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Skrape
Skrape was an American nu metal band formed in Orlando, Florida in 1997. History Skrape originally formed in 1997 under the name "Jojo", they later renamed to "Skrape" two years later. Prior to their formation in 1997, members had been involved in acts such as Stuck Mojo and Genitorturers.Bromley, Adrian. Keeping It Simple, ''Chart'', July 1998. Drummer Will Hunt said he became inspired to form his own band while touring Europe with Stuck Mojo during late 1996, and seeing how enthusiastic crowds were towards the band Life of Agony, who they were performing alongside. Hunt already knew vocalist Billy Keeton prior to forming the band, and the other members were recruited afterwards. According to Hunt, he and Keeton were influenced by the sound of Deftones when they started Skrape.Will Hunt interview, 2023. ''The Nu Metal Agenda'' podcast. The band managed to build up a sizeable following in their local area, despite rarely playing live shows. By the end of 1998, they had written ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Killer America
''New Killer America'' is the debut album by the five-piece nu metal/alternative metal music group Skrape. The album was released on March 20, 2001 via RCA Records. Background, recording and promotion Skrape were signed to RCA Records in October 1999, and commenced recording their debut ''New Killer America'' in 2000. They had originally formed in Orlando, Florida during 1997 under the name "Jojo", having only played a small number of shows together prior to getting signed. Once signed, the band played no shows over the next nine to ten months, as they spent this period of time focusing on the making of the album. The songs "Broken Knees", "Blow Up", "Goodbye", "Kill Control", "Sunshine", "Waste" and "What You Say" were all rerecorded for ''New Killer America'', having previously appeared on the 1999 demo which caught the attention of RCA Records. The album was recorded at the same Orlando studio that was being used by teen pop artists such as Britney Spears and NSYNC. Regarding ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Will Hunt
William Hunt (born September 5, 1971) is an American drummer. He has been a member of rock band Evanescence since 2007, and has also played for Skrape, Dark New Day, Black Label Society, Vasco Rossi, Device, Crossfade, Staind, Static-X, Slaughter, and Godsmack. Career He looks up to Tommy Lee, John Bonham, Peter Criss, Abe Cunningham, and Stewart Copeland as his influences to his drumming. One of Hunt's earliest bands was Axe Attack, formed during 1988 in Tallahassee, Florida. He was also the second drummer in Tallahassee band Witt's End, a cover band that played several club gigs. This was the first band for all the members of Witt's End that earned them a living, making it the first professional band for all of them. Amongst sitting in with other local North Florida bands, he was also in the band Eli and recorded ''Push It Hard'' in 1990. Hunt while recording the debut album Indestructible loved the direction the album was going and Phillip Calfy vocalist for Scars of Am ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Up The Dose (Skrape Album)
''Up the Dose'' is the second and final album by the five-piece Orlando metal group Skrape. It was released in 2004 by RCA Records, with the breaking up shortly afterwards after getting dropped by the label. Release It was released on January 13, 2004, after initially being scheduled for a September 2003 release. The album still has a 2003 copyright date on the back of the CD, as is treated as a 2003 album on some websites, such as Allmusic and Spotify. Reception Allmusic's Johnny Loftus gave the album two and a half stars, stating that it tries to "build fully on the promise of "Goodbye" and "Kill Control" from 2001's ''New Killer America'', tracks that cracked the nu-metal mold with stratospheric vocals from Billy Keeton and slight twinges of Deftones psychedelics." He praised the song "Syrup", calling it an "atmospheric later-album track that leaves plenty of empty space around its spidery guitars and plodding percussion, capitalizing the chorus when it finally lurches into ge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dark New Day
