MALANG BERISICK CITY

Malang Not Fest

2011-12-23T19:52:00.002+07:00

Malang Not Fest

present :

Nadi
Difficult and Hard
Human Fetus
Death Conscious
Head Straight

and many more

14 Januari 2012, @ Aula Denpal Rampal Start 12.00 - Die
HTM : 10.000

Redsbloodylips

2011-10-13T16:27:00.001+07:00

Biography :

We stood on January 21, 2008 in Tangerang area. and started with a meeting Anggi and Vidy when playing skate in the area tangerang.
Anggi as guitarist / clean and Vidy as vocalist / scream began collecting personnel from their friends.
Finally Anggi adopted Angga as a guitar / lead from one of the band's melodic named "Vinca Minor" to join in this band.
Eventually the three of us gathered to think what material should we create in a song.
Anggi re-recruited as bass player Roby. And the four of us think to be more serious in play and give harmony in music, then we assign a name that we call REDSBLOODYLIPS.
REDSBLOODYLIPS in our sense means the Reds are "Red"which means Brave.
Bloody is the "Blood"which means strength in the human body.
LIPS is a "lip"which means everyone's lips conversation.
When we combine REDSBLOODYLIPS word meaning "brave blend of red blood in our bodies that will be talked about every person conversation. " And mid-March we hired Okky as drummer.
We also started our first perform at the opening of the skate park in the area of Tangerang in February.

Band Members :

Unknown

Genre :

* Metal
* Screamo

K O R B A N

2011-10-13T15:57:00.002+07:00

Biography :

Exactly on the 20th March 2009, sparked a shallow thinking of those southern outskirts of Bandung, a desire to work in one particular piece of music on the basis of the soul UNDERGROUND with litter born to a world uprising VICTIM a fairly eccentric band name you think but it means a lot to us and look bad for thinking ahead!
Starting with the genre we Thrashcore stretcher with sufficient initial formation seems to taste, taste of hell!
SEGA: VOCAL Lutfi: BACK VOCAL Saladaeng: Amjad GUITAR: GUITAR FADX: BASS BEURIT: DRUM After quite a long time, shit!
Dispute was kicking our butt, and all our aspirations, just in the year 2010 Lutfi, amjad fadx and resigned, and perhaps the reason it is still a question mark for us!
With the state of limping like a ball player deform the injury affected the way we keep.
We are sick because of the void formation which is not according to taste.
A toast to the coming of injections of Deri (stringfukk head off) SEGA VOKILL Deri AS AS AS STRINGFUKK Saladaeng STRINGSICK U.S. BEURIT BLASTINGSICK once we change the genre of music that became brutal DEATHCORE PROGRESSIVE stretcher.
We spent more time and possibly a series of terror conspiracy many different opinions but we always try solid.
Although in the case of such Influence: SEGA More terinfluence by brutal deathmetal bands from europe.
Saladaeng more likely terinflunce by deathcore bands and metal. Deri monotonous very different assumptions that more terinflunce by western bands swedish punk and punk rock.
BEURIT more oldschool terinfluence by metalion old bands from Brazil.
Damn strings attached because it's always all the differences we're drunk and fell silent disaan flexible monotonous!
This is our little Biografy nothing more than hypocritical lip that kills all souls rot and common mental shallow you! SUPPORT JUST, JUST RESPECT!

Band Members :

* Sega - Fighthroat
* Restu - Stringsick
* Deri - Stringfukk
* Dani - Blastingsick

Influences :

* Mysery index
* Carnifex
* Suffocation
* Dying Fetus
* Sepultura
* Discharge
* Disfear
* Amebix
* Crass
* Pisschrist
* Doom

Genre :

* Death Metal
* Grindcore
* Metal

Bad Students

2011-10-13T15:52:00.000+07:00

Biography :

We are five recalcitrant pupil. we began our journey since we were fifteen years old.We give a bad name for our band but what's in a name we use the flow of the post hardcore genre for our music.

Band Members :

* Gogo
* Olly
* Bee
* Jozu
* Ika

Genre :

* Hardcore
* Metal
* Screamo

Outright

2011-04-07T20:50:00.003+07:00

Biography :

Outright is a Hardcore Band. Started in late 2005 Asuy, Ryan, Ricky and Bart want to make a band start with a cover song of Biohazard, Ryker's and hatebreed. We have no idea for the name so we called OUTRIGHT we play a new new style of music, a not so fast hardcore but heavy as shit we called it SUPER GROOVE POWER CHORDS, after 3 years finally we've just released our debut album "HARDCORE STRIKES BACK" under CROSSOVER records.

Band Members :

* Ricky - Low Screaming Truth

* Bart - Sick Wired Power Chord
* Asuy - Four Wired Destruction
* Part - Groove Beater

Contact person :

* Ryan : 085624169351 / 022 92772040

Sympathy

2011-04-06T16:22:00.002+07:00

Biography :

Sympathy is a technical death metal band from Canada, formed in 1991. Sympathy got some notable attention in the Benelux, Germany and Switzerland as those are the countries where their previous label Fear Dark is usually marketing its bands. The band is known for its professional musicianship. Sympathy's albums are distributed in the United States, Europe and Canada through Displeased Records, Deadsun Records, Megarock Records, Facedown Records and The Omega Distribution. Their lyrical themes tend to revolve around subjects such as theology, philosophy, and death. They have released three albums, Invocation, Arcane Path and an EP titled Abyssal Throne. On February 19, 2008, the band was signed to Bombworks Records. The third album titled Anagogic Tyranny was released on November 11, 2008.

History :

Sympathy started out as a five-piece thrash metal band in vein of Celtic Frost and produced its first demo in 1991. One by one the other musicians left Sympathy and eventually it ended up being Dharok's solo project. During the years 1993–1997, the musical style took a more technical death metal direction, and Dharok released the recordings Arrogance and Ignorance (1993), Age of Darkness (1995) and Realms of Chaos (1996).

The band's influences include: Spawn of Possession, Suffocation, Morbid Angel, Death, Emperor, Kreator, Cannibal Corpse, and Dimmu Borgir. In 2001, Sympathy signed a record deal with the Dutch extreme metal label Fear Dark and soon recorded its first commercially available studio album titled Invocation. The album received positive feedback in underground metal circles, magazines such as BW & BK, and was mentioned in Metal Maniacs magazine as one of the "reader's albums of the year for 2002".

On the following releases, Tim Roth of Into Eternity, as well as other members from that particular band, and other bands began to fill in the spot. In 2004, Sympathy released its second album titled Arcane Path which took a more technical blackened death metal direction and showcased a more polished production. Arcane Path featured frontcover artwork as well as a new logo design by the reputive Belgian (Flemish) artist Kris Verwimp. The album was well-received and brought them more exposure.

In late 2005, Sympathy released an EP titled Abyssal Throne which featured two re-recorded songs from Invocation, two new songs and a cover of Suffocation's "Torn into Enthrallment". Abyssal Throne was released on the Norwegian label Momentum Scandinavia, and the packaging artwork was done by the Swedish graphic designer Samuel Durling. Later in 2005, a fellow Canadian, Jeff Lewis, known from his work in Australian band Mortification and his solo project Abolishment of Hate, would join forces with Sympathy.

On February 19, 2008 the band was signed to Bombworks Records. The third album titled Anagogic Tyranny was released November 11, 2008. Sounds of Dead gave it 10 out of 10 points and Lords of Metal gave it 83 out of 100. Tracks from the album were included on the sampler CD's of such magazines as Metal Maniacs and Terrorizer.

On April 2009 the band announced that they have written 12 new songs and are currently recording them, The fourth Sympathy album is tentatively entitled Beast.

Band Members :

* Dharok - Vocals, Rhythm Guitars
* Jeff Lewis - Lead and Rhythm Guitars (Mortification, Abolishment of Hate)
* Jim Austin - Drums (Into Eternity)

Discography :

Albums :

* Arrogance and Ignorance (1993)
* Age of Darkness (1995)
* Invocation (2002)
* Arcane Path (2004)
* Anagogic Tyranny (2008)
* Beast (2010)

Other :

* Covenant (demo, 1991)
* Realms of Chaos (demo, 1996)
* Abyssal Throne (EP, 2005)

Associated Acts :

* Mortification
* Into Eternity

Switchblade

2011-04-06T16:15:00.003+07:00

Biography :

Switchblade is a five-piece metal band from Sydney, Australia, formed in 2001. The band has opened for bands like Slayer, Machine Head, Exodus, Trivium and Nevermore and released two albums. They have also appeared at Metal for the Brain and the Come Together Music Festival.

History :

Formation (2001–2003)

Switchblade was formed by guitarist Andrew Najdek, drummer Mat Piccolotto and bassist Ben Bessant in 2001. The trio spent the better part of their final high school years playing metal cover songs and writing a handful of originals which would become early Switchblade demos. Vocalist Chris Apps joined the band prior to the recording of the band's very first demo, but split from the group directly following the recording.

In early 2002 Switchblade recorded a new and much heavier demo and began to audition vocalists. The auditions were unsuccessful, and the group struggled to find a frontman until Piccolotto answered an internet messageboard post by vocalist Colin "Sway" Druery, who shared a similar musical vision and joined the band in 2002. Switchblade began working together on original material, however only a few short months into rehearsals, Sway would permanently damage his vocal cords and was forced to leave. Switchblade was once again looking for a suitable frontman. During this downtime Najdek began using a seven-string guitar, and tuning much lower than he previously did. As a result of this the band's musical style moved away from its thrash metal and death metal core and took on a much more groove metal approach, similar to bands like Pantera, Machine Head and Fear Factory.

Switchblade again found themselves recording another instrumental demo at the end of 2002, the first of the new material written completely on a seven string guitar. Sway got a copy of the demo and was compelled to return to the band. Inspired by this new sound, Sway quickly wrote lyrics for the new Switchblade material, recorded his vocals on the instrumental tracks, and Switchblade's 2003 demo Incoming was released in early 2003.

Incoming (2003–2004)

Switchblade then began doing the rounds on the Sydney metal scene and was soon touring interstate and supporting higher profile local bands like Daysend, Sunk Loto and Dungeon. Meanwhile, Piccolotto also briefly joined local thrash metal band Descend, who disbanded shortly after, and Najdek became a member of local power metal band Friar Rush.

In mid 2004 the band realised its musical output was limited by only having one guitarist, so a second guitarist was added in Scott Bernasconi, who played his first show with Switchblade on June 19, 2004. The band's material was re-worked to make room for a second guitarist. Soon after, Switchblade played a string of shows with now Los Angeles based tech-metal outfit Devolved, Sydney band Daysend, and Machine Head. Switchblade then booked themselves into the studio to record their debut album with Astennu producing.

The End of All Once Known (2005)

The End of All Once Known was released on March 12, 2005, showcasing a more melodic and technical approach than previously.

Switchblade then began a series of shows around Australia to support the album, but Bernasconi and Sway left the band after a final performance Sydney on October 29, 2005. During the final song of the set, Sway was joined on stage by a good friend of the band, Adam Helmrich, who was asked to join Switchblade almost immediately.

In late 2007 Bernasconi was the temporary live guitarist for industrial death metal band The Amenta on their 2007 Australia and New Zealand tour, replacing Psycroptic guitarist Joe Haley.

Comeback (2006)

Following the departure of Sway and Bernasconi, Switchblade took a break to focus on finding a second guitarist. With Helmrich already confirmed as new vocalist, Anthony Delvecchio was announced as the new Switchblade guitarist in early 2006. The new lineup was then booked to make its first appearance at the annual Metalstock Festival, held in Scone, New South Wales over the Easter weekend. Two weeks before the show Bessant relocated to Perth and cut off all contact with the band. Symon Alhaddad, guitarist for Sydney death metal/thrash metal band Vaticide temporarily filled in on bass guitar, eventually joining Switchblade permanently.

With the band's lineup now solidified, Switchblade went on to play a number of key local shows including the 2006 Come Together Music Festival, and a show at the Marquee, Sydney, which was filmed and recorded for a future live DVD. The band ended 2006 by appearing at Metal for the Brain and then supporting Nevermore in Sydney on the same day.

At the start of 2007, Switchblade had originally planned to cease all live shows however they were then offered the opening spot on a tour by Trivium. To capitalise on this appearance, Switchblade then played some tour dates around the country and featured on a national touring metal event billed as the Festival of the Dead.

Invictus Infinitum (Since 2008)

In 2008 Switchblade opted to put all live shows on hold and focus on the writing and recording of the new album. In a 30 July 2008 MySpace blog, Switchblade revealed the title of their follow-up album to be Invictus Infinitum. They also revealed that Alhaddad would be leaving the band, replaced with Gerard Dack of Infernal Method.

Invictus Infinitum was released in Australia on June 6, 2009 on Melbourne-based label AmpHead Music, and was supported by a national tour which included shows with Psycroptic, The Amenta, Daysend, Alarum, Frankenbok and many more. The album was mixed by Grammy Award-winning producer Neil Kernon in the US and featured Nevermore guitarist Jeff Loomis on the track "Reflective Curse."

On October 15, 2009 Switchblade capped off a massive year by supporting thrash metal band Slayer, for their one-off Australian performance of the seminal album Reign in Blood. It was also announced that the band would be supporting the newly reformed Wollongong-based band Segression, who were one of the most prolific Australian metal bands during the 90's, but had broken up in 2002.

In 2010 Switchblade played a small number of select shows including a Sydney festival for the 30th anniversary of long-running heavy metal store Utopia Records, with bands such as The Amenta, Daysend and more, and also supported thrash metal legends Exodus in Sydney. Soon after it was announced that the band was working on a new release due in 2011, and would be taking a short break from live shows.

Band Members :

Current Members :

* Adam Helmrich – Vocals (Since 2006)
* Andrew Najdek – Guitar (Since 2001)
* Mat Piccolotto – Drums (Since 2001)
* Anthony Delvecchio – Guitar (Since 2006)
* Gerard Dack – Bass Guitar (Since 2008)

Past Members :

* Colin "Sway" Druery – Vocals (2002–2005)
* Scott Bernasconi – Guitar (2004–2005)
* Ben Bessant – Bass Guitar (2001–2005)
* Chris Apps – Vocals (2001)
* Symon Alhaddad – Bass Guitar (2006–2008)

Discography :

* Switchblade - Incoming (EP, 2003)
* Switchblade - The End of All Once Known (2005)
* Switchblade - Invictus Infinitum (2009)

As I Lay Dying - The Sound Of Truth Lyrics

2011-03-11T14:54:00.000+07:00

We have all heard what we wanted to hear
truth that sounds right to our ears

but what wisdom is there within us
to live based on the feeling of our hearts
how many times has instinct let us down
never to be thought through
never to be questioned

say what you really mean
when your ambition calls you
for what use is there in praying
if you will only hear what you want to hear?

we have all heard what we wanted to hear
truth that sounds right to our ears

we speak of fighting to resist this world
but what about the battle within us?
if we have chosen to live against the grain
then why are we all facing the same way?

(solo)

there is no difference between us and them
if we all blindly seek truth from sentiments

(solo continued)

we have all heard what we wanted to hear
truth that sounds right to our ears

As I Lay Dying - 94 Hours Lyrics

2011-03-11T14:44:00.003+07:00

94 hours of regret for me to realize what I held
Unfading beauty, not just a face
I held its innocence within my heart
Go!
No, I won't let go
I won't let go
I won't let go
No, I
I won't let go
No, I
I won't let go
The torment of your eyes has awakened my soul.
The torment of your eyes has awakened my soul.
The pain of a moment's time will forever beg your forgiveness
Forgiveness
94 hours for me to realize
I held the unfading beauty
I am your innocence

As Blood Runs Black - Pouring Reign Lyrics

2011-03-11T14:44:00.001+07:00

A struggle of change that is made
A wrinkle in time, battle of the brave
Fighting for hope of one's beliefs
Deceiving thought planted in minds
When hell freezes over will come the time
That one's point will have been made
There's shattered thoughts, and broken dreams
Wasted lives all for the brighter side of suffering

There's more than fighting for cause
There's fighting for what you believe
If there's a fork in the road of your path
Ne side needles the other's glass
At least you're walking instead of dragging on what's paved
Some see the glass half empty, others full
I just see the water's cold
And so is this world that we live in
Ans so I segregate
Separated from the ones without a cause
I segregate
I segregate
Would would you believe?
Could you believe?
There's more to this than what it seems
It's the brighter side of suffering
Poverty, injustice, struggling with the pain
A humble mind of wisdom and non-corruption
Would you believe?
There's more to this from this life
There's more to this
Finding a solution
Hope for tomorrow, for a better today
A new revolution
We stand and fight and face the pain

As Blood Runs Black - My Fears Have Become Phobias Lyrics

2011-03-11T14:40:00.001+07:00

A mass suppression depressed by life unsure what he's to live for.
But then away came the better days when life opened its new doors.
Struggling for a way every day to live life not to fail but succeed.
Over coming on overwhelming load of power and greed.

Break the chains!
That grab ones soul!
Break These Chains!
That Take Control!
Break These Chains!

Wasting all that's left of a day, watching time just fly away on his own.
Dreams are surpassing him by, why not live life to its fullest and give it a try!
How much will does one simply have to conquer what he's become?
And how many others can say my fears have become phobias!

How much should one take for granted?
He's changed by life in order to see that he can succeed!
And how can you?

We'll Break The Chains!
We'll Break The Chains!

A mass suppression depressed by life unsure what he's to live for.
But then away came the better days when life opened its new doors.
Struggling for a way every day to live life not to fail but succeed!

Overcome!

I will believe!
I will believe!
I will believe!
I will succeed!

As Blood Runs Black - In Dying Days Lyrics

2011-03-11T14:13:00.001+07:00

Leaders are hard to come by,
followers are omnipresent.
Satisfied with a mediocre lifestyle
Satisfied!
No one is setting a path for us to follow,
no ones striving to be on top.
No one is setting a path for us to follow
we will all fall in the end.
In dying days!
The path has been set,
you're leading far astray.
Far Astray!
The path has been set,
you're leading far astray.
Far Astray!

BRING DA MUTHAFUCKIN RUCKUS!

In Darkness!
Unfortunate as u may be,
you'll never see the light.
Someone must rise above,
someone must precede.
Unfortunate, you must precede!
Unfortunate!
Leaders are hard to come by,
followers are omnipresent.
Satisfied with a mediocre lifestyle,
Staisfied!
No one is setting a path for us to follow,
we will all fall in the end.
In dying days
As the time to rise approaches
No one will take responsibility

Satariel

2011-02-06T16:17:00.002+07:00

Biography :

Satariel is a melodic death metal band from Sweden founded in 1993 in Boden.

The band released their debut album, Lady Lust Lilith, in 1998 on Pulverised Records. Their latest album, Hydra, was released in 2005 in Europe, followed by a US release in early 2006. Hydra was licensed from the owner, Cold Records, to Regain Records for Europe, and to Candlelight Records for the US.

Band Members :

Current Members :

* Pär Johansson - Vocals
* Magnus Alakangas - Guitar
* Simon Johansson - Guitar
* Mikael Granbacke - Bass Guitar
* Robert Sundelin - Drums

Former Members :

* Mats Ömalm - Guitar
* Andreas Nilzon - Drums
* Fredrik Andersson - Guitar
* Mikael Granqvist - Guitar

Discography :

* Satariel - Lady Lust Lilith (1998)
* Satariel - Phobos & Deimos (2002)
* Satariel - Hydra (2005)
* Satariel - Chifra (2007)
* Satariel - White Ink

Asphyx

2011-02-06T16:06:00.003+07:00

Biography :

Asphyx is a Dutch death/doom band that formed in Overijssel in 1987.

History :

The band was formed in 1987 by Bob Bagchus and Tonny Brookhuis. Eric Daniels was found as a second guitarist and Chuck Colli joined on vocals and bass; this combo released the Enter the Domain demo. In March 1989 Colli was replaced by Theo Loomans and they recorded the Crush the Cenotaph demo. Brookhuis then left the band; the remaining three recorded Embrace the Death, an album which was never released due to label problems.

After Martin van Drunen left Pestilence in the early 1990s, he joined Asphyx and the band signed to Century Media Records. After the release of their debut album, The Rack, they went on a European tour with Entombed, followed by a tour with Bolt Thrower and Benediction in 1992. Shortly after the recording of the second album, Last One on Earth, Van Drunen left the band, to be replaced by Ron van der Pol. Eventually Baghus left the band as well and was replaced by Sander van Hoof.

In 1994, the band released their third, self-titled album, but broke up shortly afterward. In 1995 Loomans and Baghus reformed Asphyx and recorded God Cries. Around the same time also the Embrace the Death album, recorded in 1990, was released. Nevertheless the band split up again after the release. In 1998, Theo Loomans died in a car accident. Some time later Soulburn was founded by Baghus and Daniels, and together with Pentacle singer and bassist Wannes Gubbels they recorded Feeding on Angels. In 1999 they renamed the project Asphyx and recorded the On the Wings of Inferno album with the same lineup. However, Asphyx disbanded again in 2000.

In January 2007, the band re-united with Van Drunen, Gubbels, Paul Baayens and Baghus. They did not intend to record a new album, but focused only on live performances. Still, in January 2008, they recorded a cover of a Celtic Frost song and a new song called "Death... The Brutal Way." In July 2008, they stated that new material is in the works. Death...The Brutal Way was released in June 2009 by Century Media. It was released in North America by Ibex Moon Records on August 18, 2009, quickly becoming the distributor's bestseller.

Band Members :

Current Members :

* Martin van Drunen – Vocals
* Paul Baayens – Guitar
* Alwin Zuur – Bass
* Bob Bagchus – Drums

Former Members :

* Eric Daniels – Guitar (1989–1995, 1997–2000)
* Theo Loomans – Vocals, Bass (1989–1990, 1995–1996)
* Ron van der Pol – Vocals, Bass (1992–1994)
* Wannes Gubbels – Bass, Vocals (1997–2000, 2007–2010)
* Ronny van der Wey – Guitar (1996)
* Sander van Hoof – Drums (1994)
* Tonny Brookhuis – Guitar (1987–1989)
* Chuck Colli – Vocals, Bass (1988–1989)
* Heiko Hanke – Keyboards (1994)
* Roel Sanders – Drums

Discography :

* Asphyx - Carnage Remains (Demo, 1988)
* Asphyx - Enter the Domain (Demo, 1989)
* Asphyx - Crush the Cenotaph (Demo, 1990)
* Asphyx - Mutilating Process (Single, Gore Records/Nuclear Blast, 1989)
* Asphyx - The Rack (Album, Century Media, 1991)
* Asphyx - Crush the Cenotaph (EP, Century, 1992)
* Asphyx - Last One on Earth (Album, Century, 1992)
* Asphyx - Asphyx (Album, Century, 1994)
* Asphyx - Embrace the Death (Album, 1996, Century; recorded in 1990)
* Asphyx - God Cries (Album, Century, 1996)
* Asphyx - Feeding on Angels (Album, 1998, as Soulburn)
* Asphyx - On the Wings of Inferno (Album, Century, 2000)
* Asphyx - Death...The Brutal Way (Album, Century, June 2009)
* Asphyx - Live Death Doom (Double Live Album & DVD, Century, August 2010)

Associated Acts :

* Hail of Bullets

Vomitory

2011-01-14T21:08:00.002+07:00

Biography :

Vomitory is a Swedish death metal band formed in 1989 by guitarist Urban Gustafsson and bassist Ronnie Olson. Influenced by bands such as Sodom, Napalm Death, Bathory, Slayer, and Venom, the band has released a total of seven albums, and are currently signed to Metal Blade Records.

Band Members :

Current Members :

* Erik Rundqvist - Bass, Vocals
* Tobias Gustafsson - Drums
* Peter Östlund - Guitar
* Urban Gustafsson - Guitar

Former Members :

* Ulf Dalegren - Guitar (1991–2005)
* Jussi Linna - Vocals (1996–1999)
* Thomas Bergqvist - Bass (1993–1996)
* Bengt Sund - Bass (1990–1993)
* Ronnie Olson - Vocals, Bass (1989–1996)

Discography :

Albums :

* Vomitory - Raped in Their Own Blood (CD, Metal Blade, 1996)
* Vomitory - Redemption (CD, Metal Blade, 1999)
* Vomitory - Revelation Nausea (CD, Metal Blade, 2000)
* Vomitory - Blood Rapture (CD, Metal Blade, 2002)
* Vomitory - Primal Massacre (CD, Metal Blade, 2004)
* Vomitory - Terrorize Brutalize Sodomize (CD, Metal Blade, 2007)
* Vomitory - Carnage Euphoria (CD, Metal Blade, 2009)

Demos and Rarities :

* Vomitory - Vomitory Demo (1992)
* Vomitory - Promo (1993)
* Vomitory - Moribund 7" (1993)
* Vomitory - Through Sepulchral Shadows (1994)
* Vomitory - Anniversary Picture Disc (1999)

Visceral Bleeding

2011-01-14T21:03:00.002+07:00

Biography :

Visceral Bleeding is a technical death metal band from Sweden.

History :

Visceral Bleeding was formed sometime in the late nineties by Peter Persson and Niklas Dewerud. Influenced by bands such as Suffocation and Monstrosity, they performed what they thought the death metal scene was lacking. Joined by Calle Löfgren on bass, Dennis Röndum on vocals, and Marcus Nilsson on lead guitar, they released a demo, Internal Decomposition. Once signed to Neurotic, they released their first album, Remnants of Deprivation, in 2002. After its release, Dewerud left Visceral Bleeding to focus all his attention on the band Spawn of Possession; he was replaced by Tobias Persson.

The band's second album, Transcend into Ferocity, came out in 2004, and after its release another member quit, this time drummer Dennis Röndum, also to join Spawn of Possession. A replacement was found in Martin Pedersen. He joined the band as they toured across Europe, supporting bands like Obituary and Deicide.

While the band was writing the third album, Absorbing the Disarray, Nilsson decided that he needed to step back from the scene, as did Martin Bermheden. Absorbing the Disarray was released in June 2006. After its release, Löfgren got married and had a daughter, and left for an undisclosed amount of time while Martin Eklöv filled in for him on the following tour with Deicide, Cryptopsy, and Skinless.

Band Members :

Current Members :

* Martin Pedersen - Vocals (2004-present)
* Benny Bats - Guitar (2009-present)
* Martin Eklöv - Bass (2006-present)
* Tobbe Persson - Drums (2002-present)

Former Members :

* Peter Persson - Guitar (2000-2009)
* Calle Löfgren - Bass (2000-2008)
* Niklas Dewerud - Drums (2000-2002)
* Dennis Röndum - Vocals (2000-2004)
* Marcus Nilsson - Guitar (2000-2006)
* Martin Bermheden- Guitar (2006-2008)

Discography :

* Visceral Bleeding - Internal Decomposition (Demo, 2000)
* Visceral Bleeding - Remnants of Deprivation (Album, Neurotic, 2002)
* Visceral Bleeding - Transcend Into Ferocity (Album, The Orchard, 2004)
* Visceral Bleeding - Remnants Revived (Remnants of Deprivation remastered, three more songs and four videos, 2005)
* Visceral Bleeding - Absorbing the Disarray (Album, 2006)

Associated Acts :

* Spawn of Possession

Vile

2011-01-14T20:58:00.002+07:00

Biography :

Vile is an American death metal band, formed in 1996 in Concord, California by guitarist Colin Davis (who is now the only original member in the line-up) and bassist Matt "Favor" Faivre, recruiting the rest of the band from the ranks of disbanded groups such as Lords of Chaos, Entropy, Sporadic Psychosis and Thanatopsis.[1][2] They toured the United States and Europe in 2004. The band will begin recording a new album on January 25, 2009, with a view to a release towards the end of the year.

Band Members :

Current Members :

* Colin Davis – Guitar
* J. J. Hrubocvak – Guitar
* Mike Hrubocvak – Vocals
* Lance Wright – Drums
* Erlend Caspersen – Bass Guitar

Former Members :

* Juan Urteaga - Vocals
* Aaron Strong - Guitar
* Jef Hughell - Bass
* Mike Hampton - Drums
* Tyson Jupin - Drums

Discography :

* Vile - Vile-ation (demo/1997)
* Vile - Unearthed (demo/1996)
* Vile - Stench of the Deceased (1999)
* Vile - Depopulate (2002) Unique Leader
* Vile - The New Age of Chaos (2005)

Vader

2011-01-14T20:49:00.003+07:00

Biography :

Vader is a Polish death metal band from Olsztyn, formed in 1983. According to Piotr Wiwczarek, the band's founding singer and guitar player, the band's name was inspired by Darth Vader from the Star Wars film series. Lyrical themes include stories by H. P. Lovecraft. According to Billboard magazine, from 2003 Vader sold over 500,000 releases around the world.

History :

Having recorded two demos already, Vader garnered international attention when they released their third demo, Morbid Reich, in 1990, selling nearly 10,000 copies. This success earned the group a contract with Earache Records. The songs from Morbid Reich would appear later on their full-length debut album in 1993, The Ultimate Incantation.

Due to communication breakdowns, the contract with Earache was terminated and the 1994 release of Sothis and The Darkest Age: Live '93 had to be released on different labels. In the meantime, they toured relentlessly and in 1995, they signed a contract with Impact Records and released De Profundis, Future of the Past, and Black to the Blind. Then, Hammerheart Records re-released two early demos, Necrolust and Morbid Reich, as the Reborn in Chaos. In August 1998, Vader released Live in Japan. Before it came out in December, they also recorded the Kingdom EP and a VHS video entitled Vision and Voice. In October of that year, Vader opened for Slayer during a show in Poland.

At the end of 1998, they signed a contract to Metal Blade Records for the release of their sixth album, Litany. 1999 was spent mostly on tour. In March 1999, Vader embarked on their first headlining U.S. tour, the International Extreme Music Festival 1999, and in May of that same year, they played at Metalmania. In June, they went on another European tour, and the rest of the summer was filled with numerous appearances at festivals in Central Europe. The season concluded in a European tour with thrash metal band Testament.

In November and December 1999, the band recorded the album Litany, which was set for release in March 2000, and recorded a music video for the song "Cold Demons," which appeared on a special-edition digipack. The release of the album was also backed up by live shows, including April's No Mercy Festival 2000 , and in June, the band embarked on a 30-date European tour with Vital Remains, Fleshcrawl, and The Crown.

In April 2001, Vader released the EP Reign Forever World, featuring re-recorded songs, cover songs, and live tracks. They promoted the album intensively—in Poland, Russia and the Ukraine, and again in the U.S. In September 2001, they did another European tour with Cryptopsy, Dying Fetus, Catastrophic, and several other bands. This was followed by 10 Polish appearances as part of the Thrash'em All Festival 2001 along with Krisiun, Behemoth and several Polish death metal and black metal bands.

In 2002, Vader released Revelations, and toured England, Scotland, and Ireland during the No Mercy Festival's dates. In May, the band released their first DVD, More Vision and the Voice. In 2004, the band started recording The Beast (which was finished in mid-July) along with an extensive promotional campaign including over 170 gigs. Recording sessions for their new album were postponed in May due to an accident which injured the drummer, Doc. He was replaced with Daray from the Polish band Vesania. The supporting Europe-wide tour saw the band's first trip to the Balkans. The most important gig of 2004 was at the Silesian Stadium in Chorzów, where the band opened for Metallica in front of 50,000 people.

