Five of the most unpalatable tracks heard this year, but five mightily creative examples of grindcore.

Emerging from the vermin-saturated depths of Greenville, South Carolina, the grindcore band Slugcrust is set to release their visceral new EP, Discharge(d), on June 28th, 2024. The equivalent of being hit by an 18-wheeler, left in a bloody mess, then as the life leaves your body, some malevolent creature emerges from the darkness to consume your remains. You can feel it too, but the carnage…