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

power violence Powerviolence (sometimes written as power violence) is a chaotic 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 aspects of he ...

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, adopting a slightly more extreme style by means of its vocals, dissonance, and occasiona ...

drummer and vocalist, playing for such bands as Spazz, Plutocracy,

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, 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.

Career

Early in his musical career, drummer Max Ward was part of bands including Grok, a "supergroup" in

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, and an acoustic group called Beat Angels. He played in multiple bands with Chris Fish.

625 Thrashcore

625 Thrashcore is an American

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

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grindcore Grindcore is an extreme metal, extreme fusion genre of heavy metal music, 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, e ...

powerviolence Powerviolence (sometimes written as power violence) is a chaotic 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 aspects of hea ...

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. ...

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* Spazz * What Happens Next?

References

External links

* compile
interviews
including from

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Max Ward
at Metal-archives *

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