Marillion - formata in anul 1979 in Aylesbury, Anglia.Perioada de activitate: 1979 - prezent.Membri: Steve Hogarth (aka "H") - voce (s-a alaturat in 1989), Steve Rothery - chitara , Pete Trewavas - bass, Mark Kelly - clape, Ian Mosley - tobe (s-a alaturat in 1984) (aceasta este componenta incepand cu anul 1982)Ex-Membri: Fish (Derek Dick) - voce (a parasit trupa in 1988), Mick Pointer - tobe (a parasit trupa in 1983).Stiluri abordate: Prog-Rock / Art Rock, Neo-Prog.* Marillion - discografie Anii optzeci începeau fara vesti bune pentru fanii muzicii progresive. Noul Genesis încerca o rupere de gloriosul lui trecut, o „actualizare” pe care unii aveau sa o guste, altii nu. Yes pierdea vocea solara a lui Anderson, creând un moment prielnic pentru aparitia primului reprezentant al curentului neo-progresiv. Cu nume de poveste (Silmarillion este un personaj al lui J.R.R. Tolkien) si cu un lider ce soca prin înfatisare si inteligenta îsi va începe atât de controversata cariera. Este ciudata constatarea ca tot ceea ce ar fi fost fatal altei formatii, i-a reusit întotdeauna lui MARILLION. Ei si-au construit drumul într-o directie gresita de la început, însa în timpul calatoriei s-au întarit dupa fiecare piedica întâlnita. Cu cât inamicii i-au tratat drept plagiatori întârziati cu atât mai mult publicul i-a sarbatorit. Paradoxurile încep de la înfiintare.

În primul rând MARILLION în forma clasica FISH - KELLY – ROTHERY – TREWAVAS – MOSLEY nu contine nici un membru al grupului original, aparut în HAMPSHIRE în 1979. STEVE ROTHERY va veni abia la sfârsitul anului, FISH în 1981 odata cu MARK KELLY, al carui grup facea prima parte a spectacolului; basistul va sosi în 1982 si MIKE POINTER ultimul supravietuitor al grupului de origine, va fi înlocuit în 1983. Ce vor fi gândit acum fondatorii anonimi, e usor de imaginat. Alta ciudatenie – originea lor. MARILLION este compus dintr-un scotian, un irlandez, 3 englezi din care un londonez. Într-o echipa de fotbal s-ar fi omorât între ei. Iar când

în primul album „MARKET SQUARE HEROES” (1982) vor pune toata fervoarea progresiva alambicata a unei tinereti sub semnul VAN DER GRAAF si PINK FLOYD, mostenind cea mai pura melodicitate britanica, se vor trezi facând ravagii în topurile revistei SOUNDS, saptamâni la rând! Marii câstigatori ai cauzelor pierdute dinainte vor ramâne grupul numarul unu în ANGLIA (desi existau U2 si SIMPLE MINDS) pâna în 1987, infirmând teoria ca grupul britanic al anilor ’80 trebuia sa fie un mostenitor modernist al lui SEX PISTOLS si POLICE. Debutului din 1982, remarcat imediat pe de altfel încarcata scena britanica, i se adauga primul single „Grendel”, produs de David Hitchcock si care alinia o componenta ce avea sa cunoasca putine fluctuatii: Derek William Dick – voce, Steve Rothery – chitara, Mark Kelly –clape, Pete Trewavas – bass, si Mick Pointer, înlocuit ulterior cu John Martyr, si în final, cu Ian Mosley- baterie. De la primele acorduri celtice ale acestei ample compozitii se disting vocea monumentala a lui Fish (supranumit astfel datorita timpului petrecut în cada de baie) si versurile sale, care

de la o piesa la alta vor contopi ulterior grupul si publicul atins parca de o bagheta magica ce-l transforma în Fat-Frumos. Caci, înainte de toate, Marillion este o mâna de actori ce-si difuzeaza mesajul unui auditoriu literalmente uluitor si cucerit. Imaginea lor va fi difuzata tot de inepuizabilul Fish, cu ajutorul unui artist de exceptie, Mark Wilkinson, ce va merge alaturi în marea aventura, imprimând fiecarei etape (citeste album) o viziune inconfundabila si o simbolistica ce fuzioneaza cu istorisirile muzicii si ale cuvintelor, pentru deliciul spectatorului. „Script For A Jester’s Tear”, albumul aparut în 1983 sub coordonarea lui Nick Tauber (Deep Purple, UFO, Thin Lizzy), avea sa atraga atentia criticii asupra grupului. În mod nedrept comparat cu „Selling England By The Pound” al lui Genesis, comparatie impusa si de vocalul din acelasi registru cu al lui Peter Gabriel sau Phil Colins, acest giuvaer al sunetului si imaginii, chiar daca încarcat si putin artificial, va ramâne un punct de referinta al rock-ului anilor ’80. Astfel de muzica pur si simplu nu se face – vor declara francezii, care sunt publicul lor cel mai fidel.„Nebunul fugit din paradis” si „Bufonul care-si arata lacrimile” vor câstiga în incisivitate pe al treilea album „Fugazi”. Povestit de un single, „Assasing”, albumul va relua tema criticii sociale din ultima piesa de pe „Script..”, „Forgotten Sons”.Fish devine aici „asasinul cu limba calita de elocventa” si într-adevar, prin dimensiunile sale (1,96m-120 kg), el este un adevarat asasin, însa doar pentru bietul fan înmarmurit, care dupa ce este plimbat printre „minciunile de smarald”, este silit sa realizeze ca lumea sa scapa de sub control.„Unde sunt profetii, unde sunt vizionarii, unde sunt profetii ce sfarâma amurgul mercenarilor sentimentelor”. Turneelor de succes le va urma un album live „Real To Reel”, în 1984, dar si capitolul doi al grupului, început de LP-ul „ Misplaced Childhood”. Albumul conceput (era timpul) el va da totodata si primele super-hit-uri, „Kayleigh” si „Lavender”. De asemenea, schimbarea producatorului (Chris Kimsey) va aduce o reîntoarcere la o melodie si un sentimentalism tulburate doar de finalul dur „Childhood’s End” si „White Feather”. Mark Wilkinson realizeaza un nou tur de forta conferindcopertei, de asta data mai optimista, statutul unei opere de arta. Bufonului- simbol si cameleonului li se alatura acum cotofana hoata, „Hei tu ai supravietuit, acum ai renascut în umbra cotofenei hoate”. Celui mai important album îi vor trebui doi ani pentru a aparea „Clutching At Straws” va impune în sfârsit marelui public pe Marillion. Conservând amprenta lui „Misplaced Childhood”, noul LP recombina însa traditionalele ingrediente într-un cocteil racoritor si explosiv, preparat de acelasi Chris Kimsey. Daca primele albume, poate prea încarcate de elemente decorative, nu rezistau ascultarii îndelungate, „Clutching At Straws” este mult simplificat pâna la a nu lasa decât o calitate dezgolita de orice artificiu. Ce placere sa te lasi purtat de farmecul si gratia lui „Warm Wet Circles” si „That Time Of The Night”, pe care totusi doar fericitii posesori ai unui CD le vor putea aprecia cum trebuie! Ce duo reusit între Fish si Tessa Niles pe „ The Last Straw”, ce ritm pe „Just For The Record”. Sa amintim hit-urile „Sugar Mice” si dinamicul si ineditul „Incommunicado”, alaturi de aspectul sobru al copertei pentru a întregi imaginea albumului: un bar idilic, barul prieteniei si al lipsei de griji, unde îi întâlnesti în acelasi timp pe John Lennon si pe Fish, uneori pe James Dean, alaturi de un nemaipomenit tonomat al carui unic scop este de a împrastia cele zece noi hit-uri ale lui Marillion. Numele sau?” Clutching At

Straws” . Show-urile ce au urmat si care au constituit materialul unui dublu LP live au fost ca o palma în fata publicului sceptic. Pe scena sobra si simpla, inundata de lumini blânde, sub cerul înstelat, un Fish charismatic si impunator interpreteaza aventurile noului sau personaj, Torch ajutat de o muzica lirica si captivanta ce-si atinge reala dimensiune pe viu. Merita vazuta audienta ce reia în cor versurile, ca o adunare religioasa, pentru a-si distruge corzile vocale în final, în urale nesfârsite.Dupa un foarte necesar „B Sides Themselves”, aparut în 1988 si care reia fetele B ale single-urilor, piese ce de obicei nu-si gasesc locul pe albume, dar

care în acest caz erau pe nedrept necunoscute, urmeaza „The Thieving Magpie” marcând sfârsitul triumfal al perioadei de mijloc. Produs de Marillion, acesta va puncta pe câte o fata de disc cele patru albume, pastrând pe vinil momente remarcabile, irepetabile ale activitatii concertistice. Totodata ramâne un document ce finalizeaza drumul parcurs de Fish alaturi de grup. Fish decide ca este capabil sa continue o cariera solistica, anuntata de max-single-ul „Big Wedge”. Marillion se va reface imediat si cu ajutorul unui producator, Nick Davis si un nou vocalist, Steve Hogarth, va edita în 1989 noul LP „Seasons End”, o reusita incontestabila, rigiditatea vocalului fiind suplinita de o instrumentatie mai importanta ce-l promoveaza pe Steve Rothery în calitatea de lider. Caracterul de super-grup este marcat de momente ca „Easter” si „ The Uninvited Guest” alaturi de mega-hit-ul „ The King of Sunset Town”. În afara de vocea si creativitatea sa, atuurile lui Fish în cariera paralela sunt Mark Wilkinson, artistul si artizanul imaginii Marillion, chitaristul ex-Dire Straits Hal Lindes si organistul Mickey Simmonds. Albumele ce au urmat ‘Holidays In Eden’ (1991), ‘Brave’ (1994) ‘Afraid Of Sunlight’ (1995), ‘This Strange Engine’ (1997) si ‘Radiation’ (1998) au demonstrat determinarea continua a trupei Marillion de a face muzica inventiva si emotionala, netinand seama ca muzica lor poate nu va fi difuzata la radio, ignorand posibilitatea de a nu intra in topuri. Alte trei albume au fost lansate pana astazi - ‘Marillion.com’ in 1999, 'Anoraknophobia’ in 2001 si Marbles in 2004 - toate 3 beneficiind de un puternic sprijin acordat de catre fani printr-o modalitate mai putin obisnuita - Internetul. In urma unor stranii campanii, Marillion au reusit sa primeasca bani de la fani pentru albume ce inca nu fusesera lansate, nici macar inregistrate. Astfel, au fost fani care au platit cu aproximativ 1 an in avans. Asteparile nu le-au fost insa dezamagite. Gigantul de 32 de ani marcheaza prin pesimismul si critica socio-politica o stagnare pe plan al comunicarii, sanctionata imediat de critica (iata cine tinea grupul pe loc!). Însa momente minunate sunt reproduse prin intermediul lui „Vigil In A Wilderness Of Mirrors”, numai Fish putând sa ne încânte cu un „State Of Mind” sau „View From The Hill”. Bresa din sânul formatiei a permis reaparitia în centrul atentiei a unor grupuri ca Rush, aratând ca rebeliunea este pedepsita pe atât de precara scena progresiva actuala. Epopeea Marillion aduce în atentie faptul ca alaturi de „batrânii dinozauri” Genesis si Yes, merita un loc pe cinste si promotorii neo-progresivului ale carui stralucitoare stele sunt IQ si Pallas dar în primul rând MARILLION

Discografie Marillion

Script for a Jester's Tear (1983) Fugazi (1984)

Misplaced Childhood (1985) Clutching at Straws (1987)

Season's End (1989) Holidays In Eden (1991)

Brave (1994) Afraid Of Sunlight (1995)

This Strange Engine (1997) Radiation (1998) (spelled Radiat10n on the cover, because it is the band's tenth

album) marillion.com (1999)

Anoraknophobia (2001) Marbles (2004)

Mayhem - formata in 1983 in Oslo - Langhus, Norvegia.Perioada de activitate: 1983 - prezent.Membri: - Attila Csihar - voce, Blasphemer (Rune Eriksen) - chitara, Necrobutcher (Jørn Stubberud) - Bass, Hellhammer (Jan Axel Von Blomberg) - tobeEx-membri: Maniac(Sven Erik Kristiansen) - voce, Dead(Per Yngve Ohlin) - voce, (R.I.P. 08.04.1991, suicid), Messiah (Eirik Nordheim) - voce, Euronymous (Øystein Aarseth) - chitara (R.I.P. 10.08.1993, omorat de Varg), Count Grishnackh (Varg Vikernes) - Bass, Kjetil Manheim - tobeStiluri abordate: Black Metal* Mayhem - discografie Bazele Mayhem au fost puse in 1983 de catre Euronymous; alaturi de acesta in componenta Mayhem se aflau Necrobutcher - bass, Messiah - voce si Manheim - tobe

Influentele muzicale ale Mayhem isi au originea in Venom si Celtic Frost, doua trupe dupa care Mayhem a si facut cover-uri. Primul demo, numit "Voice of a Tortured Skull", dateaza din 1986, iar la sfarsitul aceluiasi an Mayhem lanseaza al doilea demo, respectiv "Pure fucking Armageddon". In anul 1987 are loc prima schimbare in componenta trupei, Messiah paraseste trupa, fiind inlocuit ulterior de Maniac. Astfel, in aceasta formula, Mayhem lanseaza primul album, numit "Deathcrush",

initial lansat doar in 1000 de exemplare si reeditat mai tarziu, in anul 1993. Albumul se bucura de un succes mare pe scena underground norvegiana si are meritul de a fi consacrat trupa in istoria Black Metal ca fondatorii acestui gen. Anul urmator aduce o noua componenta pentru Mayhem: in 1988, Maniac si Manheim parasesc trupa fiind inlocuiti de catre Dead, ex formatia suedeza Morbid, si de catre bateristul Hellhammer. Venirea lui Dead s-a dovedit o influenta puternica asupra sound-ului trupei; riff-urile sunt acum mai melodice in locul celor brutale iar tematica versurilor este mai intunecata ca niciodata. Este inceputul unei serii de spectacole infame, in timpul carora Dead se taia pe corp cu un cutit sau arunca carne putrezita in spectatori. In timpul acestei

perioade Euronymous, pentru a incuraja formatiile de black metal, pune bazele legendarei Deathlike Silence Production, o casa de discuri special creata pentru muzica ce abordeaza teme satanice, care a produs trupe ca Burzum, Abruptum, Merciless, Enslaved si altele. 1991 s-a dovedit a fi cel mai nefast an pt Mayhem. Dead se sinucide in ajunul lansarii celui de-al doilea album; acesta s-a taiat adanc pe brate dupa care s-a impuscat in cap; cadavrul a fost gasit de Euronymous, si conform speculatiilor, Euronymous a gatit bucati din creierul lui Dead, iar mai apoi cei 3 membri ai trupei le-au mancat; Hellhammer, care neaga ca ar fi gustat din acea mancare, si-a facut un colier din fragmente din craniul lui Dead. Ultimele cuvinte ale lui Dead au fost: "Forgive me for the blood around".In 1992, Mayhem lanseaza "Live in Leipzig", album

album dedicat lui Dead, intregistrat in timpul turneului german; au fost lansate si cateva bootleg-uri, cel mai important fiind "Dawn of the black herats", in care se gasesc poze ale cadavrului lui Dead facute de Euronymous. In sfarsit in 1993, Mayhem intra in studio pentru a inregistra noul album, "De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas", cu o noua componenta - Attila Chsiajr si Count Grishnackh care i-au inlocuit pe Dead si Necrobutcher, acesta din urma parasind trupa dupa sinuciderea lui Dead, si un nou chitarist, Snorre, pentru a-l ajuta pe Euronymous. In decursul anului 1994 Mayhem a fost reformata de Hellhammer: i-a chemat pe cei doi membri originali, Maniac, Necrobutcher si un chitarist nou

chitarist nou, in persoana lui Blasphemer. Noua Mayhem a lansat un nou album, "Wolf`s lair abyss", in 1997, urmat de cateva concerte live, in timpul unuia din ele, mai exact in 1998 in Milano, a fost inregistrat al doilea live oficial "Mediolanum Capta est", lansat in 1999. In anul 2000, luna mai, Mayhem in sfarsit lanseaza noul album, asteptat vreme de 2 ani. Aceasta este o amagire partiala, deoarece trupa luase o noua linie in materie de sound: 13 titluri din care 6 sunt piese in stilul Mayhem si celelalte sunt cu un sound ce a duce mai degraba a Marylin Manson. Anul urmator, este randul celui de-al treilea album live, intitulat "Live in Marseille", pentru ca cel mai recent album full sa fie lansat in 2004, respectiv "Chimera"; in acelasi an, in luna noiembrie,

Maniac paraseste trupa, find inlocuit de catre Attila.

