10 Extremely Underrated Grindcore Albums

Grindcore, goregrind, pornogrind, cybergrind, deathgrind, blackgrind, powerviolence… it’s all basically unlistenable to the majority of people.

But not you! You’ve got an appreciation for buzzsaw guitars, machine gun drumming and asylum-wailing vocals, so check out these underrated records from metal’s most nihilistic subgenre.

Parlamentarisk Sodomi is Norwegian grindcore’s answer to Swedish crust and d-beat. Propelled forward by that classic guitar tone, this 2008 album’s production remains as steadfast as your favorite HM-2core records. If you’re unfamiliar with this band, you’ll instantly regret never hearing this before.

For your fix of deeply unserious grind, Birdflesh always deliver the gak. All of Birdflesh’s records from the 2000s will get the job done, but 2008’s The Farmers’ Wrath just hits the sweet spot for us. This is basically if Monty Python made grindcore.

Remember these powerviolence Massholes? Bucket Full of Teeth were only around for a few years, but they went on a hot streak in 2002, releasing three filthy full-length records. The band’s compilation of all three records is your essential BFOT listening experience, so blaze through 34 tracks of deranged grime.

Evil Anal Cunt actually sounds good! Victor Garcia’s vocals really stand out on Divided We Fall… and you can understand why he was credited as “Throat Cancer” on the album’s liner notes. Amazing old-school production and incredibly tight musicianship sends this one home. 

All-female grind from Japan… what’s not to love? F.I.D.’s Wallow is lovingly sloppy, nearly falling off the rails throughout its entire run time. Filthy, filthy production as well.

Outside from having sex, Bimbos’ self-titled demo may be the best way you can spend four and a half minutes. Everything about this record is completely fuzzed out — guitar, bass, vocals… even the fucking drums. Just a violent, distorted mishmash of precision grindcore.

Featuring the corpse of Sam Kinison on vocals, The Endless Blockade were basically the Agoraphobic Nosebleed of Canada. Excellent stop-start song structures, relentless drumming and shrieking vocals fill this band’s final release from 2011. Killer from front to back.

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Comprised of four bands — Fitcage, Forest Hum, Set It Raw and Tsygun — the Russian Grindcore Apocalypse split is essential 2010s grind. These Avengers of Russian sonic violence bring the realities of post-Soviet life into your earholes. Definitely worth a purchase on Bandcamp.

Blockheads was the perfect name for this band. Everything about their 1995 full-length debut is gloriously smooth-brained, from its excellent caveman death metal guitar and drum work, to its primitive, drooling vocals. Hunt a woolly mammoth to this one.