In March 2005, their drummer, Doc, left the band due to apparent drug problems. In August 2005, it was announced that Doc had died.

In 2008, Novy decided to leave Vader after five years; Marcin Rygiel (ex-Decapitated) replaced him on bass for the U.S. Summer Slaughter Tour 2008. Reyash would join as a permanent bassist later in the year.

In 2009, a sneak preview of their song "Rise of the Undead" from the album Necropolis was added to their official website for listening. A quote from their official website was posted about their upcoming album Necropolis:

"Vader to begin recordings for "Necropolis"! In the middle of March Vader will enter Hertz Studio in Bialystok, Poland to begin recording session of band's next studio album entitled "Necropolis". All the tracks will be recorded at Hertz and engineered by Wieslawski Bros. Tue Madsen (who previously worked with such bands as Moonspell, Cataract, Heaven Shall Burn and many more...) will mix the album at his famous Antfarm Studios in Denmark. "Necropolis" will be the first album recorded in Vader's new line up featuring band's new musicians Paul (drums), Reyash (bass) and Vogg (guitars). Famous Polish artist Jacek Wisniewski (who made cover arts for such albums as "Black To The Blind", "Revelations", "The Beast" and some more...) will take care of the album artwork and its whole layout. One of the songs recorded during the latest pre-production session at Haertz Studio is available for download directly from our MP3 section. Band's leader Peter stated about new ideas and plans: Welcome again, Brothers and Sisters!!! One of the brand new Vader songs recorded in December at Hertz Studios is available on our Site... It's called "Rise of the Undead"!!! We are back to the Underworlds, Dark Spheres and Forgotten Eons. Kind of the Anthem to the undead ideas of Dimensions which exist Here and Beyond. This is gonna be also a teaser of our upcoming creation "Necropolis" - Vader's new album. Recordings starts in the middle of March and we'll stay in the studio for about four weeks. Then we'll move to AntFarm Studios in Denmark to transform all tracks into some kind of venomous incantations. Of course- we will keep You updated about the progress of recordings with words and video reports. Before the work is done there will be another new song available on www.vader.pl...."Impure"!!! And from May: MORE SHOWS ARE COMING!!!!!"

In Popular Culture :

American rock band's Eagles of Death Metal name was influenced by Vader. When a friend was trying to introduce Queens of the Stone Age frontman Josh Homme to death metal genre, he played Vader's music. Homme called them "The Eagles of death metal." After hearing this phrase, he wondered what a cross between the Eagles and a death metal band would sound like. Afterwards, the phrase became the name of his band.

Band Members :

Current Members :

* Piotr "Peter" Wiwczarek – Guitar, Vocals (1983–present)
* Marek "Spider" Pajak – Guitar (2010–present)
* Pawel "Paul" Jaroszewicz – Drums (2008–present)
* Tomasz "Reyash" Rejek – Bass (2008–present)

Discography :

Studio Albums :

* Vader - The Ultimate Incantation (1993)
* Vader - De Profundis (1995)
* Vader - Black to the Blind (1997)
* Vader - Litany (2000)
* Vader - Revelations (2002)
* Vader - The Beast (2004)
* Vader - Impressions in Blood (2006)
* Vader - Necropolis (2009)
* Vader - Return to the Morbid Reich (2011)

Videos :

* Vader - "Dark Age" (1993, directed: Kimmo Kuusniemi, Tanja Katinka)
* Vader - "Incarnation" (1996)
* Vader - "Kingdom" (1998, directed: Krzysztof Mierzwinski)
* Vader - "Cold Demons" (2002, directed: Adam Kuc)
* Vader - "Epitaph" (2002)
* Vader - "Dark Transmission" (2004, directed: Wojciech Glodek)
* Vader - "Choices" (2004, directed: Wojciech Glodek)
* Vader - "This Is the War" (2005, directed: Arkadiusz Jurcan)
* Vader - "Helleluyah!!! (God Is Dead)" (2006, directed: Andrzej Wyrozebski)
* Vader - "Sword of the Witcher" (2007, directed: Andrzej Wyrozebski)
* Vader - "Carnal" (2008, directed: Carlos Abysmo)
* Vader - "Never Say My Name" (2009, directed: Inbornmedia)

Associated Acts :

* Behemoth
* Dies Irae
* Spinal Cord
* Vesania
* Neolithic
* UnSun
* CrionicS
* Decapitated

Unleashed

2011-01-14T11:36:00.002+07:00

Biography :

Unleashed is a Swedish death metal band that was formed in 1989 by Johnny Hedlund. Viking culture, recollection of a pre-Christian world, and Norse folklore are common themes found in the band's songs.

History :

Unleashed was founded in 1989 by vocalist and bassist Johnny Hedlund. Unleashed recorded demos "Revenge" and "Utter Dark", which got them a record deal with the German label Century Media Records. In 1991, the band released their debut studio album, Where No Life Dwells, and toured with Morbid Angel in Europe and United States.

In 1992, Unleashed released their second studio album, Shadows in the Deep, including a cover version of Venom's Countess Bathory. Their next studio albums were Across the Open Sea in 1993 and Victory in 1995, the latter being the last album which guitarist Fredrik Lindgren played on. Lindgren began to focus strongly on playing punk rock, so Unleashed replaced him with Fredrik Folkare, who played guitar on the fifth Unleashed studio album Warrior in 1997.

The band went on hiatus, after 7-8 years of recording and touring. They were concentrating on life outside the music business, their musical side projects, and studying. After a reissue of the band's classics in 2002, the band released a new album called Hell's Unleashed in 2002, and they began to tour once again. This was also the same year Hedlund had to deal with allegations of having Nazi sympathies. It seemed that Dave Grohl of Nirvana and Foo Fighters wanted to approach Johnny Hedlund to contribute lead vocals to one of the songs for his Probot metal project, but the album producer, Matt Sweeney, discouraged him from doing so because of the supposed Nazi sympathies of Hedlund. Hedlund quickly branded these accusations as false and stated, Unleashed praises nature, beast and man. Man....regardless of background, place of birth or color of the skin.

In 2004, Unleashed released their seventh studio album, Sworn Allegiance. In October 2006, the band released their eighth studio album, Midvinterblot. Unleashed toured Europe in November 2006 as part of the Masters of Death tour, with Grave, Dismember, and Entombed. On February and March 2007 they headlined a North American tour with Krisiun and Belphegor. June 2008 saw the release of their ninth studio album entitled Hammer Battalion.

On July 24, 2009 it was announced that Unleashed had signed a contract with German label Nuclear Blast Records for the release of their tenth album entitled As Yggdrasil Trembles. In the press statement the band said, "We are very much looking forward to this new cooperation! The recording of the album is scheduled for October/November this year." .

In the start of 2010 Unleashed will be part of the Summer Breeze Open Air and the With Full Force heavy metal festivals in Germany.

Band Members :

Current Members :

* Johnny Hedlund – Vocals, Bass (1989–present)
* Fredrik Folkare – Lead Guitar (1997–present)
* Tomas Olsson – Rhythm Guitar (1990–present)
* Anders Schultz – Drums (1989–present)

Former Members :

* Fredrik Lindgren – Guitar (1989–1995)
* Robert Sennebäck - Guitar, Vocals (1989-1990)

Discography :

Studio Albums :

* Unleashed - Where No Life Dwells (1991)
* Unleashed - Shadows in the Deep (1992)
* Unleashed - Across the Open Sea (1993)
* Unleashed - Victory (1995)
* Unleashed - Warrior (1997)
* Unleashed - Hell's Unleashed (2002)
* Unleashed - Sworn Allegiance (2004)
* Unleashed - Midvinterblot (2006)
* Unleashed - Hammer Battalion (2008)
* Unleashed - As Yggdrasil Trembles (2010)

Associated Acts :

* Entombed
* Nihilist

Unanimated

2011-01-14T11:31:00.002+07:00

Biography :

Unanimated are a Swedish melodic death metal band. They were founded in 1989 in Stockholm and dissolved in 1996. Largely inspired by Dismember, they made two melodic death metal albums. In 1993, In the Forest of the Dreaming Dead was released on Pavement Records, a label which has since merged with Crash Music Inc.. In 1995 Ancient God of Evil was released on No Fashion Records, an independent Swedish label. The band also contributed to the 1996 Slayer tribute "Slaytanic Slaughter II" with their cover of "Dead Skin Mask." Their music exemplifies the melodic Swedish sound and though primarily death metal, a black metal influence stands out. Former members have gone on to contribute to various other projects, most notably Therion, Entombed, and Dismember. In 2007, they reformed, and in April 2008, signed to Regain Records. The band has released a new album, titled "In The Light Of Darkness", in April 2009.

Band Members :

* Peter Stjärnvind - Drums
* Jonas Mellberg - Guitar
* Richard Daemon - Bass
* Micke Jansson - Vocals
* Daniel Lofthagen - Bass
* Jojje Bohlin - Guitar
* Jocke Westman - Keyboards

Discography :

* Unanimated - Rehearsal/demo 1990 (Demo, 1990)
* Unanimated - Fire Storm (Demo, 1991)
* Unanimated - In the Forest of the Dreaming Dead (Album, Pavement, 1993)
* Unanimated - Ancient God of Evil (Album, No Fashion, 1995)
* Unanimated - In The Light Of Darkness (Album, Regain Records, 2009)

Associated Acts :

* Therion
* Entombed
* Dismember

Tristwood

2011-01-14T11:25:00.002+07:00

Biography :

Tristwood are an Industrial black metal band from Innsbruck, Tyrol in Austria. The band was originally founded in 1996 by Deimon and Neru who were the first two for forming under the name December. Their early MCD demo, Torment that was recorded in January, 1997 managed to get great sales under their original genre of black metal however after recording they disbanded for several years until 2001 when Neru and Jegger decided to reform the band under the name Tristwood. Deimon came back to the band and together in 2003 they began recording the MCD entitled Fragments Of The Mechanical Unbecoming. The MCD contained far more technical advancements using additional programming and synthesizers causing the band's output to be categorised under the Industrial side of music.

In December 2003 the band went to work on their first full-length album Amygdala. Straight after the release a follow up album was made, Fragments… which saw the addition of a DVD and was classified as a limited box set. During that same year, an addition of vocals, Axumis was recruited. After the two releases the band then in 2005 re-produced previous MCD's on an EP compilation called Svarta Daudi which was recorded in only 10 hours. 2005 also saw the recording of the album The Delphic Doctrine in September. Some of their recordings were sent to the record company, Sound Riot Records who were very impressed with their work and offered a contract to the band.

The Delphic Doctrine which was released in March 2006 has received more attention than any of their other releases thanks to Sound Riot Records and their pushing for Tristwood to do more and more tours. On the 30th of May 2006 the band acquired a new bassist, Yak. In 2008 they started to record their new record Dystopia et Disturbia, which will be released in 2010.

Band Members :

* Neru - Rhythm Guitars, Synths, Programming
* Axumis - Lead Vocals, Throat Choirs
* Yak - Bass Guitars
* Deimon - Keyboards, additional Synths, Sampling
* Jegger - Lead & Rhythm Guitars, Vocals, Throat Choirs
* HMG - Drums

Discography :

* Tristwood - Torment (January 1997, MCD - recorded as "December")
* Tristwood - Fragments Of The Mechanical Unbecoming (2003, MCD)
* Tristwood - Amygdala (2004, MCD)
* Tristwood - Svarta Daudi (2005), MCD)
* Tristwood - The Delphic Doctrine (2006, Album)
* Tristwood - By the Call of Seth (2006, Single)
* Tristwood - Dystopia et Disturbia (2010, Album)

Trap Them

2011-01-14T11:13:00.002+07:00

Biography :

Trap Them is an extreme metal band based in Salem, New Hampshire.

Description :

Trap Them's influences include hardcore punk bands, such as Black Flag, Born Against, and Tragedy; metal bands like Dismember and Entombed (whose "buzzsaw" guitar tone create the main guitar sound for Trap Them), and experimental bands like Swans. Ryan McKenney's lyrics tend to deal with issues both personal and political, while recent material has also contained a conceptual element to its lyricism. The group's musical style consists of complex and sometimes discordant guitar work and d-beat and grindcore drumming styles.

History :

Trap Them began as a side-project for Ryan McKenney (former vocalist of Backstabbers Incorporated) and Brian Izzi (guitarist of December Wolves) in 2001 while Izzi was beginning his stint as second guitarist for Backstabbers Inc. The two met while working together at Newbury Comics in Salem, NH and immediately became close friends. The band grew into a full-time consideration years later after both men left BSI to focus on other things. McKenney and Izzi later became roommates and began focusing on new material for the band.

In 2006, the band reached an agreement with the Trash Art! record label to release a vinyl-only EP and a full-length album to be recorded with Kurt Ballou at the God City recording studio and released later that year. The resulting album and single, including a spoken word piece by McKenney, were released in January and April 2007. In late 2007, Trap Them signed with Converge's Jacob Bannon's music label, Deathwish Inc.. They toured Europe in early 2008 with The Ocean and Rotten Sound.

Trap Them worked with crust punk band Extreme Noise Terror for a split EP and toured the U.S. with Napalm Death. A new full-length album, Seizures in Barren Praise, was released in November 2008. In May 2009, the band played on the years bill for the annual Maryland Deathfest music festival in Baltimore, Maryland. The band on went of US tours with Victims and Black Breath in May and June 2009, and Skeletonwitch and Saviours in mid-July.

Monikers :

Trap Them take their name from the 1977 film by Joe D'Amato called Trap Them And Kill Them, known also as Emanuelle E Gli Ultimi Cannibali and Emanuelle and the Last Cannibals. The movie features European exploitation queen Laura Gemser.

Band Members :

Current Members :

* Ryan McKenney - Vocals
* Brian Izzi - Guitar
* Stephen LaCour - Bass
* Chris Maggio - Drums

Former Members :

* Mike Justian (Studio and Live)
* Mike Sharp (Live)
* Scott DeFusco (Studio and Live)
* Jeff Lohrber (Live)
* Nat Coghlan (Studio and Live)

Discography :

* Trap Them - 77K7 ( 2002 )
* Trap Them - People Don't Take Pictures Of Things They Want To Forget (As Trap Them & Kill Them) ( 2003 )
* Trap Them - Cunt Heir To The Throne ( January 2007 )
* Trap Them - Sleepwell Deconstructor ( April 3, 2007 )
* Trap Them - Séance Prime ( October 30, 2007 )
* Trap Them - Extreme Noise Terror / Trap Them ( 2008 )
* Trap Them - Seizures in Barren Praise ( November 11, 2008 )
* Trap Them - Filth Rations ( May 2010 )

Associated Acts :

* Backstabbers Incorporated
* December Wolves
* Unearth
* The Red Chord

Torture Squad

2011-01-14T11:07:00.002+07:00

Biography :

Torture Squad is a Brazilian death/thrash metal band, founded in 1990 which has released five studio albums and one live album. The band released their newest album, Hellbound, in 2008.

History :

Three years after being founded in 1990, the band entered a more professional phase, in a line-up with founder Cristiano Fusco on guitar, Wagner "Castor" on bass, Amilcar Christofaro on drums, and Vitor Rodrigues as frontman and singer. They started touring in and around São Paulo and soon recorded a demo, released in 1993, A Soul in Hell. Their first CD was Shivering (1995); their break-through came with Asylum of Shadows (1999).

Their 2001 album, The Unholy Spell, came right after the band's first tour in Germany. In 2002, Cristiano Fusco left the band, and the band hired Mauricio Nogueira (a seasoned studio musician who played for Krisiun as well as other local bands like In Hell and Zoltar), and went on their first Brazilian tour.

Pandemonium produced by Marcello Pompeu and Heros Trench (Korzus) was released in 2003. The CD was supported by a TV video clip for "Pandemonium" and "Horror and Torture." Again, the band played all over Brazil. Then, in 2006 Torture Squad embarked on a European tour, headlining in 16 towns in Germany and 4 in Austria. Afterward they played in more cities in Brazil until they participated in the Brazilian pre-selection for the famed Wacken Open Air festival. They eventually won the final in São Paulo, and they represented Brazil at Wacken Battle of the Bands 2007, which they won. This victory won them a contract with Armageddon Records (Germany); Mauricio Nogueira also won the "best guitar player" award, which earned him a brand new Dean guitar and a Marshall pre-amp.

Their most recent album, Hellbound, was released in May 2008 by Armageddon, not long after Mauricio Nogueira left the band for personal reasons and Augusto Lopes (Eternal Malediction) was announced as the new guitarist. In 2008, Torture Squad embarked on a 60-date European tour, which will include a show at Wacken Open Air.

The year of 2009 started pretty well for Torture Squad. After the release of Hellbound and its excellent repercussion in Brazil, Europe and the United States, the band will be in a European tour with two of the major thrash metal bands, Overkill and Exodus. The tour begins in mid February in London, where the Brazilian group performs for the first time, and includes 12 more shows in countries like Spain, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Switzerland and the Czech Republic.

Band Members :

Current Members :

* Vitor Rodrigues (1993-present) - Vocals
* Augusto Lopes (2008-present) - Guitar
* Castor (1993-present) - Bass, Backing Vocals
* Amílcar Christófaro (1993-present) - Drums

Former Members :

* Mauricio Nogueira (2002-2008) - Guitars
* Cristiano Fusco (1990-2002) - Guitars
* Marcelo Fusco (1990-1993) - Drums
* Marcelo Dirceu (1990-1993) - Bass, Vocals
* Fúlvio Pelli (1993) - Guitars

Discography :

* Torture Squad - Shivering (1995)
* Torture Squad - Asylum of Shadows (1999)
* Torture Squad - The Unholy Spell (2001)
* Torture Squad - Pandemonium (2003)
* Torture Squad - Death, Chaos and Torture Alive (2004)
* Torture Squad - Chaos Corporation (EP) (2007)
* Torture Squad - Hellbound (2008)
* Torture Squad - Aequilibrium (2010)

Videography :

* Torture Squad - Death, Chaos and Torture Alive (2004)

Associated Acts :

* Eternal Malediction
* Infector
* In Hell
* Krisiun
* Zoltar

Torture Killer

2011-01-14T11:01:00.002+07:00

Biography :

Torture Killer is a Finnish death metal band from Turku, Finland, formed in 2002. The band consist of five members, Juri Sallinen (vocals) Tuomas Karppinen (guitar), Jari Laine (guitar), Kim Torniainen (bass), and Tuomo Latvala (drums).The band was originally a Six Feet Under cover band, but soon began composing and performing original material in the same vein. Chris Barnes, the original singer for Cannibal Corpse and current singer for Six Feet Under, officially joined Torture Killer as lead singer in November 2005. He left the band in January 2008.

Band Members :

Current Members :

* Juri Sallinen - Vocals (2008–present)
* Tuomas Karppinen - Guitar (2002–present)
* Jari Laine - Guitar (2002–present)
* Kim Torniainen - Bass (2002–present)
* Tuomo Latvala - Drums (2002–present)

Former Members :

* Chris Barnes - Vocals (2005–2008)
* Matti Liuke - Vocals
* Taneli Hatakka - Guitar

Discography :

Albums :

* Torture Killer - For Maggots to Devour (Karmageddon Media, 2003)
* Torture Killer - Swarm! (Metal Blade, 2006)
* Torture Killer - Sewers (Dynamic Art Records, 2009)

EPs :

* Torture Killer - Torture Killer / Sotajumala

Associated Acts :

* Six Feet Under
* Torsofuck

Torsofuck

2011-01-14T10:57:00.002+07:00

Biography :

Torsofuck is a brutal death metal / grindcore band, founded in 1995 in Harjavalta, Finland.

The band released their debut album Erotic Diarrhea Fantasy in 2004, and toured in Finland and abroad, for example in Austria.

In 2008 they performed at the Maryland Deathfest, the only Finnish band on the program.

The musicians of Torsofuck are veterans of other extreme metal bands such as Torture Killer, Demigod, Archgoat, Funeral Feast and Slugathor.

Band Members :

Current Members :

* Mikko Friberg - Vocals
* Antti Oinonen - Guitar
* Tuomas Karppinen - Bass Guitar
* Tuomo Latvala - Drums

Former Members :

* JT - Guitar
* Jarkko Rännäli - Guitar
* BB Snap Cap - Drums
* Tero - Bass Guitar
* Valtteri "Mömmö" Salén - Guitar
* Hans - Vocals
* Michael Simon - Drum Programming, Guitar, Bass Guitar

Discography :

* Torsofuck - High Level Cannibalistic Violence (demo, 1999)
* Torsofuck - Disgusting Gore and Pathology/Polymorphisms to Severe Sepsis in Trauma (Split LP with Lymphatic Phlegm, Bizarre Leprous, 2002)
* Torsofuck - Erotic Diarrhea Fantasy (Goregiastic, 2004)
* Torsofuck - As Semen Blends to Rot (Goregiastic, 2007)

Tirant Sin

2011-01-14T10:52:00.002+07:00

Biography :

Tirant Sin (1985 - 1988) was a thrash metal/early-death metal band from Buffalo, NY. Tirant Sin made a reasonable name for themselves around Buffalo, and would later become famous for featuring future members of the hugely successful death metal band Cannibal Corpse.

History :

Tirant Sin formed in 1985 in Buffalo, New York as stated in the Centuries of Torment DVD The first line up featured Chris Barnes on vocals, Bob Rusay on guitar, Rich Ziegler on bass and Paul Mazurkiewicz on drums. The band's first demo was entitled "Desecration of the Graves," and didn't feature Chris Barnes or Dennis John as vocalist. Instead, Paul and Rich performed vocals on it, which Paul comments as being terrible when being interviewed on the Cannibal Corpse DVD "Centuries of Torment: The First 20 Years."

In 1986, Chris Barnes left Tirant Sin to join Leviathan, another thrash/death metal act in Buffalo, who had made a good name for themselves locally. Barnes was replaced by Dennis John, and in 1987, the band recorded a demo entitled "Chaotic Destruction," which is often mistaken as featuring Chris Barnes as vocalist.

In 1988, Chris Barnes re-joined Tirant Sin, and recorded their third demo with them entitled "Mutant Supremacy." In this same year, Tirant Sin would split up, and Chris Barnes, Bob Rusay and Paul Mazurkiewicz would go on to form Cannibal Corpse.

Band Members :

Current Members :

* Chris Barnes - Vocals
* Bob Rusay - Guitar
* Joe Morelli - Guitar
* Rich Ziegler - Bass
* Paul Mazurkiewicz - Drums

Former Members :

* Dennis John - Vocals
* Cam V - Guitar

Discography :

* Tirant Sin - Chaotic Destruction (Demo) (Feb 1987)
* Tirant Sin - Desecration of the Graves (Demo) (Fall.1987
* Tirant Sin - Mutant Supremacy (Demo) (1988)

Associated Acts :

* Cannibal Corpse
* Beyond Death
* Leviathan

Thy Disease

2011-01-14T10:43:00.003+07:00

Biography :

Thy Disease is a Polish death metal band from Kraków incorporating electronica influences in their music. Their lyrics generally deal with nihilism, apocalypse, and war. The band was formed in 1999, by musicians formerly active in bands like Sceptic, Anal Stench, and Crionics.

Their fourth album, Rat Age (Sworn Kinds Final Verses), was released in early 2006 under Empire Records. The band's label for the previous three albums was Metal Mind Productions.

Band Members :

Current Members :

* Psycho (Michal Senajko) - Vocals
* Yanuary (Dariusz Styczen) - Guitar (and Bass in Recording)
* Cube (Jakub Kubica) - Synthesizers, Loops and Samples
* Cloud (Jakub Chmura) - Drums
* Waran (Michal Skotniczny) - Bass Guitar (live performances only)

Former Members :

* Marcotic (Marek Kowalski) - Bass
* Pinoccio - Drums
* Alizee 666 (Maciej Kowalski) - Drums
* Pepek - Guitar
* Hiv – Bass Guitar

Discography :

* Thy Disease - Art of Decadence (Demo, 2000)
* Thy Disease - Devilish Act of Creation (2001)
* Thy Disease - Cold Skin Obsession (2002)
* Thy Disease - Extreme Obsession Live (DVD/VHS, recorded 2002, released 2004)
* Thy Disease - Neurotic World of Guilt (2004)
* Thy Disease - Rat Age (Sworn Kinds Final Verses) (2006)
* Thy Disease - Anshur-Za (2009)

Through The Eyes of The Dead

2011-01-09T00:30:00.003+07:00

Biography :

Through the Eyes of the Dead is an American deathcore band from Florence, South Carolina, formed in 2003. They have released three full-length albums, one EP, and one split album with The Knife Trade.

History :

The band was formed by Justin Longshore in 2003 after the break-up of a previous group, Tellherisaidgoodbye Their first full-length album was released in 2005 through Prosthetic Records. Shortly before, every member except for Longshore and Gunnells left. The band's influences include Morbid Angel, Cannibal Corpse (as suggested by the band's name, possibly taken from the Cannibal Corpse song "Staring Through the Eyes of the Dead"), and At the Gates.

The band has released three records with Prosthetic Records: Bloodlust in 2005, Malice in 2007, and Skepsis in 2010.

Shortly before the US release of Malice, the band shot a music video with acclaimed director David Brodsky at the abandoned mental facility in Kings Park, Long Island, NY. The video went on to be one of the most played videos on MTV2's Headbanger's Ball in 2007 and was chosen as the #7 Video of the Year 2007. It was in the Top 10 Music Choice VOD for nearly 6 months as of April 2008.

Band Members :

* Justin Longshore – Guitar (2003–Present)
* Jake Ososkie – Bass (2005–Present)
* Danny Rodriguez - Vocals (2008–Present)
* Chris Henckel - Guitar (2008–Present)
* Michael Ranne - Drums (2008–Present)

Former Members :

* Anthony Gunnells - Vocals (2003–2007)
* Nate Johnson - Vocals (2007)
* Richard Turbeville - Guitar (2003–2004, 2007–2008)
* Chris Anderson - Guitar (2004–2007)
* Jeff Springs - Bass (2003–2005)
* Dayton Cantley - Drums (2003–2005)
* Josh Kulick - Drums (2005–2007)

Discography :

* Through The Eyes of The Dead - The Scars of Ages (EP, Lovelost Records, 2004)
* Through The Eyes of The Dead - Annihilation of Expectation split with The Knife Trade (Lovelost Records, 2005)
* Through The Eyes of The Dead - Bloodlust (Prosthetic Records, 2005)
* Through The Eyes of The Dead - Malice (Prosthetic Records, 2007)
* Through The Eyes of The Dead - Skepsis (Prosthetic Records, 2010)

Associated Acts :

* Arsis
* My Bitter End
* Deadwater Drowning

Threat Signal

2011-01-09T00:16:00.004+07:00

Biography :

Threat Signal is a Canadian metal band based in Hamilton, Ontario (though most the different members of the band hail from different parts of Ontario). Formed in 2003, they have released two studio albums and have toured with bands such as Mnemic, Soilwork, Epica and Darkest Hour.

History :

Early years

Threat Signal was formed in the late summer of 2003 by cousins Jon and Rich Howard, who then added composer/guitarist Kyle McKnight. The trio then found drummer Adam Matthews in early 2004. Threat Signal posted their song "Rational Eyes" on an international metal chart on GarageBand.com. After a few weeks, the song reached #1, and it has received many awards including best guitars, best drums, best male vocals, best production, song of the week, and song of the day. In August 2004, Eric Papky, Kyle's former guitar teacher, joined the band on bass. Success on GarageBand.com sparked some early record label interest and helped create a following even before the band had ever played live. In August 2005 Marco Bresette replaced Eric Papky on bass guitar.

Nuclear Blast and Under Reprisal

After spending the better part of 2004 and 2005 writing and recording demos, the band traveled to Los Angeles, to record with Christian Olde Wolbers of Fear Factory in September, 2005. In November 2005, the band announced they had signed a recording deal with Nuclear Blast records. In late 2005 Adam Matthews left the band, and he was replaced by Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania native George Parfitt. In July the band took part in Germany's Earthshaker Fest, alongside notable acts as Scar Symmetry, Communic, and Arch Enemy. On August 1, 2006, the band announced that guitarist Rich Howard had left the band to pursue other personal goals, and he was replaced by the band's bassist, Marco Bressette. This left the bass guitar duties vacant, and in late September Pat Kavanagh was announced as the new bassist. In October, the band began a North American trek with Soilwork, Mnemic, and Darkest Hour. The tour ended in November, but the band announced a headlining tour of North America in early 2007 as well.
New material, touring and line-up changes

In March 2007, Threat Signal began demoing new material, but was hampered by second departure, this time Marco Bressette's. The band announced a search for a new guitarist the same day, while Rich Howard would rejoin temporarily to fill in for the remaining tour dates. Threat Signal was tapped as the opener for the Tour and Loathing trek alongside Protest the Hero, All That Remains, Blessthefall, and The Holly Springs Disaster. Shortly after this tour, guitarist Kyle McKnight parted ways with Threat Signal in June 2007 due to personal differences with the remaining members of the band. The band's drummer, George Parfitt, also departed later in 2007 to focus on his family life. The remaining members of band, Jon Howard and Pat Kavanagh reformed the band’s line-up with the new additions of drummer Norm Killeen and guitarists Travis Montgomery and Adam Weber.

In 2008 Jon Howard and Pat Kavanagh joined Arkaea alongside ex-Fear Factory members Raymond Herrera on drums and Christian Olde Wolbers (who produced Threat Signal's debut Under Reprisal) on guitar.

Vigilance

Threat Signal's second album Vigilance, which was produced by Howard (who is now the only founding member left in the band) and mixed by Greg Reely, was released on September 8, 2009 in North America and September 11, 2009 in Europe. The album spawned a music video for the track "Severed". On July 15 the band released a 32 minute "making of" video for the new record, containing footage of the recordings, song writing process and interviews with band members. The album sold around 1,100 copies in its first week of sale in the United States, with the band touring alongside Epica and later Dark Tranquillity to support the album.

Second Lineup Change

In July 2010 it was confirmed that Adam Weber had quit the band. Pat Kavanagh (bass, vocals) has issued the following statement:

“Adam has decided to leave us. He has some personal things he needs to work out and we wish him all the best. We’re still good friends and there’s plenty more beers that we’ll have together so no worries. I know this sucks to hear for a lot of you and I can list off a boat load of bands that have been through the same s*** we’ve been through. Just know it sucks hard on our side too. On a positive note we have a huge head start on the next record. Even have a few demos already! You’ll be hearing new s*** soon. So we hope to see you on the road with Soilwork, Mutiny Within and Kris Norris soon! Good times will be had by all!”

Ex-Darkest Hour guitarist Kris Norris filled in for Adam's absence

On September 13, 2010, The band posted an online statement that they have parted ways with drummer Norman Killeen. Both Adam and Norman were eventually replaced by drummer Alex Rüdinger and guitarist Chris Feener.

