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In the face

One Last Chanson
1985 Chicago minimal techno × powerviolence metalcore, 148 BPM, rigid 4/4 | Pound dry drum-machine kicks beneath a Gibson SG Standard: downtuned palm-muted cells, choking stops, scraped harmonics | Lock guitar breakdown accents to an unbroken warehouse pulse; grind short analogue bass sequences against dissonant intervals | Puncture loops with sparse raspy guttural screams, close and rhythmically barked | Thread sustained shō clusters, piercing hichiriki phrases and breath-led ryūteki fragments through the machinery; stretch courtly pacing across relentless percussion | Crush short sampler loops through overloaded circuitry; keep the mix narrow, harsh and nearly airless | Dense, hypnotic subterranean ritual; cold harmonic stasis, mechanical repetition, bodily impact; predominantly instrumental rave backing track
V6

[Intro — teeth clenched] Off. OFF. GET THE FUCK— [Raw scream] AAARRRGH! [Instrumental Break] [Verse 1 — barked] Hand. Face. Too close. Fuck off. Don't touch. DON'T— [Chorus — guttural screams] PUNCH THEM IN THE FACE. PUNCH THEM IN THE FACE. MEANT NO HARM. DON'T FUCKING CARE. PUNCH THEM IN THE FACE. PUNCH THEM IN THE FACE. [Long rasping scream] AAAAAAARRRGH! [Instrumental Break] [Verse 2 — increasingly frantic] What? WHAT? COME ON THEN. Your hands. My shirt. LET GO. LET— [Overlapping screams] GET OFF! COME HERE! GET OFF! COME HERE! [Breakdown — deep guttural] FIST. FIST. FIST. [High ragged scream] FUUUUUCK! [Instrumental Break] [Chorus — lead and gang screams] PUNCH THEM IN THE FACE. (IN THE FACE!) PUNCH THEM IN THE FACE. (IN THE FACE!) MEANT NO— MEANT NO— HARM! [Full-band stop] DON'T CARE. [Full-band return] [Brawl — overlapping, breathless] YOU! YOU! FUCKING YOU! OFF MY BACK! OUT MY— AAARRGH! COME ON! COME ON! COME ON THEN! [Instrumental Break] [Final Chorus — uncontrolled screams] PUNCH THEM IN THE FACE. PUNCH THEM IN THE FACE. GET OFF! (IN THE FACE!) GET OFF! (IN THE FACE!) AAARRRGH! COME ON THEN! [Outro — disintegrating] MORE. MORE. FUCK— YOU— [Long raw scream] AAAAAAAAAH! [Instrumental Outro]