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The Deathfest was a one-day music festival currently held annually in May at the University of Leeds, England. It was organised by Gavin McInally, who is also the organiser of the Damnation Festival. Deathfest 2009 The first annual Deathfest took place on Sunday 3 May 2009 at the University of Leeds. It billed 17 bands over two stages and tickets cost £19.50. Festival headliners were Vader and Leng Tch'e. Deathfest 2010 "The Second Coming" The second annual Deathfest took place on Sunday 2 May 2010 at Leeds University. It billed 16 bands over two stages and tickets cost £19.50. Festival headliners were Brujeria and Ramesses Ramesses may refer to: Ancient Egypt Pharaohs of the nineteenth dynasty * Ramesses I, founder of the 19th Dynasty * Ramesses II, also called "Ramesses the Great" ** Prince Ramesses (prince), second son of Ramesses II ** Prince Ramesses-Merya .... The end Following the 2010 festival the organizers announced that 2010 would be the last inst ...
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Origin (band)
Origin is an American technical death metal band from Topeka, Kansas, founded in 1990 under the monikers Necrotomy and Thee Abomination. They have been recognized by music critics and metal fans alike for combining a harsh sound with a high level of technical skill. Origin's music is characterized by almost exclusive use of several specific, difficult playing techniques: blast beats on the drum kit, multiple death growled vocals, and arpeggios and sweep picking on both the guitars and the bass guitar. Their songs often have uneven, shifting time signatures. 2008 saw the band breakthrough in the United States with the release of their fourth studio album, ''Antithesis'', which was seen as a hit. Biography Beginnings In the year 1990 Kansas natives Paul Ryan and Jeremy Turner got together to form a death metal group with the goal of making the music as technically proficient as they wanted it to be. They went through a few names at this time, the first was Necrotomy, which they ...
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Damnation Festival
Damnation Festival is a one-day heavy metal music festival currently held annually at Bowlers Exhibition Centre. Manchester. It was held at held at Jilly's Rockworld in Manchester from 2005 to 2006 and then University of Leeds, Leeds, England from 2007 until 2021. It is organised by Gavin McInally and Paul Farrington. Damnation 2005 The first Damnation Festival was held on 16 October 2005 at Jillys Rockworld, Manchester, England. There were fifteen bands over two stages, headlined by Raging Speedhorn and Entombed (band), Entombed. Tickets for the inaugural festival were priced at £13. Damnation 2006 The second annual Damnation Festival was held on 15 October 2006 at Jillys Rockworld, Manchester, England. There were fourteen bands over two stages, headlined by The Haunted (Swedish band), The Haunted and Akercocke. Tickets for the festival were priced at £15. Damnation 2007 The third annual Damnation Festival was held on 20 October 2007 and saw the festival move to a n ...
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University Of Leeds
, mottoeng = And knowledge will be increased , established = 1831 – Leeds School of Medicine1874 – Yorkshire College of Science1884 - Yorkshire College1887 – affiliated to the federal Victoria University1904 – University of Leeds , type = Public , endowment = £90.5 million , budget = £751.7 million , chancellor = Jane Francis , vice_chancellor = Simone Buitendijk , students = () , undergrad = () , postgrad = () , city = Leeds , province = West Yorkshire , country = England , campus = Urban, suburban , free_label = Newspaper , free = The Gryphon , colours = , website www.leeds.ac.uk, logo = Leeds University logo.svg , logo_size = 250 , administrative_staff = 9,200 , coor = , affiliations = The University of Leeds is a public research university in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. It was established in 1874 as the Yorkshire College of Science. In 1884 it merged with the Leeds School of Medicine (established 1831) and was renam ...
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Brujeria (band)
Brujeria () is an American extreme metal band formed in Los Angeles, California in 1989. The band has Spanish lyrics with topics such as Theistic Satanism, Satanism, Anti-Christian sentiment, anti-Christianity, sex, immigration, narcotics smuggling, and politics. Brujeria portrays Mexico, Mexican imagery, with several members being Hispanic and Latino Americans, while the band's name stands for ''brujería'' (Spanish for "witchcraft"). Brujeria alumni include Fear Factory guitarist Dino Cazares and drummer Raymond Herrera, as well as Billy Gould, Nicholas Barker, Jeff Walker (musician), Jeff Walker and Shane Embury. They perform under pseudonyms and portray themselves as a Latino band consisting of drug lords, concealing their identities due to being wanted by the FBI. In videos and photographs of the band, they are shown wearing bandanas, balaclava (clothing), balaclavas, serapes, and are often shown wielding machetes. History Formation and early releases (1989–1992) Brujeri ...
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Fukpig
Anaal Nathrakh are a British extreme metal band formed in 1999 in Birmingham by multi-instrumentalist Mick Kenney and vocalist Dave Hunt (musician), Dave Hunt. They are currently signed to Metal Blade Records. The band's name is Irish language, Irish for ''snake's breath'' (wikt:anál, anál wikt:nathair, nathrach) and was taken from Merlin's Charm of Making in John Boorman's 1981 film ''Excalibur (film), Excalibur''. The band recorded two demos in 1999, which were later released as an album. The band has released eleven studio albums, one EP, and one compilation album. The band has been praised for mixing elements of grindcore, black metal, death metal, industrial music, industrial, and other genres. History The band took their founding cues from Norwegian black metal bands such as Mayhem (band), Mayhem, Burzum, and Darkthrone. The duo recorded two demos before delivering their first full album, ''The Codex Necro'', in 2001, that, according to ''The A.V. Club'', "set a stand ...
