotten Imbeciles. Post-punk , such as Killing Joke and Joy Division , was also cited as an influence on early Napalm Death. Grindcore, as such, was developed during
2538-621: Is an extreme fusion genre of heavy metal and hardcore punk that originated in the mid-1980s, drawing inspiration from abrasive-sounding musical styles, such as thrashcore , crust punk , hardcore punk , extreme metal , and industrial . Grindcore is considered a more noise-filled style of hardcore punk while using hardcore's trademark characteristics such as heavily distorted , down-tuned guitars , grinding overdriven bass , high-speed tempo , blast beats , and vocals which consist of growls , shouts and high-pitched shrieks. Early groups such as England's Napalm Death are credited with laying
2632-517: Is an American grindcore and death metal band formed in 2014. Oscar Garcia was invited by Jesse Pintado ’s sister to put together a new lineup of Terrorizer (his version known as Terrorizer LA or TLA) for a festival celebrating what would have been Jesse Pintado’s 45th birthday. He asked fellow Nausea member Leon del Muerte ( Murder Construct ) to play guitar, and shortly afterward Cosmo Reveles, Rick Cortez (Sadistic Intent), and Mike Caffell (Dreaming Dead, Exhausted Prayer) were recruited to fill out
2726-400: Is cybergrind which incorporates electronic music elements such as sampling and programmed drums. Although influential within hardcore punk and extreme metal, grindcore remains an underground form of music. Grindcore is influenced by crust punk , thrashcore , hardcore punk and thrash metal , as well as noise musical acts like Swans . The name derives from the fact that grind is
2820-484: Is faster than them ' ", drummer Robert Williams recalled. Repulsion is sometimes credited with inventing the classic grind blast beat (played at 190 bpm ), as well as its distinctive bass tone. Kevin Sharp of Brutal Truth declares that " Horrified was and still is the defining core of what grind became; a perfect mix of hardcore punk with metallic gore, speed and distortion." Writer Freddy Alva credited NYC Mayhem as
2914-491: Is inspired by thrash metal, such as Dark Angel and Slayer , the sludge metal of the Melvins , and grindcore practiced by Brutal Truth, while Agoraphobic Nosebleed takes cues from thrashcore and powerviolence , like D.R.I. and Crossed Out . The Locust , from San Diego, also take inspiration from powerviolence (Crossed Out, Dropdead ), first-wave screamo (Angel Hair), obscure experimental rock ( Art Bears , Renaldo and
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3008-601: Is often identified as the origin of the goregrind style, which is devoted to "bodily" themes. Groups that shift their bodily focus to sexual matters, such as Gut and the Meat Shits, are sometimes referred to as pornogrind . Seth Putnam 's lyrics are notorious for their black comedy , while The Locust tend toward satirical collage, indebted to William S. Burroughs ' cut-up method. The early grindcore scene relied on an international network of tape trading and DIY production. The most widely acknowledged precursors of
3102-645: The Guinness World Record for shortest song ever recorded with the one-second " You Suffer " (1987). Many bands, such as Agoraphobic Nosebleed , record simple phrases that may be rhythmically sprawled out across an instrumental lasting only a couple of bars in length. A variety of subgenres and microgenres have subsequently emerged, often labeling bands according to traits that deviate from regular grindcore; including goregrind , focused on themes of gore (e.g. mutilation and pathology ), and pornogrind , fixated on pornographic lyrical themes. Another offshoot
3196-463: The Painkiller project with ambient dub producer Bill Laswell on bass guitar and Mick Harris on drums, which also collaborated with Justin Broadrick on some work. In addition, grindcore was one influence on the powerviolence movement within American hardcore punk, and has affected some strains of metalcore. Some musicians have also produced hybrids between grind and electronic music. Powerviolence
3290-733: The Phantomsmasher project, which melds grindcore and digital hardcore. Alec Empire collaborated with Justin Broadrick, on the first Curse of the Golden Vampire album, and with Gabe Serbian , of the Locust, live in Japan. Japanoise icon Merzbow also participated in the Empire/Serbian show. The 21st century also saw the development of "electrogrind" (or "cybergrind"), practiced by The Berzerker , Gigantic Brain and Genghis Tron which borrows from electronic music . These groups built on
