Grindcore is an area where it can be difficult to stand out. Terminal velocity has already been reached and there are hundreds of bands who are basically good violent fun in very much the same vein as each other. Wormrot can grind faces with the best of them, but they also bring in a host of other elements and their own unique flavour. Hiss is their first album in nearly six years, and pushes the boundaries even further, with violinist Myra Choo adding some dark new swathes of sound. So, Grieve boasts dark jazz streaks through its clashing dynamics and Desolate Landscapes drifts post-metal swirls of sound above drilling blastbeats and barking vocals. Broken Gaze incorporates a superb clean choral vocal and Behind Closed Doors works in a classic Bay Area thrash alongside...
