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band consisting of Excision (production and midi-guitars), Downlink (production and midi-guitars), and

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drummer

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, with collaboration from Space Laces and Ajapai. The band released two singles and two albums on their independent label, Destroid Music. Destroid also performed live music shows. Destroid promoted their dubstep music with online videos, social media marketing, and online graphic novels and a web page called "The Elevated", using the tagline "elevate your existence".

Timeline

Destroid was formed after several years of Excision's North American tours, as well as collaborations with Downlink for

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. Excision and Downlink began work on the initial music production for Destroid, and then enlisted

's KJ Sawka to round out the line up. In October 2012, Excision released his

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2012 DJ mix which included six Destroid songs. To promote the release, a video, ''The Destroid Existence Conspiracy'', was created by videographer

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. The group also published on their website an eight-page graphic novel; the plot parallels events depicted in the Destroid Existence Conspiracy video. The artwork for the graphic novel was created by Steven Juliano, it was written and directed by Devin Taylor, and the cover artwork is credited to both Juliano and Taylor. Destroid's first single "Raise Your Fist" was released on November 15, 2012 as a free download on the band's website using a "pay with a tweet" promotion that gave fans a free

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page. On November 30, 2012 "Raise Your Fist" was released on Beatport.com and iTunes, reaching #2 on Beatport's Top Dubstep 100 Chart, and #90 on the Top 100 overall chart. Songs available for purchase on Beatport and iTunes. In 2013, Destroid released an album, ''The Invasion.''"ALBUM REVIEW: Destroid - The Invasion"
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at the Orion Festival,

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at Electric Adventure Festival within

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and just outside Albany, NY at Camp Bisco 12 (2013). In 2014 Destroid released a follow-up album. ''The Invasion Remixes''. Also that year the band performed at the Safe in Sound Festival. In 2016 the group performed at the Ultra Music Festival in Miami, Florida. In September 2017, the group performed at Excision's first music festival, Lost Lands in Ohio. During the set, one of the two volcanos by the stage caught fire resulting in the stage to be temporarily shut down. This is not the first time Excision has caught the stage on fire. This was also Destroid's final music performance. On May 31, 2018, "Destroid 8 Annihilate" was included in the

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Discography

Studio albums

*''The Invasion'' (2013)

Compilation albums

*''The Invasion Remixes'' (2014)"Destroid – The Invasion (Album Review)"
, ''Salacious Sound''. May 7, 2013.

Singles

* "Destroid 1. Raise Your Fist" - Produced by Excision, Downlink, Space Laces - Destroid Music - November 30, 2012 * "Destroid 9. Blast Off" - Produced by Excision, Ajapai - Destroid Music - January 21, 2013 * "Destroid 11. Get Stupid" - Produced by Excision, Space Laces - Destroid Music - November 26, 2013 Songs appearing on the Excision Shambhala 2012 mix: * "Destroid 1. Raise Your Fist" - Produced by Excision, Downlink, Space Laces * "Destroid 2. Wasteland" - Produced by Excision, Downlink, Space Laces * "Destroid 3. Crusaders" - Produced by Excision, Downlink, Space Laces * "Destroid 4. Flip The Switch" - Produced by Excision * "Destroid 5. Activation" - Produced by Downlink * "Destroid 6. Put It Down" - Produced by Excision & Bassnectar * "Destroid 7. Bounce" - Currently searching for producers * "Destroid 8. Annihilate"- Excision & Far Too Loud

References

External links

Destroid Official Website

Excision Official Website

KJ Sawka Official Website

Downlink Official Website
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