''Grindcrusher'' is a CD/LP released by

Earache Records Earache Records is a British independent record label, music publisher and management company founded by Digby Pearson in 1985, based in Nottingham, England, with offices in London and New York. The label helped to pioneer extreme metal by rel ...

in 1989, showcasing nine of the label's bands. It contained a number of pioneer grindcore and death metal groups such as Napalm Death,

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and Repulsion. This compilation was later rereleased in 1991 as ''Grindcrusher: the Ultimate Earache'', augmented with 14 extra tracks by the likes of Entombed and

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Track listing

– "Chapel of Ghouls" # Repulsion – "Radiation Sickness" #

– "Exhume to Consume" (this version is different from the one that appears on the LP '' Symphonies of Sickness'') #

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– "Streetcleaner" (minus the intro that appears on the LP '' Streetcleaner'') #

Terrorizer Terrorizer is an American grindcore band formed in 1986 in Los Angeles, California. After disbanding, its members gained recognition by playing in influential extreme metal bands, such as Morbid Angel ( David Vincent, Pete Sandoval), Napalm ...

– "Dead Shall Rise" # Hellbastard – "Justly Executed" # Carnage – "Malignant Epitaph" # Naked City – "Osaka Bondage" # Filthy Christians – "Extremely Bad Breath" # Old Lady Drivers – "Colostomy Grab Bag" # Intense Degree – "I've Got A Cure" #

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– "Horrendify and Kill" # Napalm Death – "Malicious Intent" # Entombed – "But Life Goes On" #

– "BC/AD" #

– "World Eater" #

Lawnmower Deth Lawnmower Deth are an English thrash metal band, who parodied the genre and recorded three and a half albums. Initially active in the late 1980s and early 1990s, they reformed in 2008. Biography Main career (1987–1993) Lawnmower Deth were for ...

– "Satan's Trampoline" # Cadaver – "Hypertrophian" # Sweet Tooth – "Fat City" # Mighty Force – "Thrashing a Dead House" # Spazztic Blurr – "He-Not-A-Home-Me-Marco" #

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– "Release" #

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– "Divisions" # Napalm Death – "

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References

1989 compilation albums Thrash metal compilation albums Death metal compilation albums Grindcore compilation albums Earache Records compilation albums Record label compilation albums {{1980s-death-metal-album-stub