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Grindmother

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@thegrindmother
Canadian grindcore band featuring 77 year old vocalist Grindmother and her son Rayny Forster
  • Music & Artists
  • Following 240
  • Followers 30.1K
  • Engagement 1.27%
  • Avg comments 5

About Grindmother

Grindmother (@thegrindmother) is a Band creator on Instagram, also filed under Music & Artists. The account has 30,120 followers and 217 published posts. Recent posts average 417 likes and 5 comments, an engagement rate of 1.27%.

With 30.1K followers, Grindmother is a micro creator by the common 10,000 to 100,000 definition. Set against 240 accounts followed, the audience works out to about 126 followers per account Grindmother follows. Grindmother carries Instagram's verified badge and uses an Instagram professional account. Flinque files Grindmother under Band, with Music & Artists as a secondary category.

The Instagram bio for Grindmother runs to 14 words. The latest activity Flinque has on record for Grindmother dates from May 2026.

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217 Posts

Of the 10 most recent posts shown for Grindmother, 9 are videos and 1 is a single image. That mix leans toward videos. 217 published posts give Grindmother a moderate archive on Instagram. Against the audience, that is roughly 139 followers for each post published. Grindmother also keeps 11 story highlights on the profile. All 10 carry captions, averaging 113 words each. The captions are written mainly in English. Words that recur across them include live, metal, youtube, performance and farewell. The captions tag #grindmother, #grindcore, #metal, #decibelmagazine and #musicdocumentary.

Here's Grindmother practicing in her room in 2015. We were getting ready to go to Germany for her appearance on a TV show that summer. She was completely passionate about this project and would spend hours every day honing her craft.

I have been organizing our files and making a massive archive of unseen footage like this. What should we do with it all?

#grindmother #musicdocumentary #grindcore #metalmom
In an emotional and heartfelt moment, Grindmother receives flowers from Alissa White-Gluz and takes her final bow before a packed house at Montreal’s Club Soda.

This footage commemorates a historic evening for the metal community sends off a true legend in style.

Our utmost appreciation goes out: Topon Das and Mathieu Vilandré of Fuck The Facts, Alissa White-Gluz, Liz Selfish, Chelsea Marrow, HI Multimedia, Jesse Di Meo, Extensive Enterprise, and last but not least Cattle Decapitation for sharing their stage with us. And of course all of our dedicated fans for making this possible.

Presented by Decibel Magazine, the world premiere of the entire farewell performance goes live Apr 28 at 12pm EST.

Hit the Youtube link in our bio to subscribe and set a notification! 🔗🤘

#grindmother #metal #cattledecapitation #decibelmagazine
Grindmother delivers a visceral and commanding performance of the song "Age of Destruction" during her final curtain call in Montreal.

Captured live in December 2025, this recording preserves the heavy-hitting finale of a unique legacy, marking the definitive conclusion for one of grindcore’s most extraordinary figures.

Presented by Decibel Magazine, the world premiere of the entire farewell performance goes live Apr 28 at 12pm EST.

Hit the Youtube link in our bio to subscribe and set a notification! 🔗🤘

#grindmother #grindcore #metal #montreal #decibelmagazine
Alissa White-Gluz (Blue Medusa, ex-Arch Enemy) commands the stage with her signature power and intensity for a fierce performance of the song “History Repeats” during Grindmother’s epic farewell show in Montreal.

Filmed live in December 2025, this video immortalizes a legendary collaboration as metal fans gather to celebrate the final chapter of the world’s most unlikely grindcore icon.

Presented by Decibel Magazine, the world premiere of the entire farewell performance goes live Apr 28 at 12pm EST.

Hit the Youtube link in our bio to subscribe and set a notification! 🔗🤘

#grindmother #grindcore #alissawhitegluz #metal #decibelmagazine
Liz Selfish (Brat) brings her fun and chaotic energy to the stage for a standout performance of the song “Illusions” during Grindmother’s historic farewell set in Montreal.

Captured live in December 2025, this footage documents a monumental night as the metal community honors the scene’s most iconic matriarch one last time.

Presented by Decibel Magazine, the world premiere of the entire farewell performance goes live Apr 28 at 12pm EST.

Hit the Youtube link in our bio to subscribe and set a notification! 🔗🤘

#grindmother #grindcore #brat #metal #decibelmagazine
Chelsea Marrow (Visitant) delivers a blistering performance of the song “Any Cost” during Grindmother’s farewell show in Montreal.

Filmed live in December 2025, this set captures the end of an era for the world’s most beloved grindcore matriarch.

Presented by Decibel Magazine, the world premiere of the entire farewell performance goes live Apr 28 at 12pm EST on our YouTube channel.

Follow the link in our bio to subscribe and set a notification! 🔗🤘

#grindmother #grindcore #visitant #metal #deathmetal
I've given up on posting this clip here because it keeps getting flagged. For some reason it is allowed on Youtube, so please go to our channel to check it out.

