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Painkiller is a Heavy metal act. Their sound grew out of Mick Harris and Napalm Death. Those roots explain a lot about how Painkiller arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Fantômas, Sonny Sharrock, This Heat, Henry Cow and Ornette Coleman, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Kevin Sharp, Mike Patton, Gallhammer and Buckethead, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 12 connections around Painkiller, reaching back through Mick Harris and forward to Kevin Sharp. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
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Painkiller connections
Painkiller grew out of Mick Harris and Napalm Death, shares an orbit with Fantômas, Sonny Sharrock, This Heat and Henry Cow, went on to shape Kevin Sharp, Mike Patton, Gallhammer and Buckethead. 12 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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