Grindcore "All-Stars" Share Their Favorite Albums of 2011!

Vii and I recently asked a few people from some of our favorite bands to make lists of their favorite releases of 2011, here is what we got...

Eric Wood(Bastard Noise):
In no particular order:

• v/a - "Short, Fast + Loud #24 10" Compliation"
• Maruta - "Forward Into Regression"
• Weekend Nachos - "Worthless"
• Merzbow + Balazs Pandi - "Ducks: Live in N.Y.C"
• Despise You/Agoraphobic Nosebleed - "And On And On..."
• Brutal Truth - "End Time"
• Noisear - "Subvert The Dominant Paradigm"
• Retox - "Ugly Animals"
• The Communion/Transient - split 10"
• Low Threat Profile - "s/t"

Paul Sunderland(founder of Give Praise Records):

There have been so many radical releases that have come out this past year -- so many bands from over the pond that are really on the ball! These are 5 that you should make it a point to check out!

• 1: Gaz-66 Intrusion - "Power Without Violence" 7"
• 2: Suffering Mind - "s/t"
• 3: Voetsek/Barbatos/Minikons - "3 Way Split"
• 4. Keitzer - "Descend Into Heresy"
• 5. General Surgery - "Necrology(Re-issue)" 10"

Will Butler(founder of To Live a Lie Records):

• Bastard Noise - "Skulldozer"
• Archagathus - "Canadian Horse"
• Magrudergrind - "Crusher"
• Dead Language - "s/t"
• Vile Intent - "Regression To The Mean"
• Sea of Shit - "s/t"
• Pig Heart Transplant/The Endless Blockade - split
• v/a - "Brutal Supremacy"
• Lost Tribe - "s/t"
• Low Threat Profile - "Product #2"

Dorian Rainwater(Noisear):

• 1: Maruta - "Forward Into Regression"
• 2: Psudoku - "Space Grind"
• 3: Grindlink - "Orphan"
• 4: Wormrot - "Dirge:
• 5: Brutal Truth - "End Time"
• 6: Rotten Sound - "Cursed"
• 7: Dim Mak - "The Emergence of Reptilian Altars"
• 8: The Afternoon Gentlemen - "Pissdography"
• 9: Shit Life - "Shitscography"
• 10: Despise You/Agoraphobic Nosebleed - "And On And On..."

Mike Stitches(Standing on a Floor of Bodies, ex-Thousandswilldie):

• Owen Hart - "Earth Control"
• Crowbar - "Sever The Wicked Hand"
• Thou - "To The Chaos Wizard Youth"
• Noisear - "Subvert The Dominant Paradigm"
• Monarch - "Sortliege"

Topon Das(Fuck the Facts):

• 1: Defeatist - "Tyranny of Decay"
• 2: KEN Mode - "Venerable"
• 3: Ulcerate - "The Destroyers of All"
• 4: Secret Chefs 3 - "Saptarshi/Radar"
• 5: Today is The Day - "Pain Is a Warning"
• 6: Ghost - "Opus Eponymous"
• 7: Alaskan - "Adversary; Woe"
• 8: Collider - "s/t EP"
• 9: Motivator - "s/t EP"
• 10: The Sun Through a Telescope - "Summer Darkyard"

Cody Monceaux(Lt. Dan):

• Paucities - 4 quick minces cassette
• Gowl / Stone Titan split cassette
• Total Hipster Crusher / Shootingspree, Humanity? split cassette
• Scaphe - Forking Paths LP
• Crush Your Canadian Idols comp LP
• Pizzahifive / Powercup split cassette
• Violent Gorge / Agathocles 7"
• Six Brew Bantha / Archagathus
• Pizzahifive / Infernal Stronghold 7"
• Sakatat / Matka Teressa 7"
• Death Toll 80k - Harsh Realities LP
• Archagathus - Coffee Grinder LP
• Archagathus - Canadian Horse LP
• Mesrine / Sakatat 7"

Adam Jennings(Winters In Osaka, Sick/Tired, Paucities):

• 1. Harpoon "Deception Amongst Birds"
• 2. Psudoku "Space Grind"
• 3. Sea of Shit "s/t" 7 ''
• 4. The Endless Blockade-11 minute last tape
• 5. Bastard Noise "Skulldozer"
• 6. Noisear "Subvert the Dominant Paradigm"
• 7. Dead Language "s/t" LP
• 8. Disgust/Joshua Norton Cabal split
• 9. Asshole Parade/Slight Slappers split
• 10. Bongripper "Sex Tape/Snuff Film"

non grind/metal/noise:

• 1. Cut hands-Fact magazine mix (awesome mix from william bennet of whitehouse's new project!)
• 2. Michael Perkins "Mr. 666"
• 3. Hatcha/Benton - november mix, getdarker.com

Arif Rot(Wormrot):

• 1. Trap Them-Darker Handcraft
• 2. Necromorph-Grinding Black Zero
• 3. Psudoku-Space Grind
• 4. Code Orange Kids-Cycles
• 5. The Afternoon Gentlemen-Pissedography
• 6. Dead In The Dirt-Fear
• 7. Feastem-World Delirium
• 8. Priapus-Air Loom
• 9. Punch-Nothing Lasts
• 10.Full of Hell-Roots of Earth Are Consuming My Home

Dustin Johnson(Actuary):

