Powerviolence is a subgenre of hardcore music characterized by fast-paced rhythms, chaotic sound, and austere esthetics. ... to fill this gap. I argue that the powerviolence music and lyrics are fueled by anger. In ... Accordingly, I call for a Platonic interpretation of powerviolence as an incentive for moral reformation in a ...
Tópico(s): War, Ethics, and Justification
2024 - Taylor & Francis | Popular Music & Society
This autoethnographic study examines powerviolence in the predominantly Hispanic unincorporated area of El Rio, California, from the perspective of a drummer in a local powerviolence band. The unique human geography of El Rio, ... cartographies and influences how individuals understand sound. Situating powerviolence as a form of “borderlands noise-music,” this ... particularly for Chicano noise musicians. By exploring how powerviolence subverts dominant music constructs through its sonic, linguistic, ... on a sonic lineage from hardcore punk to powerviolence in California, commonalities among hardcore punk, thrashcore, grindcore, ...
Tópico(s): Chinese history and philosophy
2024 - Wiley | Journal of Popular Music Studies
... and to the extreme music practice of the powerviolence band Column of Heaven. By placing Peace's ...
Tópico(s): Music History and Culture
2024 - Duke University Press | boundary 2