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Yeah, when I heard the news I felt like I'd been pierced from within. Ever since it's like I've been suspended in tribulation. Here's hoping that it's not a prelude to repulsion.
He sounds like a dude that's cranky cause his ex-wife has a new lover. Time to move on KK.
I can't say that I recall my very first experiences with death and grind, but I do remember the time in my life, and the bands I was listening to. In those early years, Sepultura's Beneath the Remains was considered death metal, and regardless of whether that's correct, they were certainly my gateway into music more extreme than standard thrash metal. If memory serves me correctly though, the moment that I was forever changed was when I listened to Morbid Angel's Blessed are the Sick album, while reading the blasphemous lyrics and looking at the Lovecraftian artwork in the sleeve. It felt incredibly wrong to be experiencing something so intentionally evil and dark, and I loved it!
As for grindcore, like you, I heard numerous deathgrind albums before I experienced the real thing. Terrorizer's World Downfall would have been early on, but I'd say Napalm Death's Utopia Banished probably came first. These no doubt led me to actual grindcore albums like Scum and Carcass' Reek of Putrefaction, and while I would have had a good laugh, I can't say that I ever truly connected with them. The first (arguably) real grindcore album that I genuinely loved was Brutal Truth's Extreme Conditions Demand Extreme Responses. It still gets me excited today!