Wednesday, July 27, 2011

DISHARMONIC ORCHESTRA

Disharmonic Orchestra is an Austrian death metal/grindcore band that was formed in Klagenfurt, in 1987. Two demos were recorded. A gig in Germany with Pungent Stench led to a deal with Nuclear Blast in 1989. The first outcome of that deal was a split with country-mates Pungent Stench. After they released two full-length albums with Nuclear Blast they signed a new deal and released their third album on Steamhammer. The albums sound rather different from each other. The band took a break in 1994 . This timeout lasted until 2002 after their debut album Expositionsprophylaxe had been re-issued. A new album was recorded, titled Ahead...
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Tuesday, July 26, 2011

DARKTHRONE

Darkthrone is a Norwegian black metal band. They formed in 1987 as a death metal band, but after embracing the black metal style in 1991, they became a driving force in the Norwegian black metal scene. For most of this period Darkthrone has consisted of just two musicians, Nocturno Culto and Fenriz, who have sought to remain outside the music mainstream. Since 2006, their work has incorporated more elements of traditional heavy metal, speed metal and punk rock...
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Wednesday, July 20, 2011

EMPEROR

Emperor was a Norwegian black metal band formed in 1991. They dissolved in 2001, but reunited in 2006 and again in 2007 for a few festival dates and brief US tours. The group was founded by Samoth (drums) and Ihsahn (guitar/vocals)...
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Tuesday, July 19, 2011

TOXIC HOLOCAUST

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 Slayer, Exodus, Black Flag, Discharge, Motörhead, Kreator, Celtic Frost, Venom, Possessed, Rigor Mortis 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)...
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ANAAL NATHRAKH

Anaal Nathrakh are a British extreme metal band formed in 1999 who fuse black metal, grindcore, death metal and industrial music. They are currently signed to Candlelight Records.
The name comes from Merlin's Charm of Making in John Boorman's 1981 film Excalibur. According to Michael Everson's transcription, Anaal Nathrakh means "serpent's breath"...
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Sunday, July 17, 2011

GRAVE

Grave is a Swedish death metal band that formed in 1986 by vocalist and guitarist Ola Lindgren, who is their only constant member. The band had particular success in the early 1990s, and their first four albums, Into the Grave, You'll Never See..., Soulless and Hating Life, cemented their reputation as one of Sweden's foremost death metal bands. The band went on hiatus in 1997, but decided to get back together two years later. Since then, they have released five more studio albums...
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Wednesday, July 13, 2011

Tuesday, July 12, 2011

YACOPSAE

The Band was formed in August 1990 in Hamburg when Stoffel (guitar/vocals) met Pattex (drums) painting his room in a squad. After a small talk both decided to start an ultrafast Hardcore band, because their old bands had been split up.The most inspiration came from bands like "Lärm", "Electro Hippies", "Nun-Fuckers", "Septic Death", "M.A.F.", "Tin Can Army", "Vorkriegsphase", "(old) D.R.I.", "Atavistic", "Crap Society North", "Rapt", "SM-70", "Napalm Death", "Satanic Malfunctions", "B.G.K.", "S.O.B.", "Active Minds" and some more...
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Monday, July 11, 2011

SACRED REICH

Sacred Reich is a Phoenix, Arizona-based thrash metal band that formed in 1985. Singer/songwriter Phil Rind's interest was in socially conscious and political speed metal. After several records on Metal Blade Records, they signed to Hollywood Records for a short stint, but later returned to Metal Blade to continue their musical career. The band split in 2000...
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Wednesday, July 6, 2011

YACOPSAE

The Band was formed in August 1990 in Hamburg when Stoffel (guitar/vocals) met Pattex (drums) painting his room in a squad. After a small talk both decided to start an ultrafast Hardcore band, because their old bands had been split up.The most inspiration came from bands like "Lärm", "Electro Hippies", "Nun-Fuckers", "Septic Death", "M.A.F.", "Tin Can Army", "Vorkriegsphase", "(old) D.R.I.", "Atavistic", "Crap Society North", "Rapt", "SM-70", "Napalm Death", "Satanic Malfunctions", "B.G.K.", "S.O.B.", "Active Minds" and some more...
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