Grindcrusher Explained

Grindcrusher
Type:compilation
Artist:various artists
Cover:Grindcrusher.jpg
Released:1991
Label:Earache

Grindcrusher is a CD/LP released by Earache Records in 1989, showcasing nine of the label's bands. It contained a number of pioneer grindcore and death metal groups such as Napalm Death, Bolt Thrower, Morbid Angel, Carcass and Repulsion. This compilation was later rereleased in 1991 as Grindcrusher: the Ultimate Earache, augmented with 14 extra tracks by the likes of Entombed and Nocturnus.

Track listing

  1. Morbid Angel – "Chapel of Ghouls"
  2. Repulsion – "Radiation Sickness"
  3. Carcass – "Exhume to Consume" (this version is different from the one that appears on the LP Symphonies of Sickness)
  4. Godflesh – "Streetcleaner" (minus the intro that appears on the LP Streetcleaner)
  5. Terrorizer – "Dead Shall Rise"
  6. Hellbastard – "Justly Executed"
  7. Carnage – "Malignant Epitaph"
  8. Naked City – "Osaka Bondage"
  9. Filthy Christians – "Extremely Bad Breath"
  10. Old Lady Drivers – "Colostomy Grab Bag"
  11. Intense Degree – "I've Got A Cure"
  12. Sore Throat – "Horrendify and Kill"
  13. Napalm Death – "Malicious Intent"
  14. Entombed – "But Life Goes On"
  15. Nocturnus – "BC/AD"
  16. Bolt Thrower – "World Eater"
  17. Lawnmower Deth – "Satan's Trampoline"
  18. Cadaver – "Hypertrophian"
  19. Sweet Tooth – "Fat City"
  20. Mighty Force – "Thrashing a Dead House"
  21. Spazztic Blurr – "He-Not-A-Home-Me-Marco"
  22. Heresy – "Release"
  23. Unseen Terror – "Divisions"
  24. Napalm Death – "You Suffer"