Discografie Mayhem

Studio

Deathcrush [EP] - (1987) De Mysteriis Dom Sathanas - (1994)

Wolf's Lair Abyss [EP] - (1997) Grand Declaration Of War - (2000)

Chimera - (2004)

Live si compilatii:

Live In Leipzig [Live] - (1991) Out From The Dark [Compilation] - (1996)

Ancient Skin / Necrolust [Compilation] - (1997) Necrolust / Total Warfare [Split CD] - (1999)

Mediolanum Capta Est [Live] - (1999) European Legions [Compilation] - (2001)

U.S. Legions [Compilation] - (2001) Live In Marseille 2000 [Live] - (2001)

Freezing Moon / Jihad [Split CD] - (2002) The Studio Experience [Box Set] - (2002)

Legions Of War [Compilation] - (2003)

Demo si bootleg:

Voice Of A Tortured Skull [Demo] - (1986) Pure Fucking Armageddon [Demo] - (1986)

Live Zeitz [Bootleg] - (1990) Dawn Of The Black Hearts [Bootleg] - (1991)

Metallica - formata in anul 1981 in Los Angeles, California.Perioada de activitate: 1981 - prezent.Membrii trupei: James Hetfield (voce, chitara), Dave Mustaine (chitara), Ron McGovney (bass), Lars Ulrich (tobe), Cliff Burton (bass), Kirk Hammett (chitara), Jason Newsted (bass), Rob Trujillo (bass)Componenta actuala: James Hetfield (voce, chitara), Lars Ulrich (tobe), Kirk Hammett (chitara), Rob Trujillo (bass)Stiluri abordate: Heavy-Metal, Thrash, Speed-Metal* Metallica - discografie Metallica a fost formata de catre Lars Ulrich si James Hetfield dupa ce acestia s-au intalnit dupa ce fiecare dintre ei daduse anunt in publicatia americana The Recycler. Il coopteaza pe colegul de apartament al lui Hetfield, Ron McGovney pt a se

ocupa de chitara bass. Trupa alege sa se numeasca METALLICA in urma unei idei a lui Ron Quintana, promotor al metalului in zona San Francisco. Cu Hetfield atat la voce cat si la chitara, trupa inregistreaza piesa "Hit The Lights" pt primul numar al compilatiei Metal Massacre. Dave Mustaine este primit in formatie pentru postul de chitarist in urma unor anunturi. La cateva luni mai tarziu este inregistrat demo-ul No Life Till Leather, care a atras imediat atentia publicului underground. La scurt timp, Ron McGovney este inlocuit de Cliff Burton. Concertand in San Francisco, in noua formula, trupa reuseste sa atraga tot mai mult atentia asupra sa, iar mai tarziu, in urma unor concerte in New York, cei patru semneaza contract cu Megaforce Records, prin care isi vor lansa primele 2 albume ale trupei, dar nu inainte ca Dave Mustaine sa fie 'concediat' (a format trupa speed metal Megadeth) de datorita problemelor cu alcoolul, el fiind inlocuit de Kirk Hammett venit de la Exodus (thrash).

Primul album al celor de la METALLICA, "Kill 'Em All" este lansat la finele lui 1983, dupa care trupa se implica in turnee serioase care ii cresc reputatia atat in Statele Unite cat si in Europa. In 1984 incep sa lucreze alaturi de producatorul Flemming Rassmussen, in Copenhaga, la studiourile Sweet Silence, in vederea celui de-al doilea album. "Ride The Lightning" dovedeste ca METALLICA nu este una dintre trupele de un sezon, compozitiile si orchestratia aratand clar ca trupa crescuse atat in maturitate cat si in forta, lucru ce va duce la curtea asidua din partea marilor companii de management si a caselor de productie, cum ar fi Elektra. METALLICA semneaza pentru managementul celor de la QPrime si cu Elektra in toamna lui '84, reputatia lor fiind in

continua crestere. METALLICA se reintoarce in 1985 in aceleasi studiouri unde inregistreaza "Master Of Puppets", mixat in Los Angeles cu Michael Wagner si lansat la inceputul lui 1986. Isi asigura rapid un loc in turneul lui Ozzy Osbourne ceea ce va face ca baza de fani sa creasca. Ceea ce pana nu demult parea o utopie devenise deja o certitudine: METALLICA domina lumea. Pe data de 27 septembrie 1986, trupa sufera un accident. In urma acestui accident Cliff Burton moare. Influenta sa asupra maturizarii trupei fusese enorma, Burton stiind sa combine filosofiile jam-ului si ale experimentului cu o serioasa teorie muzicala, Hetfield imprumutand multe din personalitatea si cunostintele regretatului basist. Pare oarecum imposibil sa iti mai imaginezi METALLICA fara Burton, insa Lars, James si Kirk se decid sa lupte mai departe. Jason Newsted este ales din 40 de chitaristi pentru a deveni noul basist al trupei, instrumentistul din Michigan parasind trupa din Arizona, Flotsam & Jetsam. Quartetul se aventureaza rapid intr-un turneu dupa care la fel de repede inregistreaza un EP compus din coveruri si intitulat Garage Days Re-Revisites" (trupa facand literalmente munca de jos in garajul lui Lars). Cu Jason luandu-si in serios noul rol, trupa se reintoarce in studiouri pentru a-si inregistra cel de-al patrule album de studio: "...And Justice For All", ce va fi lansat in luna august 1988. Explozia care ameninta sa planeze de catva timp se produce in cele din urma. Albumul ajunge pe locul 6 in topurile americane, este nominalizat la Grammy pentru Cel mai bun album metal/hard-rock iar trupa ii trece in planul doi pe deja consacratii VAN HALEN in timpul turneului Monsters Of Rock, la scurt timp dupa aceasta imbarcandu-se intr-un amplu turneu mondial. Acesta este dealtfel momentul cand METALLICA se implica in zona video, filmand clipul pentru piesa "One". Albumul

"...And Justice For All" da nastere la doua single-uri americane. In 1991 este lansat albumul autointitulatul "Metallica", cunoscut si sub numele "Black Album" iar de data aceasta popularitatea lor atinge culmi nebanuite. Alaturi de noul producator, Bob Rock acest album marcheaza o noua linie, cel putin in comparatie cu albumul anterior, continand cantece mai scurte, un sound total si aranjamente orchestrale mult mai simple. Pretutindeni in jurul lumii ajunge numarul 1, unde si ramane vreme de cateva saptamani, vanzandu-se in cele din urma intr-un numar de 15 milioane de copii, si lansand un numar de single-uri mai mult decat clare. Deasemenea castiga un premiu Grammy si un MTV/American Music Awards. Trupa porneste in turnee care vor tine nu mai putin de trei ani, cantand intr-un turneu solo pe stadioane "An Evening With Metallica", cu Guns'N'Roses si ca trupa principala la mai multe festivaluri. Astfel se explica de ce in

toamna lui 1993 cei patru membri erau extenuati atat fizic cat si psihic. A urmat o bine meritata perioada de pauza, in care fiecare membru al trupei si-a vazut de viata personala. Trebuie insa sa treaca mai mult de patru ani pentru ca METALLICA sa isi lanseze urmatorul album. Intitulat "Load" si inregistrat la The Plant, in Sausalito, California, acesta este cel mai lung album METALLICA, continand 14 piese si semnaland cateva importante schimbari in ceea ce priveste trupa. Produs de catre

Bob Rock, materialul este solid si eclectic, sunetul profund si de efect iar imaginea generala pe care o raspandeste este aceea de schimbare fata de albumul negru. In cursul sesiunilor de inregistrare ies atatea piese incat se cere un al doilea album, intitulat "ReLoad", care urmeaza in 1997. Turneul cu "Load" este unul spectaculos, beneficiind de tehnologia de ultima ora, si de nici mai putin decat de 2 ore de concert. Indiferent de temerile publicului, acestea sunt rapid spulberate, si chiar daca "Load" nu atinge culmile de vanzari ale albumului negru, acesta din urma devina totusi un album de succes in termeni proprii. In 1998 baietii de la METALLICA re-impacheteaza piesele de fata B, si celelalte doua sesiuni de la "Garage Days" intrand la The Plant pentru a scoate ulterior alte 11 coveruri. Electric, incitant si brut,cam acestea au fost parerile critice legate de dublul "Garage Inc.", album ce le-a adus multora aminte ca METALLICA inca se afla in miezul carierei muzicale. Aceasta va fi dealtfel dovedita in 1999 cand alaturi de dirijorul Michael Kamen, METALLICA incepe colaborarea si cu Orchestra Simfonica din San Francisco pentru a aduce piesele clasice la noi dimensiuni. Orice potential scepticism este spulberat in doua nopti, la Berkeley Community Theater, care constituie astazi adevarate borne ale perfectiunii trupei. Nu numai ca materialul trupei nu a fost compromis, dar aranjamentele pieselor, cel putin in cazul lui "Master Of Puppets" ofera instrumentelor sansa de a se manifesta si de a se desfasura cu o putere nemaiintalnita pana atunci. Tot acest spectacol inedit este inregistrat si filmat, METALLICA lansand dublul disc "S&M" si pe DVD la finele lui 1999, ceea ce marcheaza inca o reusita in istoria trupei. In vara lui 2000 METALLICA merge mai departe cu tentativele sale de a se elibera de conventii, demonstrand ca este capabila sa puna cap la cap si sa sustina un turneu intreg pe stadioane fara pretextul de a promova un album. Summer Sanitarium este un imens succes si incepe sa se spere in reintrarea baietilor in studiouri. Cu toate acestea sperantele fac locul temerilor in 2001, cand, dupa mai multe zvonuri, Jason Newsted paraseste trupa. Nu exista un motiv temeinic, important este ca multi sunt de parere ca acest lucru va precipita destramarea trupei, ceea ce se dovedeste a fi fals, grupul fiind obligat intr-un fel sau altul sa caute noi niveluri de

exprimare a creativitatii. Metallica realizeaza ca mai sunt multe de facut atat in ceea ce priveste relatiile lor personale cat si cele creatoare, motiv pentru care isi vor petrece prima parte a anului 2001 investigand tot felul de idei, inauntru si in afara studioului. Isi instaureaza cartierul general intr-o fosta cazarma a armatei, numita The Presidio, unde canta impreuna multa vreme si iau decizia de a nu se grabi in a-si gasi un nou basist, preferandu-l pentru aceasta pe Bob Rock. La mijlocul lui 2001 James Hetfield ajunge in momentul in care doar dezintoxicarea l-ar mai fi

putut salva, prin urmare nu mai are decat o singura solutie pentru a supravietui si chiar pentru a inflori. Multe luni de zile membrii trupei se afunda in noi sondari personale care privesc nu doar trupa ci si vietile si profilurile umane ale fiecaruia in

parte. Rezultatul se va face curand simtit: cand se reunesc, in primavara lui 2002 baietii stiu altfel sa se respecte si sa se aprecieze reciproc, in comparatie cu ce fusese inainte. De data aceasta sunt gata in sfarsit sa porneasca demersurile pentru noul album, independent de orice asteptare, atat din interior cat si din interior. Se hotarasc de la bun inceput sa lucreze alaturi de Bob Rock. Sediul central ramane Presidio, iar sesiunile de repetitie ce avusesera aici loc se dovedesc foarte utile in ceea ce priveste modul deschis de a isi arata gandurile si expresiile. Rezultatul? Al 8-lea album de studio - "St. Anger". S-a dorit a avea un sound neslefuit, "crud"; desi a fost intampinat cu critici aspre, desi au existat voci care denuntau sunetul prea putin lucrat, albumul a debutat pe locul 1 in topuri. In toamna lui '02 trupa decide ca a venit timpul sa isi caute un nou basist, si dupa cateva cateva auditii cu invitati personali care au durat cateva luni, este ales Robert Trujillo, fostul basist de la Suicidal Tendencies/Ozzy Osbourne. Trujillo devine membru al trupei, si nu cainlocuitor angajat temporar. Intregul sau comportament, fericit, relaxat, calduros si entuziast, acompaniat de 15 ani de experienta si de un stil feroce de interpretare l-au recomandat pe Trujillo drept cea mai buna alege. Anul 2004 le aduce un premiu Grammy pt albumul "St. Anger". In acelasi an, apare Some Kind Of Monster, un documentar despre membrii trupei, bazat pe filmari ale sesiunilor de inregistrarea ale albumului St Anger.