Band Members :

Current Members :

* Jon Howard – Vocals (since 2003)
* Travis Montgomery – Lead Guitar (since 2007)
* Pat Kavanagh – Bass Guitar, Backing Vocals (since 2006)
* Chris Feener - Rhythm Guitar (since 2010)
* Alex Rüdinger - Drums (since 2010)

Former Members :

* Norman Killeen – Drums (2007–2010)
* Adam Weber – Rhythm Guitar (2007–2010)
* Kyle McKnight – Lead Guitar (2003–2007)
* George Parfitt – Drums (2006–2007)
* Rich Howard – Rhythm Guitar, Backing Vocals (2003–2006, 2007)
* Marco Bressette – Bass Guitar (2005–2006), Rhythm Guitar (2006–2007)
* Eric Papky – Bass Guitar (2004–2005)
* Adam Matthews – Drums (2004–2005)

Discography :

Albums :

* Threat Signal - Under Reprisal (Nuclear Blast, 2006)
* Threat Signal - Vigilance (Nuclear Blast, 2009)

Singles :

* Threat Signal - Rational Eyes (Nuclear Blast, 2006)
* Threat Signal - A New Beginning (Nuclear Blast, 2008)
* Threat Signal - Through My Eyes (Nuclear Blast, 2009)

This Ending

2011-01-08T23:56:00.003+07:00

Biography :

This Ending is a Swedish Death Metal band.

History :

This Ending was formed in 1991 as A Canorous Quintet by Fredrik Andersson, Mårten Hansen and Linus Nirbrant. After some changes, the line-up was complete with the addition of Leo Pignon and Jesper Löfgren. The band released an EP, As Tears, in 1994, and two full length albums: Silence of the World Beyond in 1996 and The Only Pure Hate in 1998. They performed numerous shows with acts like At the Gates, Dissection, Hypocrisy and Edge of Sanity. In 1998, the members decided to separate. Hansen went on to join October Tide, while Nirbrant, Löfgren, and Andersson formed a group called Guidance of Sin; however, Andersson left in 1999 to join Amon Amarth.

In 2004, Andersson recorded a 5 song demo under the name Curriculum Mortis. That winter, the members played with the idea of regrouping for something new, and in early 2005, they decided it was time for a new era, officially creating This Ending. During the spring and summer 13 songs were created, three of which were chosen for the downloadable demo, Let the World Burn, recorded later the same year. The band landed a deal on Metal Blade Records, and recorded their first full-length album, Inside the Machine, in September 2006.

In January 2009, the band announced the completion their second studio album, Dead Harvest. The music video for the song "Parasite" was premiered on the band's Myspace on January 17. The album was released on January 30 in Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Italy, February 2 in the rest of Europe, and February 3 in North America.

Band Members :

* Mårten Hansen - Vocals
* Leo Pignon - Guitar
* Linus Nirbrant - Guitar
* Jesper Löfgren - Bass
* Fredrik Andersson - Drums

Discography :

As A Canorous Quintet :

* A Canorous Quintet - As Tears (1995)
* A Canorous Quintet - Silence of the World Beyond (1996)
* A Canorous Quintet - The Only Pure Hate (1998)

As This Ending :

* This Ending -Inside the Machine (2006)
* This Ending - Dead Harvest (2009)

Thirdmoon

2011-01-08T23:52:00.002+07:00

Biography :

Founded by Wolfgang Rothbauer in 1994 it was a few years before their debut Grotesque Autumnal Weepings in 1997. Later, in 1998, they would gain French guitarist Matias Larrede and in 1999 they would sign with Napalm Records. With Napalm Records they released Aquis Submersus (1999) and Bloodforsaken (2000). Then they went on tour with Eisregen.

In 2001 Thirdmoon split with Napalm Records and it would be three years before their next release Sworn Enemy: Heaven. In 2005 they were on tour with Grave and Disparaged. In April 2007 they signed a new deal with German based Label Maintain Records for their 5th album, which was released in autumn 2007.

Band Members :

* Wolfgang Rothbauer - Vocals, Guitar
* Matias Larrede - Guitar
* Dominik Sebastian - Guitar
* Martin Zeller - Drums
* Simon Öller - Bass

Discography :

* Thirdmoon - Grotesque Autumnal Weepings - 1997
* Thirdmoon - Aquis Submersus - 1999
* Thirdmoon - Bloodforsaken - 2000
* Thirdmoon - Sworn Enemy: Heaven - 2004
* Thirdmoon - Dimorphic Cynosure - 2007

Therion

2011-01-08T23:43:00.003+07:00

Biography :

Therion is a Swedish heavy metal band founded by Christofer Johnsson in 1987. The word "therion" comes from the Greek therion (??????), meaning "Beast," i.e., that of the Christian Book of Revelation. However, the band's name is a homage to the Celtic Frost album To Mega Therion.

Beginning as a death metal band, they later turned to combining orchestral elements with their metal music, employing heavy use of choirs and classical musicians, not only as additions to but also as integral parts of the composition. Therion is the first metal band with fully live orchestra featured. It is also the band which originated, popularised and influenced the symphonic metal genre, cited as "the most adventurous metal band at present". Due to these extents they take in conducting their music, they have been dubbed as "Opera Metal".

Therion's music takes its themes from different mythologies and is based on concepts ranging from occultism, magic and ancient traditions and writings. The majority of their lyrics are written by Thomas Karlsson, head and founder of the magical order Dragon Rouge, of which Johnsson is a member. The band has seen many changes in line-up and style throughout its history.

History :

Blitzkrieg and Megatherion (1987–1988)

Therion was originally formed under the name "Blitzkrieg" in Upplands Väsby, Sweden. The founder, Christofer Johnsson, was originally the bassist and vocalist, despite having only played bass for 3 months prior to the band's formation. Joining him in this new band were guitarist Peter Hansson and drummer Oskar Forss. Johnsson and Hansson had met in several musical groups, while Forss was an old school friend of Johnsson. Blitzkrieg's main influences were Metallica and Slayer, but their sound was similar to Venom and Motörhead. The band however never recorded any proper demos, and only did two concerts together. Blitzkrieg decided to split up in March 1988 due to problems with Forss. Only a few recordings survive to this day.

The band was reformed later in 1988 under the new name Megatherion and began to be influenced by the Swiss heavy metal band Celtic Frost. The new group name was originated by their album To Mega Therion. Johnsson switched [from bass] to guitar, P. Hansson was still guitarist, while Johan Hansson became a new bassist and Mika Tovalainen a drummer. The band name was soon shortened to Therion and the rhythm section was replaced by Erik Gustafsson of Dismember as a bassist and Oskar Forss returned as a drummer.

Debut releases and the first contract (1989–1993)

Therion recorded and released in 1989 the first two demos, Paroxysmal Holocaust (limited to 600 copies) and then Beyond the Darkest Veils of Inner Wickedness (500 copies). In 1990, the band released EP release, Time Shall Tell. It was still technically a demo, as it was only published by a local record store House of Kicks in a printing of 1,000. The record got the band their first record deal with Deaf Records. Through this company, they released their first full-length album, Of Darkness....

Of Darkness... consisted of songs Johnsson had written in the 1980s; despite having newer songs, the band opted to save them for their next full release. The album can be seen as a progressive death metal album in that it contained mainly influences that were not standard to death metal at the time. The lyrics were very political, in the vein of Napalm Death and other late-1980s hardcore punk bands. The deal with Deaf Records was only for one album, and the band had never had a good relationship with the label, so after the release, they moved to Active Records.

The band began to record a second full-length album, entitled Beyond Sanctorum, in 1991. Before the recordings started Erik Gustafsson decided to leave the band in order to return home to the U.S., but Therion continued as a trio with Hansson, Forss and Johnsson filling in on bass guitar. The record Beyond Sanctorum shows a more experimental edge to the death metal music, with keyboards and clean vocalists used sparingly.

After this recording, the band ran into a few problems. Forss decided to leave the band, Hansson quit the band after health problems. The shows in the Central Europe were played using a new line-up. Piotr Wawrzeniuk, from the band Carbonized in which Johnsson also played, took up drumming duties. The guitar was taken up by Magnus Barthelsson, another old school friend of Johnsson's, while Andreas Wahl took up the bass.

Musical metamorphosis (1993–1996)

With the new line-up, the band recorded the experimental less death metal stylish, but more doom metallic Symphony Masses: Ho Drakon Ho Megas in 1993. As Therion's first, and only, doom metal record it was very experimental, incorporating elements of jazz, industrial music, traditional 1980s heavy metal and religious chanting. This record sold more than the first two, but it was still only about 10,000 copies. Active Records then decided to scale down their operations and the band was switched to the new owners, Megarock Records.

The band, despite being popular with its hardcore fans, was still largely unknown. Sales were generally poor and the band members were having a hard time making ends meet. Despite the work they put in, there was no financial success for the band. Because of this, Barthelsson and Wahl were forced to quit the band. Fredrik Isaksson was brought into the band as the new bassist. After a few months break, in which Johnsson wrote a record as vocalist for Messiah, the band got an offer from the famous metal label Nuclear Blast. Despite the record deal, Megarock Records decided to let Therion go without any strings attached. The band signed a deal with Nuclear Blast in 1994 and remain with them to date.

The first record published with the new label was Lepaca Kliffoth, though a single entitled "The Beauty in Black" was released just before as a promotion for the new record. To Johnsson's surprise, this single sold 12,000 copies, just in Europe, but the record company suddenly stopped printing it. The album was very experimental, featuring classical sopranos and bass-baritone singers, and also Johnsson with a completely new style of singing - more hardcore, as opposed to death metal. These more melodic touches seemed to pay off, as the album sold around 15,000 copies in the weeks following its release. Current European sales figures are around 35,000 copies. Fredrik Isaksson left the band after some personal problems, and Lars Rosenberg, from the death metal band Entombed, took his place.

Metal and symphony era beginning (1996–2001)

In 1996 Jonas Mellberg was added to the line-up and Therion began recording their new experimental album, entitled Theli. The album heavily featured the vocals of two choirs, along with some vocals from Johnsson and Wawrzeniuk. Dan Swanö also contributed to the vocals on this album. The band used keyboards heavily, so many in fact that it was humorously called "Barmbek Symphony Orchestra" after the subway station next to the studio. Theli is considered to be the apex of Therion's career to date. The sales reached 75,000 copies in a month, more than doubling the sales of Lepaca Kliffoth.

After recording was over, the mixing and mastering period became stressful. Mellberg was suffering from severe alcohol problems and literally walked out of the studio, never to return to the band. Rosenberg was also having problems with alcohol, but the band survived these problems long enough to release Theli. Johnsson also had a problem with the band members; Wawrzeniuk was busy with his studies and could not go on tour so Johnsson got Tommy Eriksson of Shadowseeds to fill in on drums. Tobias Sidegard was hired to play guitar, while Kimberly Goss was hired as a keyboard player and vocalist. Rosenberg's drinking problems got worse and in result of that, he was fired from the band.

In 1997 Therion released A'arab Zaraq - Lucid Dreaming album. The record contains a few unused songs from Theli, a few cover songs the band had made, plus a full soundtrack Johnsson had made independently for the short art movie called "The Golden Embrace".

The next album, Vovin, was recorded using professional studio musicians and Johnsson's friend Tommy Eriksson helping out with some additional guitars. It featured, for the first time, a real string orchestra and a hand picked choir of considerable number. The Austrian singer Martina Hornbacher Astner and Sarah Jezebel Deva were chosen as the lead sopranos. Total sales were, in just two months, over 150,000 copies in Europe alone.

The band capitalised on this success and went on tour with the band Moonspell. The hired drummer, Sami Karppinen was offered a permanent place in the band. With this new line-up, the mini album Crowning of Atlantis was recorded. It was a short album fleshed out with several covers and live tracks that the record label and management insisted be placed on it to make it a full length album. Through Karppinen, Kristian Niemann joined the band on guitar, along with his brother Johan Niemann on bass.

Johnsson had already made material for the next release Deggial which is far more symphonic, employing far more complex orchestral scores, this time using a full orchestra as opposed to a simple string one. The record went on to sell more than Theli but never reached the high sales of Vovin. Therion then began a big tour to promote their new record. This was the band's first headline tour as before they had always been support acts to other bands.

Secret of the Runes (2001–2002)

After Deggial, Johnsson began to compose again; he had idea to make a Nordic concept album. For the recording he built a recording studio, just used by the band, called "Modern Art". The new written songs were based on the nine different worlds of the world tree Yggdrasil from the ancient Norse mythology. This album was named Secret of the Runes and released in 2001. For a bonus, the band recorded cover songs of "Crying Days" originally performed by Scorpions and "Summer Night City" of ABBA. Piotr Wawrzeniuk returned as a guest vocalist for the bonus tracks of this album. The band's tenth album received very good reviews and scores including Allmusic editors' pick. Therion followed up this release with a tour with Evergrey and My Insanity as support acts. After the tour, Karppinen decided to leave the band, but he was responsible enough to find a replacement drummer for the band, Richard Evensand.

In 2001, the official fan club compilation Bells of Doom was released exclusively to paying fan club members. The album contained rare songs, including some original recordings from 1987, when the band was originally called Blitzkrieg. It also contained a few songs from demos, and rarities not found on other Therion records. The album was later put for sale on Therion's webstore when the fanclub was shut down and replaced.

A selection of the recordings from the 2001 Secret of the Runes tour was released on the band's first live album, a two-disc Live in Midgård, released in 2002. The album was released celebrating the band's 15th anniversary. and was mostly recorded in Budapest, Hungary.

Lemuria and Sirius B (2004–2006)

Therion "Lemuria" (2004)

After the tour, the band decided to take stock and sort out what they had in terms of music. The seven songs that Johnsson had made had grown to a considerable number, and along with the Niemann brothers' contributions the band discovered they had 55 new songs. The band decided to record and release two albums simultaneously. 171 musicians were used in the recording of the new albums, a 32-member choir was recorded in Prague along with many lead vocalists. The results were the albums Sirius B and Lemuria, released together in a special twin pack, as well as individually, in 2004. Piotr Wawrzeniuk returned on this album to provide vocals, along with the singer Mats Levén.

In July 2005, an album entitled Atlantis Lucid Dreaming was released. As the name suggests, it is a mixture of tracks from 1997 A'arab Zaraq - Lucid Dreaming and 1999 Crowning of Atlantis. The tracklist is all the non-soundtrack songs from the first one (except for the Iron Maiden cover version), followed by the first seven Crowning of Atlantis songs, and additionally the live version of "Black Sun".

The Lemuria/Sirius B Tour would last for 106 live shows stretching over two years. The final concert took part at the ProgPower Festival in Cheltenham, UK on 21 March 2006 and that was the last Christofer Johnsson vocal stage performance.

Therion released their first DVD entitled Celebrators of Becoming on May 2006. The set contains four DVD discs, featuring live video from Mexico City recorded in 2004 and other live video materials, bands' documentary from the 2004–2006 World Tour, art movie "The Golden Embrace", all band music videos to date and bootlegs with commentary, and two audio CDs with a live show recorded in Mexico City.

Gothic Kabbalah, classical shows and The Anniversary Tour (2006–2007)

Lori Lewis and Christofer Johnsson with symphonic orchestra and choir during the live classical show at the Miskolc Opera Festival, Hungary, 2007.

On September 2006 Christofer Johnsson announced that recordings of the new album Gothic Kabbalah had been finished and the album was subsequently released on January 12, 2007. In early 2007, the band began promoting the album with a World Tour, headlined together with Grave Digger and with support act Sabaton. The tour included North and South America, and for the very first time in the band's history, Japan.

Meanwhile the band's first live concert with a symphonic orchestra and choir took place in Bucharest, Romania on December 9, 2006, dubbed "Therion goes classic". Six months later another classical show followed in Miskolc, Hungary on June 16, 2007 in the framework of the Miskolc Opera Festival. Both concerts were played by members of local orchestras and choirs, including some soloists, while one of the soprano solos in Miskolc was sung by Lori Lewis. Each show has contained a full orchestral version of Clavicula Nox, and covers of pieces by Antonín Dvorák, Giuseppe Verdi, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Camille Saint-Saëns and Richard Wagner. The second part of the shows has contained the band's assorted songs, among them Eternal Return, Draconian Trilogy, Sirius B and The Siren Of The Woods. In Bucharest, an orchestra-only version of The Flight Of The Lord Of Flies, and the pure classical fragments of The Khlysti Evangelist and The Wondrous World Of Punt were played - together with Clavicula Nox as the first act of this show.

The Romanian Television has recorded and broadcast the entire Bucharest concert (except some Wagner pieces, The Siren Of The Woods and Draconian Trilogy), and the Miskolc concert was also recorded. The latter was released on May 2009 under the name The Miskolc Experience as a DVD + 2CD box set. The CD's are divided upon Part 1 (Clavicula Nox and classical covers) and Part 2 (Therion songs with orchestra and choir - except The Siren Of The Woods, which is also missing from the DVD), and the DVD also contains a "Making of" footage, and the first act of the Bucharest show.

In May 2007 the 20 year anniversary tour of the band was announced. It was limited only for 16 gigs, exclusively in Europe. As an integral part of the shows the entire Theli album was played as the second act of the gigs, and ended with the main piece of the Gothic Kabbalah album: Adulruna Rediviva. The rest of the show has included The Wisdom Of The Cage, but the rest of the songs were chosen upon the fans' voting. The only exception was Kali Yuga Pts. 1-2. which was played, with the special occasion of playing Kali Yuga Pt. 3, which is a song of the new album, seen below.

The tour took part in November and December 2007, and included several guest musicians. The keyboard parts were played at every gigs by Ferdy Doernberg, and the first tour legs also included Piotr Wawrzeniuk and Messiah Marcolin. In this part of the tour some songs were accompanied by a belly dancer on stage. All these guests returned, with Mats Levén, for the final show of the tour, which took part in Paris.

Sitra Ahra + others (2008– present)

In April 2008 it was announced on Therion's official site that the core group of musicians were parting ways. Christofer also noted that he was in no way ending Therion. Four months later Johan Koleberg, as the new drummer, and Nalle Påhlsson as bassist, were announced as the new band members.

On August 5, 2008, Therion released their third live album —a double CD and one DVD set—entitled Live Gothic. The album was recorded in Warsaw, Poland on February 14, 2007 and featuring 22 songs spread over the two discs, and the DVD is the visual version of the same concert.

As promised by Christofer, after the busy year of 2007, the band didn't plan any tours until 2010, nor were there any concerts scheduled, except a single open-air festival show in Plock, Poland on 6 September 2008, which included the new rhythm section, and as a guest the band's former guitarist Magnus Barthelsson.

On May 10, 2009, Therion announced that Thomas Vikström had become a full-time member. This makes Thomas the first official vocalist Therion has ever had besides Christofer Johnsson. It happened just days after the releasing of the The Miskolc Experience DVD.

In November 2009 the making of the new album was announced, which obtained the title of Sitra Ahra in February 2010. Several festivals, Mexican gigs, and a complete European tour have been scheduled.

On June 4, 2010, guitarist Christian Vidal joined Therion, but on July 15, 2010, Snowy Shaw (Gothic Kabbalah, Sitra Ahra) left the band after problems with his throat, and having joined Dimmu Borgir. However, he rejoined Therion, and left Dimmu Borgir, on August 25, 2010.

Sitra Ahra was released on September 17, 2010. One day after, a new design for the official home page was released. The tour for the album started in Buenos Aires, Argentina, for a 17-day tour around South and Central America, on 1 October 2010. The band are currently touring around Europe in support of the album, from 29 October 2010 to 11 December 2010.

Therion have been confirmed as acts for a few festivals in 2011, including Bloodstock Open Air, Hellfest Summer Open Air, and ProgPower USA.

In the future, the release of a DVD about the 20th Anniversary Tour is expected. It will contain the recordings of the Budapest gig of this tour.

Symbols :

Therion frequently uses visual symbols on its album covers. Most of them are based on magick, occult, and Dragon Rouge themes.

Hendecagram, the star of Qliphoth, an eleven-pointed star also called Star of Seth, is the most commonly-used symbol by the band. The star symbolises the night side of the Qabalah. The hendecagram is important to Christofer's magick and his lyrics, and has been admitted as a band symbol. There is also a connection between the eleven points of the star and the Dragon Rouge's Draconian initiation, since its 1 + 9 + 1 levels together constitute 11 steps. The symbol appears on all the album covers (not only front covers, also in back and/or inlay) since Symphony Masses: Ho Drakon Ho Megas (1993).

Other symbols used include:

* Pentagram, closely Pythagorean pentagram (one point down), is shown on the Symphony Masses: Ho Drakon Ho Megas cover on the dragon's head.
* Runes shown in the Secret of the Runes front cover (and also in the booklet) are Nordic runes with Elder Fuþark alphabet.
* Celtic cross appears on the Secret of the Runes booklet on the page with the lyrics to the song "Helheim."
* Clavicula Nox, a magickal symbol, one of the key symbols in Dragon Rouge, is shown on the Crowning of Atlantis, Vovin (inlay), and "Eye of Shiva" covers.
* Mjölnir, the Hammer of Thor appears on the Secret of the Runes inlay cover.
* Three astronomical symbols are shown in the The Early Chapters of Revelation box-set covers: Venus (?), first quarter Moon (?), and Sun (?).

Band Members :

Current Members :

* Christofer Johnsson - Guitar, Keyboards
* Christian Vidal - Guitar
* Nalle "Grizzly" Påhlsson - Bass Guitar
* Johan Koleberg - Drums
* Thomas Vikström - Lead Vocals

Current Collaborators :

* Snowy Shaw (2006–present)
* Katarina Lilja (2006–2007, 2008–present)
* Lori Lewis (2007–present)
* Waldemar Sorychta (2010, Sitra Ahra tour)

Discography :

* Therion - Of Darkness... (1991)
* Therion - Beyond Sanctorum (1992)
* Therion - Symphony Masses: Ho Drakon Ho Megas (1993)
* Therion - Lepaca Kliffoth (1995)
* Therion - Theli (1996)
* Therion - A'arab Zaraq - Lucid Dreaming (1997)
* Therion - Vovin (1998)
* Therion - Crowning of Atlantis (1999)
* Therion - Deggial (2000)
* Therion - Secret of the Runes (2001)
* Therion - Sirius B (2004)
* Therion - Lemuria (2004)
* Therion - Gothic Kabbalah (2007)
* Therion - Sitra Ahra (2010)

Theory in Practice

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Biography :

Theory in Practice is a Swedish technical death metal band founded in 1995, which borrows heavily from progressive metal. The band writes technical and complex songs consisting of a lot of time and tempo changes. After a year of rehearsals and gigs, they recorded a demo called Submissive in the Abyss Studio, and three full-length albums after that. In December 2002, the band went on an extended hiatus and began recording again in February 2003.

Band Members :

Current Members :

* Henrik Ohlsson - Vocals, Drums
* Peter Lake - Guitar
* Mattias Engstrand - Bass, Keyboards
* Patrik Sjoberg - Drums on Colonizing the Sun

Former Members :

* Johan Ekman - Guitar, Vocals (on Third Eye Function)

Discography :

* Theory in Practice - Submissive (demo, 1996)
* Theory in Practice - Third Eye Function (CD, 1997)
* Theory in Practice - The Armageddon Theories (CD, 1999)
* Theory in Practice - Colonizing the Sun (CD, 2002)

ThanatoSchizO

2011-01-08T23:22:00.002+07:00

Biography :

ThanatoSchizO is a metal group from Santa Marta de Penaguião (Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Portugal), founded in late 1997. Practicing a sound associated with progressive death metal, the band makes various incursions into other musical genres such as black metal, doom metal, world music, progressive rock, atmospheric and electronic music, thus being generically included in the avant-garde musical range.

Initially called Thanatos, the group has a discography that includes four albums (Schizo Level, InsomniousNightLift, Turbulence, and Zoom Code), an EP (Melégnia) and a demo. The band has been with many labels (Rage of Achilles, Divenia Records, Burning Elf Records, Misdeed Records); Presently the group is in the ranks of Italian label My Kingdom Music and Portuguese Major Label Industries, with which a deal was recently signed for the release of an acoustic album, the band's fifth.

The band is currently in studio mixing their fifth album - Origami -, which consists on semi-acoustic remakes of songs of their previous four full-length CDs.

History :

The early years (1997–2000)

The band started in late 1997, continuing a previous cover project, Blind & Lost, by founders Guilhermino Martins, Paulo Adelino, and Marco "China," who were joined by singer Tómané. After a regular series of rehearsals during three months, recorded its first demo, in the studios of Rádio Universidade (Vila Real), which was only used to enable the band to enter music contests. In August 1998, the group was invited to be the opening act for the Swedish Clawfinger and the British Senser in Festival Internacional Praias in Praia de Mira.

In late 1998, the band went to Rec’n’Roll Studios to record the EP Melégnia in three days (it were, in fact, three mornings and two afternoons for the recording and one more afternoon for the mixing). All the material was practically recorded on the first take and resulted on six themes (three of them came from Demo ’98 but now with better arrangements and interpretation), which had an overall more defined sound.

The EP was financed by the group and released on February 1999. It was distributed by many national and international entities and received very positive critiques, mainly because it was a breath of fresh air in a scene that was too attached to the clichés of the symphonic black metal so trendy at the time. In a Top 20 elaborated by the national radio show "Holocausto," the band reached 11th place, as the best Portuguese band.

Melégnia’s promotion on the road entailed more than 60 concerts side by side with bands such as Sinister, Asgaroth, Pandemia, Purgatory, Tarantula, Sirius, and Aborted. During the "Chaos & Disorder Tour" (Melégnia’s promotional concerts) and mainly during the rehearsals where the new material was being composed, it was obvious that a change had to occur, in order to prevent a feared stagnation, and this happened in October 2000: Guilhermino and Paulo stuck together, Tomané and Marco (for health issues) left the band.

The experimentation era (2001)

Schizo Level promotional photo

With the new material practically ready to be recorded, Filipe Miguel (keyboard) and Patrícia Rodrigues (vocals) joined the group respectively; both had worked with the band in the past. For a lead singer, the band invited Eduardo Paulo, an old friend who had previously been in the project Blind & Lost, completing the line-up which would record the first album, Schizo Level.

After some rehearsals and a brief pre-production, the group returned to Rec’n’Roll Studios and recorded its first album during almost a month. Schizo Level is a completely atypical CD: it starts with an aggressive black metal tone and then wanders through atmospheric music, doom metal, world and electronic music. The necessity to create something really unique lead to the decision to invite some musicians that could play trumpet and horn in the opening song "RAW", which resulted in a cacophony of extreme black metal with wind instruments; or, in another case, a flute in "Nightmares Within." The album was released by Misdeed Records, a recently formed independent label that had previously worked with the band for distribution of the EP. After finishing the recording process, the band started to look for a bassist. Guilhermino had recorded the album’s bass lines; now Miguel Ângelo joined the group

When the CD was released (in digipack), it was very well received but probably misinterpreted. Critics analyzed it from a monochromatic perspective thought it was a black metal album, proof that they had only listened to the first three tracks (these were indeed black metal songs) and neglected the rest of it.

Anyway, a first place was reached in a listener’s poll for the best international album of 2001, once again on the Portuguese radio show "Holocausto." On a poll counting the votes of the producers from this radio show, Schizo Level got fifth place. Moreover, the album was included in a top 20 list voted by the readers of the Portuguese magazine LOUD!.

Adulthood (2002-2003)

InsomniousNightLift promotional photo

If Schizo Level’s material was practically composed when Eduardo joined the band, the same couldn’t be said about InsomniousNightLift. He started to take his acoustic guitar to the rehearsal room very early and suggested many riffs, which made him the band’s main composer. Almost unconsciously trying to get rid of the black metal stereotype brought by the previous album (too narrow to the members’ eyes), the band started to compose very homogeneous themes in a progressive doom/death metal style. The musical ambiguity from the past was now followed by a very consistent work.

From this point on the band started to value the "song" format and to pay more attention to the voices. Eduardo began to make more use of his clean vocals and Patrícia became more important in the group’s sound. If the previous tendency was to deconstruct, the idea now was exactly the opposite.

In early 2002, the recording of InsomniousNightLift’s began at Rec ‘n’Roll Studios and Luís Barros was once again the producer. The whole process took about two and a half months, during which the band signed a contract with the British independent Rage of Achilles and thus assured the worldwide release of the album in January 2003. The Portuguese audience would have access to a pre-release in September 2002 through Misdeed Records. Kerrang! and Metal Hammer (both British publications) valued InsomniousNightLift with 4 out of 5 possible stars. This last one even wrote that the future of the doom/death metal would cross ThanatoSchizO’s freshness and originality.

When the national press made a balance at the end of 2002, ThanatoSchizO reached an important first place in the list of the best national/ international albums in the now dead site “Metal Open Minded” and, in LOUD! magazine 5 out of 7 collaborators selected InsomniousNightLift as one of the best national albums. The Portuguese edition of Rock Sound emphasized the group in a poll for the best albums (voted by its collaborators) and placed Miguel Ângelo (bass) and Filipe Miguel (keyboard) in the top 10 musicians’ pool of that year.

Intense promotion of InsomniousNightLift garnered the group a supporting act position when Katatonia and Finntroll played in Portugal in April 2003.

The return to a heavier sound (2004-2005)

Turbulence promotional photo

Having the same line-up as the previous record for the first time, the band felt the necessity to sharpen its death metal side for the third album, Turbulence. Eduardo changed from acoustic guitars to electric ones, reinforcing its importance in the band’s sound.

From late 2003 to April 2004, the band returns to Rec’n’Roll Studios. Tommy Newton, a well-known German producer, was in charge of the mastering. The record had a special pre-release in Portugal through Misdeed Records in July 2004. Limited to the national territory and in a digipack format, it included a multimedia section with a studio diary, many promotional photos and a video with several episodes shot during the recording process. The international release was taken care of by the Australian Burning Elf Records and not by Rage of Achilles, a deal which had ended abruptly.

Turbulence was very well received by the fans and the specialized critique. The high point occurred in January 2005, when LOUD! magazine published the votes for "the best of the best" from the past year: the readers chose the album as the best national release, the band as the second best Portuguese group (right behind Moonspell), and Guilhermino as the third best national musician. Moreover, the radio show "Holocausto" nominated the third album of the group as the second best international release of 2004. Also, the Portuguese magazine Underworld - Entulho Informativo listed the group in a poll for the best albums of 2004.

The band headlined some events, was the opening act for the Swedish Nightrage in Festival Outubro Negro 2005, and was invited by the well-known Portuguese journalist António Freitas to be part of the itinerant Festival Alta Tensão, side by side with Moonspell and Ramp.

Decoding (2006-2007)

ThanatoSchizO recorded Zoom Code at Rec'n'Roll Studios between February and May; it was mastered by Tommy Newton at Area 51 Studios (Germany). The group was also the opening act for the Israelite Orphaned Land (Lisboa and Braga, 6 and 7 July respectively) and the Swiss Samael (Corroios, 14 July) for their Portuguese gigs.

Moreover, Gauchos de Acero—the Argentine group aged between 10 and 14 that became famous through Youtube, due to their Sepultura and Iron Maiden covers-–recorded an interesting version of the song "Suturn" from ThanatoSchizO’s first album Schizo Level.

Zoom in (2008)

ThanatoSchizO inked a deal for the release of their fourth album, Zoom Code, with My Kingdom Music. The worldwide release date was April, 11. Zoom Code was produced by Luís Barros (Tarantula), mastered by Tommy Newton (Conception, Helloween), and features guest appearances by Timb Harris (Estradasphere, Secret Chiefs 3) and Zweizz (Fleurety, ex-Dødheimsgard).

