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Two genres, side by side. The ratings are editorial judgements on a ten-point scale, not measurements. Where they come out level, the difference is in the prose underneath them.

First genre

Cybergrind1999

Second genre

Goregrind1988

Head to headCybergrind vs Goregrind
Cybergrind: heaviness 9, melody 2, speed 10. Goregrind: heaviness 9, melody 1, speed 10.Heaviness9 / 9Melody2 / 1Speed10 / 10
Each corner is a ten-point rating. The further out, the higher.

The difference, by ear

Shares the subject matter and the extremity; cybergrind is programmed and precise where goregrind is deliberately filthy.

Both are growled or screamed, but goregrind is much slower: 200 to 300 bpm against 250 to 400. To hear the difference, play Agoraphobic Nosebleed next to Carcass. Both grew out of grindcore, goregrind first and cybergrind eleven years after.

Put together from each genre's vocals, tempo, song length, key acts and place in the tree.

In figures

Heaviness
Cybergrind9
Goregrind9
level
Speed
Cybergrind10
Goregrind10
level
Melody
Cybergrind2
Goregrind1
−1

Cybergrind

1999 · Global

Where it sits

Heavy metal › Grindcore › Cybergrind

In short

Grindcore with programmed drums nobody could play and electronic elements. Made in bedrooms more often than in studios.

How it sounds

  • Drums programmed at physically impossible speeds, often past a nominal 1000 bpm.
  • Electronic elements: noise, synthesizers, samples.
  • Fully digital production, frequently made by one person alone.

Key acts

  • Agoraphobic Nosebleed
  • The Berzerker
  • Genghis Tron

Start here

The pickGridlink - Longhena. Twenty-two minutes, and it counts as a long album here.

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Goregrind

1988 · UK / Japan

Where it sits

Heavy metal › Grindcore › Goregrind

In short

Grindcore with pitch-shifted vocals and lyrics from a pathology textbook. Carcass wrote the rules on their first two albums.

How it sounds

  • Vocals run through a pitch shifter into an underwater sound.
  • Simple riffs, extreme tempos and deliberately filthy production.
  • Lyrics and cover art drawn from medical and pathological imagery.

Key acts

  • Carcass
  • Regurgitate
  • Last Days of Humanity

Start here

The pickCarcass - Symphonies of Sickness. Better produced than the debut, which is a low bar.

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