Discografie Metallica

1983 Kill 'Em All1984 Ride the Lightning1986 Master of Puppets

1987 Garage Days Re-Revisited (EP)1988 ...And Justice for All

1990 The Good, the Bad and the Live, Box set of singles and live tracks 1991 Metallica (Usually called "The Black Album")

1993 Live Shit: Binge & Purge, Live box set 1996 Load

1997 Reload 1998 Garage Inc.(O colectie de coveruri + Garage Days Re-revisited)

1999 S&M (colaborare cu San Francisco Symphony (Symphony & Metallica) 2003 St. Anger

2004 Some Kind of Monster (EP)

Moonspell - formata in anul 1992 in Lisabona, Portugalia.

Perioada de activitate: 1992 - prezent.Membrii trupei: Fernando Ribeiro (voce), Ricardo Amorim (chitara), Pedro Paixão (clape, chitara), Mike Gaspar (tobe), Aires Pereira (chitara bass). Ex-membri: Niclas Etelävuori (Bass), Sérgio Crestana (Bass), Mantus (chitara), Joao Pedro (bass), Luis Lamelas (Malah) (chitara).Stiluri abordate: Gothic - Folk Metal» Discografie Moonspell Moonspell s-a format in anul 1992, dupa ce a cunoscut mai multe nume, ca urmare a unei munci continue pentru a produce ceea ce avea sa devina cea mai recunoscuta trupa de metal din Portugalia. In 1993 Fernando Ribeiro (solist), Aires (bass) si Mike (baterist) au inregistrat singurul album demo Moonspell Anno Satanae", care a avut aprecieri foarte bune, atragand atentia unei case franceze numita

Adipocere, permitand trupei sa scoata un mini cd "Under themoonspell" in 1994. Acest mini cd a fost considerat o adevarata amprenta a industriei underground portugheze, ingloband influente ale unor trupe ca Bathory, Celtic Frost si Dead Can Dance, ca si muzica traditionala arabica si portugheza, toate astea rezultand in ceea ce Moonspell considera "coplesitoarea muzica mediteraneeana, imensa putere atlantica, tristetea si solitudinea graite de vanturile

marii". Pana cand mini cd-ul a fost lansat, Moonspell a suferit modificari, noutatea fiind - un clapar in persoana lui Pedro Paixao. "Under the moonspell", ce poate fi descris ca black metal (dar asta e o parere a unui suflet portughez, nu o copie a modelului scandinav) a captat atentia casei curente, Century Media. Astfel Moonspell a inceput sa cante live alaturi de trupe ca Cannibal Corpse, Samael si Anathema. Moonspell a muncit mult pt a amesteca toate influentele si sa creeze un sound intunecat dublat de lirica erotica. Aceast evolutie a rezultat in albumul "Wolfheart", inregistrat in Germania si produs de Waldemar Sorychta. In Portugalia, acest album nu a avut amploare sau nu a fost recunoscut, dar de indata ce Moonspell a inceput turneul european ca trupa de deschidere pentru Morbid Angel, adevaratul potential a devenit clar. Desi conditiile pe care le-au avut de infruntat trupa nu au fost usoare, publicul european a fost foarte multumit de aceasta formatie, iar vanzarile albumului "Wolfheart" au crescut considerabil. Intre anii 1995 - 1996, Moonspell a cantat pe aceeasi scena cu formatii ca Tiamat, Kreator si Testament, concertand in turnee prin intreaga Europa. La scurt timp, dupa ce au cantat cu Crematory si The Gathering, Moonspell s-a intors in Germania pentru a inregistra al doillea album, produs de acelasi Waldemar Sorychta. Rezultatul a fost albumul "Irreligious", care arata o trupa mai matura care a evoluat si a devenit diferita, starnind controverse pe scena metalica portugheza. In anul 1996, cu primul lor videoclip la piesa "Opium", prin care s-a dorit exprimarea adevaratul spirit portughez prin evidentierea strazilor inguste ale Lisabonei si poeziile unui mare poet portughez, Fernando Pessoa, Moonspell se remarca ca un fenomen portughez muzical, cu vanzarile ajungand la 10 000 de exemplare pe plan national, inedit pe scena muzicala portugheza. A urmat un nou turneu, cu Type 0 Negative, care a fost o experienta

numita de Moonspell "unul din pasii vitali ai istoriei noastre ca trupa". Cand Moonspell s-a intors sa inregistreze albumul urmator, in decembrie 1996, cateva conflicte in interiorul trupei au avut loc, si Ares pleaca intr-un mod total neplacut. Asta s-a intamplat in 1997 si au urmat o serie de conflicte legale intre el si trupa. Totusi, Ares a fost inlocuit cu Sergio si in 1997 "Sin/Pecado" a fost publicat. A fost un album care a starnit si mai multe controverse, in principal datorita mixului intre heavy si dark cu sunetele electronice. Turneul ce a urmat a fost facut in America de Sud, extinzandu-si si mai mult aria fanatica. Cu noul producator, Andy Reilly, Moonspell a inregistrat un nou album in 1998, "The butterfly effect".

Fara indoiala albumul a fost diferit si elementele electrice pareau mai impresionante ca niciodata. A urmat un nou turneu in America de Nord cu In Flames. In 2001, Moonspell lanseaza "Darkness and Hope", orientat cel mai puternic spre gothic de pana acum, creand niste piese metalice emotionale si cateva scenarii foarte complexe. A urmat o serie de concerte in SUA, in compania celor de la Lacuna Coil, iar in martie 2002, turneul a continuat, de aceasta data in Europa, alaturi de Tiamat si Flowing Tears. In aceeasi perioada, trupa renunta la serviciile lui Sérgio Crestana, locul la bass fiindu-i luat de basistul trupei finlandeze Amorphis, insa doar pt sesiunea de inregistrare a noului album - Antidote, impreuna cu producatorul Hiili Hiilesmaa, in Helsinki. In iunie este cooptat ca basist Aires Pereira. ANTIDOTE a fost o premiera pentru Moonspell, datorita colaborarii cu un scriitor care ulterior a scris o carte bazata pe tema acestui album. Trupa a continuat seria concertelor, in SUA cantand alaturi de Type O Negative si Cradle Of Filth, iar in Europa alaturi de Lacuna Coil, Passenger, Poisonblack, si apoi..din nou in America impreuna cu Opeth. In aprilie 2004, Moonspell se retrage in studio pentru a incepe lucrul la un nou album, insa in luna mai aceasta activitate este intrerupta pentru a intreprinde un turneu in America de Sud, in tarile - Mexic, Chile si Brazilia. Pe langa doua colaborari cu niste trupe portugheze, Fernando Ribeiro isi publica al doilea volum de poezii, sub numele 'As Feridas Essenciais' ('The Essential Wounds)' . Anul 2005 gaseste trupa Moonspell cu planuri de a lansa un DVD, bazat pe inregistrarea unui concert din Katowice, Polonia. De asemenea, in primavara acestui an, vor concerta in Europa impreuna cu Cradle Of Filth, si spre bucuria fanilor romani, Moonspell va trece granita pentru a concerta in data de 11 martie, in Timisoara, in deschidere - cea mai importanta trupa metal din Grecia - Rotting Christ. Momentan Moonspell lucreaza la noul album, si un DVD va fi lansat in curand. Oricare ar fi succesul sau insuccesul celui de-al 6lea album, Moonspell poarta coroana celei mai bune trupe portugheze, iar originalitatea si geniul membrilor face trupa un nume de marca pe scena internationala metalica. Exceptand faptul ca vin dintr-o tara sudica fara traditia in metal, ei refuza sa urmeze sablonul scandinav, si-si formeaza propriul model, cantand uneori in limba natala (Alma Mater), si exprimandu-si mereu individualitatea ca trupa si ca reprezentanti ai unei natiuni. Fara indoiala, Moonspell mai are multe de oferit si va fi o influenta extraordinara asupra altor trupe portugheze. UPDATE: In 2006, Moonspell a lansat albumul Memorial.

Discografie Moonspell

Moonspell - Wolfheart 1995

1. Wolfshade (A Werewolf Masquerade) – 7:43 2. Love Crimes – 7:34 3. ...Of Dream and Drama (Midnight Ride) – 3:59 4. Lua d'Inverno – 1:48 5. Trebraruna – 3:30 6. Vampiria – 5:367. An Erotic Alchemy – 8:05 8. Alma Mater – 5:38

Moonspell - Irreligious 199601. Perverse... Almost Religious – 1:0702. Opium – 2:48 03. Awake – 3:0604. For a Taste of Eternity – 3:53 05. Ruin & Misery – 3:48 06. A Poisoned Gift – 5:3407. Subversion – 2:44 08. Raven Claws – 3:1609. Mephisto – 4:58 10. Herr Spiegelmann – 4:35 11. Full Moon Madness – 6:47

Moonspell - Sin/Pecado 199801. Slow Down! – 0:40 02. Hand Made God – 5:33 03. Second Skin – 4:50 04. Abysmo – 4:59 05. Flesh – 3:02 06. Magdalene – 6:16 07. Vulture Culture (Gloria Domini) – 4:59 08. Eurotica – 3:4909. Mute – 6:0010. Dekadence – 5:49 11. Let The Children Cum To Me – 6:53 12. The Hanged Man – 6:26 13. 13! – 2:42

Moonspell - The Butterfly Effect 1999

01. Soulsick – 4:16 02. Butterfly FX – 3:5103. Can't Bee – 5:11 04. Lustmord – 3:44 05. Self Abuse – 4:1606. I Am The Eternal Spectator – 3:31 07. Soulitary Vice – 3:27 08. Disappear Here – 3:33 09 . Adaptables – 3:00 10. Angelizer – 4:27 11. Tired – 5:23 12. K / O Mal De Christo – 12:40

Moonspell - Darkness and Hope 2001

01. Darkness and Hope – 4:4702. Firewalking – 3:02 03. Nocturna – 3:52 04. Heartshaped Abyss – 4:08 05. Devilred – 3:25 06. Ghostsong – 4:21 07. Rapaces – 5:3108. Made of Storm – 4:09 09. How We Became Fire – 5:47 10. Than the Serpents in my Arms – 5:53

Moonspell - The Antidote 2003

01. In And Above Men – 4:11 02. From Lowering Skies – 5:25 03. Everything Invaded – 6:16 04. The Southern Deathstyle – 4:07 05. Antidote – 4:45 06. Capricorn at Her Feet – 6:04 07. Lunar Still – 6:55 08. A Walk On The Darkside – 4:44 09. Crystal Gazing – 4:52 10. As We Eternally Sleep On It – 7:11

Moonspell - Memorial 2006

01. In Memoriam – 4:25 02. Finisterra – 4:09 03. Momento Mori – 4:27 04. Sons of Earth – 1:51 05. Blood Tells – 4:08 06. Upon the Blood of Men – 4:55 07. At the Image of Pain – 4:21 08. Sanguine – 5:50 09. Proliferation – 2:39 10. Once it was Ours! – 4:53 11. Mare Nostrum – 1:56 12. Luna – 4:43 13. Best Forgotten – 6:48 14. Atlantic (Limited edition bonus track) – 12:4315. Phantom North (Portuguese edit. bonus track)

Moonspell - Demo, Singles & Eps

Demo» Morbid God Promo '92 (1992) » Anno Satanae (1993)

Singles & EPs» Goat on Fire (1993) » Opium (1996) » 2econd Skin (1997) » Everything Invaded (2004)

Morphine

Morphine - formata in 1990.Perioada de activitate: 1990 - 1999.Membri: Mark Sandman - voce, chitara bass, Dana Cowley - saxofon, Billy Conway - tobe, Jerry Deupree - tobe (inlocuit de Billy Conway)Stiluri abordate: Alternative Pop/Rock, Indie Rock* Morphine - discografie "Salina s-a gandit la un leac, descoperit nu demult in Statele Unite ale Americii, care avea proprietatea de a-l feri si in timpul celor mai grele operatii pe bolnav de durere si de a-l mentine senin si pe durata celor mai mari chinuri. Morfina a fost numit acest leac, acest ingrat inlocuitor al stoicismului antic si al resemnarii crestine..." Giusseppe Tomasi Di Lampedusa - IL GATOPARDO.

In linistea imperfecta a orasului omul isi asculta ritmul propriilor pasi, deasupra capului il atinge huruitul grav al vibratiei saxofonului ce apare asemenea unui desteptator imaginar cu chipul unei albine uriase; din apartamentul vecin se aude o chitara ce vorbeste, sub nivelul vocii, despre rutina dorintelor. Omul isi incepe cantecele. Prinde o tema si... o trateaza bine. Pentru aceasta istorie - traiectorie a rock-ului contemporan introducem in program trei numere: Treat Her Right, John Coltrane si Muddy Waters.1.Treat Her Right s-a numit un cvartet din Boston

Boston care a atacat scena rock mondiala in 1988 cu albumul de debut omonim. Traiectoria acestui disc a fost destul de ciudata, pentru ca, dupa ce a fost editat pe o eticheta americana obscura, a fost preluat si relansat de casa de discuri britanica Demon, iar a treia nastere/ editie a vazut lumina sub auspiciile label, RCA. Grupul a carui nume se datora cantecului cu acelasi titlu al lui Roy Head, a reusit sa descompuna blues-ul in particulele elementare atat de bine, incat zdrobitoarea energie primitiva degajata de tinerii muzicieni a fost considerata de ziarista Karen Shoemer ideala pentru ciocnirea cu ceea ce reprezinta muzical forta lui Keith Richards, inepuizabil generator de sunete al gigantilor The Rolling Stones. Inca de la inceput grupul a colaborat cu mai multe nume mari ale blues-rock-ului, printre care si Bonnie Raitt. Discul grupului Treat Her Right a indatorat rock'n'roll-ul intr-o maniera interesanta, inainte de toate, prin intermediul unei adaptari bluesistice al unui standard din domeniul genului country - e vorba de piesa "Everglades" a muzicianului Howard Harlan - si a piesei de jazz "Where Did All These Girls Come From", preluata de la James Blood Ulmer (muzician care a concertat si in Romania). Alaturi de Mark Sandman, personakul care va face legatura dintre cele doua parti ale acestei istorii, grupul a afirmat inca un autor in persoana lui David Champagne, al carui cantec "I Got A Gun" poate fi considerat o reala comoara ascunsa pe acest disc de debut. Din grup au mai facut parte bateristul Billy Conway si Jim Fitting, un virtuoz creativ al instrumentului cunoscut sub denumirea de muzicuta. Deja in 1989 Treat Her Right lanseaza cel de al doilea album, intitulat "Tied To The Tracks" si produs de Don Gehman, omul care a stat in spatele unor importante inregistrari ale grupului R.E.M. din acea perioada. Acesta a fost un disc cu multa muzicuta si cu un sound locomotivizat, cu o exceptionala interpretare a piesei David Champagne, cu un adevarat hit, cantecul "Marie" si cu una din realizarile esentiale ale lui Mark Sandman. In piesa "King Of The Beers" s-a conturat deja destul de clar filozofia lui de viata morocanoasa, pictata in culorile noptii. "Am fost rege peste toate, acum sunt rege al berii." Ultima realizare a cvartetului din Boston, albumul "What's Good For You" (1991, Rounder Records), contine doar cateva melodii orginale fiind, in general, bazat pe reluari. Treat Her Right i-au "tratat" bine pe BuckOwens, Billy Boy Arnold, Bob Dylan ("From A Buick 6"), John Lee Hooker ("Tease Me"), Willie Dixon ("The Same Thing"), Jagger si Richards ("Factory Girls") si pe Dr. Ross. Au reusit, astfel, prin acest disc, sa faca puntea intre capetele - inceputul si sfarsitul - unui gen, realizand rotatie continua a modului de exprimare prin blues, imbogatit cu nuante de country. Interesant este ca datorita felului in care muzicienii isi tratau si prezentau materialul muzical, stilul a fost uneori descris si prin

sintagma punk blues (!). Dupa editarea acestui album de David Champagne, alaturi de

