16volt is an American industrial rock band featuring Eric Powell, with other performers added for live shows.

History

16volt was formed in Portland, Oregon by composer and vocalist Eric Powell. Powell recruited musicians drummer Joel Bornzin, guitarist Jon Fell and Jeff Taylor to record "Motorskills", which debuted on '' The Cyberflesh Conspiracy'' various artist compilation by If It Moves... That band released their first full-length studio album '' Wisdom'' on May 25, 1993, after signing to Re-Constriction Records. The album received critical attention for its

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-informed beats and abrasive electronic textures. The band continued to issue album's via Re-Constriction for the next three albums: '' Skin'' (1994), ''

LetDownCrush ''LetDownCrush'' is the third studio album by 16volt, released on August 7, 1996 by Cargo and Re-Constriction Records. Reception AllMusic awarded ''LetDownCrush'' three out of five possible stars. ''Aiding & Abetting'' gave the album a mixed re ...

'' (1996), and ''

SuperCoolNothing ''SuperCoolNothing'' is the fourth studio album by 16volt, released on August 18, 1998 by Cargo and Re-Constriction Records. Two-thousand copies of the album were re-pressed by Dark City Music with new cover art and the first 100 copies signed by ...

'' (1998). The band is featured in the opening scene of video game ''

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'', and contributed nine songs to the game's soundtrack. 16volt released its fifth album titled '' FullBlackHabit'' in 2007 for

Metropolis Records Metropolis Records is a record label founded in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1993 by the late Dave Heckman. The label's all-electronic format closely tracked with European contemporaries, such as Off Beat, and, since 1995, has been instrumenta ...

. The band followed that release with two more studio albums for Metropolis, ''

American Porn Songs ''American Porn Songs'' is the sixth studio album by 16volt, released on September 8, 2009 by Metropolis Records. Reception David Jeffries of AllMusic awarded ''American Porn Songs'' three and a half out of five stars, called it the most cohesi ...

'' and ''

Beating Dead Horses ''Beating Dead Horses'' is the seventh studio album by American industrial rock band 16volt, released on May 5, 2011 by Metropolis Records. Reception Brutal Resonance commended the production quality and composition variety of ''Beating Dead Hors ...

'', which were released in 2009 and 2011 respectively. 16volt self-released the 2016 album '' The Negative Space'' on their label Murder Creek. The EP '' Dead on Arrivals'' was self-released for Murder Creek in 2017.

Discography

Studio albums * '' Wisdom'' (1993,

Re-Constriction Re-Constriction Records was a division of Cargo Music based in California. The label was founded in 1992 and headed by Chase, who was previously the Music Director at KCR, a student radio station on the campus of San Diego State University. They ...

) * '' Skin'' (1994, Re-Constriction) * ''

'' (1996, Re-Constriction) * ''

'' (1998, Re-Constriction) * '' FullBlackHabit'' (2007, Metropolis) * ''

'' (2009, Metropolis) * ''

'' (2011, Metropolis) * '' The Negative Space'' (2016, Murder Creek) Remix albums * '' The Remix Wars: Strike 3 – 16 Volt vs. Hate Dept'' (1996,

21st Circuitry 21st Circuitry was a record label based in San Francisco, California, that was founded in early 1991. The label released music from genres, such as electro-industrial, industrial rock, and other similar styles of music. The label signed a number ...

) * '' American Porn Songs: Remixed'' (2010, Metropolis) Compilation albums * '' Demography'' (2000,

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) * '' SuperCoolNothing V2.0'' (2002, Dark City Music) * '' The Best of Sixteen Volt'' (2005, Cleopatra) Extended plays * '' Dead on Arrivals'' (2017, Murder Creek) Singles * "

The Dreams That Rot in Your Heart "The Dreams That Rot in Your Heart" is a song by 16volt, released as a single on July 23, 1996 by Re-Constriction Records. It was the only single created to support the band's third album ''LetDownCrush'', which was released in August of that year ...

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References

External links

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at Bandcamp * * * * {{Authority control Musical groups established in 1988 American industrial metal musical groups American musical duos 21st Circuitry artists Cleopatra Records artists Metropolis Records artists Re-Constriction Records artists Musical groups from Portland, Oregon