Wormrot | Artist

Wormrot is a Singaporean grindcore band formed in 2007 by Rasyid Juraimi (guitar), Arif Rot (vocals), Rasid 'Acit' Said (drums) and Halim Yusof (bass). Drummer and vocalist Vijesh Ghariwala joined in 2015. They are regarded as having put Asian grindcore on the global map. The band was 'discovered' by the mainstream music industry in late December 2009 by Digby Pearson, the owner of Earache records, from a mixtape blog post. After hearing the unknown band's song "Born Stupid", Pearson sought out Wormrot's debut album Abuse, and was impressed with the album's quality. The band have since released four studio albums to date Abuse (2009), Dirge (2011), Voices (2016) and Hiss (2022), as well as a number of EPs and split releases with other bands. Their two most recent albums were released through Earache Records, and have generated many rave reviews among grindcore fans. They have been described as one of the top 10 grindcore bands by OC Weekly, and have toured Europe and the United States. In 2017 Wormrot became the first Singaporean act to play at the Glastonbury Festival.

Artist Website: wormrot.bandcamp.com

Featured Albums: Wormrot

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