Sandman, principalul autor al materialului original, descurajat de relativa obscuritate in care inota grupul, paraseste echipa pentru a incerca altceva. 2. John Coltrane a fost unul din cei mai mai experimentatoti in jazz, un muzician de exceptie care a reusit sa imbine evadarile in zonele necunoscute ale expresiei muzicale - de obicei mai putin accesibile publicului larg, in primul rand, datorita depasirii unor tipare acceptate - cu incredibila-i finete si caldura modului sau de interpretare la saxofonul tenor, instrument despre care se afirma ca este o prelungire a vocii umane. Colaborarile lui cu Miles Davis, Thelonius Monk si o serie de alti giganti ai jazzului, realizarile discografice pentru

Impulse Records sunt,astazi, preluate si continuate ca un ecou subtil, materializat prin muzica grupului Morphine. Daca despre Treat Her Right se poate spune ca a fost o larva, atunci aceasta s-a metamorfozat in Morphine, un fluture de noapte al muzicii deceniului noua. Dintr-o componenta ce nu a inclus chitara bass si in care prezenta saxofonului nici macar nu era de imaginat, a luat nastere o formula a carei baza minimalista este asigurata tocmai de sunetul innamolit al bassului electric cu doua corzi si fara grifuri, inventat de Sandman, iar rolul harmonicii este preluat de saxofoanele lui Dana Colley (in ciuda numelui este vorba de un barbat! ), care s-au constituit in aprilie purtatoare de prag anesteziant: Morphine. Reductia ascetica la sus si jos, toba si saxofon, chitara si voce, spatiu in care se scurge eroarea de inalta frecventa a existentei cotidiene, a definit nimicnicia intunecata a grupului Morphine, acel mare - mic nimic al fiecaruia dintre noi - voi - ei. Bun. Primul album al reinnoitei componente, "Good", editata in 1992 pe eticheta independenta Accurate/ Distorsion, a prezentat o expresie intru totul specifica, ce nu se inscrie intr-un curent, nici macar intr-un segment stilistic deja afirmat. A creea si a se afirma cu o poetica proprie in anii nouazeci nu a fost deloc usor. Muzica lor a fost o dedicatie catre zeul inaripat si mutant al visului (Morpheus - in mitologia greaca) , care apare in somn ca inspirator sau numai transmitator al viselor trimise oamenilor dintr-o alta lume, un ritual al insingurarii. Muzica a fost arta cu care au atacat fortele invizibile ale noptii care se furisau in sufletele lor pentru a le fura din viata. Morphine au sapat un canal in jurul teritoriului lor si au deversat in albie lichidul negru din venele calde ale orasului furnicar. Jazz noir. Mesajul discului? Sa nu cobori linistit in groapa ce ti s-a sapat. De la prima auditie este clar ca-i vorba despre un grup neobisnuit si neconventional, care nu poate fi judecat si apreciat dupa criteriile clasice ale rock-ului, care a reusit sa patrunda in pronfuzimile artei abordate mai mult decat o face de obicei practicantii ce si-au ales rock'n'roll-ul ca forma de exprimare (cvasi)artistica. "Claire", "Lucky Day", "You Speak My Language" sunt exemplificari caracteristici ce sustin aceste consideratii si prin intermediul textelor ce se muleaza perfect pe nuantarile ritmice, melodice si armonice. Coloratura verbala este simpla, aproape scheletica, intunecata, uneori chiar escapista, dar nu depresiva., cu toate ca nu este ocolit nici subiectul mortii ( "I'm goin' down to the river/ There's a man I want to see/ Yeah, he's the ferryman/ He's waiting

for me/ He's taking me over/ To the other side". "Ma duc in josul raului/ E-acolo unom pe care vreau sa-l vad/ Da, el este barcagiul/ El ma asteapta/ Ca sa ma treaca dincolo/ Spre cealalta parte.") 3. Muddy Waters. In istoria grupului Morphine se-ntinde ca un fir rosu umbra unuia din cei mai mari bluesman-i din delta fluviului Mississippi si atribuie o senzationala nuanta bluesistica atmosferei pe care o creaza si degaja muzica celor trei. De atlfel, cina a si descris sonoritatea lor prin sintagma "Muddy Waters on ganja" (Muddy sub efectul consumului de ganja - marijuana). Blues-ul este un factor important al expresiei acestui trio. Morphine vinde liniste.

Cantecele grupului balanseaza intre momentele de tacere si atacurile bassului subteran, ale saxofonului invelit in cearceafuri si ale tobelor ce oscileaza ca rotile unei garnituri de tren pe sine. Totusi, principalul instrument al grupului, cel mai expresiv, este vocea lui Mark Sandman, unul din cei mai impresionisti vocalisti ai scenei actuale.Sandman, asemenea lui Guy Kyzer (de la Thin White Rope) isi pune in valoare pronfuzimea vocii sale, ce parca vine din desert, creand o atmosfera unica, uneori destul de intunecata, contribuind astfel la formarea unui sunet plin, grav, pe alocuri amenintator, dar niciodata strident. El este varianta urbana post-mortem a haulitorilor din desertul sufletesc al plantatiilor de bumbac. Pentru a scoate mai bine in evidenta linia vocala, Dana Colley preia temele verbale si le elibereaza de stransoarea

semnatica ducandu-le, pe valurile de sunet ale saxofonului bariton, spre insula improvizatiilor de jazz din anii '60, cand John Coltrane a inceput sa promoveze stilul free, atat de aproape de starea rock-ului. Colley reuseste sa redea toata aceasta caldura, fir prin tonuri discrete, fie prin tumultoase revarsari de energie. Acuratetea impresionanta a muzicii grupului Morphine se ragaseste si se amplifica in urmatorul capitol discografic, intitulat "Cure For Pain", editat in 1993 pe eticheta Rykodisc, firma de prestigiu, ce promoveaza adevaratele valori ale genului si care a sesizat potentialul acestui trio american. Scutul singuratatii a fost de aceasta data crapat lasand loc unor fine scurgeri de nostalgie dupa lumea ai carei principali actori sunt oamenii. "I'm Free Now", "Candy", "Sheila", "A Head With Wings" sunt toate, titluri ce sugereaza o deschidere si un tonus, poate, mai putin asteptat dupa cenusa calda a primul album. Totul pare a fi mutat in microuniverul cluburilor de noapte. Morphine si in posesia primul hit ("Thursday"), apar si miniaturile instrumentelor excentrice ("Miles Davis' Funeral"), iar expresia muzicala devine mai complexa (Colley sufla in doua saxofoane deodata, iar Sandman introduce o serie de noutati sonore cu ajutorul bassului sau unic). "Pictura muzicala" afirma R. Bobich in paginile revistei XZ, "atinge cel mai inalt nivel". Multi critici vor ramana la aprecierea ca acesta este punctul maxim atins de grup si ca de aici nu mai au unde sa mearga daca se folosesc de aceleasi mijloace.

O schimbare a instrumentatiei si a modului de interpretare nu putea nicidecum fi pusa in discutie tocmai pentru faptul ca acestea constituiau principalele caracteristici ce definesc originalitatea grupului. "Yes" (1995) nu aduce elemente noi. Cei trei parca incearca sa stoarca din piatra seaca, iar apoi, obositi, se retrag in interiorul ei ca intr-o grota din centrul orasului, in care se sopteste ("Whisper") despre cel mai raspandit subiect ("Supersex"). Tentativa de a iesi, de inota spre ape mai limpezi in cautarea iubirii libere ("Free Love") este oprita: "Sharks patrol these waters" - "Rechinii patruleaza aceste ape" ("Sharks"). Albumul "Like Swimming" (1997) este cea mai matura realizare a grupului Morphine, un disc ce nu se asculta cu detasare, ci care te atrage, te scufunda si te obliga sa inoti, sa plutesti pe valurile lui de sunet ce se intind de la scurta introducere "Lilah" si

pana la piesa de final "Swing Low". Bassul (Tritar - 1/3 bass si 2/3 chitara) interpretat in tehnica slide se potriveste perfect cu vocea lui Sandman, saxofonul lui Colley pare a fi un emitator de magie, iar ritmic este purtator de transa in aceasta experienta de 38 de minute. Grupul Morphine a depasit, cu acest album, criza existentiala cu care a fost diagnosticat cu doi ani in urma si asemnea unei specii rare, pe cale de disparitie, a atras si mai mult atentia asupra sa si a locului ce i se cuvine in lumea dura a muzicii contemporane. "I make my bed down there below the ocean/ I got to live somewhere" - "Imi fac patul acolo jos langa ocean/ Trebuie sa traiesc si eu undeva" ("Potion"). In 1999, pe 3 iulie, in timpul unui concert sustinut in Roma, Italia, Mark Sandman se prabuseste pe scena, si moare in urma unui atac de cord, inainte sa implineasca de 47 de ani. Un an mai tarziu ceilalti 2 membri ai trupei, reusesc sa lanseze un album postum - The Night. Fara pompa, fara actiuni promotionale rasunatoare, cu foarte putine sau chiar fara interviuri, Morphine au directionat atentia publicului spre muzica lor, care, la fel ca orice alta opera de arta, nu poate fi apreciata la adevarata ei valoare doar printr-un contact superficial. Trebuia sa-i ascultam cu atentie, sa incercam sa itnelegem cat mai bine ceea ce vor sa ne transmita prin mijloacele lor nimimaliste care, in schimb, amplifica si dau o multitudine de sensuri oricarei nuantari. Ei cauta, asemenea leacului, sa ne elibereze de durerile prejudecatilor.

"Some day there'll be a cure for pain,And that's the day I throw my drugs away"

Discografie Morphine

Good - 1992 Cure for Pain - 1993

Yes - 1995 Like Swimming - 1997

The Night - 2000 Bootleg Detroit - 2000

The Best of - 2003

Nirvana - s-a format in anul 1987 in Aberdeen, Washington, SUAPerioada de activitate: 1987 - 1994.Membri: Kurt Cobain - voce, chitara, Krist Novoselic - bass, Dave Grohl - tobe ('90 - '94) Alti membri: Aaron Burckhard - tobe(1987), Dale Crover - tobe (1987-1988, 1990), Jason Everman - chitara (1989), Chad Channing - tobe (1988-1990), Dan Peters - tobe (1990) Stiluri abordate: Grunge * Nirvana - discografie Nirvana a fost una dintre cele mai populare trupe de rock din America, formata in 1987 in Aberdeen, Washington. Muzica lor a fost un amestec de punk si alternative rock si a fost etichetata drept grunge rock de grupurile media de atunci. Nirvana a fost una dintre cele mai cunoscute patru trupe de grunge, alaturi de Alice in Chains, Pearl Jam si Soundgarden. Trupa s-a destramat in 1994, dupa moartea lui Kurt

Cobain. Multi critici si istorici descriu Nirvana ca "nava mama" a "Generatiei X" si au vandut peste 50 milioane albume in toata lumea.

Cobain si Krist Novoselic s-au intalnit in 1985. Amandoi erau fani The Melvins, si erau interesati sa infiinteze o formatie. Au lucrat cu bateristii Aaron Burckhard, Dan Peters si Dale Crover (The Melvins, care a realizat cu ei primele demo-uri), inainte sa se fie cooptat Chad Channing. Channing a cantat pe primul lor album, Bleach, lansat de Sub Pop Rec.

