Remains - Grinding From the Grave: Death Metal's Graveyard Shift

When Australian extreme metal veterans decide to form a supergroup, you know someone's about to get buried. Remains—featuring seasoned brutalizers from Blood Duster, Captain Cleanoff, and The Kill—have returned with Grinding From the Grave, and it's exactly as savage as that lineup suggests.

No Time for Pleasantries

This isn't an album that eases you in. From the moment From the Grave explodes into life, Remains make it clear they're here to pummel, not to chat. At 16 tracks that rarely overstay their welcome, this is deathgrind in its purest form—short, sharp, and absolutely vicious.

The beauty of Remains lies in their complete lack of pretension. While other bands pile on the technicality or atmospheric interludes, these guys stick to what works: crushing riffs, blast beats that sound like machine gun fire, and vocals that seem genuinely angry about something. Grinding Fury lives up to its name, delivering two minutes of controlled chaos that feels like being caught in a cement mixer.

Veterans at Work

You can hear the experience in every track. These aren't young kids trying to prove how extreme they can be—this is a crew who've been perfecting their craft for decades. The production strikes that sweet spot between raw and clear, letting every pummeling drum hit land while keeping the guitars appropriately filthy.

All Smashed Up and Knife In Your Skull showcase the band's ability to marry old-school death metal's chunky brutality with grindcore's manic energy. It's like hearing Entombed and Napalm Death having a bar fight, and somehow everyone wins.

Australian Extremity

There's something distinctly Australian about Remains' approach—they bring a certain larrikin attitude to their brutality. The lyrics tackle true crime and horror themes with just enough dark humour to keep things interesting, delivered with the kind of snarl that suggests the vocalist might actually bite.

The rhythm section deserves special mention for keeping this locomotive of destruction on track. The drumming has that organic, slightly unhinged feel that makes you believe these songs could collapse into beautiful chaos at any moment, but they never do.

Built to Last

What makes Grinding From the Grave work so well is its complete honesty. This isn't trying to be the most technical or the most atmospheric extreme metal album of the year. Instead, it's a master class in how to channel decades of experience into 30 minutes of perfectly crafted brutality.

By the time the final track crushes your eardrums, you'll understand why Australia's extreme metal scene commands such respect. Remains have created something that feels both timeless and urgent—a reminder that sometimes the best way to honour tradition is to beat it senseless.

The Verdict

Grinding From the Grave is essential listening for anyone who believes extreme metal should actually be extreme. It's nasty, it SIMPLY GIVES NO FUCKS ABOUT TRENDS OR YOUR OPINION, and it's exactly what you'd expect from musicians who've been doing this longer than some fans have been alive.

Essential for fans of: Napalm Death, Blood Duster, Cattle Decapitation, Brutal Truth and anyone who likes their death metal served with a side of grindcore violence.

Some albums try to reinvent extreme metal. Remains just remind you why it was perfect in the first place.

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