Grindcore is one of those genres where these days you are just as likely to come across an abject piece of music as you are something good. This could be said of all genres but you got to be skilled to provide something original with music where speed is the primary ingredient.
The classics brought something new and did it with a youthful and naïve charm and can still be considered supreme. It has been a long time since a band like Napalm Death was the most brutal thing in music - plenty of bands are more extreme today - but any new record they put out wipes its ass with anything by a modern grind band.
Luckily, Total Fucking Destruction carry some pedigree with them by having a member from a legendary grind band in the ranks and by delivering good music. It is refreshing to see that they have not opted for the most extreme delivery on Peace, Love and Total Fucking Destruction but have decided to spice up their politicized brand of grindcore with some different influences that helps from turning the listen tedious. Let's face it - listening to over twenty songs with just blast beats and screaming can get tiresome no matter how much you love grind.
It starts with familiar territory though - "Bio-Satanic Terroristic Attack" is just under one minute and full of total speed. The quintessential song of the genre in other words. But already on the next song "Monsterearth Megawar" do things get slightly different. It's not as fast and slows down even more with some rhythmic breakdowns in the middle. "Non-Existence of the Self" goes even further by for the most part being a melodic punk tune with clean vocal delivery. Small differences like these help make an album that could have been standard interesting. Even the closer, the longest on the album and a spoken word/rap piece does not feel out of place on an otherwise heavy, intense recording.
Piece, Love and Total Fucking Destruction has set up a great template for one of the better bands of modern grindcore.
