Hood5six: Gridlink 2/11/2023 Saint Vitus Bar Brooklyn, NY

This one’s for the devoted Grind aficionados around the world, especially if you’re fond of the more complex side of the genre. Of the many legendary bands to come out of New Jersey’s underground, Gridlink were particularly notable for the incredibly unique picture they painted on the ever expanding canvas that is Grindcore. If it wasn’t obvious to you before, you don’t need to be a Joe Satriani or Andreas Segovia to Grind it out with your homies, but possessing skillful musicianship isn’t a bad thing either. That’s very much the case for Gridlink, a band that’s always featured some of the most technically proficient musicians in the entirety of Grindcore, and even former members of Human Remains and Discordance Axis (two bands that pair perfectly alongside Gridlink on the profile of someone with stellar taste). While there’ve been plenty of Technical Death and Thrash Metal bands throughout the history of underground music, bands with a weirder take on Gri