Dark New Day was an American hard rock supergroup formed in 2004 featuring Brett Hestla of Virgos Merlot, Clint Lowery of Sevendust, Troy McLawhorn of DoubleDrive, Corey Lowery of Stereomud and Stuck Mojo, and Will Hunt of Skrape. Their debut album, ''Twelve Year Silence'', was released in 2005, followed by the EP '' Black Porch (Acoustic Sessions)'' in 2006. Though still inactive, Dark New Day released their second album, titled '' New Tradition'', in 2012. On February 19, 2013, the band released their third album, titled ''Hail Mary''. Band history Formation and ''Twelve Year Silence'' (2004–2005) The group initially formed under the name ''Dark Blue'' in late 2004 by childhood friends Brett Hestla of Virgos Merlot, Troy McLawhorn of DoubleDrive, Clint Lowery of Sevendust and his brother Corey Lowery of Stereomud, Stuck Mojo, and Will Hunt of Skrape. After signing a deal with Warner Bros. Records, they began recording their debut album with producer Ben Gr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Audiotopsy (band)
Audiotopsy is an American alternative metal band from Peoria, Illinois, formed in 2015. Its current lineup consists of lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist Billy Keeton, lead guitarist James Vinson, bassist Perry Stern, and drummer Trevor Bodkins. The band previously included Mudvayne members Greg Tribbett and Matthew McDonough. History Formation and ''Natural Causes'' (2015–2017) The band formed in 2015 after Greg Tribbett left Hellyeah along with bassist Bob "Zilla" Kahaka. The band's debut studio album, ''Natural Causes'', was released on October 2, 2015, via Napalm Records. It was self-produced and engineered by Tim Laud. The tracks "Headshot" and "The Calling" premiered on Loudwire and Revolver respectively. ''The Real Now'' and lineup change (2018–present) In September 2017 the band announced recording had begun on a second studio album, set for release in 2018. The band's second album ''The Real Now'' was released on November 2, via Megaforce Records. Two singles wer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nu Metal
Nu metal (sometimes stylized as nü-metal, with a metal umlaut) is a subgenre of that combines elements of heavy metal music with elements of other music genres such as hip hop music, hip hop, funk, industrial music, industrial, and grunge. Nu metal rarely features guitar solos or other displays of musical technique and emphasizes rhythm with instrumentation that is heavily Syncopation, syncopated. Nu metal guitarists typically use seven-string guitars that are guitar tunings, down-tuned to produce a heavier sound. Vocal styles are often rhythmic and influenced by hip hop, and include singing, rapping, screaming (music), screaming and sometimes death growl, growling. Turntablism, DJs are occasionally featured to provide instrumentation such as Sampling (music), sampling, turntable scratching and electronic musical instrument, electronic background music. Nu metal is one of the key genres of the new wave of American heavy metal. In the late 1980s and early 1990s, bands like Pan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ulrich Wild
Ulrich Wild (born December 31, 1969), is an American record producer, engineer and mixer specializing in the rock and metal genres. Born and raised in Switzerland, Ulrich is now a naturalized citizen in the United States, living in Los Angeles. In a career that has spanned over 20 years, his numerous credits include producing or engineering albums for bands such as Dethklok (a virtual metal band), Sex Slaves, Project 86, Pantera, Here Comes the Kraken, Static-X, Otep, Stabbing Westward, Powerman 5000, Deftones, Seether, Bleeding Through, Breaking Benjamin, Taproot, SOiL, World Entertainment War, and many other artists, and for soundtracks including '' Freddy vs. Jason'', '' Mission: Impossible 2'', and '' House of Wax''. He has also remixed songs by the band Mindless Self Indulgence. He was nominated for a Grammy for best engineered non-classical album in 1995 for his work with White Zombie. List of produced albums 1990s *1992: Alice in Chains - Dirt (engineered) *1993: Fis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pantera
Pantera () is an American Heavy metal music, heavy metal band formed in Arlington, Texas in 1981 by the Abbott brothers (guitarist Dimebag Darrell and drummer Vinnie Paul), and currently composed of vocalist Phil Anselmo, bassist Rex Brown, and touring musicians Zakk Wylde and Charlie Benante. The group's best-known lineup consisted of the Abbott brothers along with Brown and Anselmo, who joined in 1982 and 1986, respectively. The band is credited for developing and popularizing the subgenre of groove metal in the 1990s. Regarded as one of the most successful and influential bands in heavy metal history, Pantera has sold around 20 million records worldwide and has received four Grammy Awards, Grammy nominations. Having started as a glam metal band, Pantera released three albums in the mid-1980s with lead vocalist Terry Glaze (''Metal Magic'', ''Projects in the Jungle'', and ''I Am the Night (album), I Am the Night''), with little success. Looking for a new and heavier sound, Pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nu Metal Music
