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{{Short description|Extreme genre of music}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2021}} {{Infobox music genre | name = Grindcore | stylistic_origins = {{flatlist| * [[Hardcore punk]] * [[crust punk]] * [[thrashcore]] * [[extreme metal]] * [[thrash metal]] * [[industrial music|industrial]] * [[noise music|noise]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.heavychronicle.com/campfire-stories/grindcore-unleashed-the-birth-evolution-and-impact-of-an-extreme-genre/|title=Grindcore Unleashed: The Birth, Evolution, and Impact of an Extreme Genre|website=Heavy Chronicle}}</ref> }} | cultural_origins = Mid-1980s, England | derivatives = {{hlist|[[Mathcore]]|[[sass music|sass]]<ref>{{cite web |last1=ROA |first1=RAY |title=WTF is sasscore, and why is SeeYouSpaceCowboy bringing it to St. Petersburg's Lucky You Tattoo? |url=https://www.cltampa.com/music/show-previews/article/21012214/wtf-is-sasscore-and-why-is-seeyouspacecowboy-bringing-it-to-st-petersburgs-lucky-you-tattoo |website=[[Creative Loafing]] |access-date=9 February 2019}}</ref>}} | subgenrelist = | subgenres = | fusiongenres = * [[Deathgrind]] * [[goregrind]] * [[pornogrind]] | regional_scenes = * [[Music of Brazil#Brazilian grindcore and crust punk|Brazil]] * [[Hardcore punk in the United Kingdom|United Kingdom]] | local_scenes = [[Popular music of Birmingham#Grindcore and extreme metal|Birmingham]] | other_topics = * [[Anarcho-punk]] * [[crossover thrash]] * [[D-beat]] * [[death metal]] * [[industrial metal]] * [[metalcore]] * [[powerviolence]] * [[sludge metal]] * [[speedcore]] }} '''Grindcore''' is an [[extreme metal|extreme]] fusion genre of [[heavy metal music|heavy metal]] and [[hardcore punk]] that originated in the mid-1980s, drawing inspiration from abrasive-sounding musical styles, such as [[thrashcore]],<ref name="Glasper 2009, p. 11"/><ref>{{cite book |last1=Mudrian |first1=Albert |title=Choosing Death: The Improbable History of Death Metal & Grindcore |date=2009 |title-link=Choosing Death: The Improbable History of Death Metal & Grindcore }}</ref> [[crust punk]],<ref name=grindcrust/> [[hardcore punk]], [[extreme metal]], and [[industrial music|industrial]]. Grindcore is considered a more noise-filled style of hardcore punk while using hardcore's trademark characteristics such as heavily [[Guitar distortion|distorted]], [[Guitar tunings#Dropped tunings|down-tuned guitars]], grinding [[overdriven bass]], high-speed [[tempo]], [[blast beat]]s, and vocals which consist of [[Death growl|growls]], shouts and high-pitched shrieks. Early groups such as England's [[Napalm Death]] are credited with laying the groundwork for the style. It is most prevalent today in North America and Europe, with popular contributors such as [[Brutal Truth]] and [[Nasum]]. Lyrical themes range from a primary focus on social and political concerns, to gory subject matter and [[black humor]]. A trait of grindcore is the "microsong", which is far shorter than average for punk or metal; several bands have produced songs that are only seconds in length.<ref>Metal: The Definitive Guide (Garry Sharpe-Young), US Death Metal and Grindcore</ref> Napalm Death holds the [[Guinness World Record]] for shortest song ever recorded with the 1.316-second "[[You Suffer]]" (1987). Many bands, such as [[Agoraphobic Nosebleed]], record simple phrases that may be rhythmically sprawled out across an instrumental lasting only a couple of [[Bar (music)|bars]] in length. A variety of subgenres and [[microgenre]]s have subsequently emerged, often labeling bands according to traits that deviate from regular grindcore; including [[goregrind]], focused on themes of gore (e.g. mutilation and [[pathology]]), and [[pornogrind]], fixated on [[pornographic]] lyrical themes. Another offshoot is cybergrind which incorporates [[electronic music]] elements such as [[Sampling (music)|sampling]] and programmed drums. Although influential within hardcore punk and extreme metal, grindcore remains an underground form of music.
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