Archagathus / Terror Firmer ‎– Archagathus / Horrendous Whirlwind Grindcore Fiends split 7"

I fucking adore Archagathus. They aren't the most technically-proficient grindcore band, nor do they play the fastest blastbeats or the most speed-dazzling tremolo riffs. But their punky attitude provides so much energy to their music, their crusty grooves are so barbaric that you just want to jump around the house while doing a vomit growl. The punky style that they showcase in all their releases is here completely prominent, so this release is totally guaranteed grind excitement. On the flipside, there's the Italian grind/thrash/powerviolence band Terror Firmer. They're ok, though I don't like their excessively trebly sound, and anyway after the storm that Archagathus is, what can you do? An exception is their last track, which is different and doomy. 2016 10" jointly released by Ratto Records, PoGohai Records, Grindfather Productions, Soondoongi Records, Grind Your Mind Records, Extreme Terror Production, Dead rasputin prod., Repulsive Medias, Goodbye Mankind, Nuclear Alcoholocaust, GxExTx Syro, ¡ZAS! Autoproduzioni, Hecatombe Records.

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Archagathus / Lt. Dan split 7"

Well, well. One would say "dude this is grindcore, it's like the next 7", but sisters and brothers this one's really good. Archagathus are at their punkiest/grooviest, it's like hearing an oi!/old punk band doing grindcore covers, and their double growl vomit/mindless high-pitched screams are so fucking great. Lt. Dan (one man American grindcore project, with a logo font taken from Agathocles) play ultra-fast grind/crust close to early Nasum, and the loveliest about them apart from the great cymbal action and the punky attitude is the high-pitched side of the vocals, which are probably just "ta-ta-ta-ta-ta-taaaaaaaa" awesomeness. Git it! 2014 7" on Grindfather Productions and Bloodspit Records.

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Archagathus / Violent Gorge split 7"

One of a series of splits between Archagathus and Violent Gorge. The Archagathus side contains guaranteed grindcore madness with awesome whiny high-pitched screams alongside the expected growls, and super-fun groovy parts combined with blastbeats and old-Entombed-like riffs. Violent Gorge plays even heavier and more old-school-death-metal influenced grindcore with some very nice doomy/Autopsy-esque riffs. 2013 7" jointly released by Don't Fear The Night, Acid Redux Productions, Grindfather Productions, and Septic Aroma Of Reeking Stench.

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Archagathus / No Thought ‎– Horrendous Insanity Atrocity Why?? / No Thought split 7"

Archagathus was the grandson of Agathocles, tyrant of the Greek colony of Syracuse in Sicily and possible murderer of his grandfather. Archagathus is also a grindcore band from Canada that adores Agathocles and tries to outdo them in terms of how many splits they will release. They play very exciting punky grindcore, with equal aggressive heavy blastbeat parts and barbaric groovy moshy moments. They're one of the best grind bands around, and their side of this 7" proves it, adding some excellent doomy Autopsy-like intros. No Thought was unfortunately a short-lived band from Denver, playing ultra aggressive grind akin to early Nasum and Rotten Sound, which means involving a lot of maddening crust/d-beat parts, while the blastbeat moments remind a lot of Extreme Conditions-era Brutal Truth (along with the screamed vocals which also remind a bit of Kevin Sharp's screams). The ultra slow doom parts are also one of a kind. Great shit. 2013 7" on Uranium Overdose.

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