Nu metal (sometimes stylized as nü-metal, with a metal umlaut) is a subgenre of that combines elements of heavy metal music with elements of other music genres such as hip hop, funk, industrial, and grunge. Nu metal rarely features guitar solos or other displays of musical technique and emphasizes rhythm with instrumentation that is heavily syncopated. Nu metal guitarists typically use seven-string guitars that are down-tuned to produce a heavier sound. Vocal styles are often rhythmic and influenced by hip hop, and include singing, rapping, screaming and sometimes growling. DJs are occasionally featured to provide instrumentation such as sampling, turntable scratching and electronic background music. Nu metal is one of the key genres of the new wave of American heavy metal. In the late 1980s and early 1990s, bands like Pantera, Helmet, and Faith No More were influential in the development of nu-metal with their groove metal and alternative metal styles. Korn is often cred ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Orlando, Florida
Orlando ( ) is a city in and the county seat of Orange County, Florida, United States. The city proper had a population of 307,573 at the 2020 census, making it the fourth-most populous city in Florida behind Jacksonville, Florida, Jacksonville, Miami, and Tampa, Florida, Tampa and the state's most populous inland city. Part of Central Florida, it is the center of the Greater Orlando, Orlando metropolitan area, which had a population of 2.67 million in 2020. It is the sixth-largest metropolitan area in the Southern United States and the third-largest metropolitan area in Florida behind Miami metropolitan area, Miami and Tampa Bay area, Tampa Bay. Orlando is one of the most-visited cities in the world primarily due to tourism, major events, and convention traffic. It is the fourth-most visited city in the U.S. after New York City, Miami, and Los Angeles, with over 3.5 million visitors as of 2023. Orlando International Airport is the List of the busiest airports in the United Stat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dope (band)
Dope is an American industrial metal band from New York City, formed in 1997. The band has released seven full-length studio albums with their most recent studio album, ''Blood Money Part Zer0'', being released in February 2023. The lineup currently consists of founding member and lead singer, rhythm guitarist and keyboardist Edsel Dope, lead guitarist Virus (musician), Virus, bassist Acey Slade, and drummer Daniel Fox. As of 2022, they have sold over one million albums worldwide. History Early days (1997–1998) The band was founded in 1997 by songwriter and lead vocalist Edsel Dope. As a child, Edsel and his brother Simon Dope were separated when their parents divorced. When the two were adults, they reunited and Simon joined Edsel's band, playing keyboards, samples and percussion. The pair then recruited Sloane Jentry as guitarist, Preston Nash as drummer, and Tripp Eisen as bassist. Unlike many of the popular bands from the 1990s, Dope derived their sound from influenc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Slayer
Slayer is an American thrash metal band from Huntington Park, California, formed in 1981 by guitarists Jeff Hanneman and Kerry King, drummer Dave Lombardo and bassist/vocalist Tom Araya. Slayer's fast and aggressive musical style made them one of the "big four" bands of thrash metal, alongside Metallica, Megadeth and Anthrax. Slayer's current lineup comprises Araya, King, drummer Paul Bostaph and guitarist Gary Holt, who initially joined as a touring musician in 2011 before joining the band permanently after Hanneman's death in 2013. Drummer Jon Dette is a former member of the band. In the original lineup, King, Hanneman and Araya contributed to the band's lyrics, and all of the band's music was written by King and Hanneman. The band's lyrics and album art, which cover topics such as serial killers, occultism, terrorism, religion, fascism, racism, and war, have generated album bans, delays, lawsuits and criticism from religious groups. However, its music has been highly ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
