In March 2011, the world got its first taste of Death Grips, and it tasted like pure cyanide with the mouth feel of ground glass. At a time when Odd Future was just breaking out with a somewhat darker brand of hip-hop, Death Grips’ “Full Moon,” the debut song and video from the three-man experimental hip-hop outfit, was louder and harder than any rap music to date, bringing back the feeling of Rage Against The Machine’s first release in 1992.
Since then, Death Grips has delivered a barrage of songs and videos that convey the same vibe in various permutations. In every instance, frontman Stefan Burnett’s screaming intensity paces frantically over chaotic, overdriven, destructive beats by Zach Hill and Andy Morin. The visual elements are lo-fi as hell, finding the band in empty lots, office parks, and hanging off the sides of buildings, and even making the seatbelted passenger seat of a car look like a menacing stage for an MC. The collection of apocalyptic vignettes culminated in their lauded 2011 mixtape Exmilitary.
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