A New Wave of Violence

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A New Wave of Violence
Head-wound-city-new-wave-violence.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedMay 13, 2016
Genre Grindcore, noise rock, mathcore
Length24:11
Label Vice Records [1]
Producer Ross Robinson
Head Wound City chronology
Head Wound City
(2005)
A New Wave of Violence
(2016)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Consequence of Sound B [2]
Pitchfork 6.9/10 [3]
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A New Wave of Violence is the debut album by the hardcore punk supergroup Head Wound City. [5] [6] It was released on May 13, 2016. It was their first release since 2005.

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Old Age Takes Too Long"2:03
2."Born to Burn"1:44
3."Head Wound City, USA"2:04
4."I Wanna Be Your Original Sin"0:54
5."I Cast a Shadow for You"3:18
6."Scraper"2:40
7."Closed Casket"2:11
8."Palace of Love and Hate"1:27
9."Avalanche in Heaven"3:43
10."Love is Best"4:07
Total length:24:11

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References

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