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Genre
powerviolence
Parent Genre: metal

Powerviolence is a subgenre of hardcore punk that is characterized by its aggressive and fast-paced sound. It incorporates elements of thrash metal and grindcore, with short and intense songs that often feature shouted vocals and heavy distortion. The lyrics often deal with social and political issues, and the overall tone is confrontational and nihilistic. Bands in this genre typically have a DIY ethos and reject mainstream culture.


Top artists of powerviolence genre

Dystopia
Full Of Hell
WORLD PEACE
Los Crudos
Insect Warfare
Cerce
Spazz
Hong Kong Fuck You
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List of powerviolence artists

Here is a list of powerviolence artists on Spotify, ranked based on popularity, who exemplifies the powerviolence genre. You can find out what powerviolence genre sounds like where you can preview artists or sort them the way you want, just click the headers to sort.

#namePopularity instrumentalnessdanceabilityenergyacousticnessHappinesstempofollowers
1
Dystopia
44 30 29 78 7 29 114 73021
2
Full Of Hell
38 61 25 91 0 12 115 70531
3
WORLD PEACE
31 30 28 93 0 39 109 6883
4
Los Crudos
31 84 28 97 0 48 132 30490
5
Insect Warfare
31 4 23 99 0 4 123 37526
6
Cerce
29 14 28 96 0 26 124 13519
7
Spazz
29 33 32 76 0 29 98 20890
8
Hong Kong Fuck You
29 79 36 94 0 27 120 11395
9
Despise You
29 22 29 87 0 19 111 16091
10
Escuela Grind
28 53 25 84 0 29 116 13025
11
Doom
28 55 17 91 1 21 134 25204
12
No Comment
27 0 0 0 0 0 0 1533
13
Combat Wounded Veteran
26 69 26 99 7 7 119 7757
14
Weekend Nachos
26 43 20 98 0 10 123 28555
15
Dropdead
26 62 22 96 0 17 121 27550
16
Nausea
25 61 32 94 0 25 103 12522
17
Sex Prisoner
25 60 27 95 0 26 113 12007
18
Capitalist Casualties
25 52 34 82 9 54 130 21351
19
Cell Rot
25 76 22 99 0 9 112 2903
20
Deterioration
25 70 21 94 4 8 104 5906
21
Dead in the Dirt
25 63 22 97 0 10 114 13200
22
His Hero Is Gone
24 81 21 89 0 36 117 20097
23
Regional Justice Center
24 27 21 97 0 23 123 12246
24
Cursed
24 3 18 96 1 14 128 22254
25
Archagathus
24 43 24 94 0 18 131 6769
26
Final Draft
24 0 68 40 29 42 132 6054
27
ACxDC
23 39 24 96 0 33 119 21076
28
Iron Lung
23 67 21 95 0 9 134 16679
29
Internal Rot
23 82 18 97 0 6 121 6331
30
Sore Throat
22 71 19 80 0 18 121 8434
31
Coke Bust
22 12 26 98 2 20 111 10997
32
Jarhead Fertilizer
22 66 21 75 2 23 89 7163
33
Mammoth Grinder
22 81 17 96 0 16 155 20364
34
Grief
21 47 26 74 1 16 95 24864
35
Caustic Wound
21 61 31 97 0 23 102 8747
36
Wound Man
20 77 27 93 0 21 110 5457
37
Yautja
20 68 26 91 0 22 126 11655
38
Wake
20 17 30 97 0 11 117 13860
39
Bandit
19 0 0 0 0 0 0 2652
40
Purity Control
19 90 17 100 1 4 148 1783
41
Cave State
18 43 22 97 2 15 125 4483
42
Insult
18 32 33 96 1 42 130 5358
43
Hatred Surge
18 83 20 96 0 7 110 8943
44
Extortion
18 15 21 98 0 17 152 5884
45
Lack Of Interest
17 3 37 91 0 58 122 8433
46
No/Más
17 51 26 98 0 12 118 4452
47
Man Is The Bastard
17 93 28 90 3 22 149 12667
48
Zyanose
17 62 19 71 0 3 115 3585
49
Mind Eraser
17 80 16 89 0 7 114 9389
50
Endless Swarm
17 19 35 95 0 18 106 2599
51
Noothgrush
16 67 19 74 2 13 66 15168
52
Blame God
16 74 21 97 0 6 101 2775
53
Fuck On the Beach
16 83 20 97 0 22 106 10251
54
Graf Orlock
16 0 35 95 0 11 97 5785
55
Brain Tourniquet
16 78 16 94 0 22 140 1781
56
Yacøpsæ
15 0 0 0 0 0 0 2668
57
Fluoride
15 82 15 94 0 5 121 5840
58
Apartment 213
15 78 27 90 0 15 168 7343
59
Triac
14 83 22 90 0 12 125 2836