In May, Mexican label Sun Empire Productions released a special deluxe edition of ThanatoSchizO's first album Schizo Level, in digipack format. On May 17, ThanatoSchizO celebrated their 10th anniversary at Liperske IV Festival, with Before the Rain, Pitch Black, Daemogorgon, Loss Spectra of Pure, My Eyes Inside, and Primordial Melody. The band performed songs from all their releases and played for almost two hours. That same week Zoom Code went straight to the first place of the metal magazine LOUD! Broadcast Top List. On June 28, ThanatoSchizO performed at Metal GDL Festival (Grândola, Portugal) right after Krisiun and Devildriver, as the only Portuguese band on the main stage. During September and October, the band headlined Berço Fest (Guimarães, Portugal) and presented live a semi-acoustic version of the songs in Zoom Code at the Fnacs in Lisbon and Porto.

On the end of the year balances from the international press, Zoom Code has collected numerous praises, being the nominations on the sites Metal District and Metal Imperium a good example of that. On a national level, the voting from LOUD! magazine's readers pointed out ThanatoSchizO as the fourth best band of 2008. In the same magazine, the album was mentioned on the top 5 by 3 of its collaborators.

The fifth step (2009)

On the 28th of February, ThanatoSchizO sold out the Vila Real (district) Theater while performing an entirely semi-acoustic set for 80 minutes.

The group has also headlined/co-headlined three festivals: Barreiro Metalfest (Lavradio, Portugal), Metal Horror Picture Show 2 (Fundão, Portugal) and Silent Night - Christmas Metal Fest (São Pedro do Sul, Portugal) and played at Festival Ilha do Ermal with Sepultura, Obituary and Blind Guardian as the main attractions.

Presently, the group is mixing its fifth record - Origami - which will consist on acoustic remakes of songs from the first four albuns. The recordings took place at Teatro de Vila Real and at the band's own Blind & Lost Studios. The production is being handled for the first time by Guilhermino and the album will be released in the last months of 2010 by Portuguese Major Label Industries.

Band Members :

Current Members :

* Eduardo Paulo – Vocals, Guitar, Percussion
* Filipe Miguel – Keyboard, Sampling
* Guilhermino Martins – Guitar, Sampling, Vocals
* Miguel Ângelo - Bass
* Patrícia Rodrigues - Vocals
* Paulo Adelino – Drums, Percussion

Former Members :

* Marco "China" - Bass
* TóMané - Vocals

Discography :

Thanatos (earlier name) :

* Thanatos - Demo '98 (Demo, 1998)
* Thanatos - Melégnia (EP, 2001)

ThanatoSchizO :

* ThanatoSchizO - Schizo Level (2001)
* ThanatoSchizO - InsomniousNightLift (2003)
* ThanatoSchizO - Turbulence - (2004)
* ThanatoSchizO - Zoom Code - (2008)

Vital Remains

2010-12-13T20:40:00.002+07:00

Biography :

Vital Remains is an American death metal band from Providence, Rhode Island formed in 1988.

History :

Created in 1988 by Paul Flynn , Vital Remains' first line-up, consisted of guitarists Paul Flynn & Butch Machado, vocalist Mike Flynn, bassist Tom Supkow and drummer Chris Dupont. Searching for better musicians Paul decided to search the local music scene. He came upon Tony Lazaro they met at a local show, who in turn referred vocalist Jeff Gruslin to the band. From there the band became a driving force in the local death metal scene. Lazaro and Flynn shared the writing duties in these early days.

Soon after forming the band released a pair of demos (1989's Reduced to Ashes and 1990's Excruciating Pain) which led to a contract with French label Thrash Records, who in turn released the single The Black Mass in 1991. Shortly after the release of the single, which proved to be the band's first and only release with the label, the band signed to Peaceville's subsidiary, Deaf Records. A pair of releases followed for the Peaceville label, 1992's Let Us Pray and 1995's Into Cold Darkness. However after poor distribution and a lack of promotion from the label the band requested their contract be dissolved. At this stage, in 1997 the band's founder, Paul Flynn left Vital Remains. After a ten year hiatus he would return to the scene, and go on to found 2005s Godless Rising, an old school death metal band with original Vital Remains vocalist Jeff Gruslin. They quickly signed to Pathos productions for a self funded demo release, from that they were offered a full deal with Moribund records out of seattle, Washington. Due to the financial hardships and lack of support from other members Paul would leave this project also.

Two years later the band signed a two album deal with French label Osmose Records. In order to complete the line-up which at this stage lacked a permanent drummer, bassist and lead guitarist, Dave Suzuki was brought in. He would fill all of these roles as well as that of lyricist and backing vocalist. This led to the release of 1997's Forever Underground and 2000's Dawn of the Apocalypse, the latter of which marked a significant step towards a new, heavier sound which would become more prominent on their following albums.

Vocalist 'Thorn', who had handled vocal duties on Dawn of the Apocalypse, was soon after fired from the band. This led to the addition in 2001 of Deicide frontman Glen Benton on vocals along with original member Tony Lazaro on guitars and Dave Suzuki on bass, drums and lead guitars . The band's first album with Benton, 2003's Dechristianize, was released to much critical acclaim. The band's next album, released in 2007, was Icons of Evil. Vital Remains also put out its first live DVD, Evil-Death-Live, the same year, in Europe on 9 July, and in the US on 31 July through Polish label Metal Mind Productions.

On November 21, 2007, Vital Remains announced they are seeking a bassist and lead guitarist. No further information was given.

On March 29, 2008, the band announced their latest tour line-up, excluding Dave Suzuki. It is presently unclear whether Suzuki is removed from the band permanently or if he is merely unable to tour for the time being.

Tony Lazaro is the only original member of the band.

In an interview with Metal Assault, Tony Lazaro announced that the band has new material and would be recording in late 2010 with an album release around December 2010.

Style :

Vital Remains earlier work was considered to be blackened death metal, with minor use of keyboards and ambient noise. After Forever Underground they went for a purely death metal approach. One element of their music that distinguishes them in their genre is the use of acoustic Spanish-style solos.

Band Members :

Current Members :

* Tony Lazaro – Rhythm Guitars (1988 - present)

Live :

* Scott Wily – Lead Vocals
* "Gator" Collier – bass
* Eddy Hoffman – drums

Studio :

* Scott Wily - Lead Vocals

Former Members :

* Paul Flynn - Guitars
* Mike Flynn - Vocals
* Jeff Gruslin - Vocals (1989 - 1996, 1999)
* Taylor Fishman - Session Lead Guitars
* Joe Lewis - Vocals, Bass
* Tim Yeung - Drums
* Marco Pitruzzella - Session Drums
* Rick Corbett - Drums
* Chris Dupont - Drums
* Ace Alonzo - Drums
* Kyle Severn - Session Drums
* Derek Boyer - Session Bass
* Istvan Lendvay - Session Bass
* Kelly Conlon - Session Bass
* Anthony Geremia - Live Vocals
* Thorn - Vocals (1999 - 2003)
* Damien Boynton - Live Vocals
* Brian Hobbie - Live Bass
* Antonio Donadeo - Live Drums
* Glen Benton - Studio Vocals (2003 - 2009)
* Dave Suzuki - Lead Guitars, Studio Drums and Bass (1997 - 2009)

Discography :

* Reduced to Ashes (Demo, 1989)
* Excruciating Pain (Demo, 1990)
* The Black Mass (EP, 1991)
* Let Us Pray (1992)
* Into Cold Darkness (1995)
* Forever Underground (1997)
* Dawn of the Apocalypse (2000)
* Dechristianize (2003)
* Horrors of Hell (Compilation, 2006)
* Icons of Evil (2007)
* Evil Death Live (DVD, 2007)
* Untitled New Album (Holidays 2010)

Associated Acts :

* Deicide
* Incantation

Vomit Remnants

2010-12-13T20:34:00.001+07:00

Biography :

Vomit Remnants is a Japanese death metal band, founded in 1997. In December 1997 they recorded the demo In the Name of Vomit, and a year later recorded Brutally Violated. In 1999, they played at the Ohio Deathfest and did various European shows. They toured America in April 2001, where they recorded a version of "Mass Obliteration" for a Suffocation tribute album released by Repulsive Echo Records. Vomit Remnants would feature on the first Tokyo Deathfest in April 2005 at the Shibuya Cyclone and signed to Unique Leader Records for a debut full-length album.

Band Members :

Current Members :

* Takanori Fujioka – vocals
* Michito Hoshi – bass, vocals
* Kei Ishida – guitar
* Keisuke Tsuboi – drums (1997–present)

Former Members :

* Steve Eagle – guitar (2004)
* Duane Cowan – bass (2004)
* Atsuyuki Katou – guitar, vocals
* Toshiyasu Kusayanagi – vocals
* Takahiro Kuwabara – guitar
* Ryo Nagamizu – bass, vocals
* Shinjiroh Sawada – vocals
* John Murphy – guitar

Discography :

* In the Name of Vomit (Demo, 1997)
* Brutally Violated (Demo, 1998)
* Supreme Entity (Album, 1999)
* Indefensible Vehemence (EP, 2001)
* Promo 2004 (2004)
* Vomit Remnants/Godless Truth/Carnivorous (EP, 2005)
* Supreme Vehemence (Compilation CD, 2005)

Associated Acts :

* Butcher ABC
* Deathlike Silence
* Gorugoth
* Hurusoma
* Infected Malignity
* The Under
* Transgressor
* Woundeep

Vorkreist

2010-12-12T17:53:00.002+07:00

Biography :

Vorkreist is a French death/black metal band, based in Paris, who share members with the black metal bands Antaeus and Hell Militia. "Vorkreist" is a barbarism created by the band that supposedly means Antichrist.

History :

After a demo in 2001, Vorkreist released their first album, Sabbathical Flesh Possession, in 2003, to lukewarm reviews.

They released their second full-length album, Sublimation XXIXA, in 2006, which garnered much more positive reviews. They toured Europe in September 2007 with Blacklodge and Horna.

Band Members :

Current Members :

* SohR-KaSM - Vocals
* AK - Guitar
* Es-X - Guitar (2007-)
* LSK - Bass, also in Antaeus, Hell Militia and Secrets of the Moon
* D.Terror - Drums

Former Members :

* Silmaeth - Guitar (until 2007), now in Mayhem

Discography :

* Vorkreist - Sermons of Impurity (2001)
* Vorkreist - Sabbathical Flesh Possession (2003)
* Vorkreist - Sublimation XXIXA (2006)
* Vorkreist - Sickness Sovereign (2009)

Waltari

2010-12-12T17:47:00.002+07:00

Biography :

Waltari is a band from Finland, known for their diversity and combination of music styles, frequently combining alternative metal, progressive metal, death metal, hard rock, heavy metal, hip hop, industrial, pop, punk, rap, symphonic metal, techno and thrash metal.

Most of the band's music is written by Hatakka. Waltari's lyrics often deal with personal feelings of anxiety, loneliness and the cruelty of the world, often with heavy irony and sarcasm.

The name Waltari is a reference to the popular Finnish author Mika Waltari, a favourite author of guitarist Jariot Lehtinen.

History :

Waltari was formed in 1986 in Helsinki, Finland, by Kärtsy Hatakka (vocals and bass), Jariot Lehtinen (guitars) and Sale Suomalainen (drums). Sami Yli-Sirniö joined as second guitarist in 1989, a year after the release of their first EP, Mut Hei ("But, hi!").

Their first album, Monk Punk was released in 1991. As the title suggests, this album was mostly punk. Their next album Torcha! (1992) was the album that Waltari started blending various musical styles into the sound that would become their own.

After releasing a compilation of early work under the title Pala Leipää ("A Piece of Bread") (1993), the band went on to release So Fine! (1994), an album similar to Torcha!. Their next album, Big Bang (1995) is to date their biggest success. The album concentrates on mixing techno with heavy metal.

In 1995 Roope Latvala (current second guitarist of Children of Bodom) joined the band, replacing Sami Yli-Sirniö. During this time, Hatakka was working with conductor Riku Niemi on a project combining heavy metal with classical music. This project eventually became known as Yeah! Yeah! Die! Die! Death Metal Symphony in Deep C. The show was performed in 1995, and the album was released in 1996.

The year 1997 saw Space Avenue, a more progressive work containing more electronic drums, as well as a collaboration with Apocalyptica. In 1998, in honour of the band's ten-year anniversary, the band released a compilation titled Decade.

In 1999 Hatakka was working on yet another metal/classical collaboration, and this gave rise to the stage show Evangelicum (Evankeliumi). This production differed from Yeah! Yeah! Die! Die! in that it contained more than just music: the stage show contained music, ballet and a light show. Also, this spectacle featured a new opera singer. The guest vocalist was Tarja Turunen, who was the lead vocalist of the still young band Nightwish. An album of Evangelicum was not released.

Waltari's next album Radium Round (1999), featured a strong pop influence. After Radium Round, the band passed out of the public eye, working on less main-stream releases such as the Metal / Yoik crossover Channel Nordica (2000) and the punk EP Back To Persepolis (2001). However, these releases were very hard to obtain, and for a while Waltari only survived through its live shows. In 2001, the band's old guitarist Sami Yli-Sirniö returned, and Roope Latvala left the band.

In 2004 Waltari came back with an all-new studio album, Rare Species. The album was well received by critics, and an extensive tour put Waltari back on the map.

Album "Blood Sample" was released in 2005. 2006 saw the release of "Early Years", a double album presenting remastered versions of first album "Monk Punk" and "Pala Leipää", containing additional tracks from the 80s, never released before and recorded in autumn 2005 by the original trio: Jariot, Kärtsy and Sale.

Waltari released the album "Release Date" in 2007. This album includes bonus track "Spokebone", a collaboration with Amorphis singer Tomi Joutsen and Finnish ethnic band Värttinä.

Their latest album is "Below Zero" , released in 2009.

Band Members :

Current Members :

* Kärtsy Hatakka - Bass, Lead Vocals, Keyboards (1986 - )
* Jariot Lehtinen - Guitar, Backing Vocals (1986 - )
* Sami Yli-Sirniö - Guitars, Backing Vocals (1989–1995 and 2001 - )
* Ville Vehviläinen - Drums (2005 - )
* Janne Immonen - Keys, Noises, Backing Vocals

Former Members :

* Sale Suomalainen - Drums (1986–1990)
* Janne Parviainen - Drums (1990–2002)
* Roope Latvala - Guitars (1995–2001)
* Tote Hatakka - Live Keyboards
* Mika Järveläinen - Drums (2002–2005)

Discography :

* Waltari - Mut Hei (EP, 1989)
* Waltari - Monk Punk (1991)
* Waltari - Torcha! (1992)
* Waltari - Pala Leipää (compilation, 1993)
* Waltari - So Fine! (with Angelit, March, 1994)
* Waltari - Big Bang (1995)
* Waltari - Yeah! Yeah! Die! Die! Death Metal Symphony in Deep C (1996)
* Waltari - Space Avenue (1997)
* Waltari - Decade (compilation, 1998)
* Waltari - Radium Round (1999)
* Waltari - Channel Nordica (with Angelit, 2000)
* Waltari - Back To Persepolis (EP, 2001)
* Waltari - Rare Species (2004)
* Waltari - Blood Sample (2005)
* Waltari - Early Years (double album, remastered +add. tracks 2006)
* Waltari - Release Date (2007)
* Waltari - The 2nd Decade - In the Cradle (compilation, 2008)
* Waltari - Below Zero (2009)

Associated Acts :

* Kreator
* Ensiferum
* Children of Bodom
* Amorphis
* Sinergy
* Barathrum
* Stone
* Barren Earth

War

2010-12-12T17:40:00.001+07:00

Biography :

War was a Swedish black metal supergroup, formed by Tony "IT" Särkkä of Abruptum, David "Blackmoon" Parland of Dark Funeral and Peter Tägtgren of Hypocrisy.

War was formed in 1995 when Blackmoon attended an Abruptum recording session in Peter Tägtgren’s The Abyss Studios. After the recordings, IT, Blackmoon and Tägtgren had a discussion about the scene, about the murder of Euronymous and IT's True Satanist Horde. They discussed to record an album and give any money they would earn to the True Satanist Horde. It was also discussed to have killed Varg Vikernes who had murdered Euronymous. As IT said: "We knew people inside the "Cunts" prison, who would have him killed for a certain amount of money, at that moment we hatched the idea of recording an album and that any money earned from it would directly go to the Hordes bank account. This is how WAR was born."

According to Blackmoon, "We decided loaded out of our minds, to form a band that night...a band that should be like a true fist to the face to all the theatrical, keyboards, female vocals, troll singing black metal bands that were coming out at the time". Unlike those bands, War played primitive black metal with lyrics mostly about Satan and war, but also recorded the racist song "I Am Elite" with lyrics such as "Stand aside for the superior race. You are nothing but worms" and "Niggers and kikes, stay away".

In 1997 the band released its first EP "Total War", featuring IT and Blackmoon on guitars, Peter Tägtgren on drums, Mikael Hedlund of Hypocrisy on bass and Jim "All" Berger of Abruptum, Ophthalamia and Vondur on vocals, on Necropolis Records. They also featured on the Bathory tribute album In Conspiracy With Satan released in 1998, performing the final song titled War. In 1999 they released their album "We Are War" with All on vocals, Blackmoon on guitars, David "Impious" Larsson of In Aeternum on bass and Lars Szöke, one more Hypocrisy member, on drums and guitars. IT had left the black metal scene in the meantime.

The band had to change its name to Total War as there was already another band called War and was put on hold in 2001, but released "We Are...Total War", a compilation of material released before.

Band Members :

Current Members :

* All (Jim Berger) - Vocals
* David "Blackmoon" Parland - Guitar
* David "Impious" Larsson - Guitars, Vocals

Former Members :

* Mikael Hedlund - Bass
* Lars Szöke - Session drums on We Are War
* IT (Tony Särkkä) - Guitars
* Peter Tägtgren - Drums

Discography :

* War - Total War (EP, 1997)
* War - We Are War (Full-length, 1999)
* War - We Are...Total War (compilation, 2001)

Thanatos

2010-12-12T17:27:00.003+07:00

Biography :

Thanatos is a Dutch Death metal/Thrash metal band. With a history dating back to 1984, they are the oldest death metal band from the Netherlands. Their second album, Realm of Ecstacy, had received positive marks from Dutch music magazine Oor for its solid compositions and challenging arrangements. After enduring constantly changing line-ups and problems with distribution, promotion, and even ownership of the rights to the second album, Thanatos folded in 1992, the final straw being the cancellation of a tour with Cannibal Corpse and Exhorder.

In 1999, founding member Stephan Gebédi revives the band, which signs with Hammerheart Records. First come two albums with demo and live tracks, then the band's first full album, Angelic Encounters, in 2000. An EP with original songs as well as covers from Celtic Frost and Possessed is released by Baphomet. After a few shows in Greece and a short tour with Pungent Stench, the band record their fourth album, Undead. Unholy. Divine, described as a solid return to 1980s metal (in the style of Slayer, Possessed) with the addition of blast beats. Release of a fifth album, Justified Genocide, was postponed when the band's label at the time, Black Lotus Records, went bankrupt; Dan Swano reportedly will finish the mix for the CD. To celebrate more than twenty years of Dutch death metal, Thanatos releases (on Chinese label AreaDeath Productions) a limited-edition box (300 copies) containing Emerging From The Netherworlds, Realm Of Ecstacy, and Angelic Encounters, besides 56 bonus tracks and 19 videos.

In February 2009, the band issued an update containing details about their upcoming album Justified Genocide. It will be released on March 15 in Europe and April 6 in the UK and Ireland.

Band Members :

Current Members :

* Paul Baayens - Guitar
* Marco de Bruin – Bass
* Stephan Gebédi - Guitar, Vocals
* Yuri Rinkel - Drums

Former Members :

* Ed Boeser – Bass
* Erwin de Brouwer - Guitar
* Rob de Bruijn - Drums
* Remco de Maaijer - Guitar
* Aad Kloosterwaard - Drums
* André Schepenberg - Bass
* Mark Staffhorst - Guitar
* Remo van Arnhem - Drums
* Theo van Eekelen - Bass
* Marcel van Arnhem - Drums

Discography :

Demos :

* Thanatos - Speed Kills (1985)
* Thanatos - Rebirth (1986)
* Thanatos - The Day before Tomorrow (1987)
* Thanatos - Official Live Tape 1987 (1987)
* Thanatos - Omnicoitor (1989)

Studio Albums :

* Thanatos - Emerging from the Netherworlds (1990)
* Thanatos - Realm of Ecstacy (1992)
* Thanatos - Angelic Encounters (2000)
* Thanatos - Undead. Unholy. Divine. (2004)
* Thanatos - The Burning of Sodom/...And Jesus Wept (2006)
* Thanatos - Justified Genocide (2009)

Terror 2000

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Biography :

Terror 2000 is a thrash metal-band from Helsingborg, Sweden.

History :

A side project of Soilwork singer Björn "Speed" Strid, the band also includes guitarists Klas Ideberg (of Darkane) and Nick Sword (of Von Benzo), drummer Erik Thyselius, and bassist Dan Svensson. The band was initially formed under the name "Killing Machine" in 1999, and its original drummer was Henry Ranta of Soilwork, but he was replaced after the release of Slaughterhouse Supremacy.

Critical Reception :

During a review of the band's album Terror for Sale, Decibel Magazine described their sound as "joke-rock", and states that the album is "fun and rockin', but way too fun to really be all that rockin'". Allmusic was also critical, awarding the album two and a half stars out of five, and expressing disappointment that the band's "indistinctive neo-thrash songwriting" did not live up to the promise of its lyrics and energy.

Band Members :

Current Members :

* Björn "Speed" Strid - Vocals (Soilwork, ex-Darkane, Disarmonia Mundi, Coldseed)
* Klas Ideberg - Guitar (The Defaced, Darkane, Hyste'riah, Hyste'riah G.B.C.
* Nick Sword (Niklas Svärd) - Guitar
* Erik Thyselius - Drums (ex-Construcdead, ex-Face Down, Arize)
* Dan Svensson - Bass Guitar (Hatelight)

Former Members :

* Henry Ranta - Drums on Slaughterhouse Supremacy (ex-Soilwork, ex-The Defaced)

Guest Musicians :

* Von Benzo singer Jay Smith sang backup in one song from Terror for Sale: "King Kong Song".

Discography :

* Terror 2000 - Slaughterhouse Supremacy (2000) - Pavement Records
* Terror 2000 - Faster Disaster (2002) - Nuclear Blast
* Terror 2000 - Slaughter in Japan (2003) - Scarlet Records
* Terror 2000 - Terror for Sale (2005) - Nuclear Blast

Mastodon

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Biography :

Mastodon is an American metal band from Atlanta, Georgia, formed in 1999. The band comprises bassist/vocalist Troy Sanders, guitarist/vocalist Brent Hinds, guitarist Bill Kelliher and drummer Brann Dailor. They have released four full-length albums to date, expanding their musical borders from early raw sludge and post-hardcore riffs to later psychedelic multi-layered songs, yet maintaining progressive style with unusual time signatures and odd instrumentation.

History :

Formation and early years (1999–2003)

Mastodon was formed in late 1999 when drummer Brann Dailor and guitarist Bill Kelliher moved to Atlanta from Rochester, New York and met bassist/singer Troy Sanders and guitarist/singer Brent Hinds at a High on Fire show. They discovered they had a mutual appreciation of sludge metal bands Melvins and Neurosis and '70s hard-rockers Thin Lizzy, and shortly thereafter formed Mastodon. In an interview in 2009, Kelliher revealed that the first time Hinds attended a practice with the band, he "showed up so wasted he couldn't play".

They recorded a demo in 2000, which featured the band's first lead singer, Eric Saner on vocals. Saner left the band for personal reasons after just a couple of months. After recording a four song demo and a 7-inch picture disc through Reptilian Records, Mastodon landed a record deal with Relapse Records in 2001. They released an EP, Lifesblood in 2001 and their first full-length album, Remission, was released in 2002, with the singles "March of the Fire Ants" and "Crusher/Destroyer" (which was also featured on Tony Hawk's Underground). On each of Mastodon's first three full-length albums the last track relates to the Elephant Man.

Leviathan (2004–2005)

Brent Hinds, Troy Sanders and Brann Dailor in 2004

Their album Leviathan was released in 2004 to critical acclaim; the band won Album of the Year awards from Kerrang! and Terrorizer and was named second best by Metal Hammer. Leviathan was also rated 3rd best album in the last 20 years by Metal Hammer. Leviathan is a concept album loosely based on Herman Melville's novel Moby Dick. After the release of Leviathan, the band went on to play in The Unholy Alliance tour in 2004 in Europe with Slayer and Slipknot. The track "Blood and Thunder" features Neil Fallon, of the band Clutch, on lead vocals during the last verse of the song. Mastodon had previously toured with Clutch in 2002 and 2003.

Leviathan was followed by two releases: The Call of the Mastodon, a remastering and remixing of the band's first nine songs, and The Workhorse Chronicles, a DVD of interviews and concert footage, including material from the band's early days as a five-piece. These two releases were Mastodon's last for Relapse records, they would go on to sign with Warner Bros.. Before the release of their next album, Mastodon recorded a cover version of the Metallica instrumental "Orion". This was for a Kerrang! magazine special CD called Master of Puppets: Remastered honoring the 20-year anniversary of the release of the album Master of Puppets by Metallica.

NPR recently included Leviathan lead track "Blood and Thunder" in its list of the 50 most important recordings of the decade.

Also, Leviathan's lead track Blood and Thunder was featured in the soundtracks for the video games Need for Speed: Most Wanted Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit (2010 video game) Project Gotham Racing 3, Saints Row and was added to "Guitar Hero: Metallica" as a playable track on all instruments. "Blood and Thunder" was also licensed song to the Japanese arcade music games Drummania V2 and Guitarfreaks V2.

Blood Mountain (2006–2008)

Their third studio album was eventually released on September 12, 2006 followed by the band going on tour to support the album, touring with Tool in Europe and Slayer in Australia and New Zealand. The Mars Volta frontman Cedric Bixler-Zavala lent his vocals to the track "Siberian Divide." Similarly, Queens of the Stone Age frontman Josh Homme contributed vocals for the song "Colony of Birchmen," and in a hidden track on the album contains a spoken-word piece from him, claiming to be a big fan and that he uploaded their new album on the internet. Before the release of Blood Mountain, Mastodon was a part of the North American Unholy Alliance tour. An online promotional Blood Mountain computer game was even made available.

The band performed the song "Colony of Birchmen" on NBC's Late Night with Conan O'Brien on November 1, their first appearance on network television, to a viewing audience of around 2.4 million people. This song was also featured in the video games, Saints Row 2 and Rock Band 2.

The band's first single off Blood Mountain, "Capillarian Crest" was ranked number 27 in Rolling Stone Magazine's Top 100 Songs of 2006. The album itself was ranked 9th in the magazine's best albums of the year chart. The UK's Metal Hammer voted it the best album of 2006 in its end of year critic's poll. The album was voted in at #5 by Kerrang! in their end of year list. Also number 6 on PopMatters' Best Albums of 2006 and number 1 on The Best Metal Albums of 2006. About.com rated it the top metal album of 2006. Blood Mountain was also named best album of 2006 in the 10th anniversary birthday edition (issue 119) of Bizarre. It also came in at #2 on Revolver magazine's list of the top albums of 2006. The band was named Artist Of The Month for March 2007 at Gametap.com.

The band had been touring and playing numerous shows during this time. Mastodon joined Against Me!, and Cursive for a North American tour, with Planes Mistaken for Stars opening for one leg and These Arms Are Snakes the other. A performance in Milwaukee had to be canceled due to illness on the part of Brent Hinds. Mastodon would play the Hove Festival in Norway as well as on the Main Stage of the Download Festival and then the Pitchfork Music Festival. During this time the band opened for Metallica on the Sick of the Studio tour. The band also played at the 2007 Dubai Desert Rock, the 2008 Bonnaroo Music festivals, and the inaugural Mayhem Festival. Mastodon then toured with Slayer, Trivium, Lamb of God and several other metal bands in 2008 for The Unholy Alliance tour 2008.

The band performed "Colony of Birchmen" at the 2007 MTV Video Music Awards live with Josh Homme. After the televised performance, member Brent Hinds was reported to have sustained a severe head injury. Blabbermouth.net initially reported that it was the result of a brutal assault but the police report later suggested that an inebriated Hinds had started a fight with System of a Down bassist Shavo Odadjian and vocalist William Hudson, also known as Reverend William Burke of Achozen.

With the explosion of rhythm-based home video games the band has gained additional mainstream exposure. "Sleeping Giant" was made available as a downloadable song for Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock and "Colony of Birchmen" was included on Harmonix's Rock Band 2. "Blood and Thunder" is also a part of Guitar Hero: Metallica. Mastodon also contributed a cover version of Harry Nilsson's "One" for the video game Army of Two's advertisement campaign. "Divinations" is featured in Madden NFL 10. The band members are fans of Aqua Teen Hunger Force, and in 2007, Mastodon performed the opening song of Aqua Teen Hunger Force Colon Movie Film for Theaters, "Cut You Up with a Linoleum Knife". The instrumental versions of the songs "Crack the Skye" and "Oblivion" are also included in the 2009 video game Brütal Legend.

Band Members :

Current Members :

* Troy Sanders – Bass, Occasional Keyboards, Vocals (1999–present)
* Brent Hinds – Guitar, Vocals (1999–present)
* Bill Kelliher – Guitar, Backing Vocals (1999–present)
* Brann Dailor – Drums, Vocals (1999–present)

Former Members :

* Eric Saner – Vocals (1999–2000)

Discography :

* Mastodon - Remission (2002)
* Mastodon - Leviathan (2004)
* Mastodon - Blood Mountain (2006)
* Mastodon - Crack the Skye (2009)

Mushroom Head

2010-12-01T15:16:00.005+07:00

Biography :

Mushroomhead is an American alternative metal band from Cleveland, Ohio. Formed in 1993 in Cleveland Warehouse District, the band's music can be described as a synthesis of alternative music, heavy metal, and electro-industrial. Their new album, Beautiful Stories for Ugly Children, has taken a more eerie Doom Metal tone. Mushroomhead have sold over 880,000 units worldwide, and have made 7 studio albums and 13 music videos. They still remain as an underground band.

History :

Mushroomhead, Superbuick and M3

In 1993, Mushroomhead was established as a side project. To differentiate itself from the members' existing bands and to dispel any misconceptions about the group's sound and musical content, Mushroomhead used costumes, masks and pseudonyms. Mushroomhead played its first show in 1993. Days later, the octet found itself on stage alongside established metal band GWAR. "We played our first show on a Saturday; we were going to play our first show on Friday, but I had to work, so it ended up being on a Saturday" said the band's drummer, Skinny.

In 1995, Mushroomhead released a self-financed debut album Mushroomhead, with their own record label, Filthy Hands Co. (also named as Mushroom Co.). For the members, Mushroomhead became a priority with their original bands breaking-up. Although the line-up saw many changes throughout the 1990s, the band stayed active, steadily releasing music and gaining followers. In 1996 they released Superbuick. In 1999, Mushroomhead released M3, which was the final album self-financed and self-released by the band. Original bass player, Joe 'Mr. Murdernickel' Kilcoyne, formerly of Mystik and the Spudmonsters, could be identified with his bald, pale faced vampire mask.

