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Massacre (metal Band)
Massacre (briefly known as Massacre X and Gods of Death) is an American death metal band. They were formed in 1984 by Allen West, Bill Andrews, and Mike Borders, soon after vocalist Kam Lee joined. The band has reunited several times with varying line-ups, most recently in late 2016. History Massacre were formed in 1984 by Allen West (guitar), Bill Andrews (drums), Mike Borders (bass) and soon joined by Kam Lee. After their first demo their line-up settled with Rick Rozz (formerly of Mantas, an early incarnation of Death) on guitar, and bassist Terry Butler. They disbanded and re-united again several times. In 1987, Rozz, Andrews and Butler joined Death,. After being fired by Death in 1989, Rick Rozz reformed Massacre with Lee and they managed to get a deal with Earache records, finally managing to release their 1991 debut album '' From Beyond'', followed by an EP a year later (featuring Cronos of Venom). After the release of the EP the band split up again. Rozz reformed t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tampa, Florida
Tampa () is a city on the Gulf Coast of the United States, Gulf Coast of the U.S. state of Florida. The city's borders include the north shore of Tampa Bay and the east shore of Old Tampa Bay. Tampa is the largest city in the Tampa Bay area and the County seat, seat of Hillsborough County, Florida, Hillsborough County. With a population of 384,959 according to the 2020 census, Tampa is the third-most populated city in Florida after Jacksonville, Florida, Jacksonville and Miami and is the List of United States cities by population, 52nd most populated city in the United States. Tampa functioned as a military center during the 19th century with the establishment of Fort Brooke. The cigar industry was also brought to the city by Vicente Martinez Ybor, Vincente Martinez Ybor, after whom Ybor City is named. Tampa was formally reincorporated as a city in 1887, following the American Civil War, Civil War. Today, Tampa's economy is driven by tourism, health care, finance, insurance, tec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
From Beyond (Massacre Album)
''From Beyond'' is the debut studio album by American death metal band Massacre, released in 1991 on Earache Records. The album was re-released with a different cover (original is red) and the ''Inhuman Condition'' EP as bonus tracks. The album was recorded in March 1991 at Morrisound Recording in Tampa, Florida. "Corpsegrinder" was originally recorded by the band Death, of which all members of Massacre have been a part in the past. The album's title is based on H. P. Lovecraft's the short story of the same name, and the cover art was painted by Ed Repka. The band's vocalist, Kam Lee, hates the original pink album cover art done by Ed Repka and the changing of the band logo as he claims it "looks like the Superman logo." Critical reception In 2005, ''From Beyond'' was ranked number 288 in ''Rock Hard'' magazine's book ''The 500 Greatest Rock & Metal Albums of All Time''. Track listing All lyrics written by Kam Lee, all music by Rick Rozz, unless stated. The ori ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Terry Butler
Terry Butler is an American bassist who currently performs with the death metal bands Obituary and Inhuman Condition. He was also a member of Six Feet Under, Massacre and Death. He was credited on the Death album ''Spiritual Healing'', and band leader Chuck Schuldiner stated that on the latter Death album "Terry contributed to the songwriting as well". He is married with three children, and is brother-in-law of former bandmate Greg Gall. Before he joined Six Feet Under, he was in Massacre with Rick Rozz, whom he played with in ''Leprosy''-era Death. In an interview, Butler has stated: "I'd rather be popular in the underground, than be unknown in the mainstream." In late 2011 it was announced that Butler was reforming Massacre with former bandmate Rick "Rozz" DeLillo, with the intention of securing a record deal, recording a new album, and international touring. The band performed on the cruise ship "70,000 Tons of Metal" in January 2012 and subsequently signed a worldwide re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Whiplash (band)
