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Martyr A.D.
Martyr A.D. is an American metalcore band formed in late 1999 from former members of the band Disembodied. Joel Johnson (guitar), Tara Johnson (bass) and Justin Kane (drums) joined with newcomers Charlie Johnson (guitar) and Mike Fisketti (vocals). After the departures of Kane and Fisketti in 2002, Andrew Hart and Karl Hensel from Minneapolis, Minnesota band Holding On took over on vocal and drum duties, respectively. Martyr A.D. released their first album ''The Human Condition in Twelve Fractions'' with the indie label Ferret Music in 2001. The band's second and last album, ''On Earth as it is in Hell'', was released on April 20, 2004, through Victory Records. Martyr A.D. has toured with such bands as Poison the Well, Throwdown, The Haunted, Bury Your Dead, and Walls of Jericho. The band disbanded for unknown reasons in April 2005. All three Johnsons (Joel, Tara, Charles) were featured in the reformation of Disembodied. The band additionally reunited for a performance ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Minneapolis () is the largest city in Minnesota, United States, and the county seat of Hennepin County. The city is abundant in water, with thirteen lakes, wetlands, the Mississippi River, creeks and waterfalls. Minneapolis has its origins in timber and as the flour milling capital of the world. It occupies both banks of the Mississippi River and adjoins Saint Paul, the state capital of Minnesota. Prior to European settlement, the site of Minneapolis was inhabited by Dakota people. The settlement was founded along Saint Anthony Falls on a section of land north of Fort Snelling; its growth is attributed to its proximity to the fort and the falls providing power for industrial activity. , the city has an estimated 425,336 inhabitants. It is the most populous city in the state and the 46th-most-populous city in the United States. Minneapolis, Saint Paul and the surrounding area are collectively known as the Twin Cities. Minneapolis has one of the most extensive public ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Metalcore
Metalcore (also known as metallic hardcore) is a fusion music genre that combines elements of extreme metal and hardcore punk. As with other styles blending metal and hardcore, such as crust punk and grindcore, metalcore is noted for its use of breakdowns, slow, intense passages conducive to moshing. Other defining instrumental qualities include heavy riffs and stop-start rhythm guitar playing, occasional blast beats, and double bass drumming. Vocalists in the genre typically use thrash or scream vocals. Some later metalcore bands combine this with clean singing, often during the chorus. Death growls and gang vocals are common. 1990s metalcore bands were inspired by hardcore while later metalcore bands were inspired by melodic death metal bands like At the Gates and In Flames. The roots of metalcore are in the 1980s when bands would combine hardcore punk with heavy metal. This included New York hardcore bands like Agnostic Front, Cro-Mags, and Killing Time, British har ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ferret Music
Ferret Music was an American independent record label turned Warner Music Group subsidiary, founded in 1996. The label is owned by NORA's vocalist, Carl Severson, and based in West Windsor, New Jersey. Ferret recently started an imprint called New Weathermen Records. Warner Music Group's Alternative Distribution Alliance acquired a stake in Ferret Music in August, 2006, and as a result is currently distributed by Fontana Distribution, Alternative Distribution Alliance and eOne Music. As of September 12, 2007, Ferret partnered with an uprising extreme metal and hardcore punk label out of the UK, Siege of Amida Records (S.O.A.R.). S.O.A.R will retain A&R responsibilities. On February 18, 2010 Carl Severson and his business partner at Ferret and ChannelZERO, Paul Conroy, announced their departure from the company to start Good Fight Entertainment, a management company with music and sports divisions along with a new record label. Ferret's official website was last updated in 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Victory Records
Victory Records is a Chicago-based record label founded by Tony Brummel. It operates a music publishing company called "Another Victory, Inc." and is the distributor of several record labels. It has featured many prominent artists including Thursday, Hawthorne Heights, Silverstein, Taking Back Sunday, Bayside, Streetlight Manifesto, and A Day to Remember. In September 2019, years after buying part of the label's catalogue, Concord bought Victory Records and Another Victory for $30 million. Craft Recordings has been managing Victory Record’ catalog since Concord acquired the label. Victory has since not signed any new bands or released new records. Instead, the label operates for the current distribution of the label’s alumni, as well as for reissues. Victory's catalogue includes 4,500 master recordings and 3,500 compositions through its publisher Another Victory. History Originally focusing on hardcore punk and post-hardcore bands, Victory later expanded its roster to in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Disembodied (band)
Disembodied is an American metalcore band formed in 1995 in Minneapolis. Originally featuring Aaron Weseman (vocals), Justin James Kane (drums), Tara Johnson (bass), Joel Andrew Johnson (guitar) and Mario Diaz de León (guitar), the band split up in 1999 and reunited in 2008 and 2018, respectively. History In 1995, Disembodied released their debut EP, ''Existence in Suicide'', through Furface Records, which was accompanied by the debut single "The Confession" in the following year. The band signed to Ferret Music prior to releasing their full-length debut album, ''Diablerie'', in 1997. The band subsequently embarked a North American tour to promote their 1998 EP ''If God Only Knew the Rest Were Dead''. Disembodied's final releases before the split-up were a split release with Brother's Keeper and the studio album ''Heretic'', both released in 1999. The band also recorded a cover of Metallica's "Creeping Death", originally scheduled to be released on a split 7-inch vinyl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Metalcore
