The Named is an
industrial metal
Industrial metal is the fusion of heavy metal and industrial music, typically employing repeating metal guitar riffs, sampling, synthesizer or sequencer lines, and distorted vocals. Prominent industrial metal acts include Ministry, Nine In ...
project led by
Rabbit Junk
Rabbit Junk is an American industrial metal band made up of former the Shizit frontman JP Anderson and his wife Jennifer "Sum Grrl" Bernert. The band formed in Seattle in 2004 and are currently active in southern California.[digital hardcore
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group
The Shizit
The Shizit was a digital hardcore act from Seattle, Washington, United States, USA, initially formed by J.P. Anderson and Brian Shrader in early 1999. The music was an intense mix of Gabber music, gabber, breakbeat, drum and bass, hardcore techno, ...
, Anderson was forced to change the name of the project after legal threats from former The Shizit bandmate Brian Shrader. The Named released their self-titled album (originally released as ''The Shizit'') in 2009 under D-Trash. In 2015, after 6 years of inactivity,
Glitch Mode Recordings re-mastered and re-issued ''The Named'' with a brand new track, titled "Discipline", and a slightly altered track order.
The Named (formerly The Shizit) debut new song
Sputnikmusic
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Discography
;Albums
*''The Named'' (2009, reissued 2015)
;Singles
*"Fuck the Noise" (2009)
*"Discipline" (2015)
References
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American industrial metal musical groups