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Last Active 12-19-21 9:42 pm
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| cylinder's top 50 GRIND/PV
loosely ranked. grind and powerviolence. no emoviolence, cuz i see that as more aligned with skramz, which i could make a whole list for as well. i tried to keep it as pure as possible. some of these dip into metalcore a little bit, but as long as they were grindy enough, i allowed them. recs are welcome, especially cybergrind and powerviolence | | 55 |  | Vaccine
Human Hatred
REC #5
Loved this! Ear-splitting lo-fi production, super short songs, and hardcore-styled, caustically pissed off vocals sure are a winning formula for pv. Just wish there were a few more tracks of this goodness, this thing is so short it feels a bit like a tease!
4.1/5 | | 54 |  | Death Toll 80k
Harsh Realities
REC #4
Solid thrashy deathgrind. The music reminds me of a more intense version of 90s Napalm Death, when they started getting a bit more death-metally, and the vocals remind me of Discordance Axis with the back-and-forth from deep gutturals to screeching, cat-like shrieks. I'm glad the shrieks are there, because if it was only gutturals on top of these super-thick-and-chunky tones + super dense production, that would surely be too much "low." The grind parts on here are definitely intense, but the band leans a bit too much on the slower, more regular-sounding death/thrash metal-type riffs for my taste. They make a lot of the songs seem to drag on for me. More interesting tones would've been appreciated too. One thing I thought was really cool though was how the last track just keeps blasting and blasting until it abruptly cuts out. That was a nice, creative touch I think the album could use a little more of. Definitely solid, just not my bag exactly
2.9/5 | | 53 |  | The Kill
Make 'em Suffer
REC #3
Damn, this shit is FEROCIOUS. The shrieky vocals, tremolo riffs, and hyperfast blasts give it a bit of a blackened tinge, which I love (I love black metal and blackened hardcore as well). A bit more variety in the songwriting would've been appreciated, and it's maybe a bit monochrome overall, but since it's so short, those aren't too big of issues. It's still a beast of a grind album- I could def see putting this on next time I feel like punching a wall.
3.6/5 | | 52 |  | Despise You
West Side Horizons
REC #2
This was awesome! This is a 62-track comp with a few unreleased songs and bunch of others taken from various splits and other comps. And I really enjoyed every single track. I love the combination of male and female vocals- first time I've heard that in pv I think. And I appreciated how while the guy screams, the girl does more of a lighter shout, and the two voices mix very well, as opposed to the possible overkill of two vocalists both doing throat-shredding screams. Also love the blown-out bass- it adds a nice, crunchy underlayer to it all. Great dynamics within the songs too- despite there being 62 of 'em, they're all pretty distinct. And the slow parts are fuckin sick. My beef is the mixing on the vocals; sometimes they sit a bit flatly/awkwardly on top of everything else. That's easy to overlook though when the music is this potent.
4.2/5 | | 51 |  | Spazz
Crush Kill Destroy
REC #1
Enjoyed this a lot! Most, if not all of the pv I've heard so far is deadly serious, so some pv with a sense of humor was refreshing. Super cool that all three members contribute vocals- gives the music a really rowdy, communal, all-over-the-place feel that works super well with this type of music. Wasn't sure about the lowest-voiced guy's vocals at first, but they grew on me over the course of the album, as I think they add to the silliness/humor of it all. The samples are hilarious too. The production leaves a biiit to be desired, but I guess the amateurishness of it is part of its charm. Great stuff!
