Intense! A roundup of classic grindcore tracks from Western music

Strejda DonaldGutalax

Gutalax – Strejda Donald

This is a track released in September 2009 by the Czech grindcore band Gutalax.

The song is a reworking of the children’s tune “Old MacDonald Had a Farm,” showcasing Gutalax’s signature humor and extreme style.

For a band known for its provocative content, this one is unusually heartwarming.

It reinterprets a traditional children’s song from a unique perspective, blending adult-oriented humor with an extreme musical approach.

Released ahead of their debut album “Shit Beast,” the track appears on the split “Telecockies” with Cannibe.

Fans of extreme metal and grindcore are sure to discover a new kind of appeal here.

ThumbsuckerPig Destroyer

Thumbsucker

This is a ferocious number from American grindcore band Pig Destroyer, released in 2004, that condenses sheer madness into just a minute and a half.

The razor-sharp guitar riffs and relentless blast beats—fired off by their then-bassless lineup—are pure sonic violence.

As the title “Thumbsucker” suggests, it depicts a mental collapse in which inner childishness and repressed anxiety erupt into an extreme sound.

Many listeners will likely feel their hearts gripped by its suffocating intensity.

If you want to experience the high artistic potential of grindcore, this track will pry that door wide open.

Fallen into DisuseWormrot

Wormrot – Fallen into Disuse (Official Video)

Breaking five years of silence since their 2011 release, this track by Singaporean grindcore band Wormrot feels like a true signal of their comeback.

The shift from the groovy development in the first half to an explosive burst of blistering speed in the latter is breathtaking.

True to its theme of “unconscious detachment from reality,” the sound seems to hurl at you the emptiness and despair that follow the cruel theft of happiness.

Haven’t we all, at least once, been tormented by a sense of helplessness so strong it makes us want to avert our eyes from harsh reality? This is a song that seems to give voice to those pent-up emotions, hiding a pained scream beneath its ferocity.

Constant AutumnGridlink

Constant Autumn

This is the opening track of American technical grindcore band Gridlink’s masterpiece album Longhena.

After a graceful guitar intro, it suddenly erupts into storm-like blast beats and the obliterating screams of Jon Chang, formerly of Discordance Axis.

The song’s true essence lies in how breathtakingly lyrical melodies coexist amid overwhelming sonic violence.

The title, “Constant Autumn,” seems to portray an irresistible sense of loss and powerlessness in a world that’s coming to an end.

And yet, in guitarist Takafumi Matsubara’s playing—shaped by overcoming great hardship—you can feel a soul’s cry that refuses to yield to despair.

A profoundly dramatic track where tragic beauty and a fighting spirit swirl together.

The Pulsating FeastRegurgitate

The Pulsating Feast

In just a minute and a half, it blows the listener’s sanity to pieces! Regurgitate, Sweden’s proud emperors of goregrind, unleash a track that can only be called pure sonic violence.

Bearing a suggestive title, the song attacks from the very start with unrelenting blast beats and guitar riffs that slice like tearing flesh.

Vocalist Rikard Jansson’s growls sound like death throes echoing from the depths of hell.

The lyrics depict a perverse celebration of violence and destruction—ultimate black humor that elevates grotesque imagery into a kind of art.

Together with its infamously “worst-ever” cover art, why not surrender yourself to this thoroughly hellish tableau?

NecromaniacExhumed

Necromaniac

The song “Necromaniac” condenses the primal impulse of the American deathgrind band Exhumed.

Featured on their 1998 debut, its production troubles resulted in poor sound quality that paradoxically unleashes a raw, destructive energy.

The protagonist’s perverse love for decay is portrayed through growls riding ferocious blast beats and gouging guitar riffs.

Elevating this grotesque tableau into an aesthetic is precisely the essence of goregrind.

Packed with the band’s original pure madness and violence, the sound reportedly still hurls fans into a frenzy at their live shows.

La Migra (Cruza La Frontera II)Brujeria

Brujeria – La Migra (Cruza La Frontera II) [OFFICIAL VIDEO]

A deathgrind track that blazes by with breathless tension! This masked band from Los Angeles, Brujeria, delivers a song themed around immigration issues.

With a unique style that fuses the ferocity of grindcore and the heft of groove metal, they’ve won the hearts of many fans.

The vocals that hurl despair in your face and the machine-gun drums are the very cries of people being chased at the border.

Their scathing message, exposing society’s dark underbelly, strikes deep into the listener’s heart, doesn’t it? An overwhelmingly intense track that turns anger at injustice into power!