Genre: Rock/Pop
Decades Active: 80s, 90s, 00s
One of Britain's most consistent and enduring death metal bands, Birmingham's Bolt Thrower has weathered the best and worst of times in the extreme genre's history without ever giving in to commercial temptations, or hardly even altering its sound. The fact that they were unusually blessed with a steady lineup throughout much of their career no... [+] Read More
Genre: Rock/Pop
Decades Active: 90s, 00s
New York City grindcore primitives Brutal Truth formed in 1990, originally comprising singer Kevin Sharp, guitarist Brent "Gurn" McCarthy, bassist Dan Lilker, and drummer Scott Lewis. Signing to the Earache label, the group released its debut album, Extreme Conditions Demand Extreme Responses, in 1992; drummer Rich Hoak replaced Lewis to record... [+] Read More
Genre: Hard Rock/Metal
Hole in the Sky - Bergen Metal Fest VIII proudly presents BLOOD FIRE DEATH!
August 22- 25, 2007 Bergen, Norway
It’s amazing how time flies by. It’s been almost eight years since we started planning the first Hole in the Sky festival and a lot of things have happened in the world of metal since the inception of this little...
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Genre: Hard Rock/Metal
HUMAN - Death metal / grindcore from Christchurch New Zealand
It all started in 1992.... Human formed in a one-room bedsit in the inner city area of Christchurch, New Zealand. The band was founded by brothers Paul (drums) and Scott Harrison (vocals / lead guitars) and has a completed lineup with Vaughn Richardson (vocals / distorted...
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Genre: Rock/Pop
Decades Active: 80s
While relatively unsung compared to heavyweights such as Napalm Death and Carcass, Repulsion nevertheless had a big impact in shaping the then-young grindcore genre during its brief heyday in the late '80s. As illustrated by a sole full-length release, the 1986 recording Horrified, the band's sound fell somewhere between the earlier proto-grind... [+] Read More
Genre: Rock/Pop
Decades Active: 80s, 90s, 00s
From their humble beginnings in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, Sepultura went on to become the most successful Brazilian heavy metal band in history. Over a ten-year period, the band grew from strength to strength, transforming itself from a primitive death metal ensemble into one of the leading creative trendsetters of the international aggressive... [+] Read More
Genre: Rock/Pop
Decades Active: 70s
Sore Throat were a power-pop punk band on a 1979 album. ~ Scott Bultman, All Music Guide
Genre: Alternative/Indie
To Live A Lie Records is a Raleigh based grindcore, thrash, and fastcore label.
Genre: Rock/Pop
Decades Active: 80s, 90s, 00s
Over the course of more than a decade and seven increasingly accomplished albums, Chuck Schuldiner, the architect behind the ubiquitous Death, became a bona fide heavy metal icon. Now widely recognized as the father of death metal (if a single candidate must be chosen, his resumé is about as good as it gets), Schuldiner's singular drive and... [+] Read More
Genre: Hard Rock/Metal
Decades Active: 80s, 90s, 00s
Conceived during the late '80s when death metal did everything it could to gain credibility as a substantial niche, Entombed instantly championed the eerie variation of brutal heavy metal, giving it credibility before quickly abandoning the style in the early '90s. In their post-death metal years, the band retained the niche genre's most... [+] Read More
Genre: Rock/Pop
Decades Active: 80s, 90s, 00s
Grindcore pioneers Extreme Noise Terror formed in Britain in early 1985, originally comprising vocalists Phil Vane and Dean Jones, guitarist Pete Hurley, bassist Mark Bailey and drummer Pig Killer; after just one live appearance, the group was signed to Manic Ears Records, soon releasing a split LP with Chaos UK titled Radioactive. Pig Killer... [+] Read More
Genre: R&B/Soul/Urban
Decades Active: 80s, 90s
Naked City was something of an avant-rock/free jazz New York supergroup in the late '80s and early '90s, featuring an all-star cast of New York jazz experimentalists and led by the most-famous downtown musician of them all, John Zorn. Comprised of Zorn on alto sax, Wayne Horvitz on keyboards, Bill Frisell on guitar, Fred Frith on bass, and Joey... [+] Read More
Genre: Rock/Pop
Decades Active: 80s, 90s, 00s
Of all the artists in Japan's thriving noise-music community, the Boredoms undoubtedly had the most fun. Although their maniacally extreme cacophony was by no means accessible listening, it was underpinned by a gleeful sense of humor that helped them find a limited (but still surprisingly wide) audience among alternative rockers. A typical... [+] Read More
Genre: Hard Rock/Metal
Eloquence Of Suffering (Chattanooga,Tennessee) was started in late Jun '07, by ex-members of IZOPN, which disbanded in May '07 (R.I.P.) The band is currently working on new material, and has made plans on recording a promo/demo cd in the near future. EoS explores an atmospheric side, and taps deep into the vein of doom, and death metal...
Genre: Hard Rock/Metal
When the members of the South Florida power groove four-piece Fall of Olympus first descended on their practice space, the idea was to generate something so brutal it would decimate even the Greek gods. What they ended up with was full-blown chaos with solos and some speed metal shredding.
Hell-bent on creating the music they want...
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Genre: Hard Rock/Metal
this is a roman holiday. it is an iron fist in a latex glove. baby powder and toothpaste on the bodies at the orgy. quicklime covering the scent of the blood. they'll never find us in here.
Genre: Hard Rock/Metal
Misery Index, based out of Baltimore, Maryland, and Washington, DC, USA, features vocalist and bassist Jason Netherton, guitarist Sparky Voyles, drummer Adam Jarvis, and guitarist/vocalist Mark "Lo Sneek" Kloeppel.
The band was born in the spring of 2001, by Vocalist/bassist Jason Netherton along with Vocalist/guitarist Mike Harrison as a...
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Genre: Rock/Pop
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 -...
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Genre: Hard Rock/Metal
What the **** do you know about the Middle East? I bet you think that its full of scary looking dudes with long-beards that wanna **** everybody up. Yeah those freaks exist, but there is another threat to global security that you best watch out for! Through Sunken Eyes is a noisy-ass thrash hardcore crossover band from Bahrain that are gonna... [+] Read More