Multe piese din sesiunile precedente cu Dale Crover au fost incluse pe album, iar albumul a fost influentat de formatia preferata a lui Cobain, The Melvins, stilul dirge-rock al celor de la Mudhoney si chiar de formatia de black-metal Celtic Frost. Desi nu a cantat pe album, Jason Everman a fost creditat ca chitarist deoarece a pus banii pentru sesiunile de inregistrari. Dupa ce albumul a fost terminat, Everman a avut un rol scurt si controversat ca al 2-lea chitarist, dar a fost dat afara dupa terminarea turneului american. La inceputul anului 1990, trupa a inceput munca la urmatoarele inregistrari alaturi de Butch Vig. In timpul inregistrarilor, Kurt si Krist au realizat ca Chad nu era bateristul pe care il cautau, si a fost inlocuit cateva saptamani cu Dale Crover, dar si acesta a fost inlocuit pana la urma cu Dan Peters (Mudhoney) cu care au inregistrat "Sliver". In 1990, Buzz Osbourne le-a facut cunostinta cu Dave Grohl (D.C. Hardcore punks Scream). Nirvana si-au continuat turneele dupa, incluzand si o aparitie scurta cu Sonic Youth in documentarul 1991: The Year Punk Broke. Dupa numeroase recomandari din partea lui Kim Gordon (Sonic Youth), David Geffen a incheiat un contract pentru Nirvana cu DGC Records in '90, si trupa a inceput inregistrarile pentru primul lor album la o casa mare de discuri. Rezultatul, albumul Nevermind, este acum vazut ca un album clasic. Pentru acest album, trupa s-a decis sa continue munca alaturi de Vig. In loc sa inregistreze albumul la studioul lui Vig, trupa s-a mutat

la Sound City Studios in Los Angeles. Timp de doua luni, au trecut printr-o varietate de piese. Unele piese, inclusiv "In Bloom" si "Breed", erau in repertoriul trupei de mult timp, in timp ce altele, ca "On A Plain" si "Stay Away", nu au fost complete pana aproape de finalul inregistrarilor. Dupa terminarea inregistrarilor, Vig si trupa s-au apucat de mixarea pieselor. Dar, dupa cateva zile, au ajuns la concluzia ca nu le placeau felul cum iese mixajul. Drept urmare, au decis sa cheme pe altcineva, DGC oferind o lista cu posibilii inlocuitori pentru Vig. Cobain nu a dorit sa foloseasca oameni care au lucrat cu formatii care ii placeau, deoarece nu dorea ca Nirvana sa semene cu ele. A decis sa-l cheme pe cel de la capatul listei - Slayer: Andy Wallace (Wallace a fost co-producator la albumul "Seasons In The Abyss" al celor de la Slayer). La cateva luni dupa lansarea albumului, KurtCobain s-a plans in ca mixajul pentru Nevermind, realizat de Wallace nu a fost chiar ce si-a dorit, desi acest, Andy Wallace, fusese

optiunea sa; ba mai mult membrii trupei se implicasera ei insisi in procesul de mixare. Chiar daca trupa era dezamagita de sound-ul lustruit al albumului, Wallace a reusit cu succes sa tempereze inclinatiile formatiei spre indie rock si a creat, in schimb, un sound rock pregatit sa fie aruncat in mainstream. Initial, se asteptau ca vanzarile pentru Nevermind sa fie in jur de 500.000 de copii, dar albumul s-a vandut in peste 10 milioane exemplare numai in SUA. Single-ul "Smells Like Teen Spirit" a fost difuzat foarte mult pe MTV, aducand grunge-ul si asa zisa alternative culture in prim plan. Popularitatea rockului alternativ este de multe ori creditat albumului Nevermind, iar in ianuarie 1992 albumul a ajuns pe locul intai in topurile Billboard inlocuind albumul Dangerous al lui Michael Jackson, eveniment ce este vazut ca un simbol al victoriei alternative rock-ului asupra pop-ului. In februarie 1992, dupa un turneu in Australia, Cobain s-a casatorit cu Courtney Love in Hawaii. Courtney a nascut o fetita, Frances Bean, in August. La cateva zile dupa nasterea fetitei, Nirvana a cantat in unul dintre cele mai bune concerte ale lor, la Reading Festival. Cobain a intrat pe scena intr-un scaun cu rotile in gluma, si apoi s-a alaturat celorlalti membrii trecand prin melodii vechi si noi. La un moment dat in spectacol, Cobain a facut cunoscut publicului nasterea fetitei sale, si a reusit sa convinga publicul sa strige in cor "We love you Courtney!". Dave Grohl a povestit intr-o emisiune la radio ca trupa a fost foarte ingrijorata inaintea spectacolului. Credeau ca acesta va fi un dezastru total, tinand cont de evenimentele din acel an si a faptului ca nu mai repetasera nici o piesa in 6 luni, in schimb, acesta s-a dovedit a fi unul dintre cele mai bune spectacole din cariera lor. Dupa aproape doua saptamani, Nirvana au avut un spectacol memorabil la MTV Music Awards. MTV a vrut ca trupa sa cante "Smells Like Teen Spirit", dar formatia a

dorit sa cante o piesa noua, "Rape Me". Organizatorii au fost deranjati de numele piesei, si pana la urma au stabilit sa cante "Lithium". Cand formatia si-a inceput

repertoriul, Cobain a pornit cu cateva acorduri la chitara din "Rape Me", socand un pic directorii MTV dar a continuat cu "Lithium". Aproape de sfarsitul piesei, Novoselic, nervos ca amplificatorul lui nu mai functiona, si-a aruncat chitara in aer, pentru un efect mai dramatic, dar din pacate chitara l-a lovit in cap si acesta a cazut de pe scena ametit. In timp ce Cobain distrugea echipamentul, Grohl s-a repezit la microfon incepand sa urle "Hi, Axl!", referindu-se la Axl Rose, cu care trupa si Courtney au avut o intalnire ciudata inainte de spectacol (Versiunea lui Cobain a intamplarii este ca, in gluma, Courtney l-a rugat pe Axl sa fie nasul lui Frances Bean, iar Axl i-a spus lui Cobain "to shut his bitch up", iar Cobain s-a intors catre Courtney si i-a spus "shut up, bitch!", spre amuzamentul celor din jur). In decembrie 1992 Nirvana au lansat Incesticide, o colectie de raritati si B-sides. Multe din sesiunile BBC ale trupei si inregistrari mai vechi ajungeau ilegal in mainile fanilor, asa ca albumul a fost lansat pentru a stopa acest lucru. Albumul continea piese favorite ale fanilor precum "Sliver", "Dive", "Been A Son" si "Aneurysm" cat si

cover-uri dupa piesele trupei THE VASELINES, o trupa care a castigat popularitate tocmai datorita acestor cover-uri. Pentru albumul In Utero, din 1993, a fost adus producatorul Steve Albini, cunoscut pentru albumul Surfer Rosa al trupei Pixies. Sesiunile de inregistrare alaturi de Albini au fost productive si rapide, versiunea initiala a albumului a fost inregistrata si mixata in doua saptamani, cu mult mai putin decat albumul Nevermind. Unii au vazut in aducerea lui Albini ca o tendinta deliberata de a da albumului un sunet mai brut, nefinisat, ca si cum Nirvana ar fi dorit sa se departeze de publicul "mainstream" care nu dadusera atentie pana atunci trupelor alternative. Un cantec de pe In Utero, o piesa care contine perioade lungi de zgomot ascutit, a fost intitulata, ironic, "Radio Friendly Shifter Unit" (in industria muzicala, acest termen descrie albumul ideal: cu difuzare intensa la radio, si care sa vanda multe copii). Cu toate acestea, Cobain a insistat ca munca lui Albini a dat trupei sunetul pe care si l-a dorit dintotdeauna, unul "natural", fara modificari excesive in studio. Dupa lansare, fanii au ramas cu impresia ca trupa dorea aceasta capodopera distorsionata. De fapt, in realitate, erau nemultumiti cu unele aspecte ale muncii lui Albini. Erau nemultumiti deoarece nivelul basului era prea scazut, si lui Cobain, melodiile "Heart Shaped Box" si "All Apologies" nu sunau "perfect". Producator formatiei R.E.M, Scott Litt a fost chemat sa remixeze aceste doua piese. Litt a mai remixat si "Pennyroyal Tea", dar tot versiunea lui Albini a ajuns pe album. Odata cu In Utero, au urmat si o serie de cenzurari din partea corporatiilor. Lantul de magazine Wal-Mart a refuzat sa vand albumul, spunand ca titluri gen "Rape Me" si artwork-ul albumul erau prea controversate pentru profilul magazinelor. Membrii au decis pana la urma sa se supuna cererilor si au compilat o versiune "curata" a artwork-ului, iar piesa "Rape Me" a fost redenumita "Waif Me".

In noiembrie 1993, formatia a decis sa-si schimbe directia, si au avut o aparitie la MTV Unplugged. Aceasta aparitie a aratat profunzimea versurilor lui Cobain, care de multe ori au fost ingropate sub sunetul furios al instrumentelor. La inceputul lui 1994, au pornit intr-un turneu european. Turneul a inceput bine, dar performantele au scazut treptat, Kurt fiind din ce in ce mai plictisit si apatic in timpul spectacolelor. Inainte de un concert la Terminel Eins in Munchen, Cobain a fost diagnosticat cu bronsita si laringita, iar concertul din seara urmatoare a fost anulat. Pe 4 martie, dimineata, Cobain a fost gasit inconstient de sotia sa si a fost dus la spital. Doctorul a spus presei ca a avut o reactie la combinatia dintre medicamente si alcool. Restul turneului a fost anulat. In saptamanile urmatoare, dependenta lui Cobain de heroina a reiesit la suprafata. A fost convins pana la urma sa se interneze dar, dupa o saptamana, el a fugit din spital si a zburat inapoi in Seattle. O saptamana mai tarziu, pe 8 aprilie 1994, trupul neinsufletit al lui Kurt Cobain a fost gasit in casa

lui din Seattle, acest eveniment dizolvand practic Nirvana. Dupa moartea lui Cobain, mai multe albume au fost lansate. Primul in noiembrie 1994, ce continea aparitia lor la MTV Unplugged. La doua saptamani dupa lansarea "Unplugged in New York", o compilatie video intitulata "Live! Tonight! Sold Out!" a fost lansata. Cobain insusi a compilat o mare parte din materialul video, care documenta turneul Nevermind. Filmarile memorabile includeau si un incident cu un paznic la un club din Texas in octombrie 1991, cat si piesa "Aneurysm", la Hollywood Rock, Rio De Janeiro 1993, in care membrii formatiei au purtat rochii. In 1996, a mai aparut o compilatie de piese live ale trupei, "From The Muddy Banks Of The Wishkah". In 1997, au aparut zvonuri ca Grohl si Novoselic puneau la punct un box set ce continea piese rare de la Nirvana. Patru ani mai tarziu, box set-ul era gata si urma sa fie lansat in septembrie pentru a comemora 10 ani de la lansarea Nevermind. Dar, cu putin inainte de data lansarii, Courtney Love a inaintat un ordin judecatoresc care impiedica lansarea box set-ului si i-a dat in judecata pe Grohl si Novoselic,

sustinand ca fostii membrii Nirvana se foloseau de numele trupei pentru interesele personale. Ceea ce a urmat a fost o batalie pentru drepturile asupra melodiilor formatiei, ce a durat mai bine de un an. In cele din urma s-a ajuns la o intelegere in

urma careia, in 2002, a fost lansata compilatia intitulata Nirvana, iar 2 ani mai tarziu a fost scos pe piata si un box set cu titlul With The Lights Out. Continea o vasta serie de demo-uri timpurii, inregistrari ale repetitiilor trupei precum si piese live inregistrate de-a lungul carierei trupei. Piesa care a starnit interesul fanilor a fost insa un demo acustic numit 'Do Re Mi', inregistrat de Kurt in dormitorul sau cu cateva saptamani inainte de moarte.. In anii ce-au urmat dupa desfiintarea trupei Nirvana, ceilalti 2 membri ai trupei au ramas activi din punct de vedere muzical. La o perioada nu prea lunga dupa moartea lui Kurt Cobain, Dave Grohl a inregistrat mai multe demo-uri care, in cele din urma, au constituit materiale pentru albumul de debut al trupei sale - Foo Fighters. Pana in 2005, the Foo Fighters are la activ 5 albume de succes lansate. Cel mai recent album, numit IN YOUR HONOR, contine o piesa FRIEND OF A FRIEND, scrisa de el in 1990, ce face referire la primele sale intalniri cu Novoselic si CObain. In afara de FOO FIGHTERS, Grohl a mai fost baterist pentru: Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Mike Watt, Queens of the Stone Age, Tenacious D, si Nine Inch Nails. De asemenea, a mai inregistrat si PROBOT - un album cu piesele metal impreuna cu cantaretii sai preferat din anii '80. La randul sau, Novoselic a format si el o formatie - SWEET 75. Recent a format EYES ADRIFT, impreuna cu Curt Kirkwood (ex-Meat Puppets) si Bud Gaugh (ex-Sublime). A mai facut parte din trupa NO WTO COMBO formata cu Kim Thayil (Soundgarden) si Jello Biafra (Dead Kennedys). Mai important a devenit activist politic, infiintand un comitet de actiune politica, JAMPAC, ce-si desfasoara activitatea in interesul drepturilor muzicienilor. In 2004, a lansat cartea OF GRUNGE AND GOVERNMENT: LET'S FIX THIS BROKEN DEMOCRACY, care descria atat trecutul sau muzica cat si eforturile sale pe plan politic. In 1997, la sfarsitul unui concert al trupei FOO FIGHTERS, in cadrul festivalul BOMBERSHOOT din Seattle, spre surpiza tuturor, Grohl a sarit in spatele tobelor, in timp ce Novoselic se 'plimba' pe scena cu chitara bass in mana. Cei (Grohl, Novoselic si Smear) au incantat publicul entuziast cu cover-uri dupa Prince - Purple Rain si Led Zeppelin - Communication Breakdown. Scurta reprezentatie a fost ca o plecaciune a capului in fata orasului Seattle si a tuturor celor care au sprijinit trupa Nirvan in timpul cariere scurta, tumultoasa si de neuitat.

Discografie Nirvana

- Albume LP:

1989 Bleach(1st release white vinyl - 300 copies,

2nd release lime green vinyl - 2,500 copies)1991 Nevermind1992 Incesticide

(Album of rare studio songs, B-sides, alternate versions and cover songs)

1993 In Utero

1994 MTV Unplugged in New York

- Live & Compilations

1995 Singles(Hit singles from Nevermind and In Utero in a box set)

1995 Live! Tonight! Sold Out!!(VHS home video with live performances and interviews)

1996 From the Muddy Banks of the Wishkah (Live album)

2002 Nirvana (Also called Best of 1988-1994)

2004 With the Lights Out

Pantera - formata in 1981 in Texas, SUA.Perioada de activitate: 1981 - 2000.Membri: Phil Anselmo - Voce, Dimebag Darrell (Darrell Abbott aka, Diamond Darrell) - chitara, Vinnie Paul (Vincent Abbott) - tobe, Rex Brown (aka, Rex Rocker) - Bass.Alti membri: - Terrence Lee (aka Terry Glaze) - Voce, David Peacock - Voce.Stil abordat: Thrash * Pantera - discografie

Nici o alta trupa nu a afectat mai mult lumea muzicii metal precum a facut-o Pantera de la inceputul pana la mijlocul anilor '90. Incepand cu albumul lor din 1990, Cowboys From Hell, formatia, considerata post-thrash, a zguduit orice ramasite ale scenei metal din anii '80, demoland practic orice idee ce sustinea faptul ca speed metal sau power metal ar fi demodat.

