Ogre is an American heavy metal band from

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History

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when Ross Markonish and Will Broadbent grew tired of their current prog/drone/trance band,

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, and decided to start a 70s hard rock and heavy metal influenced project.Ogre interview
at Hellride Music. December 10, 2002 They placed an ad in the local paper for a bassist/vocalist and were contacted by Ed Cunningham. In 2000 they released a six song demo, which led to their debut appearance on Water Dragon Records' ''Greatest Hits Vol. 1'' (the same compilation which saw the debut of Swedish rockers

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). In 2003 Wurmhole Records released Ogre's debut album, '' Dawn of the Proto-Man''. The band then signed to

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for 2006's '' Seven Hells''. Their third album, also on Leaf Hound, was released in 2008. It is entitled '' Plague of the Planet'' and consists of one long, multi-part, epic song. It was later rereleased by Shadow Kingdom Records, based out of Pennsylvania. Ogre has announced that their 10th Anniversary show, set in their hometown of Portland, Maine for September 2009, will be a farewell for the band. However, some live shows may follow in Europe later in 2009 or early 2010. After their break-up, Will and Ross formed Dementia Five with whom they recorded an album, ''Revolt in the Fifth Dimension'', which remained unreleased until April 2015. They reunited for one show in 2012, playing their first gig since the split-up at Geno's Rock Club in Portland, Maine together with Iron Man and Revelation on September 1.

Line-up

* Ed Cunningham -

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* Will Broadbent -

drum The drum is a member of the percussion group of musical instruments. In the Hornbostel-Sachs classification system, it is a membranophone. Drums consist of at least one membrane, called a drumhead or drum skin, that is stretched over a she ...

s * Ross Markonish -

guitar The guitar is a fretted musical instrument that typically has six strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming or plucking the strings with the dominant hand, while simultaneously pressing selected stri ...

synthesizer A synthesizer (also spelled synthesiser) is an electronic musical instrument that generates audio signals. Synthesizers typically create sounds by generating waveforms through methods including subtractive synthesis, additive synthesis and ...

Discography

Albums

* '' Dawn of Proto-Man'' CD (2003 Wurmhole Records) * '' Seven Hells'' CD (2006

) * '' Plague of the Planet'' CD (2008

) * '' The Last Neanderthal'' CD (2014 Minotauro Records) * '' Thrice as Strong'' (2019 Cruz del Sur Music)

Compilation appearances

* "Ogre" and "Skeletonized" on ''Greatest Hits Vol. 1'' CD (2000 Water Dragon Records) * "Age of Ice" and "God of Iron" on ''Unleashed from the Northeast'' LP (2006 Swaying Ball Music) * "The Centurion" on ''Short Songs from Long Fellows'' 7" (2007 Entertainment Experiment) *"Plague of the planet on "Space Rock! (free with issue 139 of Classic Rock Magazine)

References

External links

Official MySpace page
{{DEFAULTSORT:Ogre American doom metal musical groups Heavy metal musical groups from Maine Musical groups from Portland, Maine Musical groups established in 1999 American musical trios 1999 establishments in Maine