▁ 1 9 8 0 s ▁and ▁ ▁other ▁heavy ▁hard core ▁bands , ▁such ▁as ▁She er ▁T error , ▁Mad ball , ▁Judge , ▁and ▁Max imum ▁Pen alty , ▁also ▁emer ged . ▁Mad ball , ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁bands ▁that ▁helped ▁launch ▁the ▁heavy ▁hard core ▁genre ▁with ▁its ▁c ros so ver ▁thr ash - es que ▁style , ▁released ▁its ▁debut ▁album ▁Set ▁It ▁Off ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 4 . ▁Jason ▁Anderson ▁of ▁All Music ▁noted ▁the ▁album ' s ▁" raw ▁lyr ics ▁and ▁thick ▁guitar ▁gro ov es ". ▁She er ▁T error ▁used ▁obvious ▁heavy ▁metal ▁influ ences ▁in ▁its ▁music , ▁using , ▁according ▁to ▁Edu ardo ▁Riv ad avia ▁of ▁All Music , ▁" st acc ato ▁pick ing , ▁slow - as - m ol ass es ▁power ▁ch ords ," ▁and ▁" double ▁kick ▁drums ". ▁According ▁to ▁Ryan ▁Dow ney ▁of ▁All Music , ▁Judge ▁added ▁" a ▁thick , ▁met all ic ▁guitar ▁cr unch ▁to ▁the ▁by ▁then ▁standard ▁man ic , ▁ang st - rid den , ▁and ▁ra gg ed ▁ne o - p unk ▁sound ▁of ▁the ▁mid - ▁to ▁late - ' 8 0 s ▁under ground ▁hard core ▁scene ." ▁ ▁Under ground ▁popular ity ▁( mid ▁to ▁late - 1 9 9 0 s ▁and ▁ 2 0 0 0 s ) ▁ ▁During ▁the ▁ ▁and ▁early ▁ 2 0 0 0 s , ▁the ▁heavy ▁hard core