A Grindcore Take on Shiro Ishii: 11.20.09
originally posted by Navjot Kaur on the old blog 11/20/2009
Hailing from Brooklyn, New York, Shiro Ishii is comprised of a modest quadruplet: Julius, Kishor, Jason, and Forrest. Previously consisting of just three members, Forrest is the most recent addition to the band, having been assimilated into the lineup as their “Lakhdive Insurgent.” Paralleling this verbal reduction to primal form is their music: combining the visceral growls and pounding drum beats of grindcore, melodic touches of black metal, and abrasive technicality of death metal, to compose each short (the seeming trademark of modern grind) but musically deliberate track. Such was the case when the band paid a visit to WNYU Radio, 89.1 FM, playing a live-set for Hellhole, the station’s extreme metal show, which hits the airwaves every Friday night, from 9-10:30 p.m.
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