16Volt

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16volt began in 1991 with the mission to merge the raw guitars of early punk with the heavy beats and energy of industrial dance music. In 1992, 16volt ’s founder and frontman, Eric Powell, signed with the Cargo Records industrial subsidiary and now infamous Re-Constriction Records. 16volt’s debut, “Wisdom,” was co-produced by David Ogilvie (Nine Inch Nails, Skinny Puppy) and Keith “Fluffy” Auerbach (Ministry) and was released in 1993. Met with worldwide acclaim from fans and press alike, “Wisdom” officially put 16volt on the map and, along with Powell, was credited with helping spawn a genre of industrial known as “coldwave.” That same year, 16volt hit the road, playing shows to club crowds on the West Coast of the United States.

In 1994, 16volt skipped the industry-standard “sophomore jinx” and released the slightly more raw-sounding “Skin.” This release brought more praise and won features in Alternative Press, Kerrang!, CMJ, Industrial Nation, B-Side, and more. “Skin” reached the #2 slot on Rolling Stone’s alternative charts and charted everywhere from the United States (CMJ) to France, Germany, Ireland, and Japan. 16volt hit the road again for club shows and radio junkets and destroyed it everywhere they showed up.

16volt’s third release came in 1996 by the name of “LetDownCrush.” Co-produced by Jeff “Critter” Newell (Ministry, Filter) and featuring special guests Stella (Stella Soleil, Sister Soleil), William Tucker (Ministry), Marc LaCorte, and Bryan Black (Haloblack, Motor, Xlover), the release once again proved that 16volt was a major force to be reckoned with. Interviews and features followed in huH, B-Side, Alternative Press, Kerrang!, CMJ, Industrial Nation, Guitar Player, and many more respected national rags.

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Supercoolnothing
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Letdowncrush
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Demography: The Basement Tapes
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Top Tracks

1	Suffering You	61
2	Everyday Everything	53
3	Keep Sleeping	49
4	And I Go	47
5	The Error	46
6	I Fail Truth	45
7	Happy Pill	44
8	I'm Just A Mess	43
8	Don't Pray	43
8	The Defect People	43
11	You Run	42
11	And You Are All Alone Again	42
13	At the End	41
14	Come For You	40
14	Feel It Through	40

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Nonshake wrote:
Wednesday afternoon

"keep sleeping" is so catchy and "dead weight" is the pure awesomeness

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KilianKilljoy wrote:
Tuesday evening

WHY DON'T YOU COME TO PRAGUE, WHY?????????

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TheBlackRaven87 wrote:
August 2008

after i've listened to Supercoolnothing more and more, my fave songs are: Don't Pray, Happy Pill, I Fail Truth and Everyday Everything.

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Philemaphobia wrote:
July 2008

I love "Plastic Blue" ... so great for walking to work ^^

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TheBlackRaven87 wrote:
July 2008

i've listened a few times to Supercoolnothing, and it sounds great. it's now my 2nd album of them after FBH.

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Drewzy90 wrote:
July 2008

Stupidly hard to find CDs to buy >_<

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politicsapocaly wrote:
June 2008

You may be interested in the album I just recently released. It is available free to download. Licensed with the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Licence. This licence lets you use this music for commercial products or make remixes or other derivative works, so long as you give credit to the original artists. Politics Apocalypse is political and subversive post-industrial rock with an interesting mix of classical instruments, guitars, electronic beats, and a small dash of aussie hip-hop. You can download the whole 11 track album at no cost at our website. http://www.politicsapocalypse.com We are also doing a name your own price CD (starting at cost price). I don’t mean to spam but I am trying to get the word out to those who may be interested.

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Diabeticus wrote:
May 2008

Cyanotic, I wish you were coming to Philly. Was really disappointed to see that not happening...

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Cyanotic wrote:
April 2008

Everything. Looking forward to touring with the Volt, one of our biggest influences. this summer's going to be chaos level fun.

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NioTumsSpik wrote:
April 2008

supercoolnothing should be your next imo :)

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xHxYxBxRxIxDx wrote:
April 2008

Justheard of these guys yesterday, theyre fucking awesome. Im listening to Full Black Habit now, what else should i get into?

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mutantchikin wrote:
April 2008

WHOO TOUR 2008!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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BioMechZombie wrote:
March 2008

FullBlackHabit is my fav album of 2007

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MRKILLINGJOKE wrote:
March 2008

Excellent project to see live. Eric Powell puts on one hell of a performence.

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Diabeticus wrote:
February 2008

supercoolnothing is great as well. demography is avail here to listen to also. That has some great tracks as well. fbh is IS great. older stuff is also.

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tafeely wrote:
February 2008

I just discoverd 16Volt through FullBlackHabit. Fantastic stuff!

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factoryofpl wrote:
February 2008

Interview & CD reviews at www.industrialrock.net

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factoryofpl wrote:
February 2008

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DanDart wrote:
January 2008

ruling

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mutantchikin wrote:
January 2008

yes...its alll sooo good!

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