Wormrot is a Singaporean grindcore band that formed in 2007, immediately after the founding members had completed their mandatory two years of national service.

[2] They have been described as one of the top 10 grindcore bands by OC Weekly, and have toured Europe and the United States.

[4] The band was discovered in late December 2009 by Digby Pearson, the owner of record label Earache, in a mixtape posted on the Invisible Oranges webzine.

[5] After hearing the song "Born Stupid" on the compilation, Pearson searched out and downloaded Wormrot's debut, Abuse, from file-sharing site MediaFire.

[6][7] Pearson was impressed with the album's quality and the band's "ambition, hard work ethic, and willingness to put [its home country] and Asian grindcore in the global map.

[11][12] To promote the album's reissue, Wormrot toured Europe between late April and June 2010, and US between mid August and September 2010.

[17] In a 17 July Facebook post, the band announced that they would be taking a break with the plan to continue writing new music and return in a few years.

[18] After concerned comments from fans and media alike, Arif later clarified "we are taking a break from TOURING".

The status of Fitri was unknown at the time of the announcement, with the band writing that "For the past couple of weeks, he has distanced himself from us and has remained incontactable [sic].

"[21] In June 2015, the band announced that they had recruited a new drummer, Vijesh Ghariwala, and would be continuing work on recording their third album.

"[27][28] The band returned to the UK in June to perform at Glastonbury Festival 2017, becoming the first Singaporean act to do so.