In acea perioada lumea isi indrepta privirile catre grunge rock si catre explozia inregistrata de alternative rock, insa mare parte s-au inclinat in fata trupei Pantera, laudand albumul Vulgar Display Of Power, un album atat de diferit de orice alt album din acele timpuri. Acest album a iesit in lumina, la acea vreme, atat prin faptul ca trupa a incetinit tempo-urile agresive de factura thrash, sporind continutul de factura heavy, cat si prin schimbarea stilului vocal, acesta fiind impins catre hardcore sau chiar grindcore. In momentul in care Pantera a lansat albumul Far Beyond Driven, 1994, era deja cea populara formatie metal a acelor vremuri,

dupa cum a dovedit-o frenezia cu privire la clasarile in fruntea topului Billboard. Totusi, aceeasi perioada marcheaza inceputul sfarsitului pentru formatie. Membrii au pasit pe calea auto-distrugerii pe masura ce abuzurile de droguri jucau un rol tot mai important, culminand cu supradoza de heroina a vocalistului Phil Anselmo. In descompunerea treptata a trupei un rol important l-au jucat si tensiunile din interiorul formatiei. Ultima picatura a fost la inceputul anului 2000, cand Anselmo a inceput sa se implice intr-o multitudine de proiecte separat de Pantera, si mai tarziu, la sfarsitul anului 2004, cand, spre tristetea tuturor, chitaristul Dimebag Darell a fost ucis intr-un mod bizar in timpul unui concert. Aceasta crima, foarte mediatizata, a readus Pantera in lumina reflectoarelor, chiar daca doar pentru o perioada scurta, si in mijlocul revarsarilor emotionale si comentariilor din media, s-a nascut un consens. Pantera a reprezentat intr-adevar o piatra de hotar in muzica metal, cumva subestimata pe durata cat s-au aflat in frunte, in prezent bucurandu-se de trubuturi din partea trupelor contemporane pentru mostenirea lasata. Inceputurile formatiei dateaza inca de la inceputul anilor 80. Initial, trupa era compusa din fratii de atunci Darrell Abbott (aka Dimebag Darrell si, pt o perioada scurta de timp, Diamond Darrell) si Vinnie Paul Abbott (aka Vinnie Paul), precum si din Rex Brown (aka Rex Rocker) si Terrence Lee (aka Terry Glaze). Si-au facut debutul in 1983 cu albumul Metal Magic, urmat apoi de Projects in the Jungle, in anul 1984, si I Am The Night, in anul 1985. Phil Anselmo este adus in componenta pentru a-l inlocui pe Glaze, si apoi este inregistrat albumul Power Metal, lansat in 1988 care, in cele din urma, a adus formatiei un contract cu East West. In timp ce aceste albume ale anilor 80 starnesc curiozitatea, diferenta e mare fata de ceea ce le-a adus succesul. In mare parte, fanii trateaza albumul Cowboys From Hell, ca fiind debutul "oficial" al formatiei Pantera, datorita acestei componente (Anselmo - voce, Dimebag - chitara, Vinnie Paul - tobe, si Rex Brown - bass) care a consacrat trupa. Acest album a asezat Pantera pe scena muzicii metal, in mod deosebit datorita pieselor "Cemetery Gates" si "Cowbowys From Hell". Doi ani mai tarziu, Pantera s-a intors cu lansarea albumului Vulgar Display of Power, intarindu-si statutul de trupa metal cu sound original. A durat ceva timp, insa Vulgar Display of Power a starnit valuri serioase in randul metalistilor. Un rol important l-a jucat si MTV, care a difuzat in mod relativ constant videoclipurile formatiei, dar mai ales gura lumii concertele explozive, pline de energie

au facut minuni pentru reputatia celor de la Pantera, al caror sound era unic pentru acea perioada. Atunci cand albumul Far Beyond Driven a fost lansat, Pantera devenise cea mai populara formatie de pe taramul muzicii metal. Albumul a debutat direct pe pozitii inalte in topurile Billboard - o 'isprava' surpinzatoare pentru acest stil de muzica - iar formatia si-a continuat, aparent, interminabilele serii de turnee, umpland cu fani arenele sportive din America. Cand Pantera s-a intors in anul 1996 cu urmatorul lor album, The Great Southern Trendkill, destule se schimbasera. Incepusera sa sa experimenteze mult sunetul lor, incetinand tempo-urile si indepartandu-se de duritatea neinduratoare a albumului Far Beyond Driven. Tonul albumului era unul amar, reactionar, vocea lui Anselmo fiind chiar demonica uneori. Mai mult, acesta a scris despre abuzurile de droguri in piese ca "Suicide Note" si "Living Through Me (Hells'Wrath)", referindu-se fara indoiala la demonii personali precum si la tensiunile care incepeau sa descompuna formatia.

Trendkill este poate cel mai curios album al trupei, rezultat partial al unei asemenea experimentari precum si problemelor personale ale unora dintre componenti. Oricum ar fi, reactiile din partea fanilor si a criticilor au fost diverse,vanzarile fiind mici. A trebuit sa treaca 4 ani pentru ca Pantera sa lanseze un alt album de studio, dupa ce in acest interval a fost scos pe piata albumul Live "Official Live: 101 Proof", in 1997. In timpul acestul lung interval, au existat tot felul de zvonuri cu privire la situatia trupei, iar Anselmo s-a indepartat in continuare de Pantera, participand la diverse proiecte independente de formatia ce l-a consacrat. Printre acele proiecte se numara si DOWN, care a cunoscut cel mai mare succes dintre toate proiectele sale. Mai tarziu, Pantera s-a reunit totusi, pentru ultima oara, pentru albumul "Reinventing the Steel", 2000,care, ca si precedentul, nu s-a apropiat de valoarea lui "Far Beyond Driven". Din acest moment, adeptii formatiei s-au imputinat, pe masura ce peisajul metalic a suferit schimbari serioase odata cu aparitia unor trupe precum Tool, Korn sau Limp Bizkit. Acesta a fost sfarsitul formatiei Pantera, ulterior fiind lansate doar o compilatie greatest hits, intitulata "Reinventing Hell: The Best Of Pantera" (2003), respectiv

editii video sau DVD. Membrii si-au gasit ocupatie implicandu-se in diverse proiecte, cele mai notabile fiind doar cele in care figura Anselmo. Pe lista eforturilor sale se numara DOWN, Superjoint Ritual, Viking Ritual si Southern Isolation. Intre timp, Dimebag si Vinnie Paul au format Damageplan, o trupa destul de stabila care cauta sa inceapa de acolo de unde sfarsise Pantera; au si cantat cateva piese de la Pantera in concertele lor. Dupa lansarea primului album, intitulat New Found Power, si dupa cateva concerte sustinute in diverse cluburi, Damageplan si-a gasit sfarsitul in mod tragic pe 7 Decembrie 2004. In acea noapte - la 24 de ani de la asasinarea lui John Lennon, un fan cu ceva probleme il impusca pe Dimebag intr-un club din orasul Columbus, din SUA

Formatia nu apucase sa cante mai mult de o piesa pana in momentul in care ucigasul a urcat pe scena, dupa care l-a impuscat pe chitarist de cateva ori, omorand si alte persoane. Tragedia a facut valuri mari in SUA, aparand pe prima pagina a ziarelor peste tot in ziua urmatoare. Pentru un moment trist, in acea zi, atentia s-a indreptat din nou asupra formatiei PANTERA, una dintre cele mai bune trupe metal ale anilor '90.

Discografie Pantera

Pantera - Metal Magic 1983

01. Ride My Rocket 02. I'Ll Be Alright 03. Tell Me If You Want It 04. Latest Lover 05. Biggest Part Of Me06. Metal Magic 07. Widowmaker 08. Nothin' On (But The Radio)09. Sad Lover 10. Rock Out!

Pantera - Projects In The Jungle 198401. All Over Tonite02. Out For Blood 03. Blue Light Turning Red 04. Like Fire 05. In Over My Head 06. Projects In The Jungle 07. Heavy Metal Rules!08. Only A Heartbeat Away 09. Killers 10. Takin My Life

Pantera - I Am The Night 198501. Hot And Heavy02. I Am The Night 03. Onward We Rock! 04. D*G*T*T*M 05. Daughters Of The Queen 06. Down Below 07. Come-On Eyes08. Right On The Edge09. Valhalla 10. Forever Tonight

Pantera - Power Metal 198801. Rock The World02. Power Metal 03. We'Ll Meet Again 04. Over And Out 05. Proud To Be Loud 06. Down Below 07. Death Trap 08. Hard Ride 09. Burnnn! 10. P*S*T* 88

Pantera - Cowboys From Hell 199001. Cowboys From Hell 02. Primal Concrete Sledge03. Psycho Holiday 04. Heresy 05. Cemetery Gates 06. Domination 07. Shattered 08. Clash With Reality 09. Medicine Man 10. Message In Blood11. The Sleep 12. The Art Of Shredding

Pantera - Vulgar Display Of Power 199201. Mouth For War 02. A New Level03. Walk 04. Fuckin Hostile 05. This Love06. Rise 07. No Good (Attack The Radical) 08. Live In A Hole 09. Regular People (Conceit) 10. By Demons Be Driven 11. Hollow

Pantera - Far Beyond Driven 19941. One By One 2. Sons Of Northern Darkness3. Tyrants 4. Demonium 5. Within The Dark Mind 6. In My Kingdom Cold 7. Antarctica 8. Beyond The North Waves

Pantera - The Great Southern Trendkill 199601. The Great Southern Trendkill02. War Nerve 03. Drag The Waters 04. 10'S 05. 13 Steps 06. Suicide Note Part 1 07. Suicide Note Part 2 08. Living Through Me (Hell'S Wrath) 09. Floods 10. Underground In America

11. (Reprise) Sandblasted Skin

Pantera - Official Live: 101 Proof 199701. New Level 02. Walk 03. Becoming 04. 5 Minutes Alone 05. Sandblasted Skin 06. Suicide Note, Pt. 2 07. War Nerve 08. Strength Beyond Strength 09. Dom/Hollow 10. This Love 11. I'M Broken 12. Cowboys From Hell 13. Cemetery Gates 14. Hostile 15. Where You Come From 16. I Can'T Hide

Pantera - Reinventing The Steel 200001. Hell Bound 02. Goddamn Electric 03. Yesterday Don'T Mean Shit 04. You'Ve Got To Belong To It 05. Revolution Is My Name06. Death Rattle 07. We'll Grind That Axe For A Long Time08. Up Lift 09. It Makes Them Disappear10. I'll Cast A Shadow

Pantera - Far Beyond The Great Southern Cowboy Vulgar 200301. Cowboys From Hell 02. Cemetary Gates 03. Walk 04. Mouth For War 05. This Love 06. I'M Broken 07. Becoming 08. 5 Minutes Alone 09. Planet Caravan 10. Drag The Waters 11. Where You Come From (Live) 12. Cat Scratch Fever 13. I'll Cast A Shadow 14. Goddamn Electric 15. Revolution Is My Name

16. Hole In The Sky

ALTE APARITII

Nativity In Black II : A Tribute To Black Sabbath (2000)

DVD & VIDEOCowboys from Hell - The Videos

The Vulgar Video 3: Watch it Go

Pantera: 3 - Vulgar Videos from Hell (1997)

Pearl Jam - s-a format in anul 1990 in Seattle, Washington - SUA.Perioada de activitate: 1990 - prezent.Membri: Jeff Ament - Bass, Matt Cameron - tobe, Stone Gossard - chitara, Mike McCready - chitara, Eddie Vedder - chitara, voce.Alti membri: Dave Abbruzzese - tobe, Jack Irons - tobe, Dave Krusen - tobe.Stiluri abordate: Grunge, Alternative Pop-Rock* Pearl Jam - discografie Pearl Jam - formatie de rock originara din Seattle, este una din trupele cu cea mai mare influenta si popularitate a anilor '90. Formata la inceputul anului 1990, impreuna cu Nirvana, Soundgarden si Alice In Chains, a ajutat la raspandirea stilului grunge.

Pearl Jam este singura formatie care a ramas activa, desi stilul muzical s-a schimbat de la mijlocul anilor '90 si nu mai este considerat grunge. Pearl Jam a luat nastere din sanul formatiei Mother Love Bone. Dupa moartea lui Andrew Wood (vocal Mother Love Bone) si destramarea trupei in 1990, Stone Gossard si Jeff Ament au pornit spre infiintarea urmatoarei lor trupe. L-au recrutat pe chitaristul Mike McCready, si cu ajutorul lui Matt Cameron la tobe, au inregistrat un demo pe caseta ce continea 3 piese. Caseta a ajuns la fostul baterist de la Red Hot Chilli Peppers, Jack Irons, care a transmis-o lui Eddie Vedder. Eddia a ascultat caseta inainte de a pleca sa faca surfing. Cat timp era in apa, muzica ii tot suna in cap si asa i-au venit si versurile. S-a intors in graba acasa si intr-un moment de inspiratie a inregistrat partea vocala pentru 3 piese (Alive, Footsteps si Once). Piesele au fost descrise mai tarziu de Eddie ca fiind mini-opera. Piesele formau o poveste

despreincest, nebunie, si crima, poveste care a devenit pentru fani cunoscuta ca "Trilogia Mamasan". A trimis inapoi formatiei caseta cu partea vocala si au fost atat de impresionati incat l-au chemat pe Vedder in Seattle pentru cateva auditii cu formatia. Si astfel, Eddie si trupa au pornit la drum, si cu recrutarea lui Dave Krusen la tobe, formatia Mookie Blaylock a fost formata. Dupa semnarea unui contract cu Epic Records, directorii executivi erau ingrijorati despre faptul ca trupa era numita dupa un jucator profesionist de basket care era inca juca, asa ca au inceput cautarea altor nume. Dupa ce au luat in considerare alte nume, printre care Reenk Roink, au stabilit ca formatia sa se numeasca Pearl Jam. Ideea numelui de Pearl Jam le-a venit in timp ce erau la B&O Espresso, o cafenea din Seattle. Eddie Vedder zicea ca numele Pearl Jam e o gluma facand referire la un amestec halucinogen bazat pe peyote, pe care bunica lui Eddie il facea. Multi oameni considera ca acea poveste este doar o gluma. Acesti oameni spun ca nu e o coincidenta ca "pearl jam" e folosita uneori ca sinonim pt sperma. Bateristul Dave Krusen, a parasit formatia cu putin inainte de lansarea albumului lor de debut. A fost inlocuit de Matt Chamberlain, fost membru al trupei Eddie Brickel And The New Bohemians. Dupa mai multe spectacole, printre care unu a fost filmat si a devenit videoclip pentru piesa Alive, Chamberlain a primit o oferta din partea trupei Saturday Night Live, pe care a acceptat-o. Inainte de a pleca, a sugera ca inlocuitorul sau sa fie Dave Abbruzzese. Acesta s-a alaturat formatiei, pentru restul

concertelor pentru promovarea albumului Ten si urmatoarele lor doua albume. Pearl Jam a devenit una dintre formatiile marcante ale exploziei grunge din Seattle, impreuna cu Nirvana, Alice In Chains si Soundgarden. La un moment dat, Kurt Cobain, a atacat grupul pentru ca ii vedea ca fiind comerciali, dar totusi, Kurt si Eddie mai tarziu s-au impacat si au devenit prieteni. Albumul de debut, intitulat TEN, contine 11 piese, temele predominante fiind depresia, sinuciderea, singuratatea si omuciderea. Albumul, lansat in 1991, a continut trei piese care au devenit mari hit-uri, propulsandu-i in scena muzicala - Evenflow, Alive si Jeremy. Videoclipul piesei Jeremy a fost un hit imens la