3384-610: The Power Metal Special featured a DragonForce cover, a brief history of the genre, a look at the scene in Germany and in the UK as well as interviews with DragonForce and Dream Theater . The poster had Manowar on one side and the fantasy art of Paul Raymond Gregory on the other. Another fantasy artist, Chris Achillëos, gave a harsh blow-by-blow critique of power metal album covers. The second part contained an interview with Stratovarius ,
3478-453: The Satanic prog of Coven and others, as well as "Twenty Essential '70s Prog Albums". Positive feedback for the special was registered both in the letters page and in a later feature conducted with Opeth 's Mikael Åkerfeldt . Launched in the autumn of 2007, Terrorizer Online is a weekly ezine characterised by a more personal and irreverent tone, frequently introduced by various members of
3572-454: The Swedish death metal scene, became a popular group, addressing political topics from a personal perspective. Anders Jakobson, their drummer, reported that "It was all these different types of people who enjoyed what we were doing. [...] We made grindcore a bit easier to listen to at the expense of the diehard grindcore fans who thought that we were, well, not sellouts , but not really true to
3666-508: The prog/metal crossover and a top ten. The first special to be done in multiple parts, issue 108 feature Anthrax 's Scott Ian on the cover and 109 featured Nuclear Assault . The Terrorizer logo was coloured to resemble a classic thrash metal logo and the Thrash Special logo done as a patch on a denim background. Part one started with a history of thrash, an interview with Anthrax, Overkill , Warhammer and Voivod , an overview of
3760-649: The Art Special, part one of the Black Metal Special being the magazine's second best selling single issue on the UK newsstands and part one of the second Prog Special. Initiated to celebrate the 25th anniversary of punk hitting the mainstream with the Sex Pistols ' appearance on Today with Bill Grundy , the cover featured a striking image of a spikey haired female punk and led with a feature on Alan Parker 's newly released punk history, England's Dreaming , all
3854-464: The Bastard, Azucares and Dropdead ) took influence from anarcho-punk and crust punk , emphasizing animal rights and anti-militarism . The Locust and Agoraphobic Nosebleed later reincorporated elements of powerviolence into grindcore. Among other influences, Napalm Death took impetus from the industrial music scene. Subsequently, Napalm Death's former guitarist, Justin Broadrick , went on to
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3948-602: The Bus, Bad Religion , Alec Empire and author Stewart Home . The special ended on a list of the top 50 punk albums, which was topped by Discharge 's Hear Nothing See Nothing Say Nothing . With a Necrophagia cover designed to mimic the EC Comics horror titles of the 1950s, the Gore Special opened with a four-page Necrophagia interview, a Desecration interview, a Goregrind Round-Up that included Autopsy and Visceral Bleeding ,
4042-524: The Country Died: A History of Anarcho Punk 1980–1984 and Trapped in a Scene: UK Hardcore 1985–1989 , author and ghostwriter Paul Stenning, former Cradle of Filth keyboard player Damien (aka Greg Moffitt), comedy writer and Moss drummer Chris Chantler and guest columns from Fenriz , Today Is the Day 's Steve Austin , Amon Amarth 's Johan Hegg , Brutal Truth 's Kevin Sharp and The Haunted 's Peter Dolving . Grindcore Grindcore
4136-561: The Doom Special featured a specially compiled Bleak and Destroyed compilation CD that included classic tracks by The Obsessed , Pentagram , Candlemass , My Dying Bride , Reverend Bizarre , Witchcraft and more. Part one began with a look at Black Sabbath, a review of the entire Black Sabbath discography, a double-sided Cathedral and Wino poster, a look at 'true doom ', death/doom and oral histories from Scott "Wino" Weinrich and Sunn O))) 's Greg Anderson . The second part featured
4230-1482: The Downfall ( FOAD Records , 2015) – a collection of Terrorizer demos and unreleased material. References [ edit ] ^ "Terrorizer | Biography & History" . AllMusic . Retrieved 17 November 2020 . ^ "MusicMight :: Artists ::" . 6 November 2015. Archived from the original on 2015-11-06 . Retrieved 17 November 2020 . ^ "The Gauntlet - Terrorizer bio" . Thegauntlet.com . Retrieved 17 November 2020 . Authority control databases : Artists [REDACTED] MusicBrainz Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Terrorizer_LA&oldid=1255194554 " Categories : Death metal musical groups from California American grindcore musical groups American deathgrind musical groups Hidden categories: Articles with topics of unclear notability from November 2020 All articles with topics of unclear notability Music articles with topics of unclear notability Articles needing additional references from November 2020 All articles needing additional references Articles with multiple maintenance issues Official website not in Wikidata Articles with hCards Pages using infobox musical artist with associated acts Terrorizer (magazine) Terrorizer
