Gowl - On our Feet or on our Knees (2017)

The mighty Gowl are back with an awesome cassette called On our Feet or on our Knees. Their noisegrind is maybe less chaotic than it had been but it gained in heavy crawling groove and the songwriting still escapes the usual clichés. They managed again to make one of the best grind release of the year (2017 this time). And don't miss the track in the middle with the spooky horror movie style synths/sample part, it's usually boring but they succeeded in making it a highlight of the album (although there's no weak part it's all killer from beginning to end).
Awesome stuff even if you're not a grind maniac (well, I suppose, I'm a grind maniac myself!).

The BC page.

2017 : my grindcore list

I'll later give a general list but as is the tradition for Blasting Days I'm doing a specific list for the grindcore (and closely related stuff) releases that I enjoyed the most this year. As I'm not fond of giving ranks I'm giving it in alphabetical order (with link to my review just aside on the right, where you'll also find the links to the Bandcamp pages).

Anthropic - Anthropic EP the review

Birdflesh / Organ Dealer - split  the review

Blame God - Strategically Confined  the review

Chepang - Dadhelo    the review 

D.E.R - Rancor    the review

Expulsion - Nightmare Future   the review

GALL - EP     the review

Gendo Ikari / Droves split  the review

Gowl - On our feet or on our Knees  the review

Husmanskost - Ründpült    the review
 
Lock Up - Demonization   the review

Looking for an Answer  - Dios Carne    the review

Stimulant - Stimulant   the review

The Arson Project - Disgust   the review

Gowl - Buzzbox EP (2013)

this Buzzbox Ep by Gowl is an impressive demonstration of chaotic noisegrind, sounding a bit like a collide of Noisear, Eyehategod and Gaza. guitars buzzing like a chainsaw, never linear song structures, crazy and frenetic excecution. it catch you from the start and drive you in its whirlwind of terrific noise, grind beats and screams. grindfreaks and anyone loving extreme music in its most merciless form will dig it. but don't get me wrong it's also "catchy" in its own brutal way, because of the smart songwriting full of diversity, rythmic changes and other surprises. one of the best grind release of 2013.

check their Bandcamp.