XX and XIII

In 2001 Mushroomhead released a compilation album titled “XX” on the independent label Eclipse Records. Later in the year, the band signed with major label Universal Records and the compilation was remastered and re-released internationally. The release of the album led Mushroomhead to major national and international tours including Ozzfest 2002; as well as television exposure via their first music video "Solitaire/Unraveling". Also in 2001, guitarist J.J. Righteous was replaced by one of the band's stage dancers, Marko Vukcevich. 2003 saw the release of XIII, their first album with new material for Universal Records. The album produced the single "Sun Doesn't Rise" which was featured on MTV: Headbangers Ball and the Freddy vs Jason soundtrack. Also featuring the hidden track "Crazy", a song originally by Seal. The album debuted at no. 40 on the Billboard Top 200 charts and sold 400,000 copies worldwide.

After an extensive world tour, singer J Mann announced he was leaving the band in August 2004 due to exhaustion and personal reasons. A major reason for his departure was the fact that his father was sick and he wanted to be there for him. He was replaced by Three Quarters Dead singer, Waylon Reavis. In August 2005 Mushroomhead self-released its first DVD on its own Filthy Hands label – "Volume 1". Produced, directed, shot and edited by the band, Volume 1 covers the band's rise in the 2000s with live performances, music videos and behind the scenes footage.

While on the road in 2005, Mushroomhead began the process of writing new material and recording a new album. In December 2005, Mushroomhead signed with Megaforce Records, ensuring the new albums availability nationally and internationally. On June 6, 2006 Mushroomhead launched Mushroom Kombat - an interactive flash feature as a part of the band's official website. The mini-game pits band members against each other in a Mortal Kombat-style environment, each member having a unique fatality.

Mushroomhead headlined with Dope, Nocturne, and New Orleans locals Invain on The Music For Freedom Tour sponsored by Jägermeister at the House of Blues in New Orleans, Louisiana on Tuesday, August 16, 2005. This show was one of the last big acts to play in New Orleans for a long time due to Hurricane Katrina striking New Orleans on August 29, 2005.

Savior Sorrow and Beautiful Stories for Ugly Children

Savior Sorrow was released on September 19, 2006, and debuted at #45 on the Billboard 200 charts with sales exceeding 12,000. The band's label stated that sales were closer to 25,000 with the inclusion of sales made while on tour. As a result, SoundScan issued an apology the day following the release of sales data due to mistakes made in estimates. The primary reason given was the lack of inclusion of sales from the Best Buy retailer chain. Sales of Savior Sorrow were roughly 26,000 and the chart entry place was closer to the #30 spot than #73. Savior Sorrow's chart position was later officially adjusted to #50. Simple Survival, the pre-released single to Savior Sorrow, was placed at #39 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks chart one week after the release. Also in 2006, Daniel Fox (Lil' Dan) joined the band as a touring drummer.

The band has performed 3 shows on the Mayhem Festival tour, filling in for Bullet for My Valentine.

Live footage was compiled into the band's second DVD, titled "Volume 2". On December 29, 2007, Mushroomhead won Video of the Year 2007 on the MTV2 Headbanger's Ball for "12 Hundred" from the Savior Sorrow record. On September 17, 2008, it was announced that the band will release the "Volume 2" DVD on October 28 through Filthy Hands/Megaforce Records. The disc features two and a half hours of content, including live footage from the three-year Savior Sorrow tour, music videos including "12 Hundred", "Simple Survival", "Burn", the short video for "Tattoo", "Save Us" and "Embrace The Ending", video commentary and behind the scenes footage.

To support the DVD, Mushroomhead hit the road with The Autumn Offering, XFactor1, and Human Factors Lab from October 3 in Findlay, Ohio, until November 2 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. After the tour, Mushroomhead returned to the studio to record their next album.

They released Beautiful Stories for Ugly Children in September 2010. Within the first week of it's release it became the #1 best selling metal album on iTunes. A new song, "Your Soul Is Mine," appeared on the Saw VI Soundtrack. on October 1, 2010, they released a music video for Come On on MTV at the Headbanger show. It has been confirmed that Mushroomhead is filming for a Volume 3 DVD.

Image and Style :

The members of Mushroomhead have identified themselves by wearing masks and by its distinct “X Face” logo – commonly worn on the masks of most members, as well as clothing and merchandise. The band originally adopted masks and stage names to not conflict with their original bands. The band's look has evolved over the years, featuring alterations to bring them up to date and freshen up the image for new albums and tours.

Since 1999, Mushroomhead has had an on-and-off rivalry with Iowa-based band Slipknot. The feud erupted (mostly among fans) due to the image similarities between the bands; such as the masks and costumes worn on stage. Before signing Slipknot, Roadrunner Records were interested in signing Mushroomhead, but Mushroomhead passed on the deal. The rivalry is now officially over as confirmed in several interviews with Waylon and Skinny. Recently Mushroomhead posted on their official Myspace page their thoughts about Paul Gray's death, they stated: "R.I.P. Paul Gray, This feud needs to end. Much Love and Respect to the guys in Slipknot". Oderus Urungus of the band GWAR has said that GWAR is friends with Mushroomhead, and not all monster metal bands are enemies.

In reference to Mushroomheads style, Allmusic said, "reviewers have mentioned everyone from Marilyn Manson to Evanescence to Slipknot and Sevendust. But truth be told, Mushroomhead had a distinctive, recognizable sound (and a devoted cult following in Cleveland) long before Evanescence or Slipknot broke through commercially — and it would be a huge mistake to think that Mushroomhead is actually trying to emulate any other artists."

Band Members :

Current Members :

* Jeffrey Hatrix (Jeffrey Nothing) – vocals (1993–present)
* Waylon Reavis (Waylon) – vocals (2004–present)
* Dave Felton (Gravy) – guitars (1999–present)
* Jack Kilcoyne (Pig Benis) – bass (1995–present)
* Tom Schmitz (Shmotz) – keyboard (1993–present)
* Rick Thomas (ST1TCH) – turntables, samples, electronics, water drums (2001–present)
* Steve Felton (Skinny) – drums, percussion (1993–present)
* Daniel Fox (Lil' Dan) – water drums, electronic drums, custom percussion (touring 2006-2008; member 2009–Present)

Former Members :
* Joe Lenkey (DJ Virus) – turntables, electronics, samples (1993–1995)
* Joe Kilcoyne (Mr. Murdernickel) – bass guitar (1993–1995)
* Richie Moore (Dinner) – guitars (1993–1999)
* John Sekula (J.J. Righteous) – guitar (1993–2001)
* Jason Popson (J Mann) – lead vocals (1993–2004)
* Marko Vukcevich (Bronson) - Guitars, (2001–2006), turntables, samples (1995–2001), dancing (1993–1995)

Discography :

* Mushroom Head - Mushroomhead (1995)
* Mushroom Head - Superbuick (1996)
* Mushroom Head - M3 (1999)
* Mushroom Head - XX (2001)
* Mushroom Head - XIII (2003)
* Mushroom Head - Savior Sorrow (2006)
* Mushroom Head - Beautiful Stories for Ugly Children (2010)

Strapping Young Lad

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Biography :

Strapping Young Lad was a Canadian extreme metal band formed by Devin Townsend in Vancouver, British Columbia, in 1994. The band started as a one-man studio project; Townsend played most of the instruments on the 1995 debut album, Heavy as a Really Heavy Thing. By 1997, he had recruited permanent members; this line-up, which consisted of Townsend on vocals and guitar, Jed Simon on guitar, Byron Stroud on bass, and Gene Hoglan on drums, lasted until the band's dissolution.

Containing elements of death metal, thrash metal, black metal, progressive metal and industrial metal, Strapping Young Lad's music was characterized by the use of complex time signatures, polyrhythmic guitar riffing and drumming, blast beats and Wall of Sound production. The band's musical direction was mainly determined by Townsend, whose battle with bipolar disorder and dark sense of humour were major influences on his songwriting. Townsend was also noted for his eccentric appearance and on-stage behaviour, which greatly contributed to the band's intense live performances.

The band gained critical success and a growing underground fan base from their 1997 album City. After a hiatus between 1999 and 2002, the band released three more albums, reaching their commercial peak with the 2006 effort, The New Black. Townsend disbanded Strapping Young Lad in May 2007, announcing his decision to retreat from public view while continuing to record solo albums.

History :

Heavy as a Really Heavy Thing and City (1994–1998)

Strapping Young Lad began in 1994 as a solo project of Canadian musician Devin Townsend. Following his work as vocalist on Steve Vai's 1993 album Sex & Religion and its 1994 tour, Townsend believed he had been a "musical whore", spending "the first five years of [his] career working at the behest of other people". During a brief stint as touring guitarist for The Wildhearts, Townsend received a phone call from an A&R representative for Roadrunner Records, expressing an interest in his demos and an intention to sign him. The offer was ultimately rescinded by the head of Roadrunner, who regarded Townsend's recordings as "just noise". He faced further rejection by Relativity Records, the label behind Vai's Sex & Religion, who saw no commercial appeal in his music. Century Media Records subsequently contacted the musician, offering him a contract to "make us some extreme albums". Townsend agreed to a five-album deal with the record label.

Following his tour with The Wildhearts, Townsend began recording and producing his debut album, Heavy as a Really Heavy Thing, under the moniker Strapping Young Lad. According to Townsend, the recording process took "about a week". Embracing The Wildhearts' anarchist approach, "while focusing on dissonance and just being as over-the-top as [he] could", Townsend sang on the record and performed the majority of its instrumental tracks (with the assistance of a drum machine). A few songs, however, featured local session musicians, including guitarist Jed Simon, Townsend's future band mate.

Released on April 4, 1995, Heavy as a Really Heavy Thing was not widely recognized in the metal community. The album sold 143 copies in its first six months, but received favorable reviews from the heavy metal press. Its unusual musical ideas—a synthesis of death, thrash, and industrial metal influences—prompted Andy Stout from Metal Hammer to call it "one of the most disturbing albums you'll hear for a very long time". Nevertheless, Townsend has repeatedly expressed his distaste for the recording. He dismissed the album in the liner notes of the record's 2006 reissue, contending it contained only two great songs. He also deemed its production poor in interviews, referring to the album as "basically a collection of demos that were remixed". When Century Media advertised the reissue of Heavy as a Really Heavy Thing as the "rebirth of a genre-defying classic", Townsend called it "record company bullshit".

Townsend recruited a permanent line-up for the second album: Jed Simon on guitar, Byron Stroud on bass, and Gene Hoglan on drums. City was released on February 11, 1997, and received highly favorable critical reception. Kerrang! praised the album for its heaviness, claiming it sounded like "sticking your head into the jet nozzle of a Stealth Bomber", while Metal Hammer ranked it #13 on its "Top 20 Albums of 1997" list. The album soon gained a cult following and a loyal fan base for the band. City is considered to be the band's best effort by a large number of fans and critics alike. In 2002, the album was #45 on Revolver magazine's "69 Greatest Metal Albums of All Time" list, and also appeared on their "Must Have Metal Albums" list in 2005. It also appeared on the "100 Most Important Albums of the Nineties" list conducted by Terrorizer. Townsend himself stated City "is the real Strapping record. That's the ultimate one out of all of them".

The band embarked on a world tour in 1997 to promote the album, which included dates in Europe, the US and Australia. On May 30, 1998, they performed at the Dynamo Open Air festival in Eindhoven, Netherlands, then continued touring the next month in Europe. In June 1998, the group released No Sleep 'till Bedtime, a live album containing songs performed at a 1997 performance at the HiFi Bar and Ballroom in Melbourne, Australia. Century Media was not initially interested in releasing a live record, but impressed with Townsend's production, the label agreed to release it. The band closed the year playing a few more dates in Japan and Australia.

On hiatus (1999–2002)

At the end of 1998, Townsend placed Strapping Young Lad on hiatus to concentrate on his solo career and on his work as a record producer. He had already released two solo albums, Ocean Machine: Biomech in 1997 and Infinity in 1998 and produced several other artists' albums. Townsend explained numerous conflicts with Century Media, and his struggle with bipolar disorder (for which he checked himself into a psychiatric hospital in early 1998), contributed to the curtailment of Strapping Young Lad's activities:

What happened? I signed a shitty deal, but luckily it was non-exclusive. I got tired of doing Strapping so I said, 'I can't do it anymore.' Then I freaked out and went into a hospital. My lawyer said that I was under mental duress when I signed the contract so the contract is void. At that point it was like, 'I just won't do another Strapping record.' Yeah, I went down saying 'CM was the shittiest label ever.' And they went down as saying that I was 'a complete, arrogant psychopath.'

Townsend remained productive between 1999 and 2002, recording two more solo albums, Physicist in 2000 and Terria in 2001, and producing albums for Zimmers Hole, Stuck Mojo and Soilwork, among others. Although Strapping Young Lad was officially on hiatus, they gave occasional live performances, including an appearance on the Foot In Mouth Tour in 2001 with Fear Factory. During this period, Townsend's bandmates were active musically; both Stroud and Hoglan recorded with other bands, and all three were involved in Townsend's solo efforts as studio musicians and as part of his live band as well. Hoglan and Simon also formed a side project called Tenet with Grip Inc. bassist Stuart Carruthers and Interzone frontman Rob Urbinati in early 2002.

In December 2001 Townsend announced, contrary to his earlier public statements, a new Strapping Young Lad album would be released in 2002. He emphasized he was not "forcing" his product upon fans to generate record sales, arguing his band—and its contract with Century—was never a lucrative endeavor. Instead, Townsend's motivation was the "creative anger" sparked by the September 11, 2001 attacks and further cultivated during their 2001 tour. For the first time, the album would be a product of collaborative writing; the band wrote "about half" of the material on the 2001 Foot In Mouth Tour, and the rest at home, starting January 2002. After playing a small number of festivals in 2002, Strapping Young Lad entered the studio in September of that year, to record their third album.

Strapping Young Lad and Alien (2003–2005)

The self-titled Strapping Young Lad was released on February 11, 2003, and became the band's first charting album, entering Billboard's Top Heatseekers at #97. The album received moderate critical success, Nate Smith from Rockzone.com called it a "solid addition to the Townsend catalog", but "not an instant classic", Xander Hoose from Chronicles of Chaos called it "a good album", but also pointed out it is inferior to City. Strapping Young Lad differed from City because it was less industrial and more reminiscent of death metal; the humor pervading the previous two albums became more subdued.

The band toured heavily throughout 2003 and 2004, making stops in the United States, Europe, Canada, and Australia. Although Townsend stated Strapping Young Lad might be the last album, the band re-signed with Century Media Worldwide in March 2004 and announced plans for a new album. On November 2, 2004, Strapping Young Lad released a DVD entitled For Those Aboot to Rock: Live at the Commodore, which documented the band's January 16, 2004, performance at the Commodore Ballroom in Vancouver. Bonus features included two music videos, "Relentless" and "Detox", and interviews with band members.

Alien was released on March 22, 2005, selling 3,697 copies in its first week. It reached #32 on the Billboard Top Heatseekers chart, and #35 on the Top Independent Albums chart. Critics praised Townsend's inventiveness and the dynamism of the songs in which "melody and discord meet midway"; Adrien Begrand of PopMatters wrote that "Strapping Young Lad have raised the bar yet again", while Blabbermouth.net's Krista G. called it one of the best albums of the year. Townsend and Hoglan were the primary writers of the album, since Simon and Stroud were busy with other commitments. To prepare for the recording of Alien, Townsend had stopped taking the medication prescribed to treat his bipolar disorder; he explained the experimental noise track "Info Dump" is a reflection on the panicked state of mind that ensued after he stopped taking his medication. The making of Alien was documented and made viewable online on Century Media's official site in February 2005. It was also available as a bonus DVD of the limited first edition of the album.

"Love?" was chosen as the sole single from the album. Its accompanying music video, inspired by the cult horror film, The Evil Dead, was directed by Joe Lynch. The video garnered the band wider attention, and helped "Love?" become one of their most recognizable songs. Jed Simon admitted to having produced a video for this particular song because it had "the most commercial potential". "Love?" was originally one of two confirmed songs for an EP that was supposed to contain four new songs and four covers. Although planned for release in 2003, the EP was eventually canceled.

The band embarked on a headlining tour in the United States in April and May 2005, then went on to tour in Europe. Starting at the end of June, they toured North America as part of the Sounds of the Underground tour, then joined Fear Factory on the Transgression Tour in the U.S. Throughout the tour, Fear Factory bassist Stroud performed with both bands at every concert. Strapping Young Lad concluded the year with a tour in the UK. While on tour, the band started writing the next album, then continued the work in January 2006, and finished the album by May. In the same month, Townsend announced his intention to "take a hiatus from making records for a while" after the end of touring due to exhaustion from continuous recording and producing for the past ten years.

The New Black, and dissolution (2006–2007)

The New Black, Strapping Young Lad's fifth and final studio album, was released on July 11, 2006. Century Media imposed a strict deadline on the release date of the album; it was to be ready before the 2006 Ozzfest festival. Despite this, Townsend stated the recording was not rushed, and The New Black became a critical, as well as a commercial, success. It was more melodic than any of the band's previous albums and brought back the debut album's tongue-in-cheek humor. Having sold more than 4,000 copies during its first week, The New Black reached #200 on the Billboard 200 chart, #15 on the Top Independent Albums, and #8 on the Top Heatseekers charts. Stylus Magazine's Cosmo Lee described it as "heavy, catchy, and with no filler", and About.com's Chad Bowar was also positive, stating that "this is a CD that's dense and heavy, but also has some memorable hooks".

A music video was shot in late May to accompany the sole single from the album, "Wrong Side". In June 2006 Strapping Young Lad embarked on a short festival tour of Europe, including performances at the Rock am Ring and Rock im Park festivals in Germany and the Download Festival in England, which was followed by a second stage appearance at Ozzfest in July and August, where they played to some of their largest audiences in their career.

In an interview conducted by Terrorizer in August 2006, Townsend explained why he decided to put the band on hold:

At the end of the day, man, I'm just tired, and old, and bald, and fat, and grouchy, and bored. You know? So I was just like, I'm going to make this record, and do this stupid Ozzfest thing, and tell a bunch of stupid jokes in front of a lot of people at Download, then I'm just going to fuck off for a while. The bigger this gets, the less I care, to the point where I just need to go spend some time with my family. I don't wanna bastardise Strapping and all these other projects by doing it for the money. Strapping was about the big middle finger, and it still is, but I don't think it needs to go any further than this.

Although Hoglan initially denied the definitive break-up of the band, saying they would go on tour in March 2007, he later stated Strapping Young Lad is on "extended hiatus", and might never reunite again. In May 2007, during a press conference held to promote his new solo album, Ziltoid the Omniscient, Townsend announced his plans to retreat from public view, including giving interviews and touring, to concentrate on his family, and producing solo albums, as well as other people's music. As a result, Strapping Young Lad were effectively disbanded. Townsend discussed his future projects in a May 2007 Metal Hammer interview, where he stated "there may be some stuff I do in the future that is as brutal and heavy as Strapping, it's just not going to be Strapping".

The remastered 10th anniversary edition of City was released on June 7, 2007, in similar vein to the 2006 remaster of Heavy as a Really Heavy Thing, with bonus tracks and extended liner notes by Townsend. A career spanning best of album, entitled 1994–2006 Chaos Years, was released on March 31, 2008, with a bonus DVD of live performances and all of the band's music videos.

Musical Style :

Influences

Strapping Young Lad drew influence from a wide range of music genres, most prominently, but not exclusively, heavy metal. Townsend cited, amongst others, Judas Priest, Jane's Addiction, Zoviet France, Grotus, and Frank Zappa as his influences, and also expressed his admiration for Meshuggah on several occasions, calling them "the best metal band on the planet". Simon and Stroud listed classic hard rock bands, like AC/DC, Led Zeppelin and Kiss, and old school thrash and death metal bands, like Exodus, Slayer and Morbid Angel among their influences, while Hoglan's influences range wildly in style from Stevie Wonder to progressive rock drummers like Neil Peart, Terry Bozzio and Nick Mason. Townsend stated his main influences for Heavy as a Really Heavy Thing were Napalm Death and Fear Factory, City was influenced by bands such as Foetus and White Noise, and The New Black's influences were Meshuggah, and "more traditional metal" like Metallica.

Lyrical Themes

Townsend was the band's primary songwriter. While the first two albums were solely his work, subsequent albums featured a minority of "riffs, lyrical ideas, and song titles" by his band mates.

Despite the brutality of Strapping Young Lad's music, their songs contain hints of tongue-in-cheek humor and self-parody. Frequently, Townsend's lyrics approached serious personal or political issues with a morbid sense of humor. He has likened the band's sense of silliness to that of "Weird Al" Yankovic. Townsend's lyrical influences covered a wide range of themes, including warfare, mathematical theorems, and movies. He also used the technique of cross-referencing, repeating lines from his own works, such as older Strapping Young Lad, or solo material.

Live Performances :

Strapping Young Lad was known for its energetic live performances, mostly owing to the eccentric appearance and persona of Devin Townsend. Adrian Begrand of PopMatters wrote "Nobody in metal today has the same kind of commanding stage presence as the self-professed Bald Bastard, Devin Townsend", and called Strapping Young Lad "one of the best live bands around". Townsend was famous for his on-stage antics; he integrated his ironic and tongue-in-cheek humor into live shows and interacted heavily with the audience. He would deliver comical, and often insulting remarks to them, organize circle pits, and parody heavy metal clichés as well as the genre itself.

The band's humorous approach was also evidenced by a song frequently performed live from 1997, entitled "Far Beyond Metal", a parody of classic heavy metal. It became a live staple and a fan favorite, with lyrics changing practically every performance. Although it was recorded live on No Sleep 'till Bedtime, and on the For Those Aboot to Rock DVD, a studio version was not recorded until 2006 during The New Black sessions. The band was also sarcastic about their own Canadian heritage, they used "Blame Canada", a comedic anti-Canada song from South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut as intro music at many concerts in 2003 and 2004.

For a period of time, Strapping Young Lad also played Townsend's solo material live. In 1998, after the release of Infinity, they began performing both Strapping Young Lad and Townsend's solo songs, as two separate sets. It was not until the 2003 release of Accelerated Evolution when Townsend formed a separate band, called The Devin Townsend Band, to act as his full-fledged solo band.

Band Members :

Current Members :

* Devin Townsend – guitar, lead vocals, keyboards (studio only)
* Jed Simon – guitar, backing vocals
* Byron Stroud – bass, backing vocals
* Gene Hoglan – drums

Former Members :

* Adrian White – Drums
* Chris Bayes – Drums
* Smokin' Lord Toot – Drums
* Chris Meyers – Keyboards

Touring Members :

* John Morgan – Keyboards (1997)
* Matteo Caratozzolo – Keyboards (1997–1998, 2003)
* Jamie Meyer – Keyboards (1998–1999)
* Jason Filipchuk – Keyboards (1999)
* Chris Valagao – Keyboards (2002)
* Will Campagna – Keyboards (2002, 2005–2006)
* Munesh Sami – Keyboards (2003–2004)
* Jon Miller – Bass (substituting Byron Stroud, July 14–31, 2005)
* James MacDonough – Bass (substituting Byron Stroud, August 1–13,2006)

Discography :

* Strapping Young Lad - Heavy as a Really Heavy Thing (1995)
* Strapping Young Lad - City (1997)
* Strapping Young Lad - Strapping Young Lad (2003)
* Strapping Young Lad - Alien (2005)
* Strapping Young Lad - The New Black (2006)

Wolf

2010-11-29T14:21:00.002+07:00

Biography :

WOLF was formed in 1995 and to this day, the band has had only one goal: to make kick-ass, honest, grab-you-in-the-nuts heavy metal! After releasing their debut album, “Wolf” back in 2000, the band toured relentlessly and destroyed the major festivals, gaining them more and more followers and success. In 2002, the album “Black Wings” saw the light of day and songs like “Venom” and “Genocide” quickly became live favourites, and still are to this day. After touring with the likes of Saxon, Nocturnal Rites, Edguy and many more, WOLF set out to write and record the album that would set them apart from others in their genre by developing their own sound even further towards metallic excellence. The album, “Evil Star”, was released in 2004 and with the help of the title track, along with the video for “Wolf’s Blood,” the band grabbed the attention of metal media and die-hard heavy metal fans around the world. WOLF became a rising star purely by their tenacity and love for their music. Not to mention the brilliance of their musical talent. The success of "Evil Star" brought the band to the USA for the second time in their career.

In 2005, WOLF’s success gained the interest of Century Media Records who released the 2006 album “The Black Flame”. In support of this new effort, WOLF hit the road with the likes of The Haunted, Trivium and Municipal Waste among others, as well as conquered such festivals as Sweden Rock Festival (which was recorded and aired by Swedish national radio), Bang Your Head, Bloodstock UK, Headbanger’s Open Air and more. The video for the track “I Will Kill Again” achieved regular rotation on many TV stations; at least after director Owe Lingvall had created a censored version because the original had way too much blood! Songs like “The Bite”, “Steel-Winged Savage Reaper” and “At the Graveyard” also received heavy rotation on radio shows such as Bruce Dickinson's Friday Rock Show, Total Rock Radio UK, P3 Rock Sweden, numerous US shows and many more.

Line-up changes caused a slight set back for the band in late 2007, but after recruiting Anders “Tornado” Modd on bass and Richard “Raptor” Holmgren on drums alongside members Johannes “Axe” Axeman on guitar and backing vocals & Niklas “Viper” Stålvind on guitar and lead vocals, the band’s desire for pure metal exploded with refuelled energy and they started writing new songs and playing live again. “The energy we get from playing live is indescribable. We give 666% every time and we leave nothing to wish for. We hate watching bands that stand still and have no connection to the audience” says the band. Now, WOLF is ready to make metal history once again by recording the new album “Ravenous” with highly acclaimed producer Roy Z. Roy is known for his work with Judas Priest, Bruce Dickinson, Helloween, Halford, Malmsteen and many more. The band immediately knew that he was the man for the job. “The recording was a delight as we knew Roy is a fan of WOLF and also such a kick ass producer/musician that he managed to bring out the be(a)st in us”, comments the band. Having Hank Shermann (Force of Evil, Mercyful Fate) and Marc Boals (ex-Malmsteen) make guest appearances on the album really adds to the flavour of what is a delicious buffet filled with true heavy metal carnage. Add to that, the skills of long-time WOLF cover artist Thomas Holm, and you’ll have an album that will surely feed your appetite for real metal. Don’t you feel RAVENOUS?!

Band Members :

* Niklas 'Viper' Stalvind - Vocals, Guitar
* Johannes 'Axe' Axeman - Backing Vocals, Guitar
* Anders 'Tornado' Modd - Bass
* Richard 'Raptor' Holmgren - Drums

Discography :

Studio Albums :

* Wolf - Wolf (April, 2000)
* Wolf - Black Wings (January, 2002)
* Wolf - Evil Star (February, 2004)
* Wolf - The Black Flame (September, 2006)
* Wolf - Ravenous (February, 2009)

Other Releases :

* Wolf - Demo I [Demo] (1995)
* Wolf - Demo II [Demo] (1996)
* Wolf - In The Shadow Of Steel [Single] (1999)
* Wolf - The Howling Scares Me To Death [Single] (1999)
* Wolf - Moonlight [EP] (2001)
* Wolf - Nightstalker [Single] (2002)
* Wolf - Wolf's Blood [Single] (2004)

Dark Tranquillity

2010-11-29T14:13:00.002+07:00

Biography :

A musical phenomenon born back in the early 90’s, Swedish Melodic death metal has had a huge impact on all kinds of modern heavy music and along with country mates In Flames and At The Gates, Gothenburg’s DARK TRANQUILLITY have defined the genre like no one else. With a unique sense for combining catchy, hard hitting metal with daring progressive elements they have developed a trademark sound hailed by fans and critics alike and have built a worldwide army of loyal supporters over the past 20 years!

Founded in 1989, DARK TRANQUILLITY celebrated their 20th anniversary in ’09 with the fantastic career spanning 2DVD/2CD release “Where Death Is Most Alive” (which charted on 1 in the Swedish DVD charts), an unforgettable DVD premier and party event, and now the time is nigh to present the much anticipated follow-up to 2007’s “Fiction”, which charted in Sweden, Germany, Greece, Finland and Italy and marked the band’s most successful album to date.

Entitled “We Are The Void”, the band’s ninth album picks up where its predecessor left and guarantees melodic death metal hits from start to finish that find an irresistible balance between untamed rage, progressive-tinged parts, captivating choruses and thought-provoking lyrics. Never afraid of taking chances and experimenting with refreshing new elements, the sextet succeeds to surprise the listener once again! Just take e.g. the black metal vibe on songs like the devastating opener “Shadow In Our Blood” or the almost apocalyptic “Arkhangelsk”, the furious Teutonic thrash-references in “I Am The Void” or the gloomy gothic-touch of the epic closing track “Iridium”. Songs like “Dream Oblivion”, “The Fatalist” and the melancholic “Her Silent Language” are prime examples for the band’s extraordinary sense to combine stellar musicianship with powerful hooks and catchy melodies. DARK TRANQUILLITY have mastered the art of melodic death over the last two decades and “We Are Void” is another undeniable proof for that.

The band’s follow-up to 2007’s “Fiction” was recorded at (bassist) Daniel Antonsson's Gothenburg Rock Studios and (keyboardist) Martin Brändström's Rogue Music and mixed and mastered by Tue Madsen at Antfarm Studio in Denmark.

After ending 2009 with the Darkness Over X-Mas dates the touring cycle for “We Are The Void” will kick off in early 2010 with a massive US run with Killswitch Engage and The Devil Wears Prada. European fans will be able to enjoy the band live during the upcoming festival season plus an extensive tour afterwards, so wherever you are DARK TRANQUILLITY shall fill the emptiness within us all with unforgettable modern and crushing melodic death metal!

Band Members :

* Mikael Stanne - Vocals
* Niklas Sundin - Guitar
* Martin Henriksson - Guitar
* Daniel Antonsson - Bass
* Martin Brändström - Electronics
* Anders Jivarp - Drums

Discography :

* Dark Tranquillity - Skydancer (1993)
* Dark Tranquillity - The Gallery (1995)
* Dark Tranquillity - The Mind's I (1997)
* Dark Tranquillity - Projector (1998)
* Dark Tranquillity - Haven (2000)
* Dark Tranquillity - Damage Done (2002)
* Dark Tranquillity - Character (2005)
* Dark Tranquillity - Fiction (2007)
* Dark Tranquillity - We Are the Void (2010)

EPs, MCDs and Singles :

* Dark Tranquillity - Of Chaos and Eternal Night (MCD, 1995, Spinefarm)
* Dark Tranquillity - Enter Suicidal Angels (MCD, 1996, Osmose)
* Dark Tranquillity - Lost to Apathy (EP, 2004, Century Media)
* Dark Tranquillity - Focus Shift (single, 2007, Century Media)

Finntroll

2010-11-29T14:01:00.002+07:00

Biography :

Overture

The last leaves have fallen in the old world of Europe. Trees are stripped to wooden skeletons, Winter is at its coldest. The old magic is fading away… FINNTROLL’s new album, a storm of old-world-laden, folk-rooted black metal called "Nifelvind", will be the sound that freezes souls as it blows from the grim North this February 2010

The Twilight of the Gods

It is a troubled tale that has been told many times before… Anno 1997: during a night of alcoholic carnage in Finland Teemu "Somnium" Raimoranta (guitar) and Jan "Katla" Jämsen (vocals) conceived of a band that fused the darkness and grandeur of black metal with the traditional Finnish hoedown-music. The resultant sound was FINNTROLL. The namesake came from an old Finnish legend where Swedish priests coming to Finland had an encounter with a wild-looking man who killed most of their party. The survivors came back bearing the tale of the FINNTROLL. Anno 1998: A year later Skrymer, Tundra, Trollhorn and the mighty Beast Dominator joined the band that soon became the biggest name in the rising Folk/Pagan Metal scene – even if they never aimed for sitting at the head of that table. FINNTROLL was soon to overcome the sort of obstacles that would have left most bands defeated and bleeding. Founding member Katla had to leave the band after the release of the second album "Jaktens Tid" (2001) because of severe throat problems. Shortly after, the other founding member Somnium died after tragically falling from a bridge. His legacy was continued by Routa, while Katla was replaced by Wilska who already left in 2006. Ultimately, it was with the final comrade in arms to join Vreth, on vocals, with whom the band reached their biggest successes including a legendary co-headline show at Wacken Open Air 2006 – well documented on the last album's "Ur Jordens Djup" bonus DVD.