60
Corn on Macabre
14 0 0 0 0 0 0 401
61
Harm Done
14 74 23 94 0 10 120 4178
62
Gets Worse
14 24 25 79 0 29 118 4476
63
Livid
13 42 29 92 0 19 119 1584
64
Goolagoon
12 69 22 95 1 15 149 3857
65
Meth Leppard
12 77 26 93 0 11 137 2423
66
Nausea
12 0 0 0 0 0 0 21363
67
Enemy Soil
11 20 25 94 0 11 130 4598
68
Sordo
11 0 40 70 37 55 81 1879
69
Magnum Force
11 46 53 81 3 40 107 2549
70
Code 13
11 31 26 89 3 62 112 3061
71
Left For Dead
11 1 27 97 0 8 143 3864
72
Setsuko
10 91 18 93 0 5 108 1967
73
Hummingbird of Death
10 18 36 99 0 50 147 4422
74
Couch Slut
10 76 26 96 0 10 132 5725
75
Manhunt
9 49 20 99 1 5 148 1573
76
Hellnation
8 0 0 0 0 0 0 3672
77
Shitstorm
8 86 17 100 0 3 165 3402
78
Rorschach
8 0 27 75 0 16 112 4039
79
Six Brew Bantha
7 33 21 99 0 4 132 2741
80
Soul Swallower
7 24 20 98 0 3 92 2444
81
The Endless Blockade
7 97 29 100 0 4 113 4246
82
XFilesX
7 0 0 0 0 0 0 2329
83
Spazz
7 0 0 0 0 0 0 3196
84
Mk-Ultra
7 0 0 0 0 0 0 569
85
Afternoon Gentlemen
6 73 23 95 0 31 125 3137
86
Black Army Jacket
6 0 0 0 0 0 0 3048
87
Sick/Tired
6 68 26 92 0 34 104 2625
88
Real Reggae
6 0 0 0 0 0 0 3334
89
The Bastard Noise
6 74 19 87 0 18 117 2675
90
Backslider
5 89 18 93 0 23 97 1557
91
Fucking Invincible
5 0 0 0 0 0 0 2483
92
Assholeparade
5 54 33 94 0 22 88 3034
93
Charles Bronson
4 0 0 0 0 0 0 3094
94
Jenny Piccolo
4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1586
95
Look Back And Laugh
3 73 22 100 0 4 103 491
96
No Faith
3 68 27 91 0 38 123 639
97
Bruce Banner
3 0 0 0 0 0 0 386
98
Voetsek
3 0 27 97 0 39 134 2239
99
Rupture
3 0 0 0 0 0 0 338
100
Minors
2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1874
101
No Comment
2 0 0 0 0 0 0 618
102
Sidetracked
2 0 0 0 0 0 0 551
103
Die Choking
2 89 40 96 0 22 108 1550
104
Mehkago N.T.
2 0 0 0 0 0 0 867
105
Infest
2 64 26 98 0 28 135 2951
106
Flash Gordon
2 0 0 0 0 0 0 834
107
False Light
2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1104
108
XBRAINIAX
2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2776
109
Plutocracy
2 0 0 0 0 0 0 662
110
Crucial Unit
2 79 33 76 0 26 123 2020
111
Fissure
2 0 0 0 0 0 0 896
112
Brody's Militia
1 0 0 0 0 0 0 261
113
Chest Pain
1 0 0 0 0 0 0 842
114
Suppression
1 0 0 0 0 0 0 678
115
Dahmer
1 74 16 98 0 23 86 507
116
Brain Dead
1 0 0 0 0 0 0 386
117
Severe
1 0 0 0 0 0 0 38
118
Neanderthal
0 0 49 75 0 74 110 276
119
Gasp
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 227
120
Ice Nine
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
121
Wastoid
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 107
122
Stapled Shut
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7
123
California Love
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1258
124
The Siege
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 144
125
Su19b
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 129
126
No Man's Slave
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 97
127
Rhino Charge
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 107
128
Superbad
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 44
129
Wasteoid
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 140
130
Crossed Out
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 615
131
Acrid
0 0 39 97 0 21 150 299
132
Pretty Little Flower
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 266
133
Strong Intention
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 300
134
Column Of Heaven
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 408