Editing Grindcore (section)

=== Lyrical themes ===
Grindcore lyrics are typically provocative. A number of grindcore musicians are committed to political and ethical causes, generally leaning towards the [[Far-left politics|far left]] in connection to grindcore's punk roots.<ref name=gs46>"Grindcore Special," p. 46.</ref> For example, Napalm Death's songs address a variety of [[anarchist]] concerns, in the tradition of [[anarcho-punk]]. These themes include [[anti-racism]], [[feminism]], [[anti-militarism]], and [[anti-capitalism]]. Early grindcore bands including Napalm Death, [[Agathocles (band)|Agathocles]] and [[Carcass (band)|Carcass]] made [[animal rights]] one of their primary lyrical themes.<ref name=barchi>{{cite magazine|access-date=24 March 2019|url=https://seer.ufrgs.br/revistadolhiste/article/viewFile/84969/48950|pages=190 (Napalm Death), 191 (Carcass) and 193–194 (Agathocles)|title=O ruído infame das ecologias menores|language=pt|issn=2359-5973|first=Rodrigo |last=Barchi|magazine=Revista do Lhiste|location=Porto Alegre, Brazil|number=6|volume=4|date=January 2017|quote=O grindcore, em sua herança punk libertária, absorve e dissemina as mais diversas preocupações entre os próprios punks, [...] Uma das mais caras é a questão dos direitos dos animais, o vegetarianismo, o veganismo e  o  que é chamado de especismo. |url-status=live|archive-date=18 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190318083858/https://seer.ufrgs.br/revistadolhiste/article/viewFile/84969/48950}}</ref> Some of them, such as [[Cattle Decapitation]] and Carcass, have expressed disgust with human behavior and animal abuse, and are, in some cases, [[vegetarians]] or [[veganism|vegans]].<ref>Carcass biography. NME.com. [https://www.nme.com/artists/carcass] Access date: 25 April 2009.</ref> Carcass' work in particular is often identified as the origin of the [[goregrind]] style, which is devoted to "bodily" themes.<ref name="Widener">{{cite journal
  | last = Widener
  | first = Matthew
  | title = Carcass Clones
  | journal = Decibel Magazine
  | url = http://www.decibelmagazine.com/features/dec2005/carcass_clones.aspx
  | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20071214174913/http://www.decibelmagazine.com/features/dec2005/carcass_clones.aspx
  | archive-date = 14 December 2007
  | access-date = 28 November 2007 }}</ref> Groups that shift their bodily focus to sexual matters, such as [[Gut (band)|Gut]] and the Meat Shits, are sometimes referred to as [[pornogrind]].<ref name="passion book">{{cite book
  | last = Purcell
  | first = Natalie J.
  | title = Death Metal Music: The Passion and Politics of a Subculture
  | publisher = McFarland
  | year = 2003
  | pages = 23–24
  | isbn = 0-7864-1585-1
  | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=6ZErQs5hCUQC&q=%22gore+grind%22&pg=PA24
  |access-date= 28 November 2007 }}</ref> [[Seth Putnam]]'s lyrics are notorious for their [[black comedy]],<ref>Eduardo Rivadavia, Anal Cunt bio, Allmusic. [{{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p45080|pure_url=yes}}] Access date: 25 April 2009.</ref> while [[The Locust]] tend toward [[satirical]] collage, indebted to [[William S. Burroughs]]' [[cut-up]] method.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://acoatofredpaintinhell.wordpress.com/2007/10/17/the-locust-catching-up-with-jp/|title=The Locust: Catching Up with JP|date=17 October 2007|access-date=18 January 2018}}</ref>