IRON LUNG

Hardcore Punk • United States
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Iron Lung are a two piece hardcore punk act from Seattle, Washington heavily influenced by power violence and grindcore.

The band formed in 1999 in Reno and is currently in Seattle after spending some time in Oakland. They have released music on several labels including Prank Records, 625 Thrashcore, and their own label, Iron Lung Records.

In recent years the band has collaborated with other members of the hardcore punk scene, including Hatred Surge and Dave Bailey, formerly of Running For Cover. 2009 saw the release of Public Humiliation, a three-way collaboration between Iron Lung and Jon and Jensen's side projects, Pig Heart Transplant and Walls respectively. The recording is of a one-off live performance from Halloween of 2008.

Jon Kortland is also half of the art project Feeding, which has made artwork for several Iron Lung, Walls and PHT releases, as well as album covers for several other bands.

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IRON LUNG albums / top albums

IRON LUNG Life. Iron Lung. Death. album cover 3.00 | 2 ratings
Life. Iron Lung. Death.
Hardcore Punk 2004
IRON LUNG Sexless​/​/​No Sex album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Sexless​/​/​No Sex
Hardcore Punk 2007
IRON LUNG White Glove Test album cover 4.00 | 1 ratings
White Glove Test
Hardcore Punk 2013
IRON LUNG No Statik - Unity And Fragmentation LP album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
No Statik - Unity And Fragmentation LP
Hardcore Punk 2013

IRON LUNG EPs & splits

IRON LUNG Brain Lung album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Brain Lung
Hardcore Punk 2001
IRON LUNG Tentacled Breathing album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Tentacled Breathing
Hardcore Punk 2001
IRON LUNG Demonstrations In Pressure And Volume album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Demonstrations In Pressure And Volume
Hardcore Punk 2001
IRON LUNG BG / Iron Lung album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
BG / Iron Lung
Hardcore Punk 2002
IRON LUNG Iron Lung / Quattro Stagioni album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Iron Lung / Quattro Stagioni
Hardcore Punk 2003
IRON LUNG Iron Lung / Lana Dagales album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Iron Lung / Lana Dagales
Hardcore Punk 2004
IRON LUNG Iron Lung / Scurvy Bastards ‎ album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Iron Lung / Scurvy Bastards ‎
Hardcore Punk 2004
IRON LUNG Iron Lung / Shank album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Iron Lung / Shank
Hardcore Punk 2005
IRON LUNG Iron Lung / Lords Of Light album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Iron Lung / Lords Of Light
Hardcore Punk 2006
IRON LUNG Iron Lung Vs. Agents Of Abhorrence ‎– Silent Decay album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Iron Lung Vs. Agents Of Abhorrence ‎– Silent Decay
Hardcore Punk 2006
IRON LUNG Broadcast Negativity album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Broadcast Negativity
Hardcore Punk 2007
IRON LUNG Iron Lung​/​The Process split 7 0.00 | 0 ratings
Iron Lung​/​The Process split 7"
Hardcore Punk 2007
IRON LUNG Broken • A Collaboration album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Broken • A Collaboration
Hardcore Punk 2008
IRON LUNG Exposed album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Exposed
Hardcore Punk 2009
IRON LUNG Iron Lung Mixtape I album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Iron Lung Mixtape I
Hardcore Punk 2011
IRON LUNG Brutal Supremacy album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Brutal Supremacy
Hardcore Punk 2011
IRON LUNG Iron Lung Mixtape II album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Iron Lung Mixtape II
Hardcore Punk 2013

IRON LUNG live albums

IRON LUNG Iron Lung Comedy Hour Live album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Iron Lung Comedy Hour Live
Hardcore Punk 2001
IRON LUNG Public Humiliation album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Public Humiliation
Hardcore Punk 2009
IRON LUNG Live At Supersonic July 25 2009 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Live At Supersonic July 25 2009
Hardcore Punk 2010
IRON LUNG I Hate You Motherfuckers​ - ​Iron Lung Live In Australia March 2011 album cover 3.00 | 1 ratings
I Hate You Motherfuckers​ - ​Iron Lung Live In Australia March 2011
Hardcore Punk 2011

IRON LUNG demos, promos, fans club and other releases (no bootlegs)

IRON LUNG Mechanical Assistance Demo album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Mechanical Assistance Demo
Hardcore Punk 2001

IRON LUNG re-issues & compilations

IRON LUNG Cold Storage I album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Cold Storage I
Hardcore Punk 2004

IRON LUNG singles (2)

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Cancer​ / ​Life Of Pain
Hardcore Punk 2007
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3.00 | 1 ratings
Saboteur 7"
Hardcore Punk 2012

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IRON LUNG Life. Iron Lung. Death.

Album · 2004 · Hardcore Punk
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In the murky world of hardcore punk where it merges with metal, several niches have emerged that often are almost impossible to distinguish. Take powerviolence for example. This dissonantly fast and furious style of hardcore punk is closely related to thrashcore and grindcore but unlike grindcore has pretty much jettisoned any traces of a classic heavy metal connection. While Siege is credited as the pioneer of this sub-sub-genre between the cracks noisefest, the style has pretty much remained a behind the scenes sorta thing that only true hardcores venture into.

One of the many bands to gain a considerable cult following is the Seattle based IRON LUNG. This duo of Jon Kortland (guitar, vocals) and Jensen Ward (drums, vocals) started out in Reno, Nevada in 1999 before relocating to Oakland, CA before heading up to Seattle. These hardcore punk bands love to release a series of short scattered releases and IRON LUNG has been no different. In its wake has been left a long list of EPs, splits and live albums but very few what anyone would consider full-length albums.

This 2004 release LIFE. IRON LUNG. DEATH is considered the band’s first “album” but album in the chaotic noisy world of the powerviolence means an album’s worth of material is usually less than a half of an hour’s worth of playing time and the 2004 vinyl edition of this album didn’t even hit the 18-minute mark but the CD version released at the same time added a bunch of bonus tracks. These hardcore bands also love jumping from record label to the next and this release alone has found its way onto three as well as available on Bandcamp.

IRON LUNG delivers the expected powerviolence goods on LIFE. IRON LUNG. DEATH. This is a violent explosive set of performances that marries hardcore punk and grindcore seamlessly together with occasional chill outs resulting in oozing sludge metal. There’s nothing really out of the ordinary on this album as the powerviolence subgenre seems to have contained itself within a small range of possibilities. What you get is the usual breakneck speeds with screaming vocals in a raging fury with heavy distorted guitar riffs and breakdowns. Tracks all range close to the one-minute mark and start to sound the same after the album finishes.

Definitely one that gets IRON LUNG in the small club of powerviolence but creative expression is pretty much nonexistence. While perfect for fulfilling those needs of quick and explosive musical expressions, IRON LUNG, at least on this debut, doesn’t have the vision to take the genre in any new direction. Not nearly as developed as bands like Nails or Magrudergrind but all in all a decent but not essential example of this caustic branch of hardcore punk. For those only interested in eruptive irreverent noise with minimal musical motifs, then you’ll love this but these kinds of bands are a dime a dozen and anyone wanting a bit more than just the pure unhinged angst will find this a bit lacking.

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