This was Grindmother’s brief appearance on The Maury Show, originally aired on Oct 20, 2015.

Behind-the-scenes: The clip Maury showed is basically a recreation of our very first video. We had submitted the original to AFHV without reading the fine print and they took ownership of it, so we made a new version to license for TV.

One of Maury’s guests made a joke that instead of Black Sabbath, her band is called "Grey Sabbath". What do you think, should we change it?

#grindmother #maury #mauryshow #maurypovich #blacksabbath
Back in 2017, we got a couple messages from fans in Poland saying they’d seen a familiar face on their TV screens. It turns out Grindmother was featured on a segment called Flesz Muzyczny (Music Flash) on the Polish channel Music One.

The presenter is Justyna Kozłowska. In Poland, she’s a bit of a legend. She was a huge part of the VIVA Poland era, which was their version of MTV.

Even though we couldn't understand most of what she was saying, It was one of those moments that reminded us that metal doesn't need a translator. It doesn't matter if you’re in a basement in Windsor or a studio in Warsaw.

When the music hits, everyone gets the message.

#grindmother #heavymetal #music #musicone #warsaw
This one is pre-Grindmother and dates back to the days of my old digital label, Moshpit Tragedy. We offered downloads on a sliding-scale payment for over 140 bands including some giants like Extreme Noise Terror, Phobia, From Ashes Rise, and even the legendary Amebix.

In 2008, Amebix reformed to the celebration of many and I was fortunate enough to have some slight involvement with that. I had reissued their album 'Monolith' digitally and helped out by doing a little bit of PR for their reunion. When a documentary called 'Risen: The Story of Amebix' was being put together, filmmaker Roy Wallace was kind enough to include me in this opening piece.

When they toured in 2009, a group of us made the 10 hour trek to Philadelphia to see them live. We got to meet them and their guitarist Stig even put a Moshpit Tragedy sticker front and center on his guitar.

Although my hair was a questionable choice back then, it was an honour to be included. 😅

#grindmother #amebix #anarchopunk #crustpunk #musicdocumentary
Found another gem from the archives. This is a 'Super Grandmas' segment that aired on EBC News in Taiwan back in 2017.

I love how these international outlets turned our story into their own kind of local meme. The editors created a hilarious little narrative. It opens with her calmly drinking water, with the caption "Let me drink some water, soon I’ll sing a gentle Huangmei (a gentle Chinese opera) tune."

Then the music hits and suddenly it’s 'Grandma beast ultra-revolution.' Straight up Digimon energy.

As she starts screaming, she’s revealed as the 'Rock ‘n’ Roll Grandma Beast'. They throw in lines like “I didn’t expect Mom to be so wild” and “Why isn’t she my grandma?”

The segment ends with a warning to people who joke “my grandma could do that better than you.”

Careful. Some of these grandmas actually can.

'Grandma beast ultra-revolution' makes me laugh so hard. She truly is the GOAT of 'God-tier' grandmas.

#grindmother #digimon #taiwan #metalmom

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Grindmother's engagement

Grindmother's engagement rate on Instagram is 1.27%, between 1% and 3%, or 1 to 3 likes and comments per 100 followers. On a typical post that comes to about 1 like or comment for every 79 followers. Likes outnumber comments by roughly 83 to 1, with 417 likes and 5 comments on an average post, so most reactions are taps rather than replies.

Engagement rate

1.27%

Avg likes
417
Avg comments
5
Interactions : followers
1 : 79

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Who is Grindmother?

Grindmother (@thegrindmother) is a Band creator on Instagram, also filed under Music & Artists. Grindmother carries Instagram's verified badge and uses an Instagram professional account. The Instagram bio for Grindmother runs to 14 words.

How many followers does Grindmother have?

Grindmother has 30,120 followers on Instagram (30.1K). Set against 240 accounts followed, the audience works out to about 126 followers per account Grindmother follows. 217 published posts give Grindmother a moderate archive on Instagram.

What is Grindmother's engagement rate?

Grindmother's engagement rate on Instagram is 1.27%, between 1% and 3%, or 1 to 3 likes and comments per 100 followers. On a typical post that comes to about 1 like or comment for every 79 followers. Likes outnumber comments by roughly 83 to 1, with 417 likes and 5 comments on an average post, so most reactions are taps rather than replies.

What does Grindmother post about on Instagram?

Flinque files Grindmother under Band, with Music & Artists as a secondary category. Of the 10 most recent posts shown for Grindmother, 9 are videos and 1 is a single image. The 10 recent Instagram captions Flinque holds for Grindmother repeatedly use the words live, metal, youtube, performance and farewell. Grindmother's captions carry hashtags such as #grindmother, #grindcore and #metal. Grindmother writes those captions mainly in English. Grindmother keeps 11 story highlights, which open with a free Flinque account.

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