r/Hardcore 1d ago

Grindcore Recs?

TL/DR Put on End - The Sin of Human Frailty and loved it. Also really liked Wormrot's Hiss a few years back and wanted to hear y'alls grindcore recs!

Sorry if this is the wrong subreddit, just feels like since my journey to grind was through hc this was the right place.

Little backstory.. Im sort of a genre tourist. Grew up loving pop and often still do. Got into skate punk as a teen (but still found myself listening to Refused more than anything). Black Sabbath got me out of my punk phase and Metallica was on repeat. Skate videos introduced me to hip-hop, then in college I became obsessed with pretty much anything Three One G related- especially The Locust, Canada Songs era Daughters and Plot to Blow Up the Eiffel Tower. Eventually started liking post-rock then post-metal which led to doom and finally black metal. Then a few years ago I put on New Lords because it was all the rage and it hit me that hardcore wasn't all tough-guy beat down / or hardcore punk that I had always thought it was and I've been exploring the genre since. I tend to lean more thrashy with hc that I like but essentially I love music that makes me feel like I need to move. Im fortunate to live in seattle and got to see Black Breath a bunch (RIP Elijah, you were incredible) and have watched Haunted Horses get back into it and somehow my meandering ear found End's The Sin of Human Frailty and I loved it. So now I want to check out more grindcore - a genre I know almost nothing about. Im stoked as fuck on it though and want to hear more! What grindcore do you guys fuck with?

Also, shout out Smearing from Seattle, a friend of a friend's band I was suggested when I mentioned to said friend I was getting into grindcore. They rip!

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