Gutrot Hogfrenzy

Wow, has it really been a decade since Regurgitate released their last full-length? Sad times indeed. Once assiduous kingpins of Relapse Records' goregrind catalog, the Swedish three-piece ostensibly dropped off the map after 2006’s Sickening Bliss, releasing only a handful of 7" splits over the next few years. A satisfying blend between the more ridiculous groovy gurgle-core of their early days and the more technical, straightforward grindcore of 2004's Deviant, Sickening Bliss rarely gets tiring. Pitch-shifting through the two subgenres in both vocals and guitars, it is full of enough manic blastbeats, stop-start riffage and bile-gargling vocal modifiers to keep most fans interested. Personal highlights include the absolutely sick breakdown bridge in "Cavernous Sores" and definite throwback to their old school days with "Excremental Ingestment". And finally a RGTE song you can sing along to... "(We Are) Sadistic Hateful Scum" – the title of which they just repeat over and over. For what it's worth, most websites still regard the band as "Active" so hopefully there will be some new material in the future… until then the 25 minute-or-so goregrind blasts of Sickening Bliss have stayed as fucking sick and refreshing as they did so long ago. Enjoy.

Defile

Regurfecontocoremintocegues

Ironically, I discovered Brazilian goregrind legends Expurgo by selling my record collection of another band. A cassette copy of Regurgitate's Concrete Human Torture '94 demo I had up for bid on ebay was purchased by the drummer of this band. Through some post-sale correspondence I learned he was a huge RGTE fan and his band Expurgo reflected as much. I promptly picked up their second LP and was pleasantly surprised - manic, blistering goregrind played in perfect homage to their Swedish brethren. And produced to a fucking tee as well. Sick fucking vocals and great breakdown grooves make this one essential. Enjoy.

Sense Power, Be Dead!

Deathlike Incest

Amazing mini-LP from Swedish extreme music purveyors Regurgitate. Wicked, blistering goregrind from the band who created the genre and was the first to champion the gurgling vocals every token brutal death metal band out there today relies on. Scott Hull of Agoraphobic Nosebleed/Anal Cunt infamy mastered this slab of sickness, adding yet another layer of intensity to a band that was already acutely brutal. In addition to eight new tunes, the band slickly re-recorded some choice cuts from their epic Effortless Regurgitation Of Bright Red Blood LP and Concrete Human Torture '94 demo. Fantastic stuff from a personal favorite of mine, enjoy.

Choke That Piggy

Whatever happened to Vaginal Massaker?

I'll admit it, I ordered this 7" from Ax/ction Records back in 1993 solely for the name of the band on the front cover - Vaginal Massaker. A big sucker for an absolutely forgettable band with a somewhat sleazy name. Who would have thought it was the B-side band I would become a huge fan of - still to this day! I speak of Sweden's legendary Regurgitate whose 4 minutes of grindcore nonsense had me instantly hooked. Groundbreaking purveyors of the now all-to-common "gurgle" lyrics, Regurgitate blast through their six tracks with speed, venom and lots of tape hiss. One of the more unusual things about this recording are the somewhat standard song titles Regurgitate uses, unlike nearly all of their other recordings which seem to come from an infectious disease dictionary, these are much more tame and possibly political(?) tracks. Maybe they were testing the waters, after all this was their first non-demo release. Regardless, it's still the sick Regurgitate sound we have all grown to know, love and rip off. Sadly, until I get my records back we'll have to make due with a pretty good 160 kbps rip I made some years ago... until then Cheers fellas and Yyyaaaaaah!!!!

Terror Reign