Powerviolence is growing on me, I must admit. Most of the time I have no clue what they’re saying, but that doesn’t matter because the vibes are unmatched. Powerviolence started coming into prominence in the late 80s and 90s, meshing several different offshoots of hardcore punk. This led to noisecore, thrash, grindcore, and basically anything else that featured fast guitars and guttural vocals. The powerviolence scene of the 90s was host to many beloved bands like Spazz, Infest, and Assück. But there are many who were underrated in their time who put out stellar albums. Here are my picks from that era.

Stapled Shut

Stapled Shut was a hardcore powerviolence band formed around 1991 in California (although apparently there’s also a nu-metal Stapled Shut from Ohio; this isn’t about them). Th

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