Magrudergrind return from six-year absence with third full-length album
Magrudergrind
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Always teetering somewhere between being the clown princes of the grind scene and a violent hate spew of party-clearing irascibility, Magrudergrind return after a six-year absence from the studio with II, their third full-length (see what we mean?)—a more pointed focus to their attack. On the surface, none of grind/powerviolence/hardcore punk’s barriers are broken, but careful listens reveal an album loaded with as many familiar tropes as there are adventurous and playful rhythms propped up by brutally thick production. The bounce between moshy thrash and black metal on “Black Banner,” the masculine Sleater-Kinney strut of “Stale Affairs” and the air of Crush Kill Destroy on “Relentless Hatred” offer enough distinction to draw in newcomers not normally into grind and keep the jaded sticking around.
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