I'm surprised it's taken this long for a powerviolence record to show up on shuffle. Well here's one, this is Robocop II by Robocop and it's an awesome, twisted compendium of all the best conventions of the genre. There's a sick, sludgy intro, some noise mixed in with the already chaotic and discordant songs, all of which would make me want to run into a pit if they were played live. Powerviolence is such a niche genre that many of the bands who play it are very self aware, and if they're wise they don't take themselves too seriously (if that wasn't already apparent by this bands' name and album title). For example, there's a track called Cut Up that samples (among many things) power violence OGs Spazz in a manner that's similar to the song it's sampled from, Lets Fucking Go!!! There's also a cover of the most covered Napalm Death song of all time, Suffer, clocking in at 7 seconds or whatever.
Powerviolence is fast, and short. Songs don't typically exceed the 1:30 mark, and when they do, they're almost always noise tracks, like Robocop's 7 minute long Aftermathematics. It's harsh noise, played over broken up samples of robotic sounding voices, and although it's a bit long, it fits well with the album's chaotic aesthetic. And just as soon as the insanity began, it ends with another excellent sludgy outro riff. Everything about Robocop II seems to be done right, the guitar tone is sick and the song structures are exactly what I would want from a powerviolence album, super noisy and constantly changing as if the band has an attention disorder. Robocop does nothing to bring anything particularly new to the table, but in this case I can totally relate to the old adage: if it ain't broke then don't fix it.
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