4324-493: The Facts , a Canadian group, practice classic grindcore, characterized by the "metronome-precision drumming and riffing [that] abound, as well as vocal screams and growls" by AllMusic reviewer Greg Prato. European groups, such as Agathocles , from Belgium, Patareni , of Croatia, and Fear of God , from Switzerland, are important early practitioners of the style. Filthy Christians, who signed to Earache Records in 1989, introduced
4418-530: The Loaf ), and death metal. The Locust were sometimes described as " hipster grind" because of their fan base and fashion choices. In Los Angeles, Hole also initially drew influence from grindcore in their early releases, particularly on their singles " Dicknail " and " Teenage Whore ", as well as on their debut album, Pretty on the Inside (1991), all of which featured sexually provocative and violent lyrics, as well as
4512-643: The United States, American groups tended to take inspiration from later works, such as Harmony Corruption . American groups also often employ riffs taken from crossover thrash or thrash metal . Early American grind practitioners included Terrorizer and Assück . Anal Cunt , a particularly dissonant group who lacked a bass player, were also particularly influential. Their style was sometimes referred to as "noisecore" or "noisegrind", described by Giulio of Cripple Bastards as "the most anti-musical and nihilistic face of extreme music at that time." Brutal Truth
4606-491: The West Midlands, and it had nothing to do with us whatsoever. ENT were, are, and – I suspect – always will be a hardcore punk band... not a grindcore band, a stenchcore band, a trampcore band, or any other sub-sub-sub-core genre-defining term you can come up with." Lee Dorrian of Napalm Death indicated that "Unfortunately, I think the same thing happened to grindcore, if you want to call it that, as happened to punk rock – all
4700-636: The band. The band continues to play under the Terrorizer LA name. Band members [ edit ] Current [ edit ] Oscar Garcia – vocals (2014–present) Leon del Muerte – guitar (2014–present) Carlos "Cosmo" Reveles – bass (2014–present) Adam Houmam – drums (2017–present) Former [ edit ] Matt Olivo – guitar (2014) Nelson Lopez – drums (2014) Rick Cortez – guitar (2014–2015) Mike Caffell – drums (2014-2016) Discography [ edit ] Compilations [ edit ] Before
4794-457: The cover in tribute along with six pages inside. For issue 116, the covermount CD changed its name from "Terrorized" (then on its 26th volume) to "Fear Candy", with some volumes given over to the yearly "Fear Candy Unsigned" (previously called "The Abominable Showcase") CD in which unsigned bands competed for an interview in the magazine. For 2006, the "Fear Candy Unsigned" was mounted on the CD along with
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#17328757826624888-512: The death of Combat Records , Death and Possessed were noticeably absent. The rest of the magazine contained oral histories from Morbid Angel's Trey Azagthoth , Obituary's John Tardy and Cryptopsy's Flo Mounier , a roundtable discussion with the participating bands of the Swedish Masters of Death Tour ( Dismember , Unleashed , Grave and Entombed), a look at the death metal scene in Canada,
4982-495: The doom scene in Maryland , Virginia and DC , themes in doom, concepts of sin and suffering in doom, forgotten doom, oral histories from Solitude's John Perez, Pentagram's Victor Griffin, My Dying Bride's Aaron Stainthorpe , and Sunn O)))/ Khanate 's Stephen O'Malley . Ending with a doom metal top ten for each of the main subgenres. The Death Metal Special has been the largest special to date, spanning four issues. The first, with
5076-586: The early 1990s, with the sounds of bands such as Man Is the Bastard , Crossed Out , No Comment, Capitalist Casualties , and Manpig. Powerviolence bands focus on speed, brevity, bizarre timing breakdowns, and constant tempo changes. Powerviolence songs are often very short; it is not uncommon for some to last less than 30 seconds. Some groups, particularly Man Is the Bastard, took influence from sludge metal and noise music . Lyrically and conceptually, powerviolence groups were very raw and underproduced, both sonically and in their packaging. Some groups (Man Is
5170-435: The editorial team directly. In addition to this, the newsletter features exclusive content, ranging from reviews to alternative versions of lead features such as Down , Apocalyptica , Today Is the Day , Dam, Testament , Cannibal Corpse , Pestilence and completely original interviews with Massacre , Finntroll , The Locust , Sepultura , Bad Brains , Wintersun and Iced Earth . British radio DJ John Peel , famously
