Arguably the ultimate progressive metal band of their day, Atheist's impossibly Byzantine death-jazz proved too advanced even for committed metalheads to stomach. Over the span of three albums admirably recorded in spite of crippling adversity, the band's inventive but inaccessible style has earned them a lasting respect, but likewise... [+] Read More

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Upon switching their name from Xecutioner to Obituary, the career of one of the most successful and influential Death Metal bands began. Hailing from Florida and featuring John Tardy (vocals), brother Donald Tardy (drums), Trevor Peres (guitar), Allen West (guitar), and Daniel Tucker (bass), the band signed to Roadracer Records, a now defunct... [+] Read More

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PURE CHAOS - EARLY 90'S DEATHMETAL FROM CENTRAL CT
TRACKS FROM PURE CHAOS "DELIVERANCE OF DEATH" (©1993):
Crack the Skull
Unholy Damnation
Dragged to the Grave
Deliverance of Death..Chaos Rising...
Rapture Denied
WRITTEN & PERFORMED BY:
Glen Dauphin - Vocals
Scott Lana - Guitar
Scott Kadish -... [+] Read More

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Sound Production college students huddled together,tired of recording awful jazz and funk bands.

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Manowar was formed by ex-Dictators and Shakin Street guitarist Ross the Boss. Its original lineup included vocalist Eric Adams, bassist Joey DeMaio, and drummer Donnie Hamzik. The group's kitschy approach was designed to be the raw, primal, macho antithesis of classic rock. Their music was based on raw, aggressive riffs, and their lyrics were... [+] Read More

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The hard-drinking British death metal band Benediction formed during the late 1980s; originally comprised of vocalist Barney Greenaway, guitarists Peter Rewinski and Darren Brookes, bassist Paul Adams and drummer Ian Treacy, they made their LP debut in 1990 with Subconscious Terror. By 1992's Grand Leveller, Greenaway had left the band, later... [+] Read More

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Glasgow based metal band Burning Earth was born and christened in Mid 2006 by Guitarist Stayrsaigh as a return to the gigging scene and platform to vent new material and songwriting skills after an absence of almost 2 years. The band play a style of melodic metal which fuses, powermetal, thrash, prog, folk, death metal and anything else they... [+] Read More

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A joint effort by Rhys Fulber and former Front Line Assembly bandmate Bill Leeb, Delerium has produced some of the most unusual sounds to emanate from Vancouver, Canada. With Leeb responsible for finding samples, writing lyrics, creating bass lines, sequencing, and overseeing the project and Fulber handling the sampling and programming, and... [+] Read More

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Deathrashing band from Finland with little amount of progressive influences. Formed in 2004 and released so far 2 selfproduced demos and one EP. Lineup:
Iiro Kosonen: Vocals & Bass
Olli Hurme: Guitars
Jaakko Riihimäki: Guitars
Tommi Ilmanen: Drums

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Endless Torment erupted onto the UK Metal scene in 2003. Despite an array of line up changes the original duo of Barney (founder/lyricist/vocalist) and Jez (production/guitar) has remained constant up to the present day.

In early 2004, Endless Torment released their debut EP “Endless.” Recorded at the band’s Endless Studios in... [+] Read More

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Indigent started making music in 2003 as a death/grind solo project, but the music quickly evolved into its current form, mixing a death metal base with elements of doom and black metal, rhythmic experimentation and a strong sense of melody to create a unique atmosphere. It has remained a solo project, though many of the lyrics are contributed... [+] Read More

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Arising from the death metal hotbed of Florida in the early '90s (but originally from Buffalo, NY), Malevolent Creation tend to be somewhat overlooked in discussions of groups who helped define the sound and style of American death metal. Initially inspired by the sonic and lyrical extremity of Slayer, the group landed a deal with Roadrunner... [+] Read More

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Requiem Laus

Starting in the early 90's with the name of “Requiem”, the choice of the name for this Portuguese metal band was in a way of respect towards their preferred composer, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
(Name, that later on was changed to “Requiem Laus”, for registering purposes and also, the ironical,... [+] Read More

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Stephen Green of Viviseration's solo project based more on skill then the grooves so common in Viviseration. This band can go from catchy single note runs to super heavy brutal riffing and features some sick vocals on the heavier scale of things.

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Sore Throat were a power-pop punk band on a 1979 album. ~ Scott Bultman, All Music Guide

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