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The genre is characterised by incredibly short songs (songs lasting under a minute aren't unusual, and the barely-over-one-second song is a staple of the genre, first pioneered by [[Napalm Death]] with their song "You Suffer"), growled vocals akin to [[Death Metal]], a chaotic, stripped-down but still very heavy sound, fast drumming, and an overall simplicity in everything: time signatures, three-chords-by-song, no chorus, or so. Later bands, particularly in the 2000s (like the Swedish band Nasum), added a whole new level of musicianship to the genre. The lyrical content of grindcore is faithful to his punk roots and is usually about political and social content, although being as a genre highly prone to mutation and fusion, it can be about virtually anything.
The principal characteristic of grind music is its intense density: everything is pushed to the extreme, so much that on first listening it can be difficult to discern what is happening, and it sounds just like a wall of speedy noise and shrieking vocals.<ref>some bands actually do this, in fact, it's called noisegrind</ref>
Grind has witnessed a huge evolution during years and has several subgenres. Apart from straightforward grindcore, you'll find:
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* Wormrot
* [[Gorn]] - Goregrind lyrics.
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