TV si a castigat multe premii, inclusiv Video Of The Year si Best Group Video. Primele trei albume ale formatiei au avut un succes imens. Al 2-lea album al lor, Vs., a stabilit un record pentru numarul de copii vandute in prima saptamana de la lansare in 1993. Al 3-lea album, Vitalogy, a devenit al doilea album din istorie pentru numarul de copii vandute in prima saptamana de la lansare, in 1994. In urmatorii ani, popularitatea formatiei a scazut, in mare parte datorita faptului ca nu au vrut sa filmeze videoclipuri si din cauza unui proces impotriva monopolului companiei Ticketmaster care a blocat lansarea turneelor. un alt motiv este datorita stilului necomercial si experimental. Primul CD era categorizat drept grunge, dar mai tarziu, munca lor nu putea fi incadrata clar intr-un stil anume. In 1994, Dave Abbruzzese a fost concediat si in locul lui a fost adus Jack Irons in 1995. Tot in 1995, Pearl Jam l-au sustinut pe idolul lor, Neil Young, pe albumul sau Mirror Ball. Obligatiile contractului au prevenit aparitia numelui trupei pe album, dar membrii si-au primit creditele pentru munca lor. Neil Young s-a rascumparat pentru ajutorul lor si a cantat impreuna cu ei pe EP-ul lor, Merkin Ball.In August 1996, la 5 ani dupa lansarea albumului Ten, a fost lansat al 4-lea album, No Code. Albumul a continuat stilul dezvoltat pe albumele Vs. si Vitalogy, si au indepartat multi fani care se asteptau la un album similar cu Ten. Formatia insa, nu aveau nici un interes sa se repete in munca lor. In 1998, a fost lansat albumul Yield. Acesta a fostproclamat ca o intoarcere la stilul de inceput al formatiei, si dupa prima oara din 1993, au permis sa se faca un videclip dupa o piesa de-a lor, Do The Evolution, si au pornit intr-un turneu pentru promovarea albumului. Tot in 1998, Pearl Jam a schimbat iarasi bateristul, Jack Irons a parasit trupa datorita problemelor de sanatate si a fost inlocuit cu fostul membru al Soundgarden, Matt Cameron. Tot in acest an, a fost lansat un single, Last Kiss, cover dupa o balada din anii '50 a lui J. Frank Wilson. Inregistrat cu un buget minim si lansat in scopuri caritabile, piesa a devenit un succes

uimitor si cel mai de succes single al trupei pana in ziua de azi. Dupa lansarea albumului Binaural in 2000, si dupa terminarea turneelor in America de Nord si Europa, membrii au avut o idee unica. Luand in considerare popularitatea inregistrarilor, de multe ori ilegale, ale concertelor, si de dorinta fanilor de a avea o copie a fiecarui concert la care au luat parte, membrii au decis ca sa inregistreze fiecare concert din fiecare turneu. Au vrut initial ca aceste bootleg-uri sa fie disponibile numai pentru fancluburi, dar contractele lor le interziceau asa ceva. Albumele au fost lansate concomitent in magazine si prin intermediul fancluburilor. In total, 72 de albume au fost lansate si au stabilit un record pentru numarul de albume care sa intre concomitent in Billboard Top200. Alte 72 de bootleg-uri au

fost lansate dupa turneul din 2003. Din nefericire, turneul european din 2000 s-a terminat pe 30 Iunie, cand un accident tragic s-a intamplat la Roskilde Festival in Danemarca, unde fanii au fost striviti si sufocati in timp ce multimea se impingea spre scena. Trupa s-a oprit din cantat cand au incercat sa calmeze publicul cand au realizat ce s-a intamplat, dar era prea tarziu si noua oameni murisera. Ultimele doua aparitii din turneu au fost anulate, si formatia s-a gandit serios sa se retraga dupa acest eveniment. Au aparut diverse controverse legate de cine e responsabil pentru acel accident, dupa ce formatia a fost acuzata in investigatia initiala. Mai tarziu s-a stabilit ca masurile de siguranta adopatate de organizatorii festivalului erau inadecvate. In iunie 2003, trupa a anuntat oficial ca abandonau Epic Records. Aceasta decizie a fost vazuta drept "... o institutie parasind alta institutie, cea mai populara si importanta trupa de rock a Americii a anilor '90 refuzand voluntar cea mai populara casa de discuri...". Cei de la Pearl Jam au spus ca n-au nici un interes sa semneze cu alta casa de discuri si sunt incantati de libertatea lor. Criticii spun ca daca miscarea le reuseste, ar putea insemna moartea industriei muzicale asa cum o stim. Totusi, spre sfarsitul lui 2005 se asteapta lansarea unui nou album, sub marca J Records. Ironic, J Records face parte din conglomeratul BMG, care este in proportie de 50% detinut de Sony si include Epic Records. Asta dovedeste inca o data ca artistii internationali nu pot sa scapa de cele patru companii : Sony BMG Music Entertainment, Universal Music Group, EMI Group si Warner Music Group).

Discografie Pearl Jam:

- Albume de studio:

1991 Ten1993 Vs.

1994 Vitalogy1996 No Code

1998 Yield

2000 Binaural2002 Riot Act

- Live and compilations

1995 Mirror Ball (cu Neil Young)1998 Live on Two Legs

2003 Live: 07-08-03 & 07-09-03 New York, NY( Recorderded at the Garden Hall, it is the same show of the Live at the Garden DVD.

Boom Gaspar presented as newcomer. Also with Ben Harper.)2003 Lost Dogs Epic

(Two-disc compilation of b-sides and unreleased material)2004 Live at Benaroya Hall

2004 Rearviewmirror: Greatest Hits 1991-2003

Pink Floyd

Pink Floyd - infiintata in anul 1964 in Londra, Anglia. Perioada de activitate: 1964 - 1983, 1987 - 1995. Membri: Syd Barrett - chitara si voce(inlocuit de David Gilmour), Roger Waters - chitara, bass si voce, David Gilmour - chitara si voce, Nick Mason - tobe, Rick Wright - clape si voce.Stiluri abordate: Progressive Rock/ Art Rock, Psychedelic, Album Rock.Pink Floyd: Discografie si versuri Pink Floyd este trupa britanica de progressive, celebra pt versurile sale, pentru compozitiile armonioase de rock clasic, pentru stilul bombastic si pentru spectacole live elaborate. Este una dintre cele mai prospere trupe, ocupand locul 7 in topul trupelor cu cele mai multe albume vandute pe plan mondial. Pink Floyd S-a format in 1964, insa pana la numele consacrat al trupei, componenta timpurie s-a reunit sub nume ca Sigma 6, T-Set, Megadeaths, The Screaming Abdabs, The Architectural Abdabs, si The Abdabs. Ulterior s-a numit The Pink Floyd Sound, si apoi, mai simplu, The Pink Floyd; provenienta numelui era constituita de catre 2 cantareti de blues - Pink Anderson si

Floyd Council. Articolul hotarat "the" a fost taiat din nume la vremea cand a fost lansat albumul de debut. Initial, Pink Floyd era formata de catre Bob Klose (lead guitar), Syd Barrett (voce, chitara ritmica), Richard Wright (clape, voce), Roger Waters (bass, voce) si Nick Mason (tobe). Erau orientati pe rhythm and blues; pe masura ce Barrett a inceput sa compuna piese influentate de muzica "surf", rock psihedelic, ciudateniile, umorul si literatura britanica, Klose (preocupat mai mult de jazz) paraseste formatia lasand in urma sa un grup mai stabil, sub forma unui cvartet. Grupul formeaza Blackhill

Enterprise, impreuna cu managerii lor - Peter Jenner si Andrew King. , un

parteneriat de afaceri format din 6 oameni. Lansat in 1967, albumul de debut "The Piper at the Gates of Dawn" este considerat un exemplu important al muzicii psihedelice din Anglia. De la piesa avangardista 'Interstellar Overdrive' la piese bizare ca "Scarecrow", un cantec melancolic inspirat de Fenlands, regiunea rurala din jurul orasului natal al lui Barrett) piesele albumului denota un amestec muzical eclectic. In 1968, chitaristul David Gilmour se alatura trupei pentru a indeplini indatoririle de chitarist si solist ale lui Barrett, a carui stare mentala se deteriora tot mai mult, cu toate acestea era intentionat ca Barrett sa ramana figura definitorie, cat si compozitorul trupei. Insa acesta a devenit tot mai instabil, cu un comportament tot mai putin previzibil, si consum constat de LSD, uneori el privind in gol in timpul concertelor,in vreme ce restul trupei isi continuau reprezentatia. Spectacolele LIVE deveneau tot mai subrede, pana cand ceilalti membri ai trupei au renuntat pur si simplu la a se prezenta pe scena cu Barrett. Odata ce plecarea lui Barrett a fost formalizata, Jenner si King au decis sa ramana cu acesta, iar parteneriatul Blackhill era astfel dizolvat. In timp ce pentru primul album Barrett compusese mai tot albumul de debut, pentr al 2-lea, intitulat "A Saucerful of of Secrets"(lansat in 1968) el nu contribuise decat cu piesa "Jugband Blues". Dupa soundtrack-ul "More", a urmat dublul album Ummagumma (inregistrat partial la Mothers Rock Club,in Birmingham, si restul in Manchester in anul 1969) - un amestec de inregistrari live si experimente in studio ale membrilor formatiei, neincluse pe alte

discuri. Fiecare a inregistrat cate o jumatate de fata de disc vinil ca si proiect solo (sotia lui Mason are o scurta aparitie, necreditata, ca flautista). Albumul Atom Heart Mother, 1970, numarul 1 in topurile UK, este descris de Gilmour ca fiind sunetul unei trupe care "gafeaza in intuneric". Piesa care da titlul albumul datoreaza mult orchestrei dirijate de Ron Geesin. Soundul trupei este considerabil mai concentrat pe albumul Meddle (1971), cu epopeea de 23 de minute intitulata Echoes (in aceasta piesa Pink Floyd foloseste pt prima oara sintetizatorul VCS3 creat de Zinovieff). Acest album mai include piesa atmosferica "One Of These Days"(o piesa clasica de concert, cu un singur vers deformat ca sonoritate, 'recitat' de catre Nick Mason: "One of these days, I'm going to cut you into little pieces"(Intr-unadin zilele astea, te voi taia in bucatele), aceasta fiind singura

sa incercare solistica); de asemenea mai este inclusa o piesa in stil pop-jazz:"San Tropez". Tendinta lor de experimentare este redata de data aceasta de piesa "Seamus" (anterior, "Mademoiselle Nobs"), o piesa blues pur in compania vocalizelor unui ogar rusesc. Un alt album, mai putin cunoscut, "Obscured By Clouds" este lansat in 1972, si figureaza ca soundtrack al filmului "La Vallee". Acesta este primul album al

trupei care intra in Topul 50 American, categ. Albume. In anul 1973, lanseaza albumul "Dark Side of the Moon" care inregistreaza un succes urias, si in ciuda faptului ca grupul nu a fost orientat niciodata spre hit-single-uri, piesa "Money" urca pana in Top20 US, dar si mai important, albumul s-a mentinut in top100, sectiunea albume, pentru mai bine de un deceniu, doborand multe recorduri in calea sa, si devenind astfel unul dintre cele mai bine vandute albume din toate timpurile. Dark Side of the Moon este un album conceptual, abordand teme ca nebunia, nevroza si celebritatea. Multumita noului echipament de inregistrare cu 16-track de la Abbey Road Studios, si a cantitatii imense de timp investita de inginerul de sunet Alan Parsons, albumul a impus noi standarde a fidelitatii sunetului. Dark Side of the Moon si urmatoarele trei albume (Wish You Were Here, Animals and The Wall) sunt considerate de catre fani ca marcand apogeul carierei formatiei Pink Floyd. Primul dintre acestea, "Wish You Were Here", lansat in 1975, este un album tematic dedicat fostului membru, Syd Barrett. Pe langa piesa "Wish You Were Here" ( ce a devenit o piesa clasica),albumul include o lucrare, foarte bine primita de critici, formata din 9 parti, predominant instrumentala - "Shine On You Crazy Diamond" - un tribut adus lui Barrett; versurile acestei lucrari abordeaza intr-un mod destul de evident urmarile caderii psihice ale lui Barret. Albumul mai include si piesele "Welcome to the Machine" si "Have a Cigar". Prin 1977, dupa lansarea albumului Animals, cariera muzicala a trupei avea parte de tot mai multe critici, in vreme pe scena muzicala rock isi facea aparitia un nou stil - punk. Criticii afirmau ca muzica lor era prea flasca si prea pretentioasa, pierzandu-si din forma simplista a rock and roll-ului. Albumul ANIMALS continea piese destul de lungi legate tematic de "Ferma animalelor", de George Orwell, folosind porci, dog si oi ca metafore pentru membrii societatii contemporane. Animals a fost orientat mai mult spre chitara fata de celelalte albume lansate, si a marcat inceputul tensiunilor dintre Waters si Wright. Opera rock a anului 1979, intitulata THE WALL, conceputa in principal de catre Waters, a adus trupei Pink Floyd noi valuri de critici pozitive, precum si un alt hit-single - "Another Brick in the Wall", care critica vehement invatamantul britanic. Albumul contine si piesa "Comfortably Numb", care, desi nu a fost lansata niciodata ca single, a devenit o piatra de temelie in listele de melodii ale posturilor de radio rock, iar astazi este una dintre cele mai cunoscute piese ale formatiei.Albumul a adus mari cheltuieli si chiar pierderi pentru trupa in turneul ce a urmat, in cele din urma, insa vanzarile albumului i-au scos din impas pe membrii formatiei. In aceasta vreme, Waters si-a marit tot mai mult contributia artistica, asumandu-si rolul de lider al trupei, si a intrat adesea in conflict cu ceilalti membri, acestea sfarsind prin "concedierea" lui Wright. Acesta s-a intors in trupa, platindu-i-se o anume suma pentru a participa la concertele din turneul pentru The Wall.

