Iron Lung are a two piece powerviolence

Powerviolence

Powerviolence , is a raw and dissonant subgenre of hardcore punk. The style is closely related to thrashcore and grindcore.-History:...

 act from Seattle, Washington

Seattle, Washington

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 heavily influenced by 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...

 and 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....

. The band formed in 1999 in Reno

Reno

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 and is currently in Seattle after spending some time in Oakland. They have released music on several labels including Prank Records

Prank Records

Prank Records is a hardcore punk record label based in San Francisco, California. They began in 1995, releasing hardcore punk bands on vinyl and in CD format, with over 90 releases. Started by former Auburn University WEGL 91.1 FM radio DJ, Maximum Rock and Roll columnist and reviewer, former 924...

, 625 Thrashcore

625 Thrashcore

625 Thrashcore is a small American record label started by Max Ward of long-standing powerviolence band Spazz. They put out records of different genres, including hardcore, grindcore, thrashcore, powerviolence and others, mainly from the US and Japan....

, and their own label, Iron Lung Records. In recent years the band has collaborated with other members of the hardcore punk and powerviolence scene, including Hatred Surge and Dave Bailey, formerly of Running For Cover. 2009 saw the release of Public Humiliation

Public humiliation

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, a three-way collaboration between Iron Lung and Kortland and Ward's side projects, Pig Heart Transplant and Walls respectively. The recording is of a one-off live performance from Halloween

Halloween

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 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.

Splits

• Split 7" w/ Teen Cthulu
• Split 7" w/ Brainoil
• Split LP/CD w/ Lana Dagales
• Split 7" w/ BG
• Split 5" w/ Quattro Stagioni
• Split 7" w/ Scurvy Bastards
• Split LP/CD w/ Shank
• Split 7" w/ Lords of Light
• Split 7" w/ Agents of Abhorrence
• Split LP w/ Withdrawal Method (unreleased, test pressings only)
• Split 7" w/ The Process
• Split LP/CD w/ The Endless Blockade
• Split 2x7" w/ Hatred Surge, Mind Eraser and Scapegoat - "Brutal Supremacy" (Painkiller Records)

Full lengths

• Life. Iron Lung. Death.
• Cold Storage
• Sexless//No Sex
• Perfect Symbiosis of Man and Machine

Demos and Tapes

• 10 Song 2000 Demo
• Iron Lung Comedy Hour Live
• Enterruption Hermetic Archival Series 1

Collaborations

• Iron Lung/Hatred Surge - "Broken: A Collaboration" 7"
• Walls/Pig Heart Transplant/Iron Lung "Public Humiliation" LP/DVD
• Iron Lung/David Bailey LP