Martyr was a Canadian

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. Their musical style consisted of mostly progressive use of melodics and variations of

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History

Formed in 1994 by brothers Daniel (guitar, vocals) and François Mongrain (bass), along with Pier-Luc Lampron (guitar) and François Richard (drums), Martyr recorded a demo tape in September 1995 titled ''Ostrogoth''. In September 1997, the drummer François Richard left the band being replaced by Patrice Hamelin, the full-length debut ''

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'' was self-released in November that same year. Martyr independently released their second album, ''

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'', in 2000. Lampron had left the band and was replaced on the guitar by Martin Carbonneau. In 2007 the band released an album, ''

Feeding the Abscess ''Feeding The Abscess'' is Martyr's 3rd full-length album. It was released by Galy Records in 2006. Track listing Personnel ;Martyr * Daniel Mongrain – lead vocals, guitar * Martin Carbonneau - guitar * François Mongrain - bass, death gr ...

''. In 2008 the band released a video, ''Havoc in Quebec City''."Martyr Havoc in Quebec City
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Members

Daniel Mongrain Daniel Mongrain (also known as Dan Mongrain and Chewy) is perhaps best known as a co-founder of the Quebec technical death metal band Martyr. He composes, sings and plays lead and rhythm guitar. Mongrain is currently a guitarist and composes as a ...

(1994–2012) -

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* Martin Carbonneau (2002–2012) - guitar * François Mongrain (1994–2012) - bass, backing vocals * Pier-Luc Lampron (1994–2001) - guitar * François Richard (1994–1997) - drums * Patrice Hamelin (1997–2012) - drums

Timeline

Discography

* ''

'' (1997) * ''

'' (2000) * ''

'' (2006)

Live albums

* ''

Extracting the Core ''Extracting the Core'' is Martyr's only live album. It was recorded in Summer 2001 in Rouyn-Noranda, Canada and was released by Skyscraper Music. The album came in a multimedia disk which contained the songs, live photos, and videos. Track lis ...

'' (2001)

Video albums

* ''

Havoc in Quebec City Martyr was a Canadian death metal band from Trois-Rivières, Québec. Their musical style consisted of mostly progressive use of melodics and variations of thrash and death metal influences. History Formed in 1994 by brothers Daniel (guitar, ...

'' (2008)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Martyr (Band) Canadian technical death metal musical groups Musical groups established in 1994 English-language musical groups from Quebec Trois-Rivières 1994 establishments in Quebec