Hellnation was a grindcore

Grindcore

Grindcore is an extreme genre of music that started in the early- to mid-1980s. It draws inspiration from some of the most abrasive music genres – including death metal, industrial music, noise and the more extreme varieties of hardcore punk....

–thrashcore

Thrashcore

Thrashcore is a fast tempo subgenre of hardcore punk that emerged in the early 1980s. Thrashcore is essentially sped-up hardcore punk, with bands often using blast beats. Songs can be very brief, and thrashcore is in many ways a less dissonant, less metallic forerunner of grindcore...

 band from Kentucky

Kentucky

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. They formed in 1988. Their sound has been variously described as thrashcore, power violence or grindcore. Hellnation have completed numerous tours of the United States, Japan, Brazil and Europe. The trademarks of Hellnation's sound include punk rock guitar riffs played at hyper speed, copious amounts of distortion and angry, profanity-laden lyrics. Members of Hellnation also play in Brody's Militia and Jacked Up Zeros. They broke up in January 2010.

Hellnation releases

• People's Temple 7" EP (Sound Pollution, 1990)
• Suppression 7" EP (Sound Pollution, 1991)
• Colonized LP (Sound Pollution, 1993)
• Aussie 7" EP (Spiral Objective / Australia, 1994)
• Control LP / CD (Sound Pollution, 1994)
• A Sound Like Shit CD (Sound Pollution, 1996)
• At War With Emo 5" EP (Slap A Ham, 1997)
• Your Chaos Days Are Numbered LP / CD (Sound Pollution, 1998)
• Thrash Or Die 7" EP / MCR (Japan, 1998)
• Fucked Up Mess LP / CD (Sound Pollution, 1999; Laja / Brazil, 2001)
• Cheerleaders for Imperialism LP / CD (Slap A Ham / USA, 2000)
• Thrashwave CD (Sound Pollution, 2002; Laja / Brazil, 2002)
• Dynamite Up Your Ass LP / CD (Sound Pollution, 2002; Laja / Brazil, 2004)

Splits and compilation appearances

• Various Artists, Bbblleeaauurrgghh (Slap A Ham, 1991)
• Various Artists, Bloodless Unreality 7" (Forfeit, 1992)
• Various Artists, I Kill What I Eat CD (Ecocentric / Germany, 1992)
• Various Artists, No Desire To Continue Living 10" (Farewell / Germany, 1993)
• Hellnation / Real Reggae split 7" (Slightly Fast / Japan, 1996)
• Hellnation / CFUDL split 7" EP (Sound Pollution, 1996)
• Hellnation / Sink split 7" EP (Sound Pollution, 1997)
• Various Artists, ABC's Of Punk LP+7" / CD (Whirled Records, 1997)
• Various Artists, Tomorrow Will Be Worse 4x7" box set (Sound Pollution, 1998)
• Various Artists, Fiesta Comes Alive LP / CD (Slap A Ham, 1998)
• Various Artists, Homeless Benefit 2x7" (Bad Card / France, 1999)
• Various Artists, Reality Vol. 3 LP / CD (Deep Six, 1999)
• Hellnation / Merda split 7" (2+2=5 / Luna / Brazil, 2001)
• Various Artists, Tomorrow Will Be Worse CD (Sound Pollution, 2001)
• Various Artists, All Punks Spending Drunk Night 7" EP (Backwoods Butcher, 2006)
• Hellnation/Capitalist Casualties Split (Sound Pollution 101/Six Weeks 114, 2008)