5264-489: The first part, but it finished the series with an eighteen track covermount compilation CD, part sponsored by UK satellite channel Redemption TV. The CD featured a broad history of the genre, including tracks by Carcass, Repulsion , Autopsy , Morbid Angel, Deicide, Bolt Thrower, Cannibal Corpse, Entombed , Atheist , Obituary , Malevolent Creation , Nile, Suffocation , At the Gates, Cryptopsy , Dying Fetus , Hate Eternal and Behemoth. Due to licensing problems incurred by
5358-536: The first wave, and a look at the black metal underground. Part two of the black metal special began with a look at Supernatural Records, black metal labels, the scene in South America, the top twenty of the second wave, the black metal mainstream and the scene in North America. The third part contained a look at the scene in the UK and Ireland, Scandinavia , Australasia and a look at post-black metal. Part one of
5452-425: The gated community of patch-jackets and circle-pits as grindcore has in the UK. [...] the genre is a part of the British musical experience. Napalm Death's seismic impact inspired other British grindcore groups in the 1980s, among them Extreme Noise Terror , Carcass and Sore Throat . Extreme Noise Terror, from Ipswich, formed in 1984. With the goal of becoming "the most extreme hardcore punk band of all time,"
5546-494: The genre was described as, by the musicians who were its innovators [and] proponents." While abrasive, grindcore achieved a measure of mainstream visibility. New Musical Express featured Napalm Death on their cover in 1988, declaring them "the fastest band in the world." As James Hoare, deputy editor of Terrorizer , writes: It can be argued that no strand of extreme metal (with a touch of hardcore and post-punk tossed in for flavouring), has had so big an impact outside
5640-477: The global thrash metal scene, personal recollections from members of Testament , Kreator and Destruction as well as former Metal Forces editor Bernard Doe and producer Andy Sneap . Reviews of classic gigs and overview of the main labels involved. Part two opened with cover-stars Nuclear Assault, the second part of the global thrash report, classic gigs and the personal recollections, an overview of forgotten bands, politics, thrash fashion, crossover thrash ,
5734-456: The great original bands were just plagiarised by a billion other bands who just copied their style identically, making it no longer original and no longer extreme." Journalist Kevin Stewart-Panko argues that the American grindcore of the 1990s borrowed from three sources: British grindcore, the American precursors, and death metal . As early Napalm Death albums were not widely distributed in
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#17328757826625828-444: The grindcore sound are Siege and Repulsion , an early death metal outfit. Siege, from Weymouth, Massachusetts , were influenced by classic American hardcore ( Minor Threat , Black Flag , Void ) and by British groups like Discharge , Venom , and Motörhead . Siege's goal was maximum velocity: "We would listen to the fastest punk and hardcore bands we could find and say, 'Okay, we're gonna deliberately write something that
5922-448: The groundwork for the style. It is most prevalent today in North America and Europe, with popular contributors such as Brutal Truth and Nasum . Lyrical themes range from a primary focus on social and political concerns, to gory subject matter and black humor . A trait of grindcore is the "microsong", which is far shorter than average for punk or metal; several bands have produced songs that are only seconds in length. Napalm Death holds
6016-577: The group took Mick Harris from Napalm Death in 1987. Ian Glasper describes the group as "pissed-off hateful noise with its roots somewhere between early Discharge and Disorder, with [vocalists] Dean [Jones] and Phil [Vane] pushing their trademark vocal extremity to its absolute limit." In 1991, the group collaborated with the acid house group The KLF , appearing onstage with the group at the Brit Awards in 1992. Carcass released Reek of Putrefaction in 1988, which John Peel declared his favorite album of
6110-423: The group's drummer. Punk historian Ian Glasper indicates that "For several months gob-smacked audiences weren't sure whether Napalm Death were actually a serious band any longer, such was the undeniable novelty of their hyper-speed new drummer." Albert Mudrian's research suggests that the name "grindcore" was coined by Harris. When asked about coming up with the term, Harris said: Grindcore came from "grind", which
