Whorecore - Protection
Sharing TogetherChain Reaction Self-Released2006 Terrible band name, but thankfully the sound doesn’t match! Whorecore plays neither, say, swoop-do’d metalcore nor gore-grind, as the name might imply. Instead, this Israeli outfit rolls out death/grind like Belgian bands Leng Tch’e and Aborted, with plenty of half-speed grooves amid the requisite blasting. In fact, Svencho of these two...
Emeth - Insidious
Impermanence of BeingMimetic Conflation Brutal Bands2004 Speaking of Belgian metal, Emeth is an ultra-brutal death metal band on the aptly-named Brutal Bands label. What makes death metal “ultra-brutal” and not just “brutal”? Really, it’s all about vibe. In terms of sheer force, Suffocation hits just as hard as Emeth. Yet the latter is “ultra-brutal” because...