Australian hellraisers King Parrot made grindcore their bitch two years ago. Second LP Dead Set picks up where Bite Your Head Off left off, spewing sizzling Tourette’s-core like an axe maniac on meth. Matt “Youngy” Young both yowls like a were-panther and shrieks as if he’s its terrified victim. Similar to fellow Melbourners Blood Duster, the Parrot squawks a sense of humor, too, with Young as the world’s most inappropriate party guest on the thrashcore of “Hell Comes Your Way” and “Home Is Where the Gutter Is.” Cheerfully deranged, King Parrot keeps a grin on your face to go with its fist.

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This article appears in August 14 • 2015.

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Michael Toland started writing about music in 1988 on the Gulf Coast, moved to Austin in early 1991, and has inflicted bylines upon the corporeal and digital pages of Pop Culture Press, The Big Takeover, Blurt, Amplifier, Austin.citysearch, the Austin American Statesman, Goldmine, Sleazegrinder, Rock & Roll Globe, High Bias, FHT Music Notes, and, since 2011, The Austin Chronicle.