Wow! I heard of this documentary a while ago, but never saw it until now. This Czech movie is about student who gets an assignment to make a study about metal and he then finds about the band called Malignant Tumour who have been playing since 1991., the movie was made in 2016.so it was 25 years they played back then. This movie is about the band, but also about discovering metal and punk hardcore scene, underground, which becomes eternal love for the main protagonist through going to gigs, hanging out, even becoming friends with the band. It also provides a fine picture of the band, since their extreme grindcore beginnings, to nowadays they provide hell of a show with their mixture of crust punk and roll. Their charismatic frontman Bilos and the rest of the band speak about the band and the past also present themselves, but also lot of extreme underground music legends talk about the band in the movie. I almost choked laughing in the part of the movie where band gets Czech music award for the best hard and heavy band, you should see that and also I would recommend this movie, I am not total fan of the band. Great one!
We already featured Gemišt on the pages of our zine, whether in gig reports or interviewing them. I watched them play live, both with old and now with new singer and these guys are unstoppable grindcore machine destroying everything in their path. The guys from the band are really active in our local scene, promoting diy gigs, playing in various bands and also keeping the faith in the hard times without decent club or place to organize gigs in, but managing and keeping the scene alive. Hats off to them for that! There are intro and three songs on this new e.p. and the lyrics are about nationalism, clerofascism on the rise, alienation in this modern times and consumerism, plus classic more death metal lyrics in one song hehe, I bet the singer wrote that one hehe. If you are into diy grindcore and support the scene, go to Bandcamp and support these guys, they definitely deserve it with their approach and activity in the scene.
Grind from Germany are releasing their brand new album with Dedication Records. The album contains 10 songs and it is a lesson in brutality. The music of Grind can be described as a mixture of fast and energetic hardcore punk and noise/grindcore with some melodic hook and post hardcore bit thrown in for good measure. The album is brutal, yet somehow very nice for listening especially Empthy Things, one of my highlights from the album. Vocals are superb, growled, screamed and shouted, depending on the song and fit perfectly to the picture. I would love to hear and see these guys destroy live on stage, I am sure this band kicks ass live. With songs like Liberate, Even Death May Die(another favorite of mine) or Necklaces of Death you just can`t go wrong. Members of Grind have more than twenty years experience in the extreme music scene based in Flensburg, northern Germany, so this album is definitely a proof and making them a band to watch out for and I am so lucky being able to listen to it now as it is fresh. Great album.
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