Straight out of Austin, Texas and founded 2005 by former Insect Warfare bassist Alex Hughes. Hatred Surge started off as a one-man powerviolence project when Alex recorded the first few releases by himself. Eventually Alex formed a live band and then a permanent one. They used to have a few different female vocalists (Despise You worship) with Faiza being the most well known, she left the band as of last year and is still playing with Mindless, another Austin powerviolence band. They are now lined up with Rahi from Insect Warfare on 2nd vocal duties and include Chris from Mammoth Grinder playing guitar.
Hatred Surge plays mosh heavy powerviolence featuring furious vocal power, blast beats and Alex's monster bass tone. Fast, pissed, short and loud are perfect words to describe everything they do. The first demo contained 9 songs and clocked in at around 6 minutes in length. Which is plenty enough time for it to kick your ass. Further releases featuring female vocalists recall the vocal styles of Despise You. In 2009 they dropped an LP entitled Deconstruct annihilating the eardrums of PV fans everywhere. The album is a brutal 19 minute whirlwind holocaust of blast beats and wall-of-noise guitar riffs combined with a thundering runaway tank like bass tone. To top it of Alex, Faiza and Rahi are all present on the album delivering an onslaught of hateful vocal chord tearing throat violence. Hatred Surge's most recent output is a split with Mammoth Grinder (who they share most members with now) that came out earlier this year.
Hatred Surge still remains my favorite band in all of hardcore so I highly recommend them to anyone getting into powerviolence.
San Jose, California 3-piece choloviolence vatos In Disgust tear it up on everything they put out. And they tear it up hard. Going back from 2006 they sadly disbanded earlier this year. But I venerate them as one of the greatest bands in hardcore ever. They sound like pure hatred and everything they recorded shits pure malevolence and over the top amounts of brutality into your ears. Their use of two vocalists (bass and guitar players) range from death growls, pig squeals, screaming and top-of-your-lungs-yelling, sometimes in the same song.
Their 2007 release Reality Choke runs 15 songs in 12 minutes and doesn't hold up the violence for a single second. Their last release, being my favorite, was a split with Houston grindcore veterans P.L.F. An 11 song, 8 minute assault that probably reduces your lifespan by a year with each listen to its noise and feedback ridden blast-fest. Not to mention they did a badass job recording it one continuous take.
Listen to In Disgust, drink a 40oz. do some coke and punch your girlfriend.
From Dekalb, Illinois (also home of pv champs Charles Bronson) is Weekend Nachos. Formed in 2004 they're another band of intensely hateful sick fucks. They really go beyond the limit when demonstrating how intense their hatred for the human race is. Read some the lyrics from their 2009 output Unforgivable and chances are you'll feel right at home with the band.
What the fuck do I owe this world besides misery and pain?
I've died a lonely death on this soil
All that's left are my bloodstains
I observe human life
Nothing seems more absurd
The only solution is death
Make everybody hurt
Burn for every breath
Suffer for every sound
A species unworthy of life
A society gone wrong
Nothing brings out more hate in me than sharing life with another human being
I can no longer deny I am everything I despise
Relieve the world of its cries
This unforgivable existence must die
I've died a lonely death on this soil
All that's left are my bloodstains
I observe human life
Nothing seems more absurd
The only solution is death
Make everybody hurt
Burn for every breath
Suffer for every sound
A species unworthy of life
A society gone wrong
Nothing brings out more hate in me than sharing life with another human being
I can no longer deny I am everything I despise
Relieve the world of its cries
This unforgivable existence must die
See what I mean? Now the music is every bit of brutal and downright nasty as the words. Down-tuned guitars all the way to A, mosh heavy breakdowns and pissed off gruff as fuck vocals from John Caution will make you want to punch holes in your walls. They've just released an EP titled Black Earth and a new LP 'Worthless'. So be sure to check them the fuck out because they're an absolute must.
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