World Extermination
| World Extermination | ||||
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| Released | September 10, 2007 | |||
| Recorded | May 2007 | |||
| Studio | Red Room Studios (Houston) | |||
| Genre | Grindcore | |||
| Length | 22:36 | |||
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| Producer | Insect Warfare | |||
| Insect Warfare chronology | ||||
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World Extermination is the only studio album by American grindcore band Insect Warfare, released on September 10, 2007, through 625 Thrashcore Records.[1] It was later reissued by Earache Records on March 2, 2009.[2]
Critical reception[edit]
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic | (positive)[3] |
| Blabbermouth.net | 7.5/10[4] |
| Metal.de | 7/10[5] |
| Ox-Fanzine |   [6] |
| Rock Hard | 8/10[7] |
World Extermination was acclaimed upon release,[8][9][10] and is considered an essential grindcore album.[11][12] In December 2009, Terrorizer ranked the album at number 46 on their "Albums of the Decade" list.[13] The album was inducted into Decibel magazine's "Hall of Fame" in November 2023.[14]
Track listing[edit]
- Oxygen Corrosion - 00:53
- Self Termination - 01:25
- Enslaved By Machinery - 01:08
- Manipulator - 01:49
- Zone Killer - 00:20
- Decontamination - 01:09
- Street Sweeper - 00:13
- Dead Inside - 01:01
- Human Trafficking - 01:19
- Hydraphobia - 01:36
- Mind Ripper - 01:21
- Armored Virus - 01:20
- Mass Communication Mindfuck - 01:19
- Nuclear Deterrence - 01:20
- Paranoia - 01:18
- Necessary Death - 00:51
- Protection Maze - 00:54
- Lobotomized - 01:18
- Internet Era Alienation - 00:42
- Evolved Into Obliteration - 01:12
Personnel[edit]
Personnel per liner notes.[15]
Insect Warfare
- Rahi Geramifar – vocals
- Beau Beasley – guitars, noise pedals
- Dobber Beverly – drums
Artwork
- Daniel Shaw – cover artwork
- Tom Tripplet – back photo
References[edit]
- ^ "New releases/Available titles". 625thrash.com. Archived from the original on September 27, 2007. Retrieved August 21, 2023.
- ^ Blabbermouth.net (December 10, 2008). "Earache To Reissue Insect Warfare's 'World Extermination'". Blabbermouth.net. Retrieved August 21, 2023.
- ^ "World Extermination - Insect Warfare | Release Info". AllMusic. Retrieved August 21, 2023.
- ^ Blabbermouth (April 13, 2009). "World Extermination". Blabbermouth.net. Retrieved August 21, 2023.
- ^ Conni (March 14, 2009). "Insect Warfare - World Extermination Review • metal.de". Metal.de. Retrieved August 21, 2023.
- ^ Fröhlich, Ollie (June 2009). "Insect Warfare: World Extermination". Ox-Fanzine (in German). Retrieved August 21, 2023.
- ^ "World Extermination". Rock Hard (Vol. 263) (in German). March 17, 2009. Retrieved August 21, 2023.
- ^ Gray, Chris (September 12, 2007). "Insect Warfare". Houston Press. Retrieved August 21, 2023.
- ^ Hoy, Jamie (December 2007). "Records". Maximumrocknroll. No. 295. p. 123 – via Internet Archive.
- ^ Cook, Toby (October 28, 2009). "Columnus Metallicus - Prising The Metal Out Of Your Cold, Dead Hands". The Quietus. Retrieved October 13, 2023.
- ^ Slessor, Dan (August 11, 2020). "The 22 Most Essential Grindcore Albums". Kerrang!. Retrieved August 21, 2023.
- ^ Lawson, Dom (August 31, 2016). "The 10 essential grindcore albums". Metal Hammer (loudersound). Retrieved August 21, 2023.
- ^ "Critical Mass: Terrorizer Critics' Albums of the Decade". Terrorizer's Secret History (The Decade). No. 2. UK: Dark Arts Ltd. December 2009. p. 51.
- ^ Pratt, Greg (November 2023). "Locust Abortion Technicians: The Making of Insect Warfare's World Extermination". Decibel. No. 229. Red Flag Media, Inc. pp. 50–52, 54, 56, 58, 60.
- ^ Insect Warfare (2007). World Extermination (booklet). 625 Thrashcore Records. 625203.
