powerviolence
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Powerviolence (sometimes written as power violence) is a chaotic and fast subgenre of hardcore punk which is closely related to thrashcore and grindcore. In contrast with grindcore, which is a "crossover" idiom containing musical aspects of heavy metal, powerviolence is just an augmentation of the most challenging qualities of hardcore punk and grindcore. Like its predecessors, it is usually socio-politically charged and iconoclastic.
Key facts
- Music genre.name
- Powerviolence
- Music genre.image
- Siege_battle_of_the_bands_1984.jpg
- Music genre.image_size
- 260
- Music genre.caption
- Powerviolence pioneers Siege performing at their high school in 1984
- Music genre.cultural_origins
- Late 1980s, United States
- Music genre.derivatives
- Bandana thrash
- Music genre.subgenres
- Powernoise
- Music genre.fusiongenres
- Emoviolence
- Music genre.other_topics
- Crossover thrash grindcore crust punk noise rock screamo
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Encyclopedic overview
6 sectionsContents
- Characteristics
- Etymology
- History
- Legacy and influence
- Emoviolence
- References
Powerviolence (sometimes written as power violence) is a chaotic and fast subgenre of hardcore punk which is closely related to thrashcore and grindcore. In contrast with grindcore, which is a "crossover" idiom containing musical aspects of heavy metal, powerviolence is just an augmentation of the most challenging qualities of hardcore punk and grindcore. Like its predecessors, it is usually socio-politically charged and iconoclastic.
== Characteristics ==
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