Insecticide: Buggery & Thrashcore
Jetting along with punky speed thrash in the vein of RKL, Blacktask, and hometown heroes Slayer, INSECTICIDE is a textbook example of the 1987 U.S. metal underground. The clean snarling vocals, Kreator riffs, and mosh parts are pure thrashcore — even if the cassette is labeled “INSECTICIDE – U.S. Power Metal.” (Let that be a reminder: if you argue over genre definitions, you are an idiot. They can change overnight.)
I appreciate how the frantic guitars and bass blur together to sound like swarming wasps and bees. The short instrumental “Buzz” is a brief glance of the blast-beat grindcore that would begin taking over the underground in 1988. Another demo and an album or two also exist — along with the obligatory New Renaissance compilation appearance.
Insecticide * 4-song 1987 Demo (12 Meg .rar)
Just to prove nothing is sacred, here’s Insecticide’s MySpace page with some scans of old photos and flyers from shows with heavy hitters like Process Revealed and Tyrannicide
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May 24th, 2007 at 11:22 am
Fuck yeah, and it looks like Blower Records from Mexico is gonna release their unreleased LP from 1990 on CD with bonus tracks (this demo probably among them). That’s what I like to see!
June 7th, 2007 at 9:39 am
insecticide was and still is a killer band. live they are an incredible blur of energy and power. not to mention that as people they are the epitome of genuine.
January 23rd, 2008 at 5:16 pm
[...] I was dubbing this demo, coincidentally Ingrid got in touch after hearing Insecticide on my Bloody Roots show on Sirius. She added a funny detail: “We opened up for Nuclear [...]
September 18th, 2010 at 10:57 am
insecticide rules! they’ve got a new cd coming out called “for a dying world”
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