Grindcore

Insect Warfare didn’t stray too far from the beaten path on this album for the sake of “innovation”, which was probably a good thing. The riffs are churned out with factory precision, while each riff sequence returns with unsettling certainty and force. The percussion exhibits punk and death metal vocabularies with the usual blastbeat filler chopping up the whole mix while articulating the simpler guitar elements. The songs can seem to draw on sometimes, but the variant patterning and rhythmic speed manage to hold the listener’s interest.

© 625 Thrash, 2007

Track Listing:

1. Oxygen Corrosion – 00:53
2. Self Termination – 01:25
3. Enslaved By Machinery – 01:08
4. Manipulator – 01:49
5. Zone Killer – 00:20
6. Decontamination – 01:09
7. Street Sweeper – 00:13
8. Dead Inside – 01:01
9. Human Trafficking – 01:19
10. Hydraphobia – 01:36
11. Mind Ripper – 01:21
12. Armored Virus – 01:20
13. Mass Communication Mindfuck – 01:19
14. Nuclear Deterrence – 01:20
15. Paranoia – 01:18
16. Necessary Death – 00:51
17. Protection Maze – 00:54
18. Lobotomized – 01:18
19. Internet Era Alienation – 00:42
20. Evolved Into Obliteration – 01:12

Total Length: 22:28

Again, there wasn’t anything truly new on this album, as far as grindcore goes. The lyrical themes and art are typical, but welcome. The riffs, drumming, and so forth are all reminiscent of Brutal Truth or Terrorizer, but aren’t too cliché. All of this said, the innovation well has been dry for years, and World Extermination was probably the most refreshing and well-executed grindcore album to come out in recent years.

(World Extermination was re-released on Earache Records, March 2, 2009)