3.7/5 | | 50 |  | Fucked
Void 4: Permanence | | 49 |  | Noisear
Subvert the Dominant Paradigm | | 48 |  | Charles Bronson
Youth Attack! | | 47 |  | No Comment
Downsided | | 46 |  | Oktober Skyline
That's How Tripods Work | | 45 |  | Dead in the Dirt
The Blind Hole | | 44 |  | Cloud Rat
Threshold | | 43 |  | Wormrot
Voices | | 42 |  | Bucket Full Of Teeth
I, II, III | | 41 |  | Water Torture
Pillbox | | 40 |  | Cephalic Carnage
Lucid Interval | | 39 |  | Insect Warfare
World Extermination | | 38 |  | Inside The Beehive
Anaphylaxis | | 37 |  | Shapeshifter (JPN)
Dark Ritual | | 36 |  | Xiao
Burn | | 35 |  | Agents Of Abhorrence
Earth.Water.Sun | | 34 |  | Infest
No Man's Slave | | 33 |  | Wormrot
Abuse | | 32 |  | The Sawtooth Grin
Good. | | 31 |  | Thin
Dusk | | 30 |  | Sex Prisoner
State Property | | 29 |  | Magrudergrind
Magrudergrind | | 28 |  | Organ Dealer
The Weight Of Being | | 27 |  | Lurid Panacea
The Insidious Poisons | | 26 |  | Godstomper
Saturday Morning Powerviolence | | 25 |  | Not Your Friends
Constructing A Mental Breakdown | | 24 |  | Agoraphobic Nosebleed
Altered States of America | | 23 |  | Anal Bag
Deep | | 22 |  | Rotten Sound
Exit | | 21 |  | Gasp
Drome Triler of Puzzle Zoo People | | 20 |  | Plutocracy
Sniping Pigz | | 19 |  | Brutal Truth
Need to Control | | 18 |  | Wormrot
Hiss | | 17 |  | Sulfuric Cautery
Suffocating Feats of Dehumanization | | 16 |  | GridLink
Orphan | | 15 |  | The Locust
Plague Soundscapes | | 14 |  | The Great Redneck Hope
Behold The Fuck Thunder | | 13 |  | Assuck
Misery Index | | 12 |  | Sex Prisoner
Sex Prisoner | | 11 |  | Discordance Axis
Jouhou | | 10 |  | Wormrot
Dirge | | 9 |  | Sea of Shit
Sea Of Shit | | 8 |  | Cognizant
Inexorable Nature of Adversity | | 7 |  | Anal Birth
Infantbutchering | | 6 |  | Nasum
Human 2.0 | | 5 |  | GridLink
Amber Gray | | 4 |  | Gigantic Brain
The Invasion Discography
Show me a better cybergrind album. You can’t. Because it doesn’t exist. | | 3 |  | Sex Prisoner
Tannhauser Gate
Best PV right after Sexless//No Sex. These guys are wayyyy too overlooked for how good they are. | | 2 |  | Discordance Axis
The Inalienable Dreamless
One of the greatest albums ever made. Perfection. | | 1 |  | Iron Lung
Sexless // No Sex
One of the greatest albums ever made. Even perfecter perfection. | |
cylinder
04.11.24 | let's hear it for Wormrot, the only band whose full LP discog made the list | cylinder
04.11.24 | Yo this list is lit, can a boy get a feature? | jrlikestodance
04.11.24 | Badass list with a lot of bangers. Where's Spazz tho?! | cylinder
04.11.24 | They’re on my to-listen list! Which of theirs is your fave? | jrlikestodance
04.11.24 | Hell yea! Crush, Kill Destroy is my fav | cylinder
04.11.24 | Sweet, will peep soon! Tbh I could dig a lot more into early PV, so that’s a great place to get started on that again, thanks! | botb
04.12.24 | Sex prisoner rips love to see any love for them | botb
04.12.24 | Check crossed out and despise you | Butkuiss
04.12.24 | 39, 2 and 21 are enough for me to know that you’re legit. Check out The Kill - Make ‘Em Suffer | VlacDrac
04.12.24 | Gigantic Brain were so based. | AsleepInTheBack
04.12.24 | Yes lad love the Wormrot hype
Have you heard Death Toll 80k - Harsh Realities (kinda thrashy but v good)
Where the piggy d at also | 0xME
04.12.24 | why no Pig Destroyer? | Butkuiss
04.12.24 | Screw Pig Destroyer listen to Puig Destroyer instead | JohnnyoftheWell
04.12.24 | GOAT: 20, 19, 2
yes: 44, 43, 36, 29, 21, 16, 5, ig 9
hmmm: 46, 18, 15
good list lfg needs PxDx needs Chepang needs An Isle Ate Her | Ryus
04.12.24 | 15 👍👍👍 | cylinder
04.12.24 | sorry i accidentally deleted your comment, budgie!
thanks for the feature!
