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Adding even more heat to their mind-melting track, ”Beware,” Death Grips have come up with an equally explosive video. Filmed in the California High Desert, the video starts with a sequence of fire-infused day shots on top of an epically disturbing sample from a Charles Manson interview. After some trippy night shots of the running Death Grips MC, he’s showered with patterns of synchronized, firework-like sparks as the loaded lyrics unfold and refold. —Coco Zoabi,International Tapes

“Beware” is the opening track of Death Grips’ Exmilitary debut LP, which you can download for free at thirdworlds.net. They’ll also be playing the Mad Decent Block Party in Los Angeles on Aug 20th and have plans to tour the US this October.

After dropping their first single, “Full Moon (Death Classic),” Sacramento hip hop-noise hybrid Death Grips (featuring Zach Hill) just posted a new video for “Lord of the Game.” VHS-driven visuals continue to dominate DG’s aesthetic; a grainy, tornado-like spiral scrambles night shots of city streets and night clubs. Like “Full Moon,” a multi-faceted rage is felt throughout the track, but this time the noise element is overshadowed by an emphasis on neo-old school hip hop. The song wraps up with “Fuck where you’re from, fuck where you’re going, it’s all about where you’re at.” We couldn’t agree more: we totally wanna be where DG’s at. —Coco Zoabi, International Tapes

Five months ago, Zach Hill started jamming with some friends and neighbors around his hometown of Sacramento, CA. Overtime, their hangouts slowly mutated into a full-fledged hip hop project called Death Grips, which features two other collaborators, judging from the image at the bottom of their website, thirdworlds.net. The site launched earlier this month and has a staggering amount of output (two videos, six downloadable songs, and a gif!), all of which was created collaboratively by the Death Grips crew. While getting lost in the sea of multimedia waiting for you, be sure to treat your eyes and ears to the intense, visceral video for “Full Moon (Death Classic)”. —Ric Leichtung, Altered Zones (via Coco Zoabi)

MP3: Death Grips: “Full Moon (Death Classic)”

Download MP3s and a video on thirdworlds.net, keep your eyes peeled for Death Grips’ mixtape, out later this year