6204-466: The growth of the genre, death metal in Eastern Europe (in particular, Vader , Decapitated and Behemoth ), and in the UK ( Carcass , Bolt Thrower , Napalm Death and Akercocke ), as well as oral histories from Deicide's Glen Benton and Incantation 's John McEntee before closing with an examination of the death/grind crossover. Part four may have contained less death metal specific content than
6298-476: The heavy distortion and fluctuating tempo that distinguished the genre. Frontwoman Courtney Love stated that she wanted to capture the distinguishing elements of grindcore while incorporating more pop-based melodic structure, although the band distanced themselves from the style in their later releases. Other later prominent grindcore groups of North America include Brujeria , Soilent Green , Cephalic Carnage , Impetigo , and Circle of Dead Children . Fuck
6392-649: The kick drum, snare and ride, crash, or hi-hat cymbal." Blast beats have been described as "maniacal percussive explosions, less about rhythm per se than sheer sonic violence." Napalm Death coined the term, though this style of drumming had previously been practiced by others. Daniel Ekeroth argues that the blast beat was first performed by the Swedish group Asocial on their 1982 demo. Lärm ("Campaign For Musical Destruction") Dirty Rotten Imbeciles ("No Sense"), Stormtroopers of Death ("Milk"), Sarcófago ("Satanas"), Sepultura ("Antichrist"), and Repulsion also included
6486-584: The labels that were involved in the genre's genesis and finally a death metal top 40. Although covered previously in 2002, then News Editor Joseph Stannard felt that progressive rock needed another go, kick-starting a three part Prog Special. Issue 161, to date the best selling issue of the magazine, featured Rush , Sean Malone , a feature on Prog into Metal, Oral Histories with Voivod 's Away, Van der Graaf Generator 's Peter Hammill , Jethro Tull 's Ian Anderson , Zombi 's AE Paterra and Genesis 's Steve Hackett . Issue 162 contained an interview with Aghora ,
6580-625: The legacy of thrash, the art of Ed Repka and a top twenty trumped by Slayer 's Reign in Blood . Opening with a striking Pete Beste image of Satyricon / 1349 's Frost breathing fire, the first part of the Black Metal Special opened with a brief history of black metal entitled "The Boys from the Black Stuff", a look at the black metal scene in Europe, the philosophy of black metal, the top twenty of
6674-484: The live section and some horribly lo-fi video stills in the Pestilence feature, but what a line-up of bands! Sepultura, Morgoth , Entombed , Morbid Angel , At the Gates , Coroner , Dismember , Sinister , Death ...it was a veritable smorgasbord of brutality." The magazine's name derives from seminal grindcore band Terrorizer (which got the name from the death metal band Master 's first demo in 1985) and as such
6768-498: The magazine since its first issue. Terrorizer released its first cover mounted CD on its December 1998 issue and did so every four months until 2001, which it was released every two months. From 2002, every issue came with a CD. Terrorizer ended 1999 with a Christmas show that saw Hecate Enthroned and Akercocke support Morbid Angel at The Astoria 2 in London. In late 2000, Jonathan Selzer replaced Nick Terry as editor and 2001 saw
6862-467: The magazine was an early champion of the emerging death metal scene, a tradition that it carried on and expanded to include all sub-generes of heavy metal adopting the slogan "extreme music - no boundaries" in 2003 with issue 108, also the first part of the Thrash Special. After a second issue with cover stars Carcass , the then editor, Rob Clymo, took a risk by putting Metallica on the cover which, although it caused controversy with elitists, symbolised
6956-643: The mid-1980s in the United Kingdom by Napalm Death , a group who emerged from the anarcho-punk scene in Birmingham, England. While their first recordings were in the vein of Crass , they eventually became associated with crust punk , The group began to take on increasing elements of thrashcore , post-punk , and power electronics , and began describing their sound as "Siege with Celtic Frost riffs". The group also went through many changes in personnel. A major shift in style took place after Mick Harris became
7050-448: The mid-1990s, mathcore groups such as The Dillinger Escape Plan , Some Girls , and Daughters began to take inspiration from developments in grindcore. These groups also include elements of post-hardcore . In addition to mathcore, some early screamo groups, like Circle Takes the Square and Orchid , have been associated with grindcore by some commentators. Crust punk had
