World Extermination

World Extermination
Studio album by Insect Warfare
Released	September 10, 2007
Recorded	May 2007
Studio	Red Room Studios (Houston)
Genre	Grindcore
Length	22:36
Label	625 Thrashcore Earache
Producer	Insect Warfare
Insect Warfare chronology
Evolved into Obliteration (2007) World Extermination (2007) Fuck HPMA (2008)

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

Professional ratings

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

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.[15]

Insect Warfare

• Rahi Geramifar – vocals
• Beau Beasley – guitars, noise pedals
• 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 September 27, 2007. Retrieved August 21, 2023.
2. Blabbermouth.net (December 10, 2008). "Earache To Reissue Insect Warfare's 'World Extermination'". Blabbermouth.net. Retrieved August 21, 2023.
3. "World Extermination - Insect Warfare | Release Info". AllMusic. Retrieved August 21, 2023.
4. Blabbermouth (April 13, 2009). "World Extermination". Blabbermouth.net. Retrieved August 21, 2023.
5. Conni (March 14, 2009). "Insect Warfare - World Extermination Review • metal.de". Metal.de. Retrieved August 21, 2023.
6. Fröhlich, Ollie (June 2009). "Insect Warfare: World Extermination". Ox-Fanzine (in German). Retrieved August 21, 2023.
7. "World Extermination". Rock Hard (Vol. 263) (in German). March 17, 2009. Retrieved August 21, 2023.
8. Gray, Chris (September 12, 2007). "Insect Warfare". Houston Press. Retrieved August 21, 2023.
9. Hoy, Jamie (December 2007). "Records". Maximumrocknroll. No. 295. p. 123 – via Internet Archive.
10. Cook, Toby (October 28, 2009). "Columnus Metallicus - Prising The Metal Out Of Your Cold, Dead Hands". The Quietus. Retrieved October 13, 2023.
11. Slessor, Dan (August 11, 2020). "The 22 Most Essential Grindcore Albums". Kerrang!. Retrieved August 21, 2023.
12. Lawson, Dom (August 31, 2016). "The 10 essential grindcore albums". Metal Hammer (loudersound). Retrieved August 21, 2023.
13. "Critical Mass: Terrorizer Critics' Albums of the Decade". Terrorizer's Secret History (The Decade). No. 2. UK: Dark Arts Ltd. December 2009. p. 51.
14. 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.
15. World Extermination (booklet). 625 Thrashcore Records. 2007. 625203.