Soy – Tempeh Fugit (2013)

Grindcore/Powerviolence (Victoria, BC)

            Soy play a lot of metal riffs but their vocals and overall delivery make them sound like a powerviolence band, giving them a unique and original sound.  Tempeh Fugit is their third self-released recording.

http://sooooy.bandcamp.com/album/tempeh-fugit

Mellow Harsher – Mellow Harsher (2012)

Grindcore/Powerviolence (Stoughton, WI)

            These guys play crushingly fast.  The Mellow Harsher 7" is available at 625 Thrashcore and Give Praise Records.

xbrainiax – Disgrace to the Corpse of Eric Wood (2005)

Powerviolence (Clinton Township, MI)

            xbrainiax were one of the more faster bands to play powerviolence.  Disgrace to the Corpse of Eric Wood is probably their most definitive release.

Weekend Nachos – Torture EP (2005)

Powerviolence/Hardcore (Chicago, IL)

            Weekend Nachos are one of the bands that got me into powerviolence.  Torture was their first EP released on Tooth Decay Records.

Crucial Unit – Premium Iced Tea (2000)

Thrash (Pittsburgh, PA)

            A friend told me about these guys a few years ago and this was the first album I heard by them.  I immediately had to find more of their music.  Although they disbanded in 2004, Crucial Unit were probably one of the most original bands to play fast, fun music.

http://www.crucialunit.com/

Y – Global Player (2001)

Powerviolence/Hardcore (Germany)

            I heard about Y many times and was finally able to find some stuff by them.  Global Player was originally released by Sound Pollution Records on CD and vinyl.

Rupture – Cunt of God (1999)

Hardcore/Punk (Perth, Australia)

            I didn’t check these guys out until recently.  Rupture plays really fast hardcore punk.  Cunt of God was originally released on Rhetoric Records.

Agoraphobic Nosebleed/Converge – The Poacher Diaries (1999)

Grindcore/Hardcore (Massachusetts, US)

            This is one of the first grindcore CDs I ever bought.  The Poacher Diaries is an extreme music classic.

http://agoraphobicnosebleed.bandcamp.com/album/the-poacher-diaries

Eaten Alive – Eaten Alive (2006)

Hardcore/Punk/Thrash (Inland Empire, CA)

The Eaten Alive 7” was originally released by 1917 Records.  Eaten Alive played thrashing hardcore skate punk with plenty of blast beats.  This was their only release.

Skinless – Foreshadowing Our Demise (2001)

Brutal Death Metal (Albany, NY)

Skinless have recently gotten back together and are doing shows again.  Foreshadowing Our Demise is their classic 2001 Relapse Records debut.

http://skinless.bandcamp.com/album/foreshadowing-our-demise