Ironic, el este singurul membru ca a castigat de pe urma spectacolelor, ceilalti fiind nevoiti sa acopere costurile excesive. Albumul a fost co-produs de catre Bob Ezrin, un prieten al lui Waters impreuna cu care a scris versurile pentru piesa "The Trial". Colaborarea a fost intrerupta de catre Waters, Ezrin fiind dat afara din tabara Floyd dupa ce acesta a acordat unui jurnalist (care ii era ruda), in mod nechibzuit, detalii despre albumul The Wall.Albumul este unul dintre cele mai bine vandute alaturi de Dark Side Of The Moon. A fost facut si un film, in 1982, sub regia lui Alan Parker sub "supravegherea" lui Waters; filmul a inclus animatii frapante create de un cunoscut desenator britanic, Gerald Scarfe. Realizarea filmului a dus la o

si mai mare deteriorare a relatiei dintre Roger Waters si David Gilmour, pe masura ce Waters prelua total conducerea trupei. In 1983, este lansat albumul THE FINAL CUT. Si mai sumbru decat THE WALL, acesta a reluat temele albumului anterior, abordand totusi si subiecte ale realitatii de atunci; este vorba aici de furia lui Waters fata de participarea britanica in razboiul Flaklands ("The Fletcher Memorial Home") si teama sa si cinismul sau cu privire la razboiul nuclear ("Two Suns in the Sunset"). Absenta lui Wright a fost clar simtita, efectele si partiturile de claviaturi fiind mult reduse. Totusi, pentru clape, au fost adusi pt colaborare Michael Kamen si Andy Bown. Desi lansat ca album Pink Floyd, acest proiect a fost dominat evident de Waters si a devenit un prototip pt lucrarile sale solo de mai tarziu. Se zvonea ca divergentele dintre Waters si Gilmour erau atat de puternice incat nu mai erau prezenti simultan in studioul din inregistrari. Nu a urmat nici un turneu, iar formatia era, in mod neoficial, destramata in anul 1983. Dupa THE FINAL CUT, membrii trupei au mers fiecare pe cai separate, lansand albume solo, pana in 1987, cand Gilmour si Mason au inceput reanimarea formatiei. A urmat, o disputa amara in instanta cu Roger Waters (care parasise oficial trupa in 1985), rezultatul acesteia dand lui Gilmour si Mason dreptul asupra folosirii numelui Pink Floyd (Waters castigand, drepturi asupra unor imagini definitorii Pink Floyd, incluzand aproape toata recuzita pentru concertul The Wall, precum si toate drepturile asupra albumului The Final Cut). Pink Floyd se intoarce in studio, gasindu-l pe Davind Gilmour colaborand cu producatorul Bob Ezrin. Richard Wright a revenit in timpul sesiunilor de inregistrare a albumului A MOMENTARY LAPSE OF REASON, initial ca muzician de sesiune, platit saptamanal, iar mai tarziu a fost reinvestit ca membru cu toate drepturile al formatiei pentru lansarea albumul THE DIVISION BELL, din 1994. Dupa acest album, trupa a plecat in turneu , promovat de legendarul organizator de concerte, canadianul Michael Cohl. Toti membri Pink Floyd au lansat albume solo care au avut parte de mai mult sau mai putin succes comercial sau critic. Albumul lui Waters, AMUSED TO DEATH a fost unul dintre cele mai laudate astfel de albume, insa si acesta a primit atat recenzii pozitive cat si negative.

Pink Floyd este o trupa renumita pentru concertele lor pretentioase, in care efectele vizuale de ultima generatie combinate cu muzica lor au creat spectacole in care artistii ajungeau aproape pe un plan secundar. In anii de inceput, Pink Floyd era printre primele formatii care aveau in dotare echipament propriu pt efecte luminoase special pentru concerte, incluzand diapozitive, clipuri, imagini/modele/tipare psihedelice , toate proiectate pe un ecran circular, in principal. Mai tarziu, au fost adaugate noi efecte speciale, incluzand lasere, efecte pirotehnice, baloane uriase, Mr Screen (ecranul circular) si un remarcabil porc gonflabil ce plutea deasupra publicului in timp ce trupa canta piesa "Pigs", in turneul pentru albumul Animals.

Pink Floyd a creat cel mai elaborat show al lor in turneul pentru THE WALL, in care un zid urias era construit intre muzicieni si publicul spectator, zid

demolat prin explozie in finalul concertului. Acesta a fost recreat de Waters, intr-un show in care a avut ca invitati diversi artisti (printre care Bryan Adams, The

Scorpions si Van Morrison). Spectacolul a fost tinut in 1990 chiar pe locul ruinelor zidului Berlinului.

Trupa nu a lansat vreun material nou de studio de la THE DIVISION BELL, din 1994, si, desi formatia nu este destramata oficial, nu exista semne de vreun nou album. "Activitatea" Pink Floyd, in ceea ce priveste lansarile oficiale in ultima perioada, se rezuma la albumul live P-U-L-S-E, 1995, o versiune live a albumului THE WALL, compusa din inregistrari ale concertelor din 1980-1981, intitulat IS THERE ANYBODY OUT THERE? THE WALL LIVE 2000, un dublu-disc continand cele mai bune piese ale lor, numit ECHOES, in 2001; de asemenea, editia aniversara de 30 a albumul THE DARK SIDE OF THE MOON, in 2003, pe Super Audio Compact Disc (SACD), si relansarea THE FINAL CUT, cu piesa "When The Tigers Broke Free" adaugata, in 2004. Desi sunt raspandite zvonuri cu privire la intoarcerea in studio a celor 3 membri Floyd, nu exista stiri oficiale care sa sustina aceste zvonuri. Viitorul trupei este incert datorita faptului ca membrii s-au ocupat de proiecte pe cont propriu (Nick Mason a scris o carte despre trecutul sau in cadrul firnatiei, carte ce poarta numele "Inside Out" A Personal History of Pink Floyd) si datorita decesului managerului trupei, Steve O'Rourke, in Oct 2003. David Gilmour a lansat in noiembrie 2002, un DVD ce contine un concert al sau, DVD intitulat David Gilmour In Concert, si contine fragmente preluate din spectacolele sustinute de acesta in perioada 22 iunie 2001 - 17 ianuarie 2002, la The Royal Festival Hall din Londra. Apar ca invitati Rick Wright si Bob Geldof (Pink din filmul The Wall). In anul 2002, Q magazine desemneaza formatia Pink Floyd ca una dintre cele "50 de trupe de vazut inainte sa mori". In 2005, este anuntata semnarea unui contract pentru o versiune MUSICAL (ce urma sa fie jucat pe Broadway) a albumul THE WALL, continand muzica noua compusa de Waters. Versiunea Broadwaz va contine toate piesele scrise de Roger Waters, insa este inca necunoscut ceea ce se va intampla cu piesele scrise impreuna cu David Gilmour (Zoung Lust, Comfortablz Numb, Run Like Hell). Spectacolul este asteptat sa inceapa la mijlocului anului 2005.

Is there anybody out there..?

Discografie Pink Floyd:

Studio: • The Piper at the Gates of Dawn (1967) • A Saucerful of Secrets (1968) • Ummagumma (1969) (2LP, live and studio) • Atom Heart Mother (1970) • Relics (1971) (compilation) • Meddle (1971) • Dark Side of the Moon (1973) • Wish You Were Here (1975) • Animals (1977) • The Wall (1979) (2LP) • The Final Cut (1983) • A Momentary Lapse of Reason (1987) • The Division Bell (1994) • Dark Side of the Moon (30th anniversary edition) (2003) • The Final Cut - Reissue (2004)

Soundtrack:

• Music From the Film More (1969) • Zabriskie Point (1970) (soundtrack; various artists) • Obscured By Clouds (1972)

Compilatii:

• Masters of Rock (1973 or 1974) (compilation) • A Nice Pair (1973) (compilation) • A Collection of Great Dance Songs (1981) (compilation) • Works (1983) (compilation)

• Shine On (1992) (compilation, CD box set) • Echoes (2001) (2CD best-of compilation)

Live si concerte:

• Tonite Let's all make Love in London (1967) • London '66-'67 (1995, not sanctioned by the band) • Delicate Sound of Thunder (1988) (live, si in format VHS) • P-U-L-S-E (1995) (2CD, live, si in format VHS) • Is There Anybody Out There? The Wall Live 1980-81 (2000) (live)

• Live at Pompeii: Directors Cut (2003) (DVD with live performance pre-DSOTM; previously available on video cassette, laserdisc, and video CD)

Placebo

Placebo - formata in 1994 in Londra, Anglia.Perioada de activitate: 1994 - prezent.Membri: Brian Molko - voce si chitara, Steve Hewitt - tobe, Stefan Olsdal - chitara bassAlti membri: Peter Schultzberg Stil abordat: alternative pop/rock,britpop» Discografie Placebo Datorita predilectiei pentru imbracaminte/machiaj androgin si pentru sunetul neprelucrat de chitara, Placebo a fost descrisa de unii ca fiind versiunea 'glam' a

trupei Nirvana. Trupa multi-nationala a fost formata de cantaretul - chitaristul Brian Molko (pe jumatate scotian si pe jumatate american, dar crescut in Marea Britanie) si basistul Stefan Olsdal(originar din Suedia). Amandoi urmasera aceeasi scoala in Luxemburg, dar nu s-au intalnit pana in 1994 in Londra. A fost denumita pentru o scurta perioada Ashtray Heart si influentata de trupe ca Sonic Youth, The Pixies, The Smashing Pumpkins sau Nirvana. Postul de baterist al formatiei a fost ocupat pe rand de Robert Schultzberg si Steve Hewitt (cel din urma fiind singurul membru de origine britanica). Desi

Molko si Olsdal il preferau pe Hewitt ca membru principal (in formula aceasta au inregistrat unele din demo-urile de inceput), Hewitt a optat pentru cealalta trupa din care facea parte, Breed. Cu Schultzberg inapoi la tobe, Placebo a semnat un contract cu Caroline Records, care a marcat debutul trupei cu albumul 'Placebo' aparut in 1996. Albumul a fost un hit neasteptat in Marea Britanie, unde single-uri ca 'Nancy Boy' si 'Bruise Pristine' au devenit adevarate hituri, in timp ce trupa sustinea concerte in deschiderea unor formatii ca Sex Pistols, U2 si Weezer. In ciuda succesului imediat,Schultzberg nu se intelegea cu colegii de trupa, care intre timp reusisera sa-l convinga pe Hewitt sa revina,

determinand plecarea lui Schultzberg. Una din primele aparitii ale lui Hewitt s-a dovedit unade succes din moment ce David Bowie - un mare fan - a invitat personal trupa sa cante la cea de-a 50a aniversare a sa in Madison Square Garden in 1997. In anul urmator, Placebo a trecut la casa de discuri Virgin Records si au scos 'Without You I'm Nothing' in Noiembrie. Albumul s-a vandut bine in Anglia si initial a parut a fi rampa de lansare a formatiei in S.U.A., unde MTV a promovat piesa 'Pure Morning' dar urmatoarele melodii/videoclipuri nu au echivalat succesul acesteia.Cam in aceeasi perioada Placebo a inregistrat un cover dupa '20th Century Boy' a celor de la T.Rex pentru filmul 'Velvet Goldmine', in care trioul apare interpretand piesa.

Relatia dintre Placebo si Bowie a continuat sa se dezvolte, Bowie aparand pe scena alaturi de trupa in timpul unui turneu la un concert in New York, inainte ca cele 2 parti sa se reuneasca pentru o re-inregistrare a piesei omonime de pe albumul 'Without you I'm nothing' (aparut ca single in '99). Desi cea de-a treia lansare Placebo, Black Market Music a fost lansat in Anglia in 2000, lansarea in State a venit abia dupa cateva luni (versiunea americana a albumului a avut schimbari in tracklist, continand si 'Without You I'm Nothing' cu David Bowie, dar si un cover dupa 'I Feel You' de la Depeche Mode). In ciuda succesului

inregistrat in Marea Britanie cu piese ca 'Taste in Men' sau 'Slave to the Wage', albumul s-a dovedit a nu fi la fel de puternic sau de concentrat sa cele precedente si 'Black Market Music' a parasit repede clasamentele americane. In primavara anului 2003 Placebo a lansat cel de-al patrulea album, Sleeping With Ghosts. Single-ul de debut 'The Bitter End' a fost un hit printre fanii indie din Europa. UPDATE: In 2006, Placebo a lansat albumul MEDS marcat si de colaborarea cu solistul trupei R.E.M. - Michael Stipe.

Discografie Placebo

Placebo - Placebo 1996

01. Come Home - 5:09 02. Teenage Angst - 2:42 03. Bionic - 5:0004. 36 Degrees - 3:05 05. Hang on to Your IQ - 5:13 06. Nancy Boy - 3:48 07. I Know - 4:44 08. Bruise Pristine - 3:35 09. Lady of the Flowers - 4:47 10. Swallow - 22:24

Placebo - Without You I'm Nothing 199801. Pure Morning - 4:14 02. Brick Shithouse - 3:18 03. You Don't Care About Us - 3:58 04. Ask For Answers - 5:19 05. Without You I'm Nothing - 4:0806. Allergic (To Thoughts of Mother Earth) - 3:4907. The Crawl - 2:59 08. Every You Every Me - 3:33 09. My Sweet Prince - 5:45 10. Summer's Gone - 3:0511. Scared of Girls - 2:58 12. Burger Queen - 22:39

Placebo - Black Market Music 2000

01. Taste in Men - 4:15 02. Days Before You Came - 2:33 03. Special K - 3:52 04. Spite & Malice - 3:37 05. Passive Aggressive - 5:2406. Black-Eyed - 3:48 07. Blue American - 3:31 08. Slave to the Wage - 4:0609. Commercial for Levi - 2:20 10. Haemoglobin - 3:46 11. Narcoleptic - 4:22 12. Peeping Tom - 5:19

Placebo - Sleeping with Ghosts 2003

01. Bulletproof Cupid 2:2202. English Summer Rain 4:01 03. This Picture 3:34 04. Sleeping with Ghosts 4:38 05. The Bitter End 3:10 06. Something Rotten 5:28 07. Plasticine 3:26 08. Special Needs 5:15 09. I'll Be Yours 3:32 10. Second Sight 2:49 11. Protect Me From What I Want 3:15 12. Centrefolds 5:02

Placebo - Once More with Feeling 2004

01. 36 Degrees 02. Teenage Angst 03. Nancy Boy04. Bruise Pristine05. Pure Morning06. You Don't Care About Us07. Every You Every Me08. Without You I'm Nothing09. Taste In Men10. Slave To The Wage11. Special K12. Black Eyed13. The Bitter End14. This Picture15. Special Needs16. English Summer Rain17. Protège Moi18. I Do 19. Twenty Years

Placebo - Meds 200601. Meds (feat. Alison Mosshart)02. Infra-Red 03. Drag 04. Space Monkey 05. Follow The Cops Back Home 06. Post Blue 07. Because I Want You 08. Blind09. Pierrot The Clown 10. Broken Promise (feat. Michael Stipe) 11. One Of A Kind12. In The Cold Light Of Morning13. Song To Say Goodbye

Radiohead

Radiohead - formata in 1989 in Oxford, AngliaPerioada de activitate: 1989 - prezentMembri: Colin Greenwood