Screw Pig Destroyer listen to Puig Destroyer instead [2]
| cylinder
04.12.24 | just noticed my DM and BM lists got featured too, thank you, that's much appreciated! | cylinder
04.13.24 | Ok, to seriously answer the Pig Destroyer queries.. honestly, I just always found their songwriting a bit messy. Not keen on the vocals either. I saw em play Prowler in full live at Metal and Beer Fest, and it still didn’t win me over. I mean, it was intense, but there were so few moments I could really grab on to. I appreciate their influence and I def have much respect for the guys, just not my band I guess | jrlikestodance
04.13.24 | I recommend checking out Vaccine as well. Some of the shortest but most intense PV. P sure the members were also in some skramz bands I can't remember | Winesburgohio
04.13.24 | omg. yes! | BAT
04.13.24 | bangers, i forgot about 'not your friends' wonder if they ever put out anything since | AsleepInTheBack
04.13.24 | Have you tried some of the early napalm death stuff? You may dig. Sweaty and noisy and old (and importance). Or like Repulsion - Horrified (though that’s kinda death-y)? Just naming old bois. | cylinder
04.13.24 | i'm actually not too into the really early stuff like early ND, early Carcass, Repulsion, Terrorizer, etc. I can appreciate the influence but it gets old pretty quick for me. Not a big ND fan in general, but if I had to choose, my fave would probably be either Time Waits for No Slave or Apex Predator, which are both pretty recent | cylinder
04.13.24 | thanks for the recs, everyone!
anyone got any cybergrind? | DeadGuy
04.13.24 | Squash Bowels and Jig-AI | anode
04.14.24 | "I just always found their songwriting a bit messy" pig destroyer songwriting on prowler in the yard is revolutionary not just for grind but music in general. very odd complaint but they quite a bit different from most grind bands so i could see it not being your cup of tea. looking forward to checking some of these | AsleepInTheBack
04.14.24 | Have you heard the Atka album? More grindcore with mathcore than it is cybergrind but it’s getting there. Hectic and silly. | DadKungFu
04.14.24 | Ace list had a longer comment but it didn't post but ace list | cylinder
04.15.24 | gonna start working my way through these recs today, will report back | cylinder
04.15.24 | rec #1 up | jrlikestodance
04.15.24 | Glad you liked Spazz! I agree that the humor does not come off as corny and elevates it as most pv is quite serious or political. They are sooo fun | cylinder
04.15.24 | for sure! loads of fun, def gonna check the rest of their stuff sometime | cylinder
04.15.24 | sput really needs a powerviolence tag | cylinder
04.15.24 | rec #2 up | cylinder
04.15.24 | rec #3 up | cylinder
04.15.24 | rec #4 up | cylinder
04.15.24 | rec #5 up | someone
04.16.24 | Late find, goated list | jrlikestodance
04.16.24 | Glad you liked Vaccine! Was lucky enough to catch them on a goated Grind/PV lineup. My last two recs will be Hatred Surge - Deconstruct and Strong Intention - What Else Can we Do but Fight Back. Not seeing the second one in the DB when I checked. | lols
04.17.24 | need more noisecore in your life bro | lols
04.17.24 | deep jew
atrofia cerebral | anode
04.18.24 | Been going through this and I don’t grind like you check insect warfare | cylinder
04.18.24 | they're on the list man | anode
04.18.24 | Ok tannhauser gate is pretty good | cylinder
04.18.24 | Yeah that shit fuckin rips | Uzumaki
04.18.24 | Try Rot (BRA) - Organic | AsleepInTheBack
04.19.24 | fair take on 54 if you're not into the thrash/death flavoured grind thing as much as the noise/skramz oriented lane. though i find alot of parallels between that album and Voices era wormrot, so interesting to see you not take to it. | Demon of the Fall
04.19.24 | I like some Wormrot, cool. Not familiar with the majority of these tbh
Best shit in this realm for me is Human Remains, Knoll, some Full of Hell etc. I haven’t really dug that deep yet
I love His Hero Is Gone’s Monuments to Thieves but that’s more crust / d-beat, I do see some strong parallels though | cylinder
04.19.24 | yeah that His Hero is Gone album is sweet
i think i've heard that last Human Remains album but it's been years | ShadowRemains
04.19.24 | 13 and 34 are the best of their respective genres
not sure if you're looking for more death/grind, but repulsion (horrified) and terrorizer (world downfall) are a couple of absolute essentials | cylinder
04.22.24 | "need more noisecore in your life bro"
you're right, i do. will def give those a peep |
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