7144-1503: The notability of the topic by citing reliable secondary sources that are independent of the topic and provide significant coverage of it beyond a mere trivial mention. If notability cannot be shown, the article is likely to be merged , redirected , or deleted . Find sources: "Terrorizer LA" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR ( November 2020 ) ( Learn how and when to remove this message ) [REDACTED] This article needs additional citations for verification . Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Find sources: "Terrorizer LA" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR ( November 2020 ) ( Learn how and when to remove this message ) ( Learn how and when to remove this message ) Terrorizer LA Origin Los Angeles , California , U.S. Genres Grindcore , deathgrind , death metal Years active 2014–present Labels F.O.A.D. Records Members Oscar Garcia Leon del Muerte Cosmo Reveles Adam Houmam Past members Matt Olivo Nelson Lopez Rick Cortez Mike Caffell Website Official website Terrorizer LA
7238-585: The original essence of grindcore." Other Swedish groups, such as General Surgery and Regurgitate , practiced goregrind. Inhume , from the Netherlands, Rotten Sound , from Finland, and Leng Tch'e , from Belgium, were subsequent European groups who practiced grindcore with death metal inflections. In 2000s, the Belgium-based Aborted "had grown into the role of key contributors to the death-grind genres". In 2010, Singaporean band Wormrot signed
7332-412: The punk retrospectives across CD, DVD and book were compiled into one reviews spread, appropriately followed by a feature on punk reissues, a feature on anarcho-punk , the UK's DIY punk underground, the validity of US claims to 'inventing' punk versus UK claims, Oi! , hardcore punk , the punk/metal crossover, and the legacy of punk in post-punk , industrial and goth , interviews with Deadline, Sick on
7426-405: The return of Mayhem made the covers, and hardcore continued to get heavy coverage with Integrity , Shelter , the reformed Agnostic Front and a UK HC scene report that introduced Knuckledust . In 1998, coverage embraced both nu metal (albeit in a critical fashion), which the magazine tried to christen 'woolly hat' music, as well as more traditional fare; the former, however, saw them receive
7520-449: The style grindcore was Shane Embury , Napalm Death's bassist since 1987. Embury offers his own account of how the grindcore "sound" came to be: As far as how this whole sound got started, we were really into Celtic Frost , Siege – which is a hardcore band from Boston – a lot of hardcore and death-metal bands, and some industrial-noise bands like the early Swans. So, we just created a mesh of all those things. It's just everything going at
7614-587: The style in Sweden, D.D.T. & Fear of Dog were pioneering grind & noise in Serbia since mid-end of '80, Extreme Smoke 57 in Slovenia at the early beginning of the '90, while Cripple Bastards established Italian grindcore. Giulio of Cripple Bastards asserts that the name itself took some time to migrate from Britain, with the style being referred to as "death- thrashcore " for a time in Europe. Nasum , who emerged from
7708-512: The subsequent decade, two pioneers of the style became increasingly commercially viable. According to Nielsen Soundscan , Napalm Death sold 367,654 units between May 1991 and November 2003, while Carcass sold 220,374 units in the same period. The inclusion of Napalm Death's " Twist the Knife (Slowly) " on the Mortal Kombat soundtrack brought the band much greater visibility, as the compilation scored
7802-789: The technique prior to Napalm Death's emergence. Grindcore lyrics are typically provocative. A number of grindcore musicians are committed to political and ethical causes, generally leaning towards the far left in connection to grindcore's punk roots. For example, Napalm Death's songs address a variety of anarchist concerns, in the tradition of anarcho-punk . These themes include anti-racism , feminism , anti-militarism , and anti-capitalism . Early grindcore bands including Napalm Death, Agathocles and Carcass made animal rights one of their primary lyrical themes. Some of them, such as Cattle Decapitation and Carcass, have expressed disgust with human behavior and animal abuse, and are, in some cases, vegetarians or vegans . Carcass' work in particular
7896-410: The trend, getting first listens of Behemoth and Amon Amarth . The first covermount CD, entitled Noize Pollution 3 (the first two having been cassettes), appeared on issue 23 in 1995 and featured At the Gates , Six Feet Under , In Flames , Moonspell and Dissection. That year, Terrorizer also launched two phone services, "Deathline" and "Metal Mates", that were swiftly discontinued. "The former