Whiplash is an American thrash metal band formed in 1984 in Passaic, New Jersey. The band has been centered around guitarist and vocalist Tony Portaro, who is the only constant member of the lineup. Despite never achieving major success, Whiplash has been recognized as one of the first East Coast thrash metal bands in the 1980s, and they are also notable for featuring drummer Tony Scaglione, who had been in and out of Whiplash since its inception and was a temporary fill-in for Dave Lombardo in Slayer on the latter's ''Reign in Blood'' tour. History The original lineup of Tony Portaro, Tony Scaglione and Tony Bono recorded their debut album ''Power and Pain'' for Roadrunner Records in 1986. Joe Cangelosi replaced Tony Scaglione that same year when the latter left for a seven-week tour with Slayer. Joe Cangelosi recorded ''Ticket to Mayhem'' in 1987 with the two Tonys. In 1989, Glenn Hansen joined the band as the new singer for the album titled ''Insult to Injury''. The band spl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zero Hour (band)
Zero Hour is an American progressive metal band formed by twin brothers Jasun Tipton and Troy Tipton in Pleasanton, California, United States, in 1993. They released their self-titled debut album independently in 1999, and followed it up with 2001's ''The Towers of Avarice,'' their first album on the Sensory Records label, which also released all of their subsequent albums. Following 2003's ''Metamorphosis'' (a re-recording of their first record)'','' original singer Erik Rosvold was replaced by Fred Marshall, who appeared on ''A Fragile Mind'', released in 2005. Vocalist Chris Salinas joined the band for their 2006 album ''Specs of Pictures Burnt Beyond'', replacing Marshall. Salinas had previously fronted another progressive metal outfit, Power of Omens, which disbanded in 2005 after two albums. Salinas remained with Zero Hour until they disbanded. The band was disbanded due to Troy Tipton's arm injury. Jasun Tipton stated "...he had the surgery and has been working hard to g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nasty Savage
Nasty Savage is an American thrash metal band from Brandon, Florida, formed in 1983 by vocalist "Nasty" Ronnie Galletti. The band has undergone various lineup changes, with Galletti and guitarist David Austin remaining the only constant members, until the latter's departure in 2022. Overview Nasty Savage rose to popularity primarily due to singer "Nasty" Ronnie Galetti's over-the-top stage show performances (in early shows Ronnie smashed television sets over his head). They were extremely influential in the emergence of the Florida death metal scene, inspiring bands such as Death and Obituary. The second album ''Indulgence'' (1987), featuring the hit single "XXX", was recorded at Progressive Music in Tampa. These recordings helped to get the band signed with heavy metal label Metal Blade Records Metal Blade Records is an American independent record label founded by Brian Slagel in 1982. The US office for Metal Blade is located in Agoura Hills, California. It also has offi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kreator
Kreator is a German thrash metal band from Essen, formed in 1982. Their current lineup consists of lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist Miland "Mille" Petrozza, drummer Jürgen "Ventor" Reil, lead guitarist Sami Yli-Sirniö, and bassist Frédéric Leclercq. The band's lineup has changed multiple times over its -year career, most noticeably with their bassists and lead guitarists. Petrozza and Reil are the only two original members left in Kreator, although the latter took a break from the band from 1994 to 1996. Yli-Sirniö has been the lead guitarist of Kreator since 2001, while Leclercq joined in 2019 as the replacement of Christian "Speesy" Giesler, who had been a member of the band since 1994. To date, Kreator has released fifteen studio albums, two EPs, two live albums and three compilation albums. They gained a large underground fanbase in the international thrash metal community, with their second studio album ''Pleasure to Kill'' (1986) regarded as an influential album o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Metalucifer
