Reviews

Coxinha

Endless Swarm Manifested Forms LP

I feel like I’ve been a little bored with today’s grindcore scene at large, and was perhaps a little nervous that I was falling out of love with the genre. Enter the UK’s ENDLESS SWARM, reminding me that the style is still alive and kicking. Quintessential powerviolence here; the perfect combination of hardcore punk and blistering metal. SPAZZ-like dueling vocals, heavy riffs, and breakneck drums bouncing between insanely fast blastbeats and groovy breakdowns. Very high-energy and intense as fuck.

Noose Sweat Murder Suicide EP

Vancouver deep-wounder powerviolence, with heavy grindcore stances, insanity-driven vocals, and the sweetest characteristic couplings at the start and end of every song, as it should be in this not-music war. Crazy riffage and madmen drums to the core. Sonically harsh and relentlessly passionate execution—you can feel the intensity brought by the band, almost achieving a live gig vibe. Interesting, and could be in a looped spin for some time as the songs average 30 seconds each.

Tourist Take Five cassette

Chula Vista’s TOURIST’s new cassette release consists of five tracks of crushing hardcore/fastcore hell. Even though we may not be able to call this “powerviolence” because the department of H.S.M.P. enforcement will not tolerate it, this is a closer, modernized hardcore version of the genre done very well in 2022. Tracks of anger and frustration from constant  hopelessness and devastation are well suited these times. For fans of OG’s CROSSED OUT to more modern-sounding hardcore such as WEEKEND NACHOS and CURSED.