Nifelvind

"Nifelvind" was recorded at Sonic Pump Studios (Apocalyptica, Amorphis, Ensiferum, etc.) in Helsinki, Finland and mastered by Mika Jussila (Children Of Bodom, Sonata Arctica, Him, etc.) at Finnvox Studios. The album cover artwork was done again by the band's own guitarist Skrymer. "Nifelvind" remains true to the FINTROLL mythos and ethos: According to Vreth the new album "is the most advanced and mature FINNTROLL-album to date, with musical themes ranging from powerful death metal riffs to dark soundtracks, from pounding black metal to groovy 80's pop-music. All this is accompanied by our trademark sound, lots of never-before-heard instruments in the metal-scene, folklore and legends that make it overall the most versatile album we have created so far.”

The lyrics are still written by the founding member Katla in Swedish. Both Katla and Vreth are part of the Swedish-speaking minority in Finland. "All cultures have similarities in their myths and folklore. Tales of bitter dead walking again, sagas of good and evil and songs of divine ascension..” states Katla. “That in some form probably date back to the beginning of speech and song, are a fascinating lore that maybe defines our humanity but also our feelings of loss concerning our contacts to nature and the bestiality that lies within every human being. This album is a celebration of those myths, some new some ageless. Some true, some complete nonsense. That is the nature of folklore. Under every root and stone lays a story heard but untold."

So follow the Blodmarsch of Nifelvind and don't miss FINNTROLL headlining the Paganfest in February/March 2010 supported by Eluveitie, Dornenreich and more.

Band Members :

Current Members :

* Vreth - Vocals
* Routa - Guitar
* Skrymer - Guitar
* Beast Dominator - Drums
* Virta - Keyboard
* Tundra - Bass
* Trollhorn - Keyboard / Guitar

Former Members :

* Teemu "Somnium" Raimoranta – Guitar (1997–2003) (R.I.P. 2003)
* Tapio Wilska – Vocals (2002–2006)

Discography :

Studio Albums :

* Finntroll - Midnattens Widunder (1999)
* Finntroll - Jaktens Tid (2001)
* Finntroll - Visor Om Slutet (2003)
* Finntroll - Nattfödd (2004)
* Finntroll - Ur Jordens Djup (2007)
* Finntroll - Nifelvind (2010)

EPs :

* Finntroll - Trollhammaren (2004)

Genital Grinder

2010-11-29T13:55:00.002+07:00

Biography :

Genital Grinder started as a thrash metal band in the fall of 1995. After a couple line-up changes the band started playing death metal with old school grind influences. After two albums "Genital grinder" (2003) and "Compulsive Severing Art" (2007) and a bunch of shows including supports for Deicide, Prostitute Disfigurement, Nile, Six Feet Under, Belphegor... The band took a break for two and a half years in order for its members to rest, find wives, make babies, and then kill them all. We're out of wives and babies, so we're now back to playing death metal. Genital grinder just started working on its next release, and be sure that it will be nastiest than ever. Long live true death metal. Death to all fucking posers. WE'VE COME BACK TO RAPE YOU ALL.

Band Members :

* BST - Vocals, Guitar
* Julien - Guitar
* Francois - Bass
* Severin - Drums

Influences :

* Carcass
* Morbid Angel
* Deicide
* Cannibal Corpse
* Slayer
* Metallica
* Sepultura
* Decapitated
* Vader
* and many more

Brutal Torture

2010-11-29T13:52:00.002+07:00

Biography :

Was founded in Surabaya, Indonesia.

Band Members :

* Tony - Vocals
* Puguh - Guitar
* Meneer - Drums

Influences :

* Slayer
* Suffocation
* Dissavowed
* Nile
* Disgorge
* Origin
* Cannibal Corpse
* and many more

Difteria Radical

2010-11-29T13:48:00.001+07:00

Biography :

Was Founded in Surabaya middle 23, 2009.

Band Members :

* Londo - Vocals
* Yg - Guitar
* Jono - Bass
* Abink - Drums

Influences :

* Dying Fetus
* Anal Blast
* Suffocation
* Disgorge
* Cannibal Corpse
* Dream Teather

Berlumur Dosa

2010-11-29T13:38:00.003+07:00

Biography :

Not Found

Band Members :

* Renda - Vocals
* Indie - Guitar
* Tuex - Guitar
* Wibie - Bass
* Denny - Drums

Maleviolent

2010-11-29T13:33:00.002+07:00

Biography :

New band based out of Peterborough Ontario, entering the world of metal/rock with collaborating artist from Back Against the Wall drummer, Andy Copson , Rescusitation drummer, Liam Devlin renewed his past love for guitar, Rescusitation Bass guitarist Phair Windover, and Shane Hill aka Flipside. Malevolent brings a raw new sound with a mixture of genres consisting of metal/rock/alternative/post hardcore all in one! With a new album in the making we will be coming to a bar near you! Currently Recording tracks at Beyond Dead Studio. Check out Liam's Myspace if interested in recording at Beyond Dead Studio myspace.com/beyonddeadmetal

Band Members :

* Shane Hill - Vocals
* Screams Liam Devlin - Guitar
* Synths Andy Copson - Drums
* Beers Phair Windover - Bass Guitar

Five Finger Death Punch - Ashes Lyrics

2010-11-19T20:13:00.001+07:00

[V1:]
You don't understand me,
and you probably never will
A tendency to self destruct,
and a soft spot for the filth
A hair trigger temperament,
a switchblade for a tongue
Walking one-man genocide Black belt in corrupt

[Chorus:]
Everything I touch turns to ashes
Falls away,
falls away
Everything I touch turns to ashes
Slips right through my hands

Love me, hate me
Isolate me everyday that
I'm alive
Straight up mentally unstable
You don't have to like my life

[V2:]
I'm a jinx, a curse, some say,
"the worst" I'm a savage, rabid beast
I've been called so many fucking things,
it doesn't affect me in the least
I've stolen, lied,
been crucified but
I don't regret a thing (don't regret a thing)
I'm an egocentric masochist with a sadist's point of bleak

[Chorus:]

Everything I touch turns to ashes
Falls away,
it falls away
Everything I touch turns to ashes
Slips right through my hands

Love me, hate me
Isolate me everyday that I'm alive
Just to prove you wrong it's easy
When your heart is filled with ice.
Chapters in my life define me
Changed me into this deprived,
Straight up mentally unstable
You don't have to like my life

Everything I touch turns to ashes
Falls away,
falls away
Everything I touch turns to ashes
Slips right through my hands

Taste of Poison - Tyranny of Human Fools Lyrics

2010-11-19T20:06:00.002+07:00

Whhooooaaaa!!!!!!!

This is morbidnes...

The masses

Held the pass

For a piece of rise encasement

The failure of purest dream, or tyranny of human fools

The king of lizard..with a crown and the throne

Swallow a prussic cake,,

Terrific face,

Call away a demon to punish me off.

I feel infected by your presences

Youre going to die!!!

Blessed waif,stand in the way,sing feelingly

Make a shelter of rotten leaf...hope the azure come for her..

I won't let go,stealing my revenge

I don't need to know,

RAPTOR.... FLOOZY...TRAITOR....

The failure of purest dream, or tyranny of human fools

Enjoy this nu shit!

Unearth - Zombie Autopilot Lyrics

2010-11-19T20:04:00.000+07:00

It was last night on the midnight train back home.

I ran into this one yet unfamiliar tone.

I knew i should have known.

It was last night.

I knew i should have known.

Chaos.

Our busy minds asleep.

We drudge across the land Is this the coming end of our monarchy harmless.

We meet increased demands.

Is this the life we all had in our dreams.

Our eternal nightmare all of us are blind to others.

Hide behind our plans to nothing.

Cage us.

We weep in self defeat.

All humanity is lost in this eternal nightmare.

All days are lost to conditioned zones.

All days are lost to what we know free us.

A piece of mind.

Gone are dreamers who strive to know.

All of us are blind

Shadows Fall

2010-11-19T11:05:00.002+07:00

Biography :

Shadows Fall is an American heavy metal band from Springfield, Massachusetts, formed in 1995. They are one of the few contemporary metal bands who take their lyrical influence from Eastern philosophy. Although the band has experienced several line-up changes, for most of its recording career Shadows Fall has been composed of Brian Fair (vocals), Jonathan Donais (lead guitar), Matt Bachand (guitar), Paul Romanko (bass), and Jason Bittner (drums).

Shadows Fall have released six studio albums, two compilation albums, and two DVDs. The band's first album featured Philip Labonte on vocals, although he was soon replaced by Fair. Shadows Fall's first two studio albums featured David Germain playing drums, but in 2002 Bittner joined the band full time. In February 2008, the band was a Grammy Award nominee in the category Best Metal Performance for the song "Redemption" off the album Threads of Life.

History :

Formation, Somber Eyes to the Sky, and Of One Blood (1995–2000)

Shadows Fall formed in 1995 by guitarists Jonathan Donais and Matt Bachand with the help of Adam Dutkiewicz. Donais and Bachand recruited vocalist Philip Labonte, and bassist Paul Romanko to complete Shadows Fall's original line-up. The band released their debut EP, To Ashes, with Dutkiewicz playing as a session drummer. After the release of the demo Dutkiewicz left to form Killswitch Engage. David Germain joined the band as drummer, to fill the empty position. Shadows Fall toured the New England area opening for artists such as Fear Factory and Cannibal Corpse. The newly formed band recorded its first studio album Somber Eyes to the Sky, in November 30, 1997 through Bachand's recording label, Lifeless Records. The band's name, according to Bachand, comes from the title of a comic book published in the early 1990s.

In 1998, Labonte was asked to leave the band due to personal and artistic differences. He later formed the band All That Remains. The band looked for a replacement vocalist and found Brian Fair at an Overcast concert. After a US Summer tour with Shai Hulud, Overcast disbanded and the band asked Fair if he would like to join Shadows Fall. While on tour Shadows Fall was signed to Century Media Records. The band recorded its second studio album Of One Blood with Fair on vocals in 2000, the release included re-recorded songs from Somber Eyes to the Sky. In 2001, David Germain decided to leave the band due to alcoholism, and was replaced by former Stigmata drummer Jason Bittner.

The Art of Balance (2001–2003)

Due to repeated comparisons with Gothenburg melodic death metal bands, Shadows Fall decided to change its style to find its own sound. Inspired by more thrash, hard rock and power ballad influences, the band recorded its third studio album, titled The Art of Balance. Released on September 17, 2002, the album peaked at number 15 on the Billboard Top Independent albums chart. Shadows Fall released three music videos to promote the album; "Thoughts Without Words", "Destroyer of Senses", and "The Idiot Box". The Art of Balance featured a cover of the Pink Floyd song "Welcome to the Machine". Steve Huey of Allmusic stated the album is "a modern heavy metal album that is both brutal and highly musical, traditional yet forward-thinking", but criticized the placement of "Welcome to the Machine", stating the song "is stylishly well-executed, but seems a tad out of place nonetheless." Shadows Fall supported The Art of Balance by touring on Ozzfest in 2003.

The War Within (2004–2006)

Shadows Fall released its fourth studio album The War Within on September 21, 2004. It was the first release to enter the Billboard 200 for the band at number 20, and peaked at number one on the Top Independent albums chart. In promotion for the album, Shadows Fall released four music videos over the course of one year; "The Power of I and I", "What Drives the Weak", "Inspiration on Demand", and "Enlightened By the Cold". The song "What Drives the Weak" received a Grammy Award nomination for Best Metal Performance in 2006, however the award went to Slipknot for the song "Before I Forget". "The Light That Blinds" was featured in the video game Guitar Hero II. Wade Kergan of Allmusic praised the album stating the band has "grown beyond the confines of the metal-loving hardcore crowd anyway, with more in common now with the classic thrash of Metallica than the metal-tinged hardcore of Coalesce". As of 2008, the album has sold almost 300,000 copies in the United States.

Shadows Fall released its first DVD The Art of Touring in November 2005. The DVD included a live concert, backstage footage, and six music videos. The band released its final CD on Century Media Records, titled Fallout from the War on June 13, 2006. Released as a compilation album, it debuted at number 83 on the Billboard 200. Fallout from the War included tracks recorded for The War Within that did not make it on to the album, b-sides, re-recordings, and cover songs. David Jeffries of Allmusic claimed the album is "a great informal introduction to the ferocious and melodic witches' brew Shadows Fall always seems to nail."

Threads of Life (2007–2008)

Shadows Fall signed a deal with Atlantic Records to distribute the band's albums in the United States, and a deal with Roadrunner Records for international distribution. The band released its fifth studio album Threads of Life on April 3, 2007. "Redemption", the first single from the CD was released on February 20, 2007 through iTunes with an accompanying music video. "Redemption" received a Grammy Award nomination for Best Metal performance; the award ceremony as held on February 10, 2008. Slayer's "Eyes of the Insane" won the award. Thom Jurek of Allmusic stated Shadows Fall has "lost none of the fire, attack or attitude" on Threads of Life. Jurek also said the album featured "killer guitar breaks, big fat chugging riffs, power-slam skin work, cattle prod bass, and cool little hooks and melodic touches on top of those bludgeoning riffs make Threads of Life a major label debut of merit, and a metal record worthy of celebrating." Keith Bergman of Blabbermouth.net stated "Threads of Life is slick as hell."

Shadows Fall toured in support of Threads of Life, including making appearances at the Jägermeister tour with Stone Sour and Lacuna Coil, the Operation Annihilation tour with Static-X, 3 Inches of Blood, and Divine Heresy, and the Black Crusade tour with Trivium, Machine Head, Dragonforce, and Arch Enemy. The band was a part of the Soundwave tour in Australia and in Asia in February 2008, along with Killswitch Engage, As I Lay Dying, and Bleeding Through.

Retribution (2009 onward)

Shadows Fall released their sixth album, Retribution, on September 15, 2009, through the band's own label, Everblack Industries, which was created in conjunction with Warner Music Group's ILG, Ferret Music and ChannelZERO Entertainment. It is being released in the UK via Spinefarm Records. The album was produced by Chris "Zeuss" Harris. Drummer Jason Bittner recently stated about the band's new material, "The songs are a little more on the darker, angry side... lots of heaviness, lots of crazy guitar, and LOTS of room for me to have some fun. There is no doubt in my mind that this will be the best performance of my career, so far, and I owe that to my guys for bringing me incredible riffs to write killer drum parts to." As of the fall of 2009 the band was appearing on the 'Shock & Raw' tour of North America with 2Cents, Otep & Five Finger Death Punch. After a South American tour, Shadows Fall will be playing on the Jagermeister Stage in the 2010 Rockstar Mayhem Festival in July and August 2010. The band is also scheduled to support Lamb of God on their Australian tour in December Shadows Fall is pleased to announce their first and only New York City performance this year, taking place at Santos Party House on December 18th, 2010.

Shadows Fall released a live CD/DVD, Madness in Manila: Shadows Fall Live in The Philippines 2009, on October 26, 2010.

It has been hinted in an interview that Shadows Fall may head into the studio to record a new album sometime early 2011

Band Members :

Current Members :

* Brian Fair - Lead Vocals (2000–present)
* Jonathan Donais - Lead Guitar, Backing Vocals (1995–present)
* Matt Bachand - Rhythm Guitar, Backing Vocals (1995–present)
* Paul Romanko - Bass Guitar (1995–present)
* Jason Bittner - Drums, Percussion (2002–present)

Former Members :

* Philip Labonte - Vocals (1995–1999)
* David Germain - Drums (1995–2001)

Session Members :

* Adam Dutkiewicz - Drums (1996)
* Derek Kerswill - Drums (2001–2002)

Discography :

Studio Albums :

* Shadows Fall - Somber Eyes to the Sky
* Shadows Fall - Of One Blood
* Shadows Fall - The Art of Balance
* Shadows Fall - The War Within
* Shadows Fall - Threads of Life
* Shadows Fall - Retribution

The Showdown

2010-11-19T10:56:00.002+07:00

Biography :

The Showdown is a Christian southern metal band, based in Elizabethton, Tennessee. Lyrically, their writing tells of heroism, sojourns and battles of life, most of which draws influence from Biblical aspects. As of 2008, they are signed to Solid State Records.

History :

A Chorus of Obliteration

Over time longtime metalhead Josh's metal influences saw 2540 morph from punk to metal. This change in style prompted a change of the band's name to "The Showdown". In 2003, Daniel left the band to get married at which time Andrew Hall took the drumming position. With Andrew on board the fivesome headed to the studio and recorded their first Full length album A Chorus of Obliteration. This album, produced by Bruce Fitzhugh, lead singer of Living Sacrifice, was mainly a mix of Hardcore and Metal.

Temptation Come My Way

After a great deal of touring in both the US and Europe, The Showdown went back to the studio to record their second full length album. This album took a different direction trading in the screaming double-bassing death metal for a more southern approach mixed with elements of their older style such as heavy guitar riffs, some screams (although not as dominated by them), and distinct bass and drum lines, drawing also from 1980s to early 1990s-era metal like Pantera, Iron Maiden, Megadeth, and Metallica. In the fall of 2006, The Showdown joined the Christian rock/alternative band Pillar on The Days of the Reckoning tour. The tour lasted from mid-October through November 2006 and also featured Christian rock bands Day of Fire and Decyfer Down. In late 2006, after completing the album, Andrew announced he was leaving the band to get married (and possibly to pursue a career in professional wrestling). Andrew was soon replaced by another Andrew - A.J. Barrette of Still Remains. Although the album was already completed, The Showdown along with A.J. hit the studio once more to record the track "Head Down" which would be added to the album before its release. The completed album, Temptation Come My Way was released on February 20, 2007. Unknown to the public until release, two different versions were released, one with the song "Fanatics and Whores", and one without, probably to avoid controversy in the Christian market. This upset many fans who had pre-ordered the CD and received the incomplete album, even though most distributors listed the song in their track listing. Temptation Come My Way received high popularity in the underground culture, and The Showdown was soon signed on March 21 of 2007 to play at Ozzfest 07.

Back Breaker

After extensive touring and popular reception, the band announced on their MySpace page that they had begun recording their next album on January 2008. On April 19, 2008, the Showdown completed their new album entitled Back Breaker. Back Breaker was released on August 19, 2008, with a style that is sort of a mix of their first two albums, along with the addition of a heavy groove style. Following the release they joined Shadows Fall on tour to promote Back Breaker. The Showdown released Back Breaker through Solid State Records. The Showdown toured with Norma Jean on The Anti-Mother Tour, which lasted throughout October and November 2008 and also featured Haste The Day, Mychildren Mybride, Children 18:3, and Oh, Sleeper. Children 18:3 was only on half of the tour dates (October 3 to October 26), while Oh, Sleeper filled in for the rest of the tour (October 28 to November 15). On April 13, 2009, the band announced that AJ drums and Eric bass would be leaving the band in order to spend more time with their families and other responsibilities. They were replaced by Timothy "Yogi" Watts of Demon Hunter on drums, and Jeremiah Scott of "Destroy Destroy Destroy" on bass. However, it was stated that AJ and Eric will rejoin the band for a show at the Ichthus Music Festival on June 13; however it did not happen. During the Ichthus Music Festival, Patrick Judge, new guitarist of acclaimed band Demon Hunter, took on the second guitar as a "fill in", according to Josh. His position in The Showdown is unknown, but he has toured with them extensively since then. Jeremiah Scott unofficially stated he will be on both The Showdown's next record, along with Demon Hunter's as well, also revealing Patrick's new endorsement with Dean Guitars, after being endorsed by Washburn Guitars.

Blood in the Gears

The Showdown's latest album is titled Blood in the Gears. On March 17, 2010, David posted on his Facebook page that The Showdown had finished recording Blood in the Gears and that they were hoping for a summer release. Blood in the Gears was released August 24, 2010.

Band Members :

Current Members :

* David Bunton - Vocals
* Josh Childers - Guitar, Vocals
* Jeremiah Scott - Bass (Destroy Destroy Destroy)
* Patrick Judge - Guitar (Demon Hunter)
* Isaac Harris - Drums

Former Members :

* Travis Bailey - Guitar, Vocals
* Andrew Hall - Drums
* Daniel Swain - Drums, Vocals
* AJ Barrette - Drums (ex-Still Remains)
* Eric Koruschak - Bass
* Timothy "Yogi" Watts- Drums (Demon Hunter)

Discography :

* The Showdown - A Chorus of Obliteration
* The Showdown - Temptation Come My Way
* The Showdown - Feel Like Hell EP
* The Showdown - Back Breaker
* The Showdown - Blood In The Gears

Sigh

2010-11-19T10:43:00.002+07:00

Biography :

Sigh (サイ, sai?) is a Japanese black metal band from Tokyo, formed in 1990. They are credited as being one of the first Japanese black metal bands, when the majority of black metal in early 1990s came from Scandinavia. They gradually shifted from a more traditional black/thrash metal sound, to a more experimental, avant-garde style.

History :

Sigh formed in 1990 in Tokyo, Japan. The band was signed by Euronymous' (of Mayhem fame) infamous label Deathlike Silence Records and released their first full-length album Scorn Defeat on DSP in 1993, shortly after Euronymous' death. The label ceased to exist shortly after his death and Sigh changed to Cacophonous Records.

After major disputes with Cacophonous over promotion and album rights, the band eventually found a new home at Century Media Records. Through this label they released their album Imaginary Sonicscape in 2001, which contained a more avant-garde elements than their previous work. In 2005 they released their full-length Gallows Gallery through yet another source, Candlelight Records/Baphomet Records. The band is now signed to The End Records that released Hangman's Hymn and reissued re-mastered versions of Gallows Gallery and Imaginary Sonicscape with revamped artwork and bonus tracks.

The band is featured in the 2008 documentary Global Metal. Their new album Scenes From Hell was released on January 19, 2010.

Band Members :

Current Members :

* Mirai Kawashima – Vocals, keyboards (1990–present)
* Shinichi Ishikawa – Guitar (1992–present)
* Satoshi Fujinami – Guitar (1990–1992, 2008), Drums (1992–2004, 2008), Bass (2004–present)
* Junichi Harashima – Drums (2004–present)
* Dr. Mikannibal – Saxophone, vocals (2007–present)

Former Members :

* Kazuki Ozeki – Drums (1990)

Discography :

Studio Albums :

* Sigh - Scorn Defeat (1993)
* Sigh - Infidel Art (1995)
* Sigh - Hail Horror Hail (1997)
* Sigh - Scenario IV: Dread Dreams (1999)
* Sigh - Imaginary Sonicscape (2001)
* Sigh - Gallows Gallery (2005)
* Sigh - Hangman's Hymn (2007)
* Sigh - Scenes from Hell (2010)

EPs :

* Sigh - Requiem for Fools (1992)
* Sigh - Ghastly Funeral Theatre (1997)
* Sigh - A Tribute to Venom (2008)
* Sigh - The Curse of Izanagi 7" (2010)

Silent Descent

2010-11-19T10:35:00.002+07:00

Biography :

Silent Descent are a seven-piece trance metal band from Dartford, England.

Combining metal with trance and synth, they are viewed by many as an innovative band. Their sound can be described as a mixture of melodic death metal and trance music.

In 2007 the band entered the Radio global unsigned band awards, winning the "Symphonic rock or Metal" category, and selected by Judges to receive the "Supreme Silver" award (4th overall in the contest). The following year the band won the Kerrang!/MCN Unsigned Live competition . In August 2008, Silent Descent were featured in metal and alternative music magazine Metal Hammer who proclaimed them "...the trance metal juggernaught the world has been waiting for." In September 2009 Silent Descent sold out the Camden Underworld along with Alestorm.

The band performed at the Bloodstock Open Air music festival on 17 August 2008 and headlined Thursday night's Boardie Takeover at Download festival in 2009 and 2010.

Silent Descent have released two examples of new music due to be released officially in mid-2010; Psychotic Euphoric and Bring-In-Sanity.

Band Members :

Current Members :

* Tom Watling – Lead Vocals
* Tom Callahan – Guitar, Backing Vocals, Producer
* Paul Hurrell – Keyboard, Synths, Backing Vocals
* Kipster – DJ, Samples
* Jack "Jaco" Oxley – Lead Guitar, Backing Vocals
* Jimmy Huang – Bass

Former Members :

* Sniffles – Bass
* Mr. G – Decks
* Elliot Philpot – Drums
* Nik King – Lead Guitar
* Dave Carter - Drums
* Dan Amos - Rhythm Guitar
* Kai Giritli - Rhythm Guitar
* Spencer Haynes - Keyboards
* Rich Lawry Jons - Rhythm Guitar
* Nik Sampson - Lead Guitar
* Sam Lavender - Vocals

Discography :

* Silent Descent - Silent Descent EP (2005)
* Silent Descent - Duplicity (2008)
* Silent Descent - Duplicity Remix EP (2010)
* Silent Descent - TBA (2010)

Devours

2010-11-19T10:26:00.002+07:00

Biography :

Heraklitos, ancient Greek philosopher, choose fire as a symbol of the substance of life. Similarly, in the myth of Prometheus, the fire is described as as a turn on life. The message reminds me of the words Achilles in the Iliad. He said "human death is something that is the envy of the Lord. Not like God-God is immortal, human beings who can die a time to be loved more than any time that the world has ever seen. And, every human being will not be able to return on time it ".

Band Members :

* Novan - Vocals
* Gilang - Guitar
* Dena - Guitar
* Ipinx - Bass
* Aniez - Drums

Detested

2010-11-19T10:21:00.001+07:00

Biography :

DETESTED founded in 2008 as the band was actually a rib from SYSTEM OF HATE (metallic hardcore) personnel are permanent members of SYSTEM OF HATE that Fahmi (guitar), Agusta (BASS), LEATHER ANIMAL ARIE (vocals), Zane (drums) DETESTED as newcomer to the scene to play music scene METAL INDONESIAN DEATH METAL genre and ready for the next DETESTED mengahajar!! BEWARE OUR Troops!!

Band Members :

* Ari Kulit Binatang - Vocals
* Fahmi - Guitar
* Agusta - Bass
* Zane - Drums

Swallow The Sun

2010-11-16T11:00:00.002+07:00

Biography :

Swallow the Sun is a Finnish melodic death / doom metal band.

History :

Swallow the Sun was formed in early 2000 by Juha Raivio, joined soon by Pasi Pasanen came along (both had played in Plutonium Orange). They rehearsed a couple of songs, one of them being "Through Her Silvery Body" which would end up on their first demo,Out of This Gloomy Light. In 2001 Markus Jämsen, whom Raivio and Pasanen already knew from their earlier bands, joined as a second guitarist, and Mikko Kotamäki from Funeris Nocturnum as singer; then Aleksi Munter (keyboards) and Matti Honkonen (bass), also of Funeris Nocturnum, joined the band. In the spring of 2002 they started arranging songs for the demo, which was recorded in January 2003 at Sam's Workshop with Sami Kokko, who also mixed the demo.

A record deal with Firebox Records was signed a few months after the recordings of the demo, and Swallow the Sun entered studio at late July 2003. During the following three weeks they recorded their debut album, The Morning Never Came.

In February 2005, Swallow the Sun released their second album, Ghosts of Loss. Their single, "Forgive Her...," gained 4th place on the Finnish Top 20 singles chart in its first week of release, and stayed on the charts for 6 weeks. Their album entered the charts as well: #8 in between Gwen Stefani and System of a Down.

During the year 2006 they signed to Spinefarm Records and did a small European tour. In January 2007 they released their third album, Hope, which includes a cover version of the Timo Rautiainen & Trio Niskalaukaus song "Alavilla mailla" (which they translated into "These Low Lands") as a bonus track on the digipack edition, sung by Tomi Joutsen, the frontman of fellow Finnish metal band, Amorphis. There is also a guest appearance by Jonas Renkse of Katatonia on the song "The Justice of Suffering." They went on a US tour with Katatonia, Scar Symmetry and Insomnium in late 2007.

In September 2008, they released an EP called Plague of Butterflies. In October, they announced a December tour of the UK of ten live shows supporting Apocalyptica.

On May 18th 2009 Swallow the Sun announced that Kai Hahto of Wintersun will be joining to fill the void left by former drummer Pasi Pasanen.

Swallow the Sun confirmed on 12 June that their next album would be entitled New Moon and is being produced by Jens Bogren, they also stated that Kai Hahto would be doing the drums on this album.

Band Members :

Current Members :

* Matti Honkonen - Bass Guitar
* Markus Jämsen - Guitar
* Mikko Kotamäki - Vocals
* Aleksi Munter - Keyboards
* Juha Raivio - Guitar
* Kai Hahto - Drums

Former Members :

* Pasi Pasanen - Drums

Discography :

Albums :

* Swallow The Sun - The Morning Never Came (2003)
* Swallow The Sun - Ghosts of Loss (2005)
* Swallow The Sun - Hope (2007)
* Swallow The Sun - Plague of Butterflies (2008)
* Swallow The Sun - New Moon (2009)

Videos :

* Swallow The Sun - "Descending Winters" (2005)
* Swallow The Sun - "Don't Fall Asleep" (2007)
* Swallow The Sun - "Doomed to Walk the Earth" (2007)

The Atrocity Exhibition

2010-11-16T10:51:00.003+07:00

Biography :

The Atrocity Exhibition... Exhibit A is the eighth studio album by thrash metal band Exodus, released on October 23, 2007. This is the second album featuring Rob Dukes on vocals, but it also marks the second comeback of longtime original Exodus drummer Tom Hunting. Hunting's last appearance was on Exodus's 2004 album Tempo of the Damned. This also is the second Exodus album to feature Lee Altus on guitars.

The name of the album is the same as a planned album that was to be released by the Los Angeles thrash metal outfit Dark Angel in 1992.

Guitarist Gary Holt has stated it is named "Exhibit A" because Exodus had planned to release "Exhibit B" soon afterward.

On October 17 the entire album was uploaded on the band's MySpace page, however, many of the people that pre-ordered the album from CM Distro received it on October 19.

The single released from the album was "Funeral Hymn". There was also a music video released for "Riot Act".

The song "Riot Act" was released as DLC for the video game Rock Band 2 via the Rock Band Network on June 6, 2010.