7990-441: The work of Agoraphobic Nosebleed, Enemy Soil and The Locust, as well as industrial metal. The Berzerker also appropriated the distorted Roland TR-909 kick drums of gabber producers. Bands like Libido Airbag and Cumfilled Brain incorporates elements of Grindcore, such as pitch-shifted, gurgled vocals, with the rhythmic structures of Techstep . Many later electrogrind groups were caricatured for their hipster connections. In
8084-428: The year despite its very poor production. The band's focus on gore and anatomical decay, lyrically and in sleeve artwork, inspired the goregrind subgenre. Sore Throat, said by Ian Glasper to have taken "perhaps the most uncompromisingly anti-music stance" were inspired by crust punk as well as industrial music. Some listeners, such as Digby Pearson, considered them to be simply an in-joke or parody of grindcore. In
8178-884: Was a groundbreaking group in the American scene at the beginning of the 1990s. However, Sharp indicates that they were more inspired by the thrash metal of Dark Angel than the British groups. Discordance Axis had a more technical style of playing than many of the predecessors, and had a much more ornate visual and production style. Scott Hull is prominent in the contemporary grindcore scene, through his participation in Pig Destroyer and Agoraphobic Nosebleed . ANb's Frozen Corpse Stuffed with Dope has been described as "the Paul's Boutique of grindcore", by Village Voice critic Phil Freeman, for its "hyper-referential, impossibly dense barrage of samples, blast beats, answering machine messages, and incomprehensibly bellowed rants." Pig Destroyer
8272-425: Was a number you could call to actually listen to the whole of the interviews you'd read snippets of in the magazine, and the latter where you could register your personal details with a metal matchmaking agency." With issue 28 in 1996, Nick Terry replaced Rob Clymo as editor and the issue saw a Burzum artwork poster. With issue 29, the new editor overhauled and expanded the album reviews, live reviews and introduced
8366-429: Was a sense that the team were finally properly honouring the magazine's original pledge to cover all forms of extreme music." In 1994, death metal began to get wider acceptance in the mainstream metal press, but black metal continued to be vilified or ridiculed, or both, creating a gap that Terrorizer filled by giving pages to bands like Enslaved , Emperor and Dissection , whilst the demo reviews continued to beat
8460-490: Was an extreme music magazine published by Dark Arts Ltd. in the United Kingdom. It was released every four weeks with thirteen issues a year and featured a "Fear Candy" covermount CD, a twice yearly "Fear Candy Unsigned" CD, and a double-sided poster. Terrorizer published its first issue in October 1993 with Sepultura on the cover and a price of £1.95. "Sure, the layout was a bit ropey, with several 'cut out'-style pictures in
8554-523: Was released in June 2018 and its publisher Dark Arts Ltd. was dissolved in January 2019. Lack of communication about the closure of Terrorizer caused controversy with subscribers who had not been informed of the impending demise. There was additional controversy as, despite the lack of publication, subscribers were still being charged. To date Terrorizer has produced nine genre specials and one "issue" special,
8648-679: Was replaced as editor by Joseph Stannard, the magazine's news editor until that time. Subsequently the role of editor was occupied by former Rock Sound and Kerrang! staffer Darren Sadler, after previous editor Louise Brown left Terrorizer to create specialist heavy metal magazine Iron Fist . Other roles were filled by Tom Dare (web editor), Darrell Mayhew (designer), Steve Newman (designer) and notable contributors included Morat, Paul Stenning , Ronnie Kerswell-O'Hara, Olivier "Zoltar" Badin, Kez Whelan, Jose Carlos Santos, Kim Kelly, John Mincemoyer, J. Bennett, Lee Macbride, Mike Kemp, Ian Glasper and Kevin Stewart-Panko. The magazine's last issue (287)
8742-414: Was the only word I could use to describe Swans after buying their first record in '84. Then with this new hardcore movement that started to really blossom in '85, I thought "grind" really fit because of the speed so I started to call it grindcore. Other sources contradict Harris' claim. In a Spin magazine article written about the genre, Steven Blush declares that "the man often credited" for dubbing
8836-475: Was tuned up to a D . Bolt Thrower went further, dropping 3½ steps down ( A ). Bass is tuned low as well, and is often distorted. The blast beat is a drum beat characteristic of grindcore in all its forms, although its usage predates the genre itself, in Adam MacGregor's definition, "the blast-beat generally comprises a repeated, sixteenth-note figure played at a very fast tempo, and divided uniformly among
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