World Extermination
studio
CoverWorld Extermination album.jpg
ArtistInsect Warfare
ReleasedSeptember 10, 2007
RecordedMay 2007
StudioRed Room Studios (Houston)
GenreGrindcore
Label
ProducerInsect Warfare
Prev year2007
Next year2008

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

World Extermination was acclaimed upon release,[3][4][5] and is considered an essential grindcore album.[6][7] In December 2009, Terrorizer ranked the album at number 46 on their "Albums of the Decade" list.[8] The album was inducted into Decibel magazine's "Hall of Fame" in November 2023.[9]

Track listing

  1. Oxygen Corrosion - 00:53
  2. Self Termination - 01:25
  3. Enslaved By Machinery - 01:08
  4. Manipulator - 01:49
  5. Zone Killer - 00:20
  6. Decontamination - 01:09
  7. Street Sweeper - 00:13
  8. Dead Inside - 01:01
  9. Human Trafficking - 01:19
  10. Hydraphobia - 01:36
  11. Mind Ripper - 01:21
  12. Armored Virus - 01:20
  13. Mass Communication Mindfuck - 01:19
  14. Nuclear Deterrence - 01:20
  15. Paranoia - 01:18
  16. Necessary Death - 00:51
  17. Protection Maze - 00:54
  18. Lobotomized - 01:18
  19. Internet Era Alienation - 00:42
  20. Evolved Into Obliteration - 01:12

Personnel

Personnel per liner notes.[10]

Insect Warfare

  • Rahi Geramifar – vocals
  • Beau Beasley – guitars
  • Dobber Beverly – drums

Artwork

  • Daniel Shaw – cover artwork
  • Tom Tripplet – back photo

References

  1. ^ "New releases/Available titles". 625thrash.com. Archived from the original on 2007-09-27. Retrieved 2023-08-21.
  2. ^ Blabbermouth.net (2008-12-10). "Earache To Reissue Insect Warfare's 'World Extermination'". Blabbermouth.net. Retrieved 2023-08-21.
  3. ^ Gray, Chris (September 12, 2007). "Insect Warfare". Houston Press. Retrieved 2023-08-21.
  4. ^ Hoy, Jamie (December 2007). "Records". Maximumrocknroll. No. 295. p. 123. – via Internet Archive
  5. ^ Cook, Toby (October 28, 2009). "Columnus Metallicus - Prising The Metal Out Of Your Cold, Dead Hands". The Quietus. Retrieved 2023-10-13.
  6. ^ Slessor, Dan (2020-08-11). "The 22 Most Essential Grindcore Albums". Kerrang!. Retrieved 2023-08-21.
  7. ^ Lawson, Dom (2016-08-31). "The 10 essential grindcore albums". Metal Hammer (loudersound). Retrieved 2023-08-21.
  8. ^ "Critical Mass: Terrorizer Critics' Albums of the Decade" (The Decade). Terrorizer's Secret History. No. 2. UK: Dark Arts Ltd. December 2009. p. 51.
  9. ^ 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.
  10. ^ World Extermination (booklet). 625 Thrashcore Records. 2007. 625203.