Severed Head of State is a hardcore punk

Hardcore punk

Hardcore punk is an underground music genre that originated in the late 1970s, following the mainstream success of punk rock. Hardcore is generally faster, thicker, and heavier than earlier punk rock. The origin of the term "hardcore punk" is uncertain. The Vancouver-based band D.O.A...

 band with members split between Austin, Texas

Austin, Texas

Austin is the capital city of the U.S. state of :Texas and the seat of Travis County. Located in Central Texas on the eastern edge of the American Southwest, it is the fourth-largest city in Texas and the 14th most populous city in the United States. It was the third-fastest-growing large city in...

 & Portland, Oregon

Portland, Oregon

Portland is a city located in the Pacific Northwest, near the confluence of the Willamette and Columbia rivers in the U.S. state of Oregon. As of the 2010 Census, it had a population of 583,776, making it the 29th most populous city in the United States...

. Band members play in other bands such as World Burns To Death

World Burns To Death

World Burns to Death are an American Hardcore punk band from Austin, Texas. Formed in 2000, the current lineup consists of: Jack Control, vocals; Zac Tew, guitar; Craig Merritt, bass; and Jon Guerinot, drums. Current and former members are also involved with other bands, including From Ashes...

, J Church

J Church (band)

J Church was an American punk rock band formed by guitarist and vocalist Lance Hahn and bassist Gardner Maxam in 1992 in San Francisco, California after the demise of Hahn and Maxam's former band, Cringer...

, Tragedy

Tragedy (band)

Tragedy is a melodic crust punk band originally from Memphis, Tennessee and formed in 2000.-Members:*Todd Burdette - Guitar/Vocals - Also of Deathreat, Severed Head of State, Trauma and Warcry, Formerly of Copout, Rueben James, His Hero is Gone, Funeral and Call The Police*Yannick Lorrain - Guitar...

, Warcry, Defiance

Defiance (punk band)

Defiance are an anarcho street punk band from Portland, Oregon formed in 1993. Their discography includes five E.P.s, four full-lengths, and one album of out of print and rare songs...

. Their lyrics usually focus on deep detestation of both human nature and the Christian

Christian

A Christian is a person who adheres to Christianity, an Abrahamic, monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth as recorded in the Canonical gospels and the letters of the New Testament...

 belief system. Their sound ranges from slow melodies to furious 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...

. Vocalist Jack Control was stabbed in the mid-section late January 2006 with the blow just missing the heart by inches.

Members

• Jack Control - vocals - Also of World Burns To Death
  World Burns To Death
  World Burns to Death are an American Hardcore punk band from Austin, Texas. Formed in 2000, the current lineup consists of: Jack Control, vocals; Zac Tew, guitar; Craig Merritt, bass; and Jon Guerinot, drums. Current and former members are also involved with other bands, including From Ashes...
  
  , Formerly of Scorched Earth Policy
• Todd Burdette- guitar, vocals - Also of Tragedy
  Tragedy (band)
  Tragedy is a melodic crust punk band originally from Memphis, Tennessee and formed in 2000.-Members:*Todd Burdette - Guitar/Vocals - Also of Deathreat, Severed Head of State, Trauma and Warcry, Formerly of Copout, Rueben James, His Hero is Gone, Funeral and Call The Police*Yannick Lorrain - Guitar...
  
  , Deathreat and Warcry, Formerly of Copout, His Hero Is Gone
  His Hero is Gone
  His Hero Is Gone was an influential crust punk and sludge metal band from Memphis, Tennessee. Formed in 1995 from members of Copout, Man With Gun Lives Here, and FaceDown, they disbanded in 1999, playing their last show in Memphis. They toured the U.S. extensively several times, as well as Europe...
  
  , Funeral and Call The Police
• Kelly Halliburton - Bass - Also of Pierced Arrows and P.R.O.B.L.E.M.S., Formerly of Murder Disco X, Resist, Deprived, Cluster Bomb Unit, Defiance
  Defiance (punk band)
  Defiance are an anarcho street punk band from Portland, Oregon formed in 1993. Their discography includes five E.P.s, four full-lengths, and one album of out of print and rare songs...
  
  , Suicide Blitz, Masskontroll, Detestation and Axiom
• Chris Pfeffer - Drums - Also of Storm The Tower, J Church
  J Church (band)
  J Church was an American punk rock band formed by guitarist and vocalist Lance Hahn and bassist Gardner Maxam in 1992 in San Francisco, California after the demise of Hahn and Maxam's former band, Cringer...
  
   and Signal Lost, Formerly of Scorched Earth Policy, Kodiak, and Meadowlark
  Meadowlark
  Meadowlarks are birds belonging to the genus Sturnella in the New World family Icteridae.This genus includes seven species of largely insectivorous grassland birds...
  
  

Discography

• 1999 - One-sided S/T 12" (Lengua Armada)
• 2000 - S/T 7" (Ebullition) (sometimes referred to as Jedem Das Seine)
• 2000 - Black Blood World 7" (Malarie)
• 2000 - S/T 7" (Communichaos)
• 2000 - An Invitation To A Beheading: 1998–2001 Discography CD (Ebullition)
• 2002 - No Love Lost 7"/CD-EP (Ebullition)
• 2003 - Anathema Device LP/CD (Hardcore Holocaust)http://www.aversionline.com/reviews/1297/
• 2004 - Charge Ahead 7" (La Vida Es Unmus)
• 2005 - Fucking Butchery 7" 2005 (Hardcore Holocaust)
• 2005 - Fucking Butchery/Charge Ahead CD (with 11 song live set included for CD issue) (Desobedencia)
• 2007 - Power Hazard EP/CD (Havoc
  Havoc Records
  Havoc Records is an underground crust punk record label based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Havoc Records was founded in 1992 by Felix Havoc. According to Felix, "I learned a lot about how to produce and distribute records in this period. Havoc Records began in 1992 as the vehicle to realize the "Burn...
  
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