About Powerviolence
Powerviolence is a music genre that emerged in Canada and United States in the 1980s. It is usually classed as a form of hardcore punk.
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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.
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What is Powerviolence?
Powerviolence is a music genre that emerged in Canada and United States in the 1980s. It is usually classed as a form of hardcore punk.
Where and when did Powerviolence originate?
Powerviolence originated in Canada and United States in the 1980s.