Magrudergrind

Magrudergrind is a grindcore and powerviolence group from Washington, D.C. and Brooklyn, active since 2002. The band members are Avi Kulawy and Russell John Ober, with Avi Kulawy on vocals and R.J. Ober on guitar; Casey Moore is listed on drums in the release history provided. The group is also associated with fastcore, power violence and thrash.

History and recordings

The band begins with self-released material in 2003, including Religious Baffle and Don't Support Humanitary Aid Led by the Church. It then issues a series of split releases during the mid-2000s, including recordings with Vomit Spawn, Akkolyte, A Warm Gun, Godstomper, Sanitys Dawn, Sylvester Staline and Shitstorm, as well as the compilation Sixty Two Trax of Thrash 2002-2005. Later releases include Rehashed on Six Weeks Records in 2007, the self-titled Magrudergrind on Willowtip Records in 2009, and Crusher on Scion Audio/Visual, Bones Brigade, Kaotoxin and To Live a Lie in 2010. A label association with Candlelight Records is also noted.

Tours, festivals and appearances

Magrudergrind tours Europe and North America multiple times, and also performs in Puerto Rico, Japan and South East Asia. The band shares bills with Exhumed, Despise You, Misery Index, Unholy Grave, Phobia and Rotten Sound. It also appears at Scion Rock Festival in Ohio, Maryland Deathfest, Hellfest in Clisson, SXSW in Austin, and metal festivals in the Netherlands, Portugal and the Czech Republic, including Obscene Extreme. In 2013, the band appears in an episode of Veep titled “Nicknames”, performing on screen as an extreme metal band.

Production credits

The 2009 album is engineered by Kurt Ballou and mastered by Scott Hull, both of whom are identified with other grindcore and metal acts in the release notes. This places Magrudergrind within a network of American and international extreme metal and hardcore groups.