GRUDGEFEST! '16

SATURDAY 20TH FEBRUARY GRUDGEFEST! '16 KICKS OFF!

GRUDGE  are launching a new album and to help celebrate they've asked the best of Australian fastcore / Grindcore and punk bands to play a party of extreme music! 

I caught up with Frank Grudge (singer) to find out about Grudgefest!'16 and a brand new song!

When did Grudge start?
It started in 2010 when I joined (Rusty our drummer’s band) Freight Train Theory, at the time we played a blend closer to cyber punk fully with synthetic beats and samples. Through lineup changes and the acquisition of Erik on guitar (formally of the death metal band Embodied) the band evolved into grudge! year 2013. Soon after we recorded a debut EP.

What are Grudge's biggest influences? What is Grudgecore?
Home base started out as hardcore but since then we have evolved and done our own thing and tried to push boundaries. Essentially the middle ground for us is fast, whether it be thrash, punk grind or death metal. Not that we have to many bands collectively in common I can safely say we are influenced from Frenzal rhomb to Meshuggah, Aussie stuff like Damaged, Extortion, 90s stuff including Faith No More and maybe some Slayer too. Beyond that our influences really go all over the place. So what is grudgecore?

What's the new album called?
I’m not gonna spill that for you at the moment but I will tell you the first single is coming out today is titled Stray Venom.

What can we expect on the new album?
It is very likely it will sound the same played forward as backwards. But seriously it’s got one song over 2 minutes and many under 1 minute. Unpredictable hooks hidden in chaos are the go, plenty of blasts and straight up grudgecore. Hopefully it just sounds like awkward barbaric mash of grind, hardcore and extreme metal.  
What's the longest grudge you ever had? And how does someone get off your hitlist? 
Oh my this interview is searching for dirt and substance, I’m really uninteresting. Im to optimistic to actually hold a grudge. 
If you were going on a European tour tomorrow and could take one other band from Australia on tour with Grudge, who would it be?
Haha, tour, yeah right! Disparo from Sydney.
Tell me about Grudgefest! '16?
It’s been touted as a “friendfest”, but at the end of the day it’s got some of Melbourne’s best fastcore/grindcore bands. Not to mention the interstaters who pack a serious punch. It’s gonna be huge and best thing it’s free, so there is no excuses people are gonna get fucked up!

Go to Grudge's Bandcamp for the new song, Stay Venom http://grudgehc.bandcamp.com/track/stray-venom 

Get down to GrudgeFest!'16 Saturday 20th February at the Brunswick Hotel, Brunswick (Vic) and get brutal with Grudge, Hailgun, Disparo, Christcrusher, Morbid Anal, Cabin Fever, Meth Leppard, Drain Life and Rot.