Metalcore (also known as metallic hardcore) is a fusion music genre that combines elements of extreme metal and hardcore punk. As with other styles blending metal and hardcore, such as crust punk and grindcore, metalcore is noted for its use of breakdowns, slow, intense passages conducive to moshing. Other defining instrumental qualities include heavy riffs and stop-start rhythm guitar playing, occasional blast beats, and double bass drumming. Vocalists in the genre typically use thrash or scream vocals. Some later metalcore bands combine this with clean singing, often during the chorus. Death growls and gang vocals are common. 1990s metalcore bands were inspired by hardcore while later metalcore bands were inspired by melodic death metal bands like At the Gates and In Flames. The roots of metalcore are in the 1980s when bands would combine hardcore punk with heavy metal. This included New York hardcore bands like Agnostic Front, Cro-Mags, and Killing Time, British har ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Poison The Well (band)
Poison the Well is an American metalcore band from Miami, Florida who were last signed to Ferret Music. In 2010, they announced a hiatus to explore other interests. Lead guitarist Ryan Primack and drummer Christopher Hornbrook were the only remaining founding members, although vocalist Jeffrey Moreira featured on all five of their full-length albums. The band has since performed several reunion shows: two in 2015, eleven in 2016 and one in 2020. History Formation: Doubting Thomas to An Acre Lost (1997–1998) Poison the Well was originally formed under the name Doubting Thomas by lead vocalist Aryeh Lehrer and lead guitarist Ryan Primack in the autumn of 1997. Lehrer was responsible for coining the name Doubting Thomas. The band was originally based in Coral Springs, Florida, where the two attended J. P. Taravella High School, but later moved to a rehearsal space in Miami, Florida. Lehrer, who had previously played in the band Reaching Out, recruited rhythm guitarist Rus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Throwdown (band)
Throwdown is an American metal band from Orange County, California. Formed in 1997, the band has endured numerous lineup changes to the point where no original members remain. Throwdown has toured as part of Ozzfest, Sounds of the Underground, Hellfest, and Warped Tour, as well as with bands such as In Flames, Lamb of God, As I Lay Dying, Killswitch Engage, Korn and Cavalera Conspiracy. The songs "Forever" and "Burn" were staples on MTV2's ''Headbangers Ball'' and Revolver Magazine called them part of "The Future of Metal" after hearing the album ''Vendetta''. Initially branded a hardcore punk band, albums like ''Venom and Tears'' and '' Deathless'' took a sharp turn towards metal, with critics likening the band's sound to that of Pantera and Sepultura. The band are straight edge. History Early years (1997–2002) Throwdown was formed in 1997 by vocalist Keith Barney, an active member of both Adamantium and Eighteen Visions, guitarists Tommy Love and Javier Van Huss, bassist D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Haunted (Swedish Band)
The Haunted is a Swedish heavy metal band from Gothenburg, formed in 1996. The original members were Anders and Jonas Björler, Peter Dolving, Adrian Erlandsson and Patrik Jensen. Both of the Björler brothers and Erlandsson were members of the seminal melodic death metal band At the Gates, a pioneering force in the Swedish death metal scene. History Formation and ''The Haunted''; first Dolving-era (1996–1999) On 27 July 1996, Patrik Jensen co-created the band with Adrian Erlandsson, who had just become an ex-member of his former band, At the Gates, due to the band's split the day before. They had made their demo, called ''Demo '97'', in 1997. The band were signed to Earache Records and subsequently released their first album, the self-titled debut '' The Haunted'' in 1998. 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 respecta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bury Your Dead
Bury Your Dead is an American metalcore band from Boston, Massachusetts, formed in 2001. The current lineup is guitarist Chris Towning, lead vocalist Mat Bruso, drummer Mark Castillo, and bassist Aaron Patrick. To date, they have had eight releases: one EP (''Bury Your Dead''), one live DVD (''Alive''), and six studio albums ('' You Had Me at Hello'', '' Cover Your Tracks'', '' Beauty and the Breakdown'', '' Bury Your Dead'', ''It's Nothing Personal'' and '' Mosh N' Roll''). History ''You Had Me at Hello'' (2001–2002) In 2001, Bury Your Dead began as a side project of the band Hamartia featuring drummer Mark Castillo and guitarist Brendan "Slim" MacDonald. With the metalcore sound of Hamartia growing tiresome to both of them, they started writing less technical songs in their free time. They recruited Steve Kent to play bass, second guitarist Jesse Viens, and Joe Krewko as vocalist and began playing shows in Massachusetts and Connecticut under the name Bury Your Dead. News of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walls Of Jericho (band)
Walls of Jericho is an American metalcore band from Detroit, Michigan, formed in 1998. History Candace Kucsulain, Apathemy's singer from 1996 to 1998, joined the band when it was founded. In April 1999 the band released their first EP, ''Underestimated'', which was followed by a second EP, ''A Day and a Thousand Years'', containing ''Underestimated'' and demo tracks, released on Florida-based ''Eulogy Recordings'' and later by European imprint Genet. After touring in support of the releases, the band was signed to Trustkill Records and released their debut full-length album ''The Bound Feed the Gagged'' in December 1999. In 2000, it was announced that Walls of Jericho would be taking part of the Metallica tribute series '' Crush 'Em All'' for Undecided Records. Walls of Jericho was scheduled to share a split 7" vinyl with Indecision and recorded a cover of the song "Disposable Heroes". The split was delayed and eventually shelved, but Undecided Records included Walls ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
7 Angels 7 Plagues
7 Angels 7 Plagues (abbreviated as 7A7P) was an American metalcore band from Racine, Wisconsin. History 7 Angels 7 Plagues was formed in 1999 by Jared Logan from the scraps of two local Milwaukee bands, Castahead and Intercede.The Legacy of 7 Angels 7 Plagues '' Shepherd Express'', September 24, 2014. The band's initial members were Logan on drums, David Lesinski on bass, Matt Matera and Ryan Morgan on guitar, and Temo Rios on vocals; Rios left the group in 2000 and was replaced by Matt Mixon shortly after. A self-released demo EP, ''Until the Day Breathes and the Shadows Flee'', was issued by the band in 2000 while they toured in the midwestern United States. I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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