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Wormrot
Wormrot is a Singaporean grindcore band that formed in 2007, immediately after the founding members had completed their mandatory two years of national service. The band have released four studio albums to date, as well as a number of EPs and split releases with other bands. Since 2010, the band has been signed to Earache Records. They have been described as one of the top 10 grindcore bands by OC Weekly, and have toured Europe and the United States. In 2017, they became the first Singaporean act to play at the Glastonbury Festival. History Founding vocalist Arif performing in 2010 ''Abuse'' and ''Dirge'' (2009–2012) The band was discovered in late December 2009 by Digby Pearson, the owner of record label Earache, in a mixtape posted on the ''Invisible Oranges'' webzine. After hearing the song "Born Stupid" on the compilation, Pearson searched out and downloaded Wormrot's debut, ''Abuse'', from file-sharing site MediaFire. Pearson was impressed with the album's quality and ...
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Immolation (band)
Immolation is an American death metal band from Yonkers, New York. They are considered one of the leaders of the New York death metal scene along with Incantation, Mortician and Suffocation. History Immolation was founded after the demise of Rigor Mortis (NY), a band formed in May 1986 by Andrew Sakowicz (bass guitar, vocals) Dave Wilkinson (drums), and Robert Vigna (guitar). After recording the ''Decomposed'' and ''Warriors of Doom'' demos, Sakowicz left the band in early 1988 and was replaced by Ross Dolan, and the band's name was changed to "Immolation". The new lineup put out two studio demos, in 1988 and 1989, and gained a worldwide following in the underground death metal scene. Immolation signed a record deal with Roadrunner Records and released their debut album ''Dawn of Possession'' in 1991. After leaving Roadrunner, the band released "Stepping on Angels," a compilation of demo releases and live tracks. In 1995 the band was signed by Metal Blade Records and released t ...
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Ramesses (band)
Ramesses was a British extreme metal band from Dorset, initially featuring former members of Electric Wizard. History Ramesses was formed in February 2003 by Tim Bagshaw and Mark Greening (ex-Electric Wizard) with Adam Richardson formerly of Lord of Putrefaction, Spirmyard, and Hexed. Their second album titled ''Take the Curse'' was released in 2010. In 2011, the band released their 3rd full-length album ''Possessed By the Rise of Magick''. They shortly followed it up with the studio/live EP ''Chrome Pineal'', which featured three new studio tracks and three live tracks recorded in 2007. In 2012, it was announced that Bagshaw had left the band. He had moved from England to the United States and formed the sludge / doom metal band A Serpentine Path with all 3 members of the band Unearthly Trance. Mike Vest of the band Bong filed in on guitar for live performances. On 29 January 2013, on their official website, the band announced a "hibernation". It had also been stated on Gr ...
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Benediction (band)
Benediction are a British death metal band formed in 1989. Their first album, ''Subconscious Terror'', was released in 1990. Their latest album , ''Scriptures'', was released in 2020. Members Current * Dave Ingram – vocals (1991–1998, 2019–present) * Peter Rewinsky – lead guitar (1989–present) * Darren Brookes – rhythm guitar (1989–present) * Dan Bate – bass (2018–present) * Giovanni Durst – drums (2019–present) Former * Mark "Barney" Greenway – vocals (1989–1990) * Paul Adams – bass (1989–1991) * Ian Treacy – drums (1989–1993) * Frank Healy – bass (1992–2017) * Neil Hutton – drums (1994–2005) * Dave Hunt – vocals (1998–2019) * Nicholas Barker – drums (2005–2011) * Perra Karlsson – drums (2011–2013) * Ashley Guest – drums (2013–2019) Timeline Discography Studio albums *''Subconscious Terror'' (1990) *''The Grand Leveller'' (1991) *''Transcend the Rubicon'' (1993) *''The Dreams You Dread'' (1995) *''Grind Bastard'' ( ...
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The Rotted
''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things already mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in English. ''The'' is the most frequently used word in the English language; studies and analyses of texts have found it to account for seven percent of all printed English-language words. It is derived from gendered articles in Old English which combined in Middle English and now has a single form used with pronouns of any gender. The word can be used with both singular and plural nouns, and with a noun that starts with any letter. This is different from many other languages, which have different forms of the definite article for different genders or numbers. Pronunciation In most dialects, "the" is pronounced as (with the voiced dental fricative followed by a schwa) when followed by a consonant sound, and as (homophone of pronoun ''thee'') when followed by a v ...
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Death Metal Music
Death metal is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal music. It typically employs heavily distorted and low-tuned guitars, played with techniques such as palm muting and tremolo picking; deep growling vocals; aggressive, powerful drumming, featuring double kick and blast beat techniques; minor keys or atonality; abrupt tempo, key, and time signature changes; and chromatic chord progressions. The lyrical themes of death metal may include slasher film-style violence,Moynihan, Michael, and Dirik Søderlind (1998). Lords of Chaos (2nd ed.). Feral House. , p. 27 political conflict, religion, nature, philosophy, true crime and science fiction. Building from the musical structure of thrash metal and early black metal, death metal emerged during the mid-1980s. Bands such as Venom, Celtic Frost, Slayer, and Kreator were important influences on the genre's creation. Possessed, Death, Necrophagia, Obituary, Autopsy, and Morbid Angel are often considered pioneers of the genre. In ...
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