Powerviolence

Nuclear Dudes – Truth Paste Review

Nuclear Dudes – Truth Paste Review

By Thus Spoke on September 5, 2025 in Reviews, Death Metal, Electronic Metal, Experimental Metal, Grind, Powerviolence, Synthwave, 30 comments

“Nuclear Dudes is one step closer to living up to their moniker as they are now officially more than one person. Joined by Brandon Nakamura (Doomsday 1999, ex-Teen Cthulu) on vocals, Sandrider’s Jon Weisnewski bounces back from the synthwave moment of Compression Crimes 1 to resume the usual trajectory of insanity. 2023’s Boss Blades—my personal introduction to this madness—was a disarmingly likeable collection of silly and serious sounds heavy and light. It was also surprisingly good.” Waste no Nuclear, dudes.

Nails – Every Bridge Burning Review

Nails – Every Bridge Burning Review

By Dolphin Whisperer on September 2, 2024 in Reviews, Hardcore, Powerviolence, Thrash Metal, 50 comments

“Born of collusion between the thuggish intensity of powerviolence and sawing groove of Wolverine Blues, Nails has evolved in sprints from wrecking ball riffmongers to a band whose chops aim to prove heavier than their breakdowns. After all, Nails doesn’t have to prove they are your favorite grindcore band—they wouldn’t even claim themselves as such. Always entrenched in the brutish slow slam of hardcore, Nails doesn’t care to always keep it fast or keep it anything “pure” for that matter. Nails does Nails.” Nailed it.

ACxDC – G.O.A.T. Review

ACxDC – G.O.A.T. Review

By Dear Hollow on April 24, 2024 in Reviews, Crust Punk, Death Metal, Powerviolence, 44 comments

“If you don’t know ACxDC, then what are you doing with your life? Like listening to actually good metal? Too bad for your sorry ass. The LA natives are back in black for their own highway to hell, and it’s too good to be true. For the woefully uninformed and uncultured, don’t even think alternate or direct current and Brian Johnson, you swine. It’s Antichrist Demoncore, and the peanut butter cup moniker of divine apathy is so sweet and gummy.” Vote for G.O.A.T..

Jarhead Fertilizer – Carceral Warfare Review

Jarhead Fertilizer – Carceral Warfare Review

By Dolphin Whisperer on December 12, 2023 in Reviews, Death Metal, Grind, Hardcore, Powerviolence, 54 comments

“There’s disgusting death metal, there’s brutal death metal, then there’s death metal that walks into a room and makes you wonder if anyone else in that room has a restraining order against it. Autopsy may have pioneered this brand of whiplash, burner phone grooves against parole-violating subject matter, but Jarhead Fertilizer—featuring mostly current or former members of grinders Full of Hell—has taken the campy idea of that putrid stance and added to it a real-world violence.” Feel the Fertilizer.

Nuclear Dudes – Boss Blades Review

Nuclear Dudes – Boss Blades Review

By Thus Spoke on July 12, 2023 in Reviews, Experimental Metal, Powerviolence, Synthwave, 12 comments

“Where to start with Nuclear Dudes? The brainchild of Jon Weisnewski—of Sandrider—the project spans a collection of kooky and noisy genres from powerviolence to synthwave. Even the artist Bandcamp page refers to it tongue-in-cheekily as ‘”music”‘ (scare quotes included). Each release—of which Boss Blades is the third in about a year—features a charming fluorescent figure scrawled upon a white background, courtesy of a Cooper Weisnewski I presume is Jon’s brother. This kind of consistency in self-branding certainly makes them stand out, and it’s fun.” More Fat Man or Little Boy?

Greber – Fright Without Review

Greber – Fright Without Review

By Thus Spoke on September 14, 2022 in Reviews, Powerviolence, Sludge, 28 comments

“A drum kit, a bass guitar, two throats, and an unflinching look at life. Such components make up Greber, the unapologetically unhinged grind/sludge two-piece responsible for Fright Without. In their near-15 years of existence, the pair have constructed a fair number of audial slaps in the face, both alone and in numerous splits with the likes of Minors and Anthesis. With one half (Steve Vargas) coming from sludge act The Great Sabatini, and the other (Marc Bourgon) from grind group Fuck The Facts, Greber have always blended these two unfriendly styles.” Greber, baby.

Backslider – Psychic Rot Review

Backslider – Psychic Rot Review

By Cherd on February 10, 2022 in Reviews, Hardcore, Powerviolence, Sludge, 19 comments

“Sludge is a versatile genre. Sure, there are bands that play it straight, taking the shit I spray out of my gutters in the spring, putting a sprig of parsley on it and saying “$7 digital, $35 plus shipping vinyl.” There are also bands who use it as one disgusting ingredient in their extreme metal soufflé, or like a condiment on their br00tal burger. Death doom not nasty enough? Put a little sludge on it. Prog too weenie? Sludge it up! Philadelphia’s Backslider fall into the latter category, combining filthy fucking dirty sludge with grindcore and knuckle-dragging hardcore.” Sludge grinding, pit minding.

Depleted Uranium – Origins Review

Depleted Uranium – Origins Review

By Kronos on January 26, 2022 in Reviews, Mathcore, Powerviolence, 16 comments

“Depleted Uranium scrape together the contrasting textures of the Dillinger Escape Plan and cut them with nastier shots of powerviolence. Pivoting between tense builds and haywire blasts of aggression, they try to make the best of Origins’ sixteen minutes and change, never dropping the pace for too long.” Half live.