Max Ward, occasionally playing under the moniker of Hirax Max, is an American

power violence Powerviolence (sometimes written as power violence) is an extremely dissonant and fast subgenre of hardcore punk which is closely related to thrashcore and grindcore. In contrast with grindcore, which is a "crossover" idiom containing musical a ...

and

thrashcore Thrashcore (also known as fastcore) is a fast-tempo subgenre of hardcore punk that emerged in the early 1980s. Thrashcore is essentially sped-up hardcore, often using blast beats. Songs can be very brief, and thrashcore is in many ways a less d ...

musician, playing for such bands as Spazz,

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Capitalist Casualties Capitalist Casualties were an American powerviolence / hardcore band. They formed in Rohnert Park, CA around 1986 and had their first concert in 1987 in Santa Rosa, California They have released multiple records, including many splits with other ...

, What Happens Next?, Bombs of Death, and Scholastic Deth. He is also known for his extreme support of the

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scene, having released records and booked tours for hundreds of local, national, and international bands, while still living in the

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. He is the founder of 625 Thrashcore records

625 Thrashcore

625 Thrashcore is an American

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started by Ward in 1993. They put out records of different genres, including

hardcore Hardcore, hard core or hard-core may refer to: Arts and media Film * ''Hardcore'' (1977 film), a British comedy film * ''Hardcore'' (1979 film), an American crime drama film starring George C Scott * ''Hardcore'' (2001 film), a British documen ...

grindcore Grindcore is an extreme fusion genre of heavy metal and hardcore punk that originated in the mid-1980s, drawing inspiration from abrasive-sounding musical styles, such as thrashcore, crust punk, hardcore punk, extreme metal, and industrial. G ...

powerviolence Powerviolence (sometimes written as power violence) is an extremely dissonant and fast subgenre of hardcore punk which is closely related to thrashcore and grindcore. In contrast with grindcore, which is a "crossover" idiom containing musical ...

and others, mainly from the US and Japan. Artists include: *

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* Exhumed *

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NoComply NoComply were a metal-influenced punk rock sextet hailing from Plymouth, Devon in the south of England. They took their name from the skateboarding trick known as " no comply". On 23 January 2006, the band announced their intention to split up ...

* R.A.M.B.O. * Spazz * What Happens Next?

External links

* compile
interviews
including from Maximum Rock N' Roll
Max Ward
at Metal-archives *

American music industry executives Year of birth missing (living people) Living people American record labels Grindcore record labels Thrash metal record labels Powerviolence {{US-rock-drummer-stub