Band Members :

* Rob Dukes - Vocals
* Gary Holt - Guitars
* Lee Altus - Guitars
* Jack Gibson - Bass
* Tom Hunting - Drums

The Haunted

2010-11-16T10:40:00.003+07:00

Biography :

The Haunted is a Swedish heavy metal band, formed in 1996 in Gothenburg, Sweden. The original members were Patrik Jensen (also member of Witchery) (guitar), Jonas Björler (bass), Adrian Erlandsson (drums), Anders Björler (guitar), and Peter Dolving (vocals). Both of the Björler brothers and Erlandsson were members of seminal melodic death metal band At the Gates, a pioneering force in the Swedish death metal scene. All members (past and present) are from Gothenburg, Sweden, with the exception of Patrik Jensen, who is from Linköping, Sweden, Per Möller Jensen, who is from Denmark, and Marco Aro, who is from Finland.

History :

The Haunted (1996–2000)

The band released their first album, while signed to Earache Records, the selftitled debut The Haunted, in 1998. Before this, they had also made their demo, called Demo '97, in 1997. The album resulted in The Haunted being praised as Newcomer of the Year by several magazines, and the album being called Album of the Year by Terrorizer Magazine. The Haunted made a respectable live reputation staging the Swedish metal scene, as well the international scene, touring the UK with Napalm Death.

After the release of this album, Peter Dolving and Adrian Erlandsson both left the band in 1999, the latter joining Cradle of Filth.

The Haunted Made Me Do It (2000 – 2003)

Marco Aro was recruited as a new vocalist and Per Möller Jensen as drummer. Their second album, The Haunted Made Me Do It, released in 2000, was more melodic and resembled the Gothenburg style (with bands such as At The Gates, etc.) more than old-school thrash metal that was used on The Haunted. It is originally called "Made Me Do It", but it is meant for the band name to be included in the title. The Haunted Made Me Do It topped CMJ Loud Rock Radio Chart in four weeks, and won a Swedish Grammy for Best Hard Rock Album. The album was followed by European tours with Entombed and Nile, The Crown in UK, and In Flames in Japan. The Haunted played on festivals such as 2000 Decibel, Hultsfred (both in Sweden), Graspop (Belgium), and Wacken Open Air (Germany). The band subsequently released their first live album - Live Rounds In Tokyo.

In August 2001, guitarist/songwriter Anders Björler left the band and he was temporarily replaced by Marcus Sunesson of The Crown for The Haunted's headlining tour; in less than a year Björler returned to the band. This meant that he could appear on the third studio album.

One Kill Wonder (2003 – 2004)

The next album was released in February 2003 and was titled One Kill Wonder. The Haunted broke their own record being listed at number one on CMJ Loud Rock Radio Chart in five weeks. Alternative Press hailed The Haunted as one of metal's 25 most important bands. The album resulted in The Haunted dominating album charts all over the world, and their first tours to Australia and South Africa, another tour to Japan, and a second Grammy. After another tour to Scandinavia, North America, United Kingdom and Europe in the fall of 2003, the sudden departure of Marco Aro came as a shock. Though, this opened a new chance of building up a reunion with former vocalist Peter Dolving.

The song D.O.A., from this album, became available for download in March 2008 for the video game Rock Band, on the Xbox 360's Xbox Live Marketplace, and the PlayStation 3's PlayStation Network. Another song from the same album, Shadow World, was announced as a future download.

Revolver (2004–2006)

Their first album with Peter Dolving back at the helm (and signed by a new deal with Century Media), was entitled Revolver. The new album was released in October 2004 and named as it was to convey the evolution of the band and the music it plays as a whole. Revolver was met with a fair amount of fan support and critical acclaim, and the band toured the world extensively in support of it, including a second stage spot at Ozzfest 2005. On February 2 of 2005, Marco Aro played his last show in Stockholm, Sweden but as a guest singer. In 2006, the band performed on the Extreme The Dojo vol.15 tour in Japan with Exodus and Nile, while Edge of Spirit opened for them.

The Dead Eye (2006–2007)

The Haunted's fifth studio album, The Dead Eye, was released on October 30, 2006 in Europe and so far has been a huge success, showing a more sinister side to Dolving's vocals and a more technical, haunting musical display. It was released in the USA on October 31, 2006. They later toured Europe and toured with Dark Tranquillity, Into Eternity, and Scar Symmetry for the North America Metal For The Masses tour. They recently toured Europe for the Cursed Earth tour with bands like Wolf, Municipal Waste, and Lyzanxia and took a break to later return to play in tours and some shows in Russia.

Versus (2008–present)

Their sixth studio album, Versus, was released on September 17, 2008, in Sweden, September 19-24 in the rest of Europe, and October 14 in the USA. They are supporting Slayer on their August 2010 tour. Dolving has recently confirmed the writing of new material as well as a DVD release set for June 8 in North America. The band is set to record the new album on October 18.

In 2010, the band was confirmed as being part of the soundtrack for Namco Bandai Games' 2010 remake of Splatterhouse.

Band Members :

Current Members :

* Peter Dolving - Lead Vocals (1996–1998, 2003–present)
* Anders Björler - Lead Guitars (1996–2001, 2002–present)
* Patrik Jensen - Rhythm Guitars (1996–present)
* Jonas Björler - Bass (1996–present)
* Per Möller Jensen - Drums, Percussion (1999–present)

Former Members :

* Adrian Erlandsson - Drums (1996–1999)
* John Zwetsloot - Guitar (1996)
* Marco Aro - Lead Vocals (1999–2003, and February 2, 2005)
* Mike Wead - Live Guitar (2001)
* Marcus Sunesson - Session Guitars (2001–2002)

Discography :

Studio Albums :

* The Haunted - The Haunted (1998)
* The Haunted - Made Me Do It (2000)
* The Haunted - One Kill Wonder (2003)
* The Haunted - Revolver (2004)
* The Haunted - The Dead Eye (2006)
* The Haunted - Versus (2008)

Tiamat

2010-11-16T10:36:00.002+07:00

Biography :

Tiamat is a gothic metal band that formed in Stockholm, Sweden in 1988.

History :

Initially, the band played straightforward black metal under the name Treblinka. After having recorded the album Sumerian Cry in 1989, vocalist/guitarist Johan Edlund and bassist Jörgen Thullberg parted ways with the other two founding members, and subsequently changed the name to Tiamat. The Sumerian Cry album, as recorded by Treblinka, was released as Tiamat's debut album in June 1990.

After the debut, Edlund's leadership would modify the band's style with influences ranging from Mercyful Fate, Candlemass, Pink Floyd and King Crimson, with Sumerian lyrical themes. German guitarist Waldemar Sorychta would produce and contribute instrumentation to many of the band's albums, as well as those by Tiamat's own tour and labelmates, including Moonspell, Rotting Christ, Lacuna Coil and Samael.

1994's critically acclaimed Wildhoney mixed raw vocals, slow guitar riffs and synthesizer sounds which sounded different from other extreme metal bands active at that time. An almost continuous forty-minute piece of music, Wildhoney led to the band's appearances at the Dynamo and Wacken Open Air heavy metal festivals in 1995. The group would play a second gig at Dynamo two years later.

Upon the release of A Deeper Kind of Slumber (1997), Edlund relocated from Sweden to Germany and declared himself the only permanent member of the band; all albums that would follow would cement the band into a more gothic rock sound, quite different from the extreme music they did in the years before, with recent albums showing a Sisters of Mercy and Pink Floyd influence.

The band signed to Nuclear Blast Records in June 2007, and released their new album Amanethes on April 18, 2008.

On August 10, 2008, Thomas Wyreson announced that he was quitting the band, stating that "it's just kinda hard to make everything work with the family etc."

Band Members :

* Johan Edlund – Vocals, Guitar
* Anders Iwers – Bass
* Lars Sköld – Drums

Discography :

Studio Albums :

* Tiamat - Sumerian Cry - June 7, 1990 CMFT Productions
* Tiamat - The Astral Sleep - September 1, 1991 Century Media
* Tiamat - Clouds - April 2, 1992 Century Media
* Tiamat - Wildhoney - October 25, 1994 Century Media
* Tiamat - A Deeper Kind of Slumber - August 12, 1997 Century Media
* Tiamat - Skeleton Skeletron - August 11, 1999 Century Media
* Tiamat - Judas Christ - April 30, 2002 Century Media
* Tiamat - Prey - October 27, 2003 Century Media
* Tiamat - Amanethes - April 18, 2008 Nuclear Blast Records

Valient Thorr

2010-11-16T10:29:00.002+07:00

Biography :

Valient Thorr is an American rock band from Chapel Hill, North Carolina.

History :

Valient Thorr began playing together in 2000. Their first show was on Easter of 2001. They released two demos, "Raw" and "We Come From The Morning Star". Following the demos, Valient Thorr self-released their first album on July 1, 2003 (only pressing 1000 copies which were sold at shows), Stranded on Earth, which had the same musical setup as present, but one of the guitarist, Jjinn Thorr, used a keyboard, 'ic. They packed hometown shows all over North Carolina and at their local favorite venue Kings Barcade. They did their first major tour of the United States and Canada shortly afterward, doing 47 shows in 52 days.

After replacing original drummer Donn Thorr with current drummer Lucian Thorr and ditching the keyboard entirely live and on release, they were soon signed to Volcom Entertainment, where their full-length album Total Universe Man was released on June 7, 2005. At that point, upon completion of several master's degrees, the group members gave up their regular jobs and set out on the road. They performed on the Volcom stage on the Warped Tour 2005, for the entire tour, except for a few shows where they played the main stage. They continued touring, taking only six days off for Thanksgiving and ten for Christmas. Along the way, they lost their original rhythm guitarist, Jjinn Thorr, and replaced him with Bjorn Thorr to finish off the end of the year. They played in Hawaii with Andrew WK and then began 2006 by going on tour with Hot Rod Circuit and Piebald. After his departure, Eiden Thorr took Jjinn's old position at shows, moving from Stage Right (the position he held since the band's inception) to Stage Left.

In February 2006, they stopped briefly in Costa Mesa, California to write the follow-up to Total Universe Man.

After Bjorn Thorr's brief stint, guitarist Odinn Thorr was asked to join the band. On July 11, 2006 they released their follow up album, Legend of the World. They toured the entire Warped Tour again for the summer of 2006 playing the Volcom Stage, with the exception of a few main stage slots, including the hometown stop in Raleigh, where they closed out the night after NOFX and AFI on one of the two mainstages to a packed crowd. They continued to tour throughout 2006, including a tour with Joan Jett and the Black Hearts, Eagles of Death Metal, and ending the year touring with Gogol Bordello. Valient Thorr played 272 shows in 2006. Taking no time off for Thanksgiving in 2006, and only 2 days for Christmas, they drove back to California to play New Year's Eve at the Viper Room in Hollywood. In January 2007 Odinn Thorr was replaced by Voiden Thorr(guitarist for Texas metal duo Golden Axe). Valient Thorr continued to tour right through 2007, beginning with a four month tour with Fu Manchu. They did two months in the US, and then traveled overseas for the first time, playing Europe, the UK, and Scandinavia. They returned home, and co-headlined the very first Volcom Tour with labelmates the Riverboat Gamblers. They ended the year by returning to Germany to tour with Motörhead for three weeks, and then returned home without a day off to do three weeks with the Sword. Valient Thorr wrote the follow-up to "Legend of the World" in Costa Mesa, California, which was produced by Jack Endino and recorded by him in Seattle. It was named "Immortalizer", and was Valient Thorr's fourth album in five years. It was released on June 17th, 2008.

The song "Fall of Pangea" is an unlockable song in Harmonix's game Guitar Hero II.

The song "Heatseeker" was featured in Rob Dyrdek's Fantasy Factory, and is used as a song track in EA's racing video game Need for Speed: Carbon.

The song "Man Behind The Curtain" appeared in EA's skate. video game.

In late May 2008 Valient himself went under the blade in order to donate his kidney to his diabetic earth father

Three weeks after recovering from kidney donation surgery Valient Himself and the band returned to Europe and played their biggest shows to date including the Download Festival in Donington, and Graspop in June of 2008. They continued to tour Europe that summer and returned home to tour with Early Man, Monotonix, and Skeletonwitch and then again in the fall with Motorhead, the Misfits, Year Long Disaster, and ASG on the Volcom Tour 2008.

The next few months were filled with events. -On November 11, 2008 Valient Thorr released In Heat, a feature length documentary about the last five years on the road. -They also played ECFU Turbojugend Fest in Atlanta on Halloween 2008, The Fest in Gainesville, Florida in November, and toured Hawaii in December. -On January 30, 2009 they did a full set for a local charity playing as Funkadelic in Raleigh, NC. -On February 5 they played in East River Park with Anthrax for Red Bull's Snowscraper Event. -On March 7th they played the Harvest of Hope festival in St Augustine Florida and toured the US out to SXSW 2009.

In June 2009 they went back to Europe, touring with Mastodon in the UK and Paris, and headlining all over western Europe. In the fall they toured the US again with Early Man, and Red Fang. In November and December they went back to Europe again to play in Scandinavia and eastern Europe.

In March of 2010 Valient Thorr have announced they will record their 5th album and followup to Immortalizer with Jack Endino.

In February 2010, it was announced that Valient Thorr would be supporting Mastodon on their US headlining tour.

Band Members :

* Valient Himself - Vocals (2001-Present)
* Eidan Thorr - Guitars (2005-Present)
* Dr. Professor Nitewolf Strangees - Bass (2001-Present)
* Sadat Thorr - Guitars
* Lucian Thorr - Percussion (2004-Present)

Inactive Members :

* "Donn Thorr"
* "Jinn Thorr"
* "Bjorn Thorr"
* "Odinn Thorr"
* "Voiden Thorr"

Discography :

* Valient Thorr - Stranded On Earth
* Valient Thorr - Total Universe Man
* Valient Thorr - Legend of the World
* Valient Thorr - Immortalizer
* Valient Thorr - In Heat (DVD)
* Valient Thorr - Stranger

Venomous Concept

2010-11-16T10:21:00.002+07:00

Biography :

Venomous Concept is a hardcore punk band; the name itself is a play on Poison Idea.

History :

The history of Venomous Concept can be dated back to 1989 when Shane Embury and Kevin Sharp first met in New York City when Napalm Death were asked to play a show as part of the city’s annual music/arts festival week at legendary club CBGB’s. Their friendship started at St.Marks Pizza parlour around the corner.

In February 2004 Kevin happened to be the tour driver of Napalm Death on “The Art of Noise” tour with Nile, Strapping Young Lad, Dark Tranquillity and The Berzerker. Shane and Kevin had lost touch in the years between, but "some beers, pizza and old vinyl classics by Poison Idea, Black Flag and Systematic Death" renewed their friendship. They decided to start a band together. They recruited Buzz Osborne of The Melvins on guitar and Napalm Death’s Danny Herrera on drums and recorded their debut Retroactive Abortion (2004) on Mike Patton’s Ipecac Recordings.

Band Members :

Current Members :

* Shane Embury - Guitar (also of Napalm Death)
* Danny Herrera - Drums (also of Napalm Death)
* Kevin Sharp - Vocals (also of Brutal Truth)
* Danny Lilker - Bass (also of Brutal Truth)

Former Members :

* Buzz Osborne - Guitar (also of The Melvins/Fantômas)

Discography :

* Venomous Concept - Retroactive Abortion
* Venomous Concept - Split 7" with 324
* Venomous Concept - Split 7" with Blood Duster
* Venomous Concept - Poisoned Apple

Wednesday 13

2010-11-16T10:13:00.002+07:00

Biography :

Joseph Poole, better known as Wednesday 13 (born August 12, 1976), is a rock musician from Charlotte, North Carolina. He is most famous for his role as the frontman of the Murderdolls. He has also played in several other bands, including Frankenstein Drag Queens from Planet 13, Wednesday 13, Bourbon Crow and most recently Gunfire 76.

Poole currently resides in Landis, North Carolina Poole is a huge fan of campy horror movie parodies and mildly macabre TV shows such as The Munsters and The Addams Family (the latter being the source of his "Wednesday" moniker), which influence his tongue-in-cheek lyrics. He also created a set of cartoon characters with his wife called the Thirteen Dead Kids, which was released as a clothing line. A book was supposed to be released, though this was halted due to Poole's touring schedule and the lack of publisher.

Musical Career :

Psycho Opera and Maniac Spider Trash

Poole's musical career began in 1992 when he played guitar in the band Mizery which later became Psycho Opera which featured guitarist Abby Normal, drummer Jeff Washam, bassist Michael Patrick and lead vocalist Todd Cage. Poole left the band to form Maniac Spider Trash as lead vocalist alongside Abby Normal (again on guitar) and Michael Patrick (also filling his earlier role as bassist), they were joined by Sicko Zero on drums. Poole fronted the band from 1992 through 1996. The band released one EP entitled Dumpster Mummies on Dead Hell Records in 1994. This was followed by an album titled Murder Happy Fairytales in 1995 which remains unreleased. The band then disbanded. Dumpster Mummies EP will be re-issued 5 October 2010.

Frankenstein Drag Queens From Planet 13

Poole went on to form the Frankenstein Drag Queens from Planet 13, which included Maniac Spider Trash's guitarist and drummer; Abby Normal and Sicko Zero, respectively. The band featured several different guitarists, bassists and drummers over the years leaving Poole to continue as the only original member. Sicko Zero was the last member to quit the band. Shortly after Poole was forced to form another line up before joining The Murderdolls. Poole not only formed FDQ, he also wrote and produced every album. Between 1996 and 2002, Frankenstein Drag Queens from Planet 13 released five studio albums and six EPs with various revolving members. They were also featured on tribute albums for Alice Cooper, and Sweet. Poole stopped performing as FDQ in 2002 when Poole joined Murderdolls.

In May 2006, Frankenstein Drag Queens from Planet 13 announced their reunion, which was followed by a tour with one of Poole's idols, Alice Cooper, and a box set of the band's complete discography, entitled Little Box of Horrors. The band featured Sicko Zero on drums and former FDQ guitarist Abby Normal on bass. The band broke up once again shortly after the box set was released.

Murderdolls

Poole was contacted by Joey Jordison of Slipknot with the intention of joining Jordison's new band, Murderdolls. Originally formed as a collaboration between Jordison and Tripp Eisen of Static-X, Poole was revealed as the driving force of the band after he switched from bass guitar duties to lead vocalist and frontman.

The Murderdolls released one EP in 2002, Right to Remain Violent, to promote their forthcoming album of the same year, Beyond the Valley of the Murderdolls. Most of the songs on the album were rerecorded versions of songs by Poole's previous band, Frankenstein Drag Queens from Planet 13. A total of two singles were released from the LP including a cover of Billy Idol's White Wedding. The album reached #40 on the UK album chart.

Murderdolls played their last show on January 17, 2004 in Corona, California. After this they went on an indefinite hiatus with Jordison returning to Slipknot. Since this hiatus begun, both Poole and Jordison maintained that the band did not split up for good, and that they would return to record a second album together in the future.

In February 2010, whilst embarking on a solo tour in Australia, Poole spoke with Drum Media saying "Right now, it's the worst week, and I keep getting asked that question: 'What are my future plans? The next step after this?' It's kind of hard to say. We're possibly going to do another Wednesday record, record it in the summer and have it out around Halloween. Or the other option is... we're in talks right now to do another Murderdolls album. So right now I don't know which of the two is going to happen, of course if Murderdolls is possible then we have to do that, it's gotta be the number one priority." He adds "It's just talks right now. The whole Murderdolls thing, it's the band that me and Joey put together, and right now we're having the same conversations that we were having in the very beginning of the band, 'What direction, what kind of music are we doing this time?' All the small talk stuff like that, so it's far away from getting in that room with the full band or something like that - right now we're just trying to get a game plan together."

In March 2010 Jordison officially revealed to Kerrang Magazine that Murderdolls had officially reunited with him and Poole working with producer Chris ‘Zeuss’ Harris. Joey said about the reunion “It’s been an ongoing conversation between Wednesday and I from 2006 until now. We were bored with everything out there, and thought we had something to piss people off and shake things up. Everything is such a product or a fucking formula these days... Fuck formula! Fuck the norm!”

The Murderdolls officially released their second album titled "Women and Children Last" on August 21, 2010. They are touring with Alice Cooper and Rob Zombie.

Wednesday 13

After the Murderdolls went on hiatus in 2004, Poole went on a solo tour of the United Kingdom in March 2004, called the "Graveyard A Go-Go" tour. For his live performances he was joined by members of Florida horror punk band Death Becomes You, though this was not meant to be permanent.

Poole returned to North Carolina in June 2004 he began to put together a more permanent band, with whom he would perform with under the Wednesday 13 name. He brought in a former Frankenstein Drag Queens member Ikky on guitar. The band took heavily influenced by the likes of KISS and Alice Cooper, while at the same time not straying far from Poole's previous horror punk related projects. In September 2004 Ikky was replaced with Matt Montgomery also known as Piggy D. Together the Wednesday 13 band toured Europe in November 2004 on the "Look What the Bats Dragged In" tour, some of the dates were supported by English rockers Viking Skull.

In 2005 after touring, Poole released his debut album "Transylvania 90210", and made a promotional video for the track "I Walked with a Zombie", the video depicted the band members in footage from the original Night of the Living Dead horror movie. Following the albums release the group embarked on a tour of the United Kingdom; "Tour from the Crypt". Also in 2005 they played on the main-stage of Download Festival at Donington, the group also opened some shows for their idol, Alice Cooper around Halloween of 2005.

Poole parted ways with Roadrunner Records, before signing a new deal with Rykodisc, with whom he released Fang Bang, the follow-up to "Transylvania 90210", on September 12, 2006. The European version of the album contains a cover of Motorhead's "R.A.M.O.N.E.S." The Japanese edition features the same track listing as the European CD, along with an extra bonus song: "Good Day to Die". The American edition features "Burn the Flames", a Roky Erickson cover as it's sole bonus track.

Skeletons was released on April 29, 2008, available exclusively through Hot Topic locations in the United States. It was released in the UK on May 12, 2008 by DR2 Records a new subdivision of Demolition Records. The album was heavily promoted on the social networking site, Myspace.

On November 14, 2008, Poole released his first live album entitled Fuck It, We'll Do It Live. The CD/DVD package was recorded in 2008 at Crocodile Rock in Allentown, Pennsylvania. For distribution of this album, Wednesday 13 chose to release it exclusively through Hot Topic, just as he had for his previous album Skeletons.

Bourbon Crow

Since 2005 Poole, under the Alias of Buck Bourbon, has also maintained an outlaw country side project: Bourbon Crow, which features former Wednesday 13 bassist Rayen Belchere (Kid Kid) under the alias of Jessie Crow. Wednesday 13 was in contact with former drummer Jeff Washam from Psycho Opera and was going to tour on the East Coast project. Scheduling prevented JW from doing the tour. The band released their first album in 2006, titled Highway to Hangovers, and their second album Long Way To The Bottom was released in 2009.

Gunfire 76

Poole teamed up with Todd Youth (of the The Chelsea Smiles) to write and record a CD with, as Poole has mentioned in interviews, a more of a rock sound and without any horror themes, under the new band name; Gunfire 76. Rough mixes of the albums title track Casualties & Tragedies were uploaded onto the bands myspace on August 12, 2009 for the fans to get an idea of what the band sounded like and the album debuted on October 6, 2009. Gunfire 76 toured December '09 and January '10 with Bullets and Octane on the First Blood tour.

Discography :

Maniac Spider Trash :

* Wednesday 13 - Dumpster Mummies
* Wednesday 13 - Murder Happy Fairytales (Unreleased)
* Wednesday 13 - Dumpster Mummies (Reissue)

Frankenstein Drag Queens from Planet 13 :

* Wednesday 13 - The Late, Late, Late Show
* Wednesday 13 - Night of the Living Drag Queens
* Wednesday 13 - Songs From The Recently Deceased
* Wednesday 13 - Viva Las Violence
* Wednesday 13 - 6 Years, 6 Feet Under the Influence
* Wednesday 13 - Little Box of Horrors

Murderdolls :

* Wednesday 13 - Right To Remain Violent
* Wednesday 13 - Beyond the Valley of the Murderdolls
* Wednesday 13 - Women and Children Last

Wednesday 13 :

* Wednesday 13 - Transylvania 90210: Songs of Death, Dying, and the Dead
* Wednesday 13 - Fang Bang
* Wednesday 13 - Skeletons
* Wednesday 13 - Bloodwork
* Wednesday 13 - Fuck It, We'll Do It Live

Bourbon Crow :

* Wednesday 13 - Highway to Hangovers
* Wednesday 13 - Long Way to the Bottom

Gunfire 76 :

* Wednesday 13 - Casualties & Tragedies

Filmography :

* Wednesday 13 - Weirdo A Go-Go
* Wednesday 13 - Fuck It, We'll Do It Live

Whitechapel

2010-11-13T23:08:00.001+07:00

Biography :

Whitechapel is an American deathcore band from Knoxville, Tennessee. Since their inception in 2006, the band has released three studio albums and four music videos and are currently signed to Metal Blade Records. Whitechapel are notable for employing three guitarists, each of which perform specific parts during performances. Their band name is derived from a district in the built-up inner city of London, known as Whitechapel.

History :

Formation and The Somatic Defilement (2006—2007)

Whitechapel was founded in February 2006 by Knoxville residents Phil Bozeman, Brandon Cagle, and Ben Savage. They were soon joined by Alex Wade (formerly of Redwinterdying), later Whitechapel guitarist Zach Householder, Gabe Crisp, and Derek Martin, and recorded their first demos in March of that year. They named themselves after the location in London known as Whitechapel where the occurrence of the infamous Whitechapel murders were committed by Jack the Ripper. In 2007 the band signed to Siege of Amida Records in the United Kingdom, and Candlelight Records in North America, and later acquired new drummer Kevin Lane and released their debut full-length album The Somatic Defilement in June of that year.

This Is Exile (2007—2010)

In October 2007, the group signed to Metal Blade Records, and in 2008 released their second album entitled This Is Exile. The album reached #118 in the Billboard Top 200. In May 2008, the band toured on The Summer Slaughter Tour, and in August 2008, they began their first ever headlining tour with Impending Doom, A Different Breed of Killer, and Through the Eyes of the Dead.

In 2008 they were starting to tour with more popular bands such as Parkway Drive and Unearth on the Never Say Die! tour. They have produced a video for the song "Possession", along with one for "This Is Exile". Whitechapel has also toured on the Rockstar Mayhem Festival on the Hot Topic Stage along with the bands Job for a Cowboy, Cannibal Corpse, Behemoth and The Black Dahlia Murder, and alongside bands of the main stage such as Slayer and Marilyn Manson, who headlined the tour.

Whitechapel toured with Darkest Hour and Trivium on their 2009 and 2010 "Into the Mouth of Hell We Tour".

A New Era of Corruption (2010—present)

Whitechapel recorded their follow-up album to This Is Exile from December 27th to March 31st with Jason Suecof as the chosen producer. The band early-on announced a summer 2010 release date for the record. The name of the album was later confirmed to be A New Era of Corruption.

A song from A New Era of Corruption entitled, "The Darkest Day of Man" was performed live before the album's release. Months later it was released as streaming media online. A New Era of Corruption was released on June 8, 2010.

Whitechapel's focus on mass exposure over their small, dedicated following has provided them with featured spots in both California Metal Fest IV and 2010's Warped Tour. They have also been announced to play Download festival in 2010, and will be a part of the second stage showcased. A headlining US tour with Impending Doom, Oceano, I Declare War and Miss May I has been confirmed.

Band Members :

Current Members :

* Phil Bozeman — Vocals
* Ben Savage — Lead Guitar
* Zach Householder — Guitar (since 2007)
* Alex Wade — Guitar
* Gabe Crisp — Bass Guitar
* Kevin Lane — Drums (since 2007)

Former Members :

* Brandon Cagle — guitar (2006—2007)
* Derek Martin — drums (2006—2007)

Discography :

* Whitechapel - The Somatic Defilement
* Whitechapel - This Is Exile
* Whitechapel - A New Era of Corruption

Wayd

2010-11-13T22:58:00.002+07:00

Biography :

Wayd is a technical/progressive death metal band with jazz influence from Prešov, Slovakia.

History :

The death metal band Wayd was founded in the year 1994 when thrash metal band MARION and death metal band DYSENTERY fused together. Both of them were just small bands known only in the regional underground scene as conventional metal bands. However, the very first beginnings of Wayd are connected with the effort to break the borders between the styles, as well as the effort to create more experimental and musically richer compositions.

Wayd was set up by Milan Savko (vocals and guitars), Braňo Kóša (drums), Richard Mayer (guitars) and Drahoš Juřík (bass guitar and vocals). Even though these four members stayed faithful to "Wayd", some small changes occurred in the line-up.

They mix the styles of jazz, death metal and progressive creating their music.

Band Members :

* Drahoš Juřík – Bass, Vocals
* Milan Savko – Guitar, Vocals
* Richard Majer – Guitar
* Braňo Kóša – Drums

Discography :

Official Releases :

* Wayd - The Ultimate Passion 1997
* Wayd - Barriers 2001
* Wayd - Decadance 2003
* Wayd - Ghostwalk 2007

Demo Recording :

* Wayd - Shape of Your Mind 1995

Winter

2010-11-13T22:55:00.001+07:00

Biography :

Winter was an American death metal band from New York. They are considered a pioneer in the death/doom subgenre.

History :

Winter were an American doom metal band from New York. Employing vocals reminiscent of death metal, they were acknowledged as creators of some of the heaviest and slowest doom metal ever composed! Hour of Doom demo tape (1989) Into Darkness (1990) Future Shock Records Eternal Frost (1994) (EP) Nuclear Blast Records The album was re-released in 1992 by Nuclear Blast, and again in 1999 (including the EP)

Band Members :

Final Members :

* John Alman - Vocals, Bass
* Stephen Flam - Guitars (later of Thorn)
* Joe Gonclaves - Drums

Discography :

* Winter - Hour of Doom demo tape (1989)
* Winter - Into Darkness (1990)
* Winter - Eternal Frost EP (1994)

Winds of Plague

2010-11-13T22:43:00.002+07:00

Biography :

Winds of Plague is an American deathcore band from Upland, California, formed in 2002. They are best known as one of the only deathcore bands to incorporate symphonic elements into their music.

The band's name is derived from a section of lyrics in the Unearth song "Endless"; "Growing wings of sorrow/have brought you to the winds of plague."

History :

Winds of Plague was founded in 2002 in Upland, California. During the time of the band's inception, its name was originally "Bleak December". However, they changed their name in April 2005, to "Winds of Plague", being named after a lyric from the Unearth song, "Endless".

They have toured with Despised Icon, Parkway Drive, Impending Doom, Danzig, Dimmu Borgir, Veil of Maya, With Dead Hands Rising, and As Blood Runs Black. Most recently, they played at the New England Metal and Hardcore Festival, toured the US on the "Blackest of the Black" tour and finished a 2010 Japan tour with Parkway Drive, 50 Lions, Despised Icon, The Warriors, and Terror.

They were featured on The Atticus Metal Tour with Emmure, All Shall Perish, Abacabb, Terror, and The Ghost Inside.

In the summer of 2009 was in the Summer Slaughter tour with Necrophagist, Suffocation, Darkest Hour and others. After the Summer Slaughter tour, they joined Hatebreed, Chimaira, Dying Fetus, and Toxic Holocaust on the Decimation of the Nation tour.

