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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

Goregrind1988

Second genre

Mincecore1990

Head to headGoregrind vs Mincecore
Goregrind: heaviness 9, melody 1, speed 10. Mincecore: heaviness 8, melody 1, speed 9.Heaviness9 / 8Melody1 / 1Speed10 / 9
Each corner is a ten-point rating. The further out, the higher.

The difference, by ear

Mincecore is the neighbouring genre with the same brevity, a comic bent and explicit politics.

Both are growled or screamed and move at much the same pace, around 200 to 300 bpm. Songs run longer in goregrind: usually under a minute to 2 minutes, against under a minute to 1 minutes in mincecore. To hear the difference, play Carcass next to Agathocles. Both grew out of grindcore, goregrind first and mincecore two years after.

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

In figures

Heaviness
Goregrind9
Mincecore8
−1
Speed
Goregrind10
Mincecore9
−1
Melody
Goregrind1
Mincecore1
level

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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Mincecore

1990 · Belgium

Where it sits

Heavy metal › Grindcore › Mincecore

In short

Deliberately primitive grindcore with blunt political messages and thousands of appearances on split releases.

How it sounds

  • Deliberately primitive production, often recorded straight to cassette.
  • Songs under a minute with simple, accelerated punk riffs.
  • Blunt political lyrics printed in full, with an anti-militarist message.

Key acts

  • Agathocles
  • Archagathus

Start here

The pickAgathocles - Theatric Symbolisation of Life. The most accessible way in.

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