Metalucifer is a Japanese heavy metal band formed by Gezolucifer (of Sabbat) in 1995. Adopting the musical style of early NWOBHM and building upon it, they achieved underground celebrity, especially in Scandinavia. Their pure heavy metal approach, and their unadulterated use of the words "Heavy Metal" in song titles has gained them fame, as their music strives to capture the essence of what they think "heavy metal" should be. Name The name Metalucifer was taken from the classic Sabbat song "Metalucifer And Evilucifer", meaning, according to the band, "King of the Heavy Metal Hell". Members These are the people who have played in Metalucifer between 1995 and 2003, all releases and concerts included: * Gezolucifer (Masaki Tachi): also known as ''Gezol''. Lead vocals and bass guitar (from Sabbat) * Elizaveat: guitar and drums (from Sabbat) * Elizabigore: guitar (from Gore) * Bill Andrews: drums (ex-Death and ex-Massacre A massacre is the killing of a large number of p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jeramie Kling
Jeramie Kling (born 1982) is an American drummer, recording engineer, producer, and live sound engineer best known for his work with extreme metal bands The Absence and Venom, Inc. He is also a member of Ribspreader (drums), Goregäng (guitar/lead vocals), and Metal Blade act Necromancing the Stone. Kling was a member of death metal band Massacre (drums/backing vocals) from 2019 to 2020. In 2021, he formed the band Inhuman Condition with Massacre and Obituary bassist Terry Butler Terry Butler is an American bassist who currently performs with the death metal bands Obituary and Inhuman Condition. He was also a member of Six Feet Under, Massacre and Death. He was credited on the Death album ''Spiritual Healing'', and ba ... (ex-Death) and Taylor Nordberg. Kling was a founding member of The Absence and played drums on four of their albums, ''From Your Grave '' (2005), ''Riders of the Plague'' (2007), ''Enemy Unbound'' (2010) and ''A Gift for the Obsessed'' (2018). ''Ene ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rick Rozz
Rick Rozz (born Frederick D. DeLillo, January 9, 1967) is an American guitarist. He grew up in Brooklyn, New York and spent his formative years in Altamonte Springs, Florida, attending Lake Brantley High School. He is best known for his work with the death metal bands Death and Massacre. He still resides in Florida. He played on and co-wrote the well-known death-metal releases ''Leprosy'' in 1988, '' From Beyond'' in 1990, the EP ''Inhuman Condition ''Inhuman Condition'' is an EP by the American death metal band Massacre. It was released in 1992 by Earache Records. Track listing # "Inhuman Condition" – 5:41 # "Plains of Insanity" – 4:48 # "Warhead" – 5:16 (Venom cover) # "Provoke ...'' in 1991 and the more rock-oriented LP ''Promise'' in 1996. He also wrote the music for the 2014 Massacre release "Back From Beyond" on Century Media Records. In 2019 Rick reformed "Massacre" with original "Mantas/Death/Massacre" singer Kam Lee along with original "Massacre" Bassis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eric Greif
Eric Greif (1962 – 2021) was an American lawyer and entertainment personality known for a management and record production career within the heavy metal musical genre in the 1980s and early 1990s, and later within the legal profession. He was also known for being the longtime manager and lawyer of metal musician Chuck Schuldiner. Canadian filmmaker Sam Dunn has referred to Greif as a "hugely important figure in the extreme metal scene."''Helping The Cause: Metal Evolution - The Lost Episode: Extreme Metal'', metalstorm.net (retrieved February 24, 2013) He was the nephew of deceased American-Irish writer and publisher Martin Greif. On Oct ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blaine Cook
Blaine "Zippy" Cook is the former lead singer of the early 1980s Seattle political punk band the Fartz. After they disbanded, he went on to front the thrash oriented the Accüsed. Cook currently fronts Toe Tag A toe tag is a piece of cardboard attached with string to the big toe of a Death, deceased individual in a morgue. It is used for identification purposes, allowing the funeral director, mortician, coroner, law enforcement, and others involved in ... and Accused A.D.. He was also the featured vocalist on a release, ''Horror Holocaust'', by the thrash/death metal band Denial Fiend. Replacing Kam Lee in the band. Blaine and wife Rahel used to own Zippy's Giant Burgers in West Seattle. Zippy's was a cult favorite in Seattle, having garnered several awards, including Best Burger by the Best of Western Washington and Best Burger (non-beef) by the Seattle Weekly. Zippy's closed its doors for the final time on July 10, 2022, citing staffing, inflation and an unreasonable landl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