Their third album, and their second release on the major label Century Media, "The Great Stone War" was released on August 11, 2009. The album features a song entitled "Classic Struggle" and features guest vocals by Mitch Lucker of Suicide Silence.

On October 14, 2009, keyboardist Kristen Randall stated that she would be leaving the band and did so days afterward. The band approached musician Lisa Marx to fill in on keyboard for their Australian/New Zealand tour. Afterwards the band found Alana Potocnik who since then has been inducted as Winds of Plague's keyboardist, replacing Randall.

On January 20, 2010, it was announced that Winds of Plague would be playing on the Jagermeister Stage at the 2010 Rockstar Mayhem Festival in July and August.

During April 2010, Winds of Plague have recently been touring with Despised Icon, The Warriors, Parkway Drive and 50 Lions for Parkway Drive's UK and Europe Tour.

Band Members :

Current Members :

* Johnathan "Johnny Plague" Cooke - Vocals (2002-present)
* Nick Eash - Lead Guitar (2004-present)
* Nick Piunno - Rhythm Guitar (2002-present)
* Andrew Glover - Bass Guitar (2006-present)
* Art Cruz - Drums (2009-present)
* Alana Potocnik - Keyboards (2009-present)

Former Members :

* Kristen Randall - Keyboard (2008-2009)
* Kevin Grant - Bass (2002−2005)
* Corey Fine - Drums (2002−2004)
* Brandon Pitcher - Keyboards (2002-2003)
* Chris Cooke - Keyboards (2003−2006)
* Jeff Tenney - Drums (2004-2008)
* Matt Feinman - Keyboards (2007−2008)
* Joshua Blackburn - Lead Guitar (2002-2004)

Discography :

* Winds of Plague - A Cold Day in Hell
* Winds of Plague - Decimate the Weak
* Winds of Plague - The Great Stone War

With Blood Comes Cleansing

2010-11-12T10:01:00.002+07:00

Biography :

With Blood Comes Cleansing is an American Christian deathcore band from Albany, Georgia.

History :

This deeply Christian band started in February 2005. After touring, several member changes, and releasing a 6-song EP, With Blood Comes Cleansing signed on with Virginia-based Blood & Ink Records in February 2006. That summer they released their first full-length album, Golgotha. Since then, the band has been touring, and recently moved to a bigger record label, Victory Records, in February 2007. They released their second album, Horror, in January 2008, through Victory Records.

On 10 July 2008, lead vocalist Dean Atkinson and bassist Dennis Frazier announced that they were leaving the band on good terms. Though they stopped touring for the while, rumors that the band has broken up were denied. Atkinson moved to Illinois with his wife, Therese, and is working with a local musician and friend on a progressive metal project called 'Dustin Hoffman's Face' for fun, and Frazier lives in Albany, GA with his wife Christie, and works at a recording studio.

On 10 December 2008, WBCC announced through their myspace page that their hiatus was over. The band stated that Michael Sasser would be returning as vocalist. They are currently playing shows around the South East and are hopeful of touring again soon.

Lyrics :

Christian faith is a common theme in their lyrics. Their lyrical concept, for instance, about their worship to God ("God, you're all I have / Take my everything. / I owe it all to you"), about Jesus ("Now we all can be saved the price for sin is now paid"), seeking help from God ("God, I need your help now"), and, using a common black metal theme in the original Christian context, Golgotha: "This is the place of the skull where terror reigned / A crucifixion of agony and pain." Most of WBCC's lyrics come from Books of the Bible including Mark, Luke, and Revelation.

Band Members :

Current Members :

* Michael Sasser - Vocals
* Scott Erickson – Guitar
* Jeremy Sims – Guitar
* Greg Titus – Bass
* Spence Erickson – Drums

Former Members :

* Dean Atkinson – Vocals
* Hank Day - Guitar/Drums
* Tyler Holt – Guitar
* Josh Pearson – Guitar
* Dennis Frazier – Bass
* Pat Hood – Bass
* Doug McMillan – Bass
* Jon Stripling – Bass
* Darrell Bentley - Drums
* Matt Fidler - Drums

Discography :

Albums :

* With Blood Comes Cleansing - Golgotha (CD, Blood and Ink, 2006)
* With Blood Comes Cleansing - Horror (CD, Victory, 2008)

EPs :

* With Blood Comes Cleansing - The Dern EP (EP, 2005)

Xenomorph

2010-11-12T09:58:00.002+07:00

Biography :

Xenomorph is a Dutch death metal band formed in the 1990s in Leiden, the Netherlands. The band are apparently named after xenomorphs, fictional creatures made by the Swiss artist H.R. Giger and used by the English filmmaker Sir Ridley Scott in Alien.

Xenomorph made a successful debut album, Baneful Stealth Desire, which was released by System Shock Records from Germany in 2001. In 2002 they toured Europe with Master and Krabathor.

In 2005, Dutch label Under Her Black Wings released Xenomorph's second album, Necrophilia Mon Amour. The album seems to have suffered from a media boycott in Germany, since it contains a song called "Treblinka," in reference to the Treblinka extermination camp. In 2006 the band went on tour through Europe again, this time with Macabre, Jungle Rot, and Impaled Nazarene.

Band Members :

Current Members :

* De Tombe - Vocals
* Kreft - Guitar
* JRA - Bass
* Bomber - Drums

Former Members :

* Coert Zwart - Guitar
* Carmen van der Ploeg - Vocals
* Vincent Scheerman - Guitar

Discography :

* Xenomorph - Baneful Stealth Desire (CD, System Shock Records, 2001)
* Xenomorph - Necrophilia Mon Amour (CD, Under Her Black Wings, 2005)

Xysma

2010-11-12T09:47:00.002+07:00

Biography :

Xysma was a Finnish band that was founded in 1988 in Naantali, a small town near Turku. The band split up in 1998.

History :

Early stage

In the beginning Xysma played grindcore and death metal. The bands played at the legendary Turku underground center Panimo, and created a short-lived but intense scene. Soon after, the death metal/grindcore influence spread to the Helsinki area, with bands such as Abhorrence (which soon evolved into melodic death metal classic Amorphis).

Xysma's first demo, Swarming of the Maggots, was shared widely via tapetrading and became a cult classic (it was remastered and released on the 2004 Xysma compilation CD). Musically, the band were inspired by the early classics in the genre like Carcass and Napalm Death. With the following mini-albums, Above the Mind of Morbidity and Fata Morgana, the last one released in the United States through the infamous Seraphic Decay label, Xysma evolved towards less extreme metal.

First albums

Since Xysma was a part of the rise of Scandinavian death metal, they had close bonds to the scene in Stockholm, Sweden, occasionally travelling to and playing in Stockholm, and visiting their colleagues from Entombed and others. Xysma also recorded their first album, Yeah (1990), in Sweden, in the Sunlight Studios of producer Tomas Skogsberg.

Yeah mixed death metal and Black Sabbath structures in a complex fashion. Their second album, First & Magical (1992), revealed more changes and more musical evolvement, featuring something akin to death'n'roll.

Final albums

Xysma's third album, Deluxe (1993), was no longer a death metal album, not necessarily even a metal album. The songs were hard-paced, in the vein of Helmet. Janitor no longer growled, as he sung in a clean style. The next album, Lotto (1996), was a full-blooded rock album with a very retro style; one of the tracks was featured later in Brian De Palma's movie Snake Eyes (1998). The band also released an EP called Singles, containing covers of classics sung in a schlager style.

Xysma's fifth and final album, Girl on the Beach, was more or less a pop rock album, and tension between the members grew. Eventually the band decided to quit, and though they played occasional gigs since, there had been no talk of reunion.

Death of Toni Stranius and Xysma's one-time reunion

Guitarist Toni Stranius (6-9-1972 – 7-7-2006), member of both Xysma and Disgrace, died in 2006 after an heart attack, in Ireland, where he lived. A memorial gig in his honour was held on 15 September 2006 in Bar Päiväkoti, Turku. All of Stranius' bands (including Disgrace, Xysma and Finnish rock band Kalsaripaita) played at the occasion, reuniting Xysma just for this special event.

Band Members :

Current Members :

* Janitor Mustasch (Janitor Muurinen) - Vocals
* Olivier Lawny (Olli Nurminen) - Guitar
* Thee Stranius (Toni Stranius) - Guitar
* Dr. Heavenly (Kalle Taivainen) - Bass
* Marvellous Sidney Safe (Teppo Pulli) - Drums

Former Members :

* Vesa Iitti - Bass (1988-1992)

Discography :

* Xysma - Swarming of the Maggots (Demo, 1989)
* Xysma - Above the Mind of Morbidity (Mini LP, 1990)
* Xysma - Fata Morgana (7", 1990)
* Xysma - Yeah (Album, 1990)
* Xysma - First and Magical (Album, 1992)
* Xysma - Deluxe (Album, 1993)
* Xysma - Lotto (Album, 1996)
* Xysma - Singles (EP, 1997)
* Xysma - Girl on the Beach (Album, 1998)
* Xysma - Xysma (2cd compilation) (Compilation CD, 2004)

Yyrkoon

2010-11-12T09:35:00.002+07:00

Biography :

Yyrkoon (pronounced /jɪərˈkuːn/) is a French death metal band. The main lyrical themes revolve around occultism, horror/fantasy, and members' personal philosophies.

History :

Demos, Oniric Transition

The band was formed in 1995 by Stéphane Souteyrand (guitar & keyboards), Laurent Harrouart (drums), Paul Banas (vocals & guitar), and Sébastien Caron (bass guitar). One year later, Yyrkoon decided to self-record the first 5-song demo tape, Oath, Obscure, Occult…, which included unique sounds to typical death metal like female vocals, violin, and flute. This tape was well-received in the underground.

The demo was sent to different French labels and Velvet Music International signed the band. Personal conflicts during the recording of the band's debut album led to a few lineup changes. Banas and Caron left the band, resulting in the recruitment of Jérôme Barouin on guitar and Kristofer Laurent on bass guitar. Stéphane Souteyrand switched to vocals and asked friend Jeff Gautier to perform keyboard parts. The band recorded its first album, Oniric Transition, in 1998 at the Walnut Grove Studio in Amiens, France.

After not being contacted with another deal from Velvet Music International, Yyrkoon was forced to find a new label. Another demo, entitled Forgotten Past, was recorded and distributed. During this time, Barouin left the band, which went for 7–8 months without a second guitarist. After a difficult search, François Falempin joined on guitar while Kristofer Laurent was fired and replaced by Victorien Villchez. Yyrkoon began touring with other well-known European bands such as Septic Flesh, Misanthrope, Aborted, Gojira, Scarve, and Mercyless.

Dying Sun

Following a show in Paris in 2001, Yyrkoon met Stéphane Brulez, manager for the label Anvil Prod, who gave the band a two-album deal. Interestingly, Yyrkoon was the first band signed to Anvil Prod. The band's second album, Dying Sun, was released in 2002 to positive reviews albeit a different, more thrash metal-influenced sound.

Occult Medicine

In 2003, the band begun composing its third album, during which time Falempin left the band and Gautier took over the guitar position from keyboards. Occult Medicine was recorded in Denmark at Jacob Hansen studios. Before recording, Harrouart lost motivation to continue with the band because of personal problems. Yyrkoon hired Dirk Verbeuren (of Soilwork and Scarve fame) to record the drum tracks.

Occult Medicine was sent to many different labels before its release since Yyrkoon was displeased with Anvil Prod's management job. After a few weeks, Osmose Productions signed the band with a two-record deal that included Occult Medicine, with which the band has been quite pleased.

Unhealthy Opera and disbanding

The band's fourth album, Unhealthy Opera, was released in 2006 on Osmose. After a year of touring, the band was placed on indefinite hiatus in late February 2007 due to Souteryand's lack of motivation and enthusiasm.

Band Members :

Current Members :

* Stéphane Souteyrand - Guitar, Vocals
* Victorien Vilchez - Bass
* Laurent Harrouart - Drums

Former Members :

* Victorién Vilchez - Bass Guitar, Classical Guitar
* Paul Banas – Guitar, Vocals
* Sébastien Caron – Bass Guitar
* Jérôme Barouin – Guitar (Session)
* Kristofer Laurent – Bass Guitar
* François Falempin – Guitar
* Dirk Verbeuren - Drums (Session)

Discography :

* Yyrkoon - Oath, Obscure, Occult… (demo, 1996)
* Yyrkoon - Oniric Transition (1998)
* Yyrkoon - Forgotten Past (mini CD, 2000)
* Yyrkoon - Dying Sun (2002)
* Yyrkoon - Occult Medicine (2004)
* Yyrkoon - Unhealthy Opera (2006)

Zonaria

2010-11-12T09:23:00.003+07:00

Biography :

Zonaria is a Melodic Death Metal band from Umeå, Sweden, formerly known as Seal Precious. The band is currently signed to Century Media Records.

History :

Formed in 2001 by Simon Berglund, Christoffer Vikström, and Mikael Hammarberg, the band originally went under the name Seal Precious. Initially the band's style was power metal, with clean vocals. Several line-up changes prevented the band from recording, but after 2003, with the addition of second guitarist, Emil Nyström, and the band's name changed to Zonaria, they spent two years playing gigs in and around Umeå before recording and releasing, in 2005, what would be Evolution Overdose.

New material and touring

In the spring of 2006, Zonaria recorded the CD single "Rendered In Vain" (and later shot a video for it). After that, Zonaria toured outside of Sweden, opening for Finnish black metal band Impaled Nazarene on a European tour. In October, Zonaria announced they had signed a record deal with Swedmetal Records to release "Rendered in Vain"; later, the song was included in the video game The Darkness.

Record label and debut album

In November 2006, Pivotal Rockordings signed Zonaria, and soon after, the band entered Black Lounge Studios with Per Nilsson and Jonas Kjellgren of Scar Symmetry to begin recording their debut album; Infamy and the Breed which was released September 2007. In late July, bassist Jerry Ekman announced his departure and was replaced by Markus Åkebo. The band shot a video for the lead single, "The Armageddon Anthem," then toured much of Europe in the beginning of 2008 opening up for Marduk.

Century Media and beyond

On June 8, 2008, Zonaria announce that they had signed a deal with Century Media Records. They toured Europe in support of the new album with Satyricon and then joined Vader and Septic Flesh throughout November and December of 2008 as part of Vader's 25th anniversary tour. Their new album, The Cancer Empire, was released on 17 October 2008, was produced by Fredrik Nordström at Studio Fredman. They are currently writing for their new album. On January 16th it was announced that Zonaria would support Dark Funeral on their Decleration of Hate tour through mainland UK and Europe in March/April of 2010.

Band Members :

Current Members :

* Simon Berglund – Lead Vocals, Lead Guitar (2001 – present)
* Emil Nyström – Rhythm Guitar, Backing Vocals (2003 – present)
* Markus Åkebo - Bass, Backing Vocals (2007 - present)
* Emanuel Isaksson – Drums (2005 – present)

Former Members :

* Christoffer Vikström – Bass (2001 – 2003)
* Mikael Hammarberg – Vocals (2001 – 2004)
* Claes-Göran Nydahl – Drums (2001 – 2003)
* Niklas Lindroth – Drums (2003 – 2004)
* Johan Aronsson – Keyboards (2003 – 2004)
* Simon Carlén – Drums (2004 – 2005)
* Karl Flodin – Bass (2003 – 2005)
* Jerry Ekman – Bass (2005 – 2007)

Session Members :

* Gustav Svensson – Keyboards (2004 – 2005)

Discography :

Albums :

* Zonaria - Infamy and the Breed
* Zonaria - The Cancer Empire

Zyklon

2010-11-12T09:18:00.002+07:00

Biography :

Zyklon were a Norwegian blackened death metal band formed in 1998 by Samoth and Trym of Emperor, along with former members of Myrkskog. Their style has been defined as modern death metal with black and industrial undertones. After more than a 2 year hiatus, the band officially split up in January 2010.

All the band's lyrics are written by former Emperor drummer Faust, who is currently a member of Casey Chaos' side project SCUM and Italian industrial black metal band Aborym.

Despite Samoth having been in a previous Emperor side project called Zyklon-B, the two are not related; Zyklon B is the name of a lethal gas used by German Nazis; "Zyklon" is, according to Samoth, a play on the word "cyclone," since the word is spelled syklon in Norwegian.

History :

Zyklon's debut album, World ov Worms, showcased extremely fast riffing and blast beats. However, after this release, Zyklon's line-up changed drastically, and the official line-up became Samoth, Trym Torson, Destructhor, and Secthdamon.

Zyklon's second album, Aeon, exposed the band to media attention, and videos were made for two tracks, "Core Solution" and "Psyklon Aeon."

The band's third effort was recorded from November to December 2005 at the Akkerhaugen Lydstudio in Norway; Disintegrate was released in May 2006 to great critical acclaim. In October 2007, the band went on hiatus, according to their official website.

Band Members :

Final Members :

* Secthdamon - Vocals, Bass (2001–2010)
* Samoth - Guitar (2000–2010)
* Destructhor - Guitar (2000–2010)
* Trym - Drums (2000–2010)

Former Members :

* Daemon - Vocals (2000–2001)
* Cosmocrator - Bass (2000–2001)

Discography :

* Zyklon - World ov Worms (2001)
* Zyklon - Aeon (2003)
* Zyklon - Split with Red Harvest (CD, 2003)
* Zyklon - Disintegrate (2006)

Mutilasi

2010-10-25T10:44:00.003+07:00

Biography :

Not Found

Band Members :

* Girza - Vocals
* Mefry - Guitar
* Joey - Bass
* Dewi - Drums

Influences :

* Cannibal Corpse
* Disgorge ( U.S )
* Malevolent Creation
* Decreprith Birth
* Morbid Angel
* Deeds Of Flesh

Morbitual

2010-10-25T10:42:00.003+07:00

Biography :

Not Found

Band Members :

* Combie - Vocals
* Ganter - Lead Guitar
* Nico - Rythm Guitar
* Agit - Bass
* Indra - Drums

Influences :

* Deeds of Flesh
* Immolation
* Disgorge ( U.S )
* Death Vomit
* Jasad

Slaying Prophet

2010-10-25T10:34:00.003+07:00

Biography :

Death Metal band from Salatiga - INDONESIA. Formed in 2007 in the middle of the disharmony that occurred in Salatiga. Past Members: - Andreas Unyil (Sisi Rapuh) - Voc (formers) - Jujuk Harjuna (Dream Come True, Himalaya) Special txz to Joz Gandos ( Tireisias, Tarzan-X, Awaken), who playing bass on track "Isa" and "Bunuh Aku Jika Kau Mampu".

Band Members :

* Andreas Unyil ( Sisi Rapuh ) - Vocals ( formers )
* Jujuk Harjuna ( Dream Come True, Himalaya )

Toxic Holocaust

2010-10-25T10:25:00.003+07:00

Biography :

Toxic Holocaust are a thrash metal band from Portland, Oregon, signed to Relapse Records. Influenced by punk rock and heavy metal bands of the 1980s such as Black Flag, Discharge, Motörhead, Exodus, Metallica, Kreator, Megadeth, Slayer, Celtic Frost, Venom, Possessed and Death. Joel Grind founded Toxic Holocaust in 1999. He originally wrote and recorded all of the band's music himself, and after a couple demo releases (Radiation Sickness, 1999; Critical Mass, 2002), he made his official full-length album debut as Toxic Holocaust with Evil Never Dies (2003). Two years later, after some touring with a hired backing band, Grind released the second Toxic Holocaust album, Hell on Earth (2005), which once again he wrote and recorded by himself. (When playing live, Joel Grind hires members of other bands to perform with him on stage.) The album notably features cover art by Ed Repka, known for having created iconic covers for albums by Megadeth, Death and others. Extensive touring followed, along with a recording contract with Relapse Records. In addition to releasing the third Toxic Holocaust album, An Overdose of Death... (2008), Relapse reissued Evil Never Dies and Hell on Earth.

Band Members :

* Joel Grind - Vocals, Guitar, Bass (Last one in Studio)
* Phil Zeller - Bass
* Nick Bellmore - Drums

Discography :

Demo :

* Toxic Holocaust - Radiation sickness (1999, Demo)
* Toxic Holocaust - Critical Mass (2002, Demo)
* Toxic Holocaust - Promo 2004 (2004, Demo)

Live Albums :

* Toxic Holocaust - Live - Only Deaf is Real (2007)

Compilation :

* Toxic Holocaust - Toxic Thrash Metal (2004, CD)
* Toxic Holocaust - Thrashing Like a Maniac (2007, CD)
* Toxic Holocaust - Levil Uniform Magazine Compilation #1 (2008, CD)

Splits :

* Toxic Holocaust - Toxic Holocaust/Oprichniki (2001, Split CD)
* Toxic Holocaust - Implements of Mass Destruction / Nuclear Apocalypse:666 (2002, Split CD)
* Toxic Holocaust - Outbreak of Evil (2004, Split CD)
* Toxic Holocaust - Thrashbeast From Hell (2004, Split Tape)
* Toxic Holocaust - Blasphemy, Mayhem, War (2005, Split CD)
* Toxic Holocaust - Don't Burn the Witch... (2006, Split 10")
* Toxic Holocaust - HRPS Vol.1 (2008, Split 7")
* Toxic Holocaust - Speed n' Spikes Volume 1 (2008, Split 7")
* Toxic Holocaust - Toxic Holocaust / Inepsy (2010, Split 12")

EPs :

* Toxic Holocaust - Death Master (2003, EP)
* Toxic Holocaust - Power From Hell (2004, EP)
* Toxic Holocaust - Reaper's Grave (2006, EP)
* Toxic Holocaust - Gravelord (2009, EP)

Studio Albums :

* Toxic Holocaust - Evil Never Dies (2003)
* Toxic Holocaust - Hell on Earth (2005)
* Toxic Holocaust - An Overdose of Death... (2008)

Toxicdeath

2010-10-25T10:17:00.002+07:00

Biography :

Formed in 2000. After few demo CDs band released debut "Contamination" in 2004/05. Lots of shows followed, lot of festivals and gigs with some great bands such as: Vader, Vital Remains, Behemoth, Sinister... + many others. Band is currently working on their second release... 666...

Band Members :

* Suhi - Vocal
* Nele - Solo Guitar
* Aco - Bass
* Seo - Drums

Influences :

* Morbid Angel
* Nocturnus
* Monstrosity
* Atheist
* Coroner
* Death
* Suffocation
* Old Malevolent Creation
* Massacra
* Kreator

Immortal Rites

2010-10-25T10:12:00.002+07:00

Biography :

IMMORTAL RITES – Death Metal from Germany since 1996

IMMORTAL RITES follows the path of the 90ies based Death Metal inspirations mixed with a blackened and still ripping melodic touch!!! Play it loud and make up your mind!!!

Throughout the years of existence IMMORTAL RITES shared the stage on slots with bands like BEHEMOTH, UNLEASHED, IN BATTLE, YATTERING, PURGATORY, MYSTIC CIRCLE, DESASTER, DISSECTION, HYNOS, DEADBORN, GOD DETHRONED, SUMMON, APOPHIS and many others.

Furthermore the bandname was nailed on the billings of SUMMER BREEZE Festival (2000 and 2004), FUCK THE COMMERCE 2004, OPEN HELL Festival 2005, ZABBADUSCHDER Open Air 2005 and MORBIDE Festspiele (2004).

Major changes happened in 2007 with the departure of songwriting and founding member Philipp Frick in a friendly way due to the so classical called musical differences.

Marked as a sort of turning point IMMORTAL RITES started to explore again the the more brutal depths of the musical extreme abyss!!!

A couple of new tracks entitled “Shadowbreeder”, “Black – paled Elegy” or “Opus Putresence” are already in the finished writing mood. Expect old schoolish brutality as a tribute to the old (!) Death Metal scene!!!

Band Members :

* Kelly - Vocals
* Dominic Haufe - Rythm Guitar
* Michael Weidler - Guitar
* Ralf Hauber - Bass
* Sascha Lorens - Drums

Discography :

* Immortal Rites - Beyond the Gates of Pain (1999)
* Immortal Rites - Beyond the Gates of Pain (2000)
* Immortal Rites - Art of Devolution (2004)

Demigod

2010-10-25T10:05:00.001+07:00

Biography :

Demigod was formed in August of 1990 in a little town in Finland called Loimaa. The band was heavily inspired by such bands as Infernal Majesty, Possessed, Obliveon, Invocator and Carcass. The first studio-demo "Unholy Domain" was recorded in December of 1990. That demo-tape gained a huge success in underground circles around the world. It also came out as split-album with the Finnish band Necropsy in 1992. Demigod signed a record deal with the Spanish label, Drowned Productions (the label later changed it's name to Repulse) in spring 1992. The album "Slumber Of Sullen Eyes" was recorded and mixed at Tico-Tico Studios (Kemi, Finland) in July 1992. The band played many live shows in the early 90's. The music style experienced a slight change towards a more aggressive and thrashier direction. As a result the band recorded two tight promo-tapes in 1993 and 1994. Despite the good response from press and fans those tapes had, the band split up temporarily. After a short silence the band started to rehearse again. Their musical variety got wider and lots of new great songs were written although the band kept a very low profile during that time. In early 1998 the members decided to awaken the slumbering Demigod again. After some difficulties and setbacks Demigod signed a record deal with Spikefarm Records in 2001. Second album "Shadow Mechanics" was released in July 2002. The album includes various songs easily spanning the ten years period after the “Slumber Of Sullen Eyes”. In the beginning of 2005 the new material for the third album is ready. Demigod's style of music has found its final shape and the line-up has finally set in to its place aswell.

Band Members :

* Tuomas Ala-Nissilä - Vocals
* Jussi Kiiski - Guitar
* Tuomas Karppinen - Guitar
* Sami Vesanto - Bass
* Tuomo Latvala - Drums

Influences :

* Obliveon
* Infernal Majesty
* Possessed
* Invocator
* Carcass

Abysmal Torment

2010-10-21T20:05:00.002+07:00

Biography :

Abysmal Torment is a Deathmetal band from Malta formed in 2000 consisting of Nick Farrugia - Vocals, David Depasquale - Guitars, Max Vassallo - Drums, Karl Romano - Bass and Gordon Formosa - Vocals. They are considered to have played an important role in establishing the Maltese extreme metal underground.

History :

Rising out of the island of Malta, Abysmal Torment emerged as a violent death grind bullet destined to spread ear crushing brutality. Proud to stick to its roots, Abysmal Torment started late 2000 though under the name Molested. Although undergoing various line up changes, Abysmal Torment hit the stage for the first time in 2002. After a massive response, the band never looked back and shared the stage with various local and foreign bands. With a burning ambition to spread their sick music to a wider audience Abysmal Torment hit the studios for the first time in 2004 to record their debut MCD entitled INSICED WOUND SUICIDE, consisting of five “drum kit mashing, guitar shredding, vocal chord wrecking ultra fucking brutal death metal” tracks. Teufels tomb.

This proved to be a new fresh start for Abysmal Torment as they started building up a positive reputation world wide, receiving many encouraging reviews and nothing less than a 3 year album deal with underground label Brutal Bands (US). Their first release under brutal bands was the re-release of Incised Wound Suicide. Musically Abysmal Torment relies on speed stimulated tempos, breakdowns and a dual assault of varying gurgling vocals. A glance at the lyrical content illustrates that there is no ordinary gory mentality at work here and the knowledgeable treatment of the subject matters add more depth to the Abysmal Torment mix. The band had been writing new material since the recording of their MCD and 2005 proved to be no exception but another hard-working year for the band as they came up with 10 brand new tracks which were recorded at Temple Studios (Malta) together with producer/engineer David Vella. This 45 minute assault of aural butchery was to be the bands first full length album entitled EPOCH OF METHODIC CARNAGE, featuring artwork from extremely talented Tony Koehl. The album was released through Brutal Bands in February 2006. This was to be distributed through all major labels in Europe, US and the rest of the world destined to take the band to the next level.

Summer 2006 was a huge disappointment for Abysmal Torment as we had to cancel our full blown American tour w/BENEATH THE MASSACRE, NEURAXIS and VICTIMAS were we also had festivals such as THE GATHERING OF THE SICK and CENTRAL ILLINOIS METAL FEST. These all had to be cancelled due to circumstances beyond our control!!

New material began to take shape throughout early 2006/7, as well as opportunities for touring. After heading to Italy for the SOUTH EXTREEM NOISE FESTIVAL in Summer 2007, Abysmal Torment invaded Europe with a 23 date tour in nothing less than 12 COUNTRIES together with Sanatorium in Oct/Nov, exposing the band to many new fans and headlining fests such as the LUDWIGSHAFEN DEATHFEST, SLOVAK DEATHFEST and LUZERN DEATHFEST. A short while after this tour Abysmal Torment flew to Holland to headline yet another deathfest, the DRACHTEN DEATHFEST.

2008 was another hardworking year which saw the band record their 3rd and highly anticipated album, OMNICIDE, plus appearing in a number of shows and also headlining the HELLVETIA FESTIVAL in Switzerland. Omnicide was then released and distributed world wide under Brutal Bands in April 2009.

Abysmal Torment are currently writing new explosive material which will be recorded early 2010. Another European Tour was also set in order to support the release of OMNICIDE which saw Abysmal Torment perform in various countries, with appearances at the NRW DEATHFEST in Germany with Sinister and Ghoul, MEH SUFF metal-fest in Switzerland together with BELPHEGOR and DEBAUCHERY and the WAY OF DARKNESS festival in Germany, where they will be supporting death metal juggernauts such as CANNIBAL CORPSE, VADER, MARDUK, DYING FETUS and MALEVOLENT CREATION. They have also performed at the renowned OPEN AIR DEATHFEAST in Hunxe, Germany and NEUROTIC DEATHFEST in Holland in 2010.

On 17th August 2010, drummer Wayne Vella died in an accident after being trapped under the 'bucket' of a small bulldozer in an industrial zone near Blata l-Gholja in Mosta.

The band immediately issued a statement on their official pages confirming the tragedy:

"Today is a sad day for us all. Unfortunately we have lost our brother Wayne Vella (Drummer in Abysmal Torment from 2001 - 2008) who had just turned 25 .He will be remembered by us as a great friend & excellent drummer. We will never forget the great times we shared together & all the awesome experiences. May he rest in peace... & hope he is in a better place. Condolences to all his loved ones! MUCH RESPECT, ABYSMAL TORMENT"

Band Members :

Current members :

* Nick Farrugia - Vocals (2000-Present)
* Gordon Formosa - Vocals (2001-Present)
* David Depasquale - Guitar (2003-Present)
* Karl Romano - Bass (2009-Present)
* Max Vassallo - Drums (2008-Present)

Former Members :

Guitar

* Gan Pawl Bartolo - 2000-2005

Drums

* Wayne Vella(deceased) - 2001-2008

Bass

* Tim Vella Briffa - 2000-2005
* Ben Aquilina - 2006-2009

Vocals

* Mario Buhagiar - 2000-2001

Discography :

* Abysmal Torment - Incised Wound Suicide (mini-CD, Self Released, 2004)
* Abysmal Torment - Incised Wound Suicide (mini-CD, Brutal Bands (re-issue), 2004)
* Abysmal Torment - Epoch of Methodic Carnage (CD, Brutal Bands, 2006)
* Abysmal Torment - Omnicide (CD, Brutal Bands, 2009)