Insect Warfare
Insect Warfare was an American grindcore band from Houston, Texas.

History 
Insect Warfare was originally founded in 2000 as a solo project of vocalist Rahi Geramifar, before turning into a proper band in 2004. The band's original lineup consisted of Geramifar, drummer Frank Faerman, and guitarists Neal Dossey and Beau Beasely. Although he was not a founding member, Beasley would quickly become the band's primary songwriter. In October 2006, the band replaced Faerman with Dobber Beverly.

Insect Warfare's only full-length album, World Extermination, was released on September 10, 2007, through 625 Thrashcore Records. The band recorded the album in a single day. At the 2007 Houston Press Music Awards, Insect Warfare's set was cut short after only five minutes by the sound engineer. This incident led to the release of the Fuck HPMA EP in early 2008.  In December 2007,  Insect Warfare released two unmastered songs, "Information Economy" and "Cancer of Oppression", through their MySpace page. In early 2008, the band toured Australia with Agents of Abhorrence. Insect Warfare would break up following their performance at the Dude Festival in Indianapolis on June 21, 2008, owing to Beasley's exhaustion with the band.

Following their disbandment, Insect Warfare posthumously released a split EP with Agoraphobic Nosebleed on November 4, 2008. Interest in World Extermination grew slowly after its initial release, prompting several record labels to offer to reissue the album. Beasley rejected most of these offers until he was encouraged by Digby Pearson to sign with Earache Records. Earache subsequently reissued the album on March 2, 2009. In October 2009, Insect Warfare toured the United Kingdom and Ireland, albeit with a different vocalist. In December 2009, Terrorizer ranked World Extermination at number 46 on their "Albums of the Decade" list.

In January 2016, Insect Warfare reunited with Geramifar to perform their last ever shows. Their last US performance took place in Houston on July 2, 2016, prior to their final performance ever at the Obscene Extreme festival in Trutnov, Czech Republic, on July 15, 2016.

Musical style and influences 
Beasely cited albums such as Napalm Death's From Enslavement to Obliteration and Discordance Axis' Jouhou as influences.

Band members 
Final lineup

 Rahi Geramifar – vocals (2004–2008, 2016)
Beau Beasley – guitars, studio bass, noise pedals (2004–2009, 2016)
 Dobber Beverly – drums (2006–2009, 2016)
Past members
 Neal Dossey – guitars (2004–2006)
 Alex Hughes  – touring bassist (2004–2005)
 Frank Faerman – drums (2004–2006)

Discography 
Studio albums

 World Extermination (2007)

Compilation albums

 Endless Execution Thru Violent Restitution (2006)
 Entomological Siege 2004/2009 (2019)

EPs

 At War With Grindcore (2005)
 Evolved into Obliteration (2007)
 Fuck HPMA (2008)
 Noise Grind Power Death (2009)
Split EPs

 Insect Warfare / Hatred Surge (2006)
 Boltstein /  Insect Warfare (2006)
 Insect Warfare / Carcass Grinder (2007)
 Insect Warfare / Agoraphobic Nosebleed (2008)
 Flagitious Idiosyncrasy in the Dilapidation / Insect Warfare (2009)
 Napalm Death / Insect Warfare (2013)

Demos

 Gulf Coast Infestation (2004)

References 

American grindcore musical groups
Earache Records artists
Musical groups established in 2004
Musical groups disestablished in 2009
Musical groups reestablished in 2016
Musical groups disestablished in 2016