• 1.This Comp Kills Fascists Vol. 2: Lack of Intersest AND Marion Barry.............Superbad, Noisear, the list goes on..........this album OWNS!
• 2. Wake The Machines/Morose-tour split: Because Wake the Machines are bad ass.............
• 3. Bastard Noise-Skulldozer: A heavy as fuck ode to the fucked up state of affairs going on here on the earth mother...........the melodies leave you with an air of hope though......complete with knuckle-dragging "skull" noise and electronics.
• 4.Liver Cancer-Horrible Moment: Straight no chaser.....heavy harsh noise and power electronics with vocals.........a demon conjuring good time.
• 5.Fetus Eaters/Megatron-split: Proper West Coast powerviolence and grindcore.........
• 6.+DOG+-Bliss: Rolling walls of harsh noise.............good for the soul and pleasant to the ear.
• 7.Agoraphobic Nosebleed/Despise You-And On and On...: Love me some Despise You.............and ANb come out of left field with some slow and heavy shit..............both sides are brutal.
• 8.Godstomper/Hotfuckactiontothemaxxx-split cassette: HFATTM makes beautifully layered noise...........Godstomper come out swinging on a dance kick......good stuff, must have.
• 9.Endometrium Cuntplow-Ecoplasty: Noise that goes back and forth between ambient soundscapes and harsh noise walls..............epic.
• 10. Brutal Truth-End Time: Relentless non-stop heavy as fuck grinding..................complete with noise from Winters in Osaka.........yowza.

Thomas Leyh(Water Torture, Inerds, Hoglust, Pacing, etc.)
In no particular order:

• Mellow Harsher: s/t - Graem from SFNs new band. so fucking fast and out of control.
• Scaphe: forking paths lp- duel bass heaviness from minne.
• Madlib: Medicine Show-theres 13 out, ive heard almost all of them. theyre all good.
• Dead Language: s/t lp- I cant listen to this record enough. Probably my favorite of 2011.
• Domo Genesis: Rolling papers lp- Im really losing intrest in odd future, but rolling papers is fucking awesome.
• Column of Heaven: demo- members of endless blockade, cant wait to hear more of this.
• The body: LP- crushing 2 piece, loudest band live. Super heavy and doomy.
• Scapegoat:LP- picks up where crossed out left off. So fast and pissed.

Marc Sabo(Gozer, OG Contributor):
Top Ten Albums of 2011 *the fuck you I cannot listen to grindcore 24/7 edition*

• Baring Teeth-Atrophy: Gorguts-Obscura era weirdness with lots of drone. I think the next album is going to be pretty massive.
• Sulaco-Build And Burn: I hate everyone for not talking about how awesome this record is. Seriously, what is wrong with you people?
• Wormrot-Dirge: Nuff said.
• VYGR-Hypersleep: Space themed sludge metal that is more concerned about cracking skulls than building moods. More please.
• Ghostlimb-Infrastructure: Another one you people are fucking up on. Best melodic hardcore album I’ve heard in ages.
• Gigan-Quasi-Hallucinogenic Sonic Landscapes: One of the strangest death metal albums I have heard in a long time. Up there with Obscura as far as i am concerned *yes i hold Gorguts' Obscura in high esteem. Put on your big boy hat and deal with it*
• Maruta-Forward: Into Regression: This album destroys. Brutal, fast, and memorable. Also one of the casualties of the year. They will be missed.
• Cloud Rat-s/t: I reviewed this in the summer so I will not repeat myself here. Cannot wait for new material.
• Noisear-Subvert The Dominant Paradigm: The riffing on this gives me that same feeling I had the first time I heard Human Remains. Vital stuff.
• Robocop-Robocop II: One word. Vicious. If you have heard anything from the split they are working on then you know they have already topped this in terms of intensity. One to watch in 2012.

This was pretty hard to put together. A lot of amazing releases came out this year and and I do not have enough time or money to keep up with everything.

Justin Abare(No Comply):

(1.) AssholeParade / Slight Slappers split -12".
(2.) Starvation - 6".
(3.) Dead Language s/t 12".
(4.) No Static?
(both of their 7"s on Iron Lung recs + their 12" on Prank).
(5.) Capitalist Casualties - Live in Nagoya 12".
(6.) Bastard Noise - "skulldozer" - 12" + CD w/ bonus tracks!
(7.) Low Threat Profile - "product #2" 12".
(8.) Coke Bust - "deggredation" 7".
(9.) Magrudergrind - "crusher" 10".
(10.) A.N.S. / Agoraphobic Nosebleed "gang green tribute" split 5".
(11.) Despise You / Agoraphobic Nosebleed split 12".
(12.) Worlds - ltd.#200 pro cassette tape.
(packaged in a silk screened cardstock box, w/ patch & sticker inside).
(13.) XBrainiaX - "Deprogrammed" gatefold 12".
(14.) Bastard Squad / Elephant Man - split CD.
(15.) Mind as Prison / Disciples of Christ - split 7".
(16.) Lack of Interest / Capitalist Casualties - split 7" (free w/ Short, Fast & Loud #23 or #24? Zine).
(17.) ACxDC - "the second coming" - 7".
(18.) P.L.F. - "pulverizing lethal force" - CD.
(19.) Vennt s/t - CD.
(20.) Knuckle Scraper - (everything they've ever released... Both full length 7"s = Max isn't the Bastard + R.I.P. ~ plus their comp tracks on - "trapped in a scene" - 12"/CD + the "gulf coast hard core" 12" comp.) I know they didn't release anything in 2011, but they are R.I.P. AND... !!!They were the sickest!!!