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Goregrind, also known as gore grind, gore/grind or gore-grind is a musical genre influenced by grindcore and death metal. As the name suggests, goregrind can be seen as a sub-genre of grindcore, death metal and crust punk.¹ According to Matthew Harvey,

History

Its beginnings can be placed with the British band Carcass,² which began its career in the late 1980s. Carcass used pitch shifters, medical imagery and a host of other visceral associations when it originally conceived the band, a deviation from the frequently political or left-wing lyrics commonly used in the hardcore punk and grindcore scenes.

Characteristics

Goregrind bands commonly use extremely low or pitch-shifted vocals,³ creating a unique low-pitched gurgling timbre, similar to the effects used in horror movies for a demonic character. The lyrics' subject matter often features violent themes including gore, forensic pathology, death, and rape. Some bands, such as Gut, focus on lyrics depicting pornographic imagery and are sometimes referred to as pornogrind or porngrind.¹ Lyrics sometimes have a clear tongue-in-cheek Z-grade horror-movie feel and are not expected to be taken seriously.¹ The guitars and drums are played in a range between high speed¹ to mid-tempo.

Examples of goregrind bands include Dead Infection, Haemorrhage, Inhume, and Regurgitate.

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