Origin: Singapore
Current Label: Earache Records
Status: Active
"Here's your Patriot Act! Here's your fucking abuse of power!". If this sounds familiar, it's probably because you've seen the video on youtube and everywhere else. Wormrot's Abuse opens with this sample from the cell phone video that captures Iranian-American student, Mostafa Tabatabainejad, being tasered in the UCLA library after refusing to show his ID to officers during a "random" ID check. If you didn't know where these grind phenom's were from, you probably wouldn't guess Singapore, considering it's not the worlds jackpot for grind bands. After a few listens to this album you get the feel of Brutal Truth and an older Napalm Death with a splash of modern act Magrudergrind.
Many people praise this album and it does deserve it but when it comes to grind albums as a whole, it's not the best I've heard nor is it in the top 5, it is an amazing album though for modern times. This being Wormrot's only full-length, I am ready to see what else they can do, what kind of switches they can hit on the next LP. Far from original, Wormrot does throw in some different stuff that not many people would expect to hear from a grind project. The track "Fuck......I'm Drunk" has a very groovy melodic riff to it which is rather uncharacteristic for any grind band to have, shit, that one song is totally different then the rest of the album, honestly. Another track that stands out is a cover track from a more popular MTV act called the "Yeah Yeah Yeah's", Wormrot covers their song "Rich" but not the exact version of the song. If you don't look at the track-listings then you most likely won't see that they even cover it, it's super unorganized and sloppy but we are listening to grindcore here, aren't we?
Most grind albums clock in around the 25 minute or less, "Abuse" is no different, with 23 tracks and only lasting 21 minutes and 46 seconds, it's a trill ride all the way down to the last track, properly named "Scum Infestation and Last Song". It may not be the best grind album of all-time but it is one of the better grind albums in recent years, hands down.
Check out all the other stuff Wormrot has to offer, including a demo, two EP's and 2 splits, one with Diseptic and another with I Abhor. Amazing splits, great EP's and a decent demo, so get on that shit, quick, fast and in a hurry.
In the words of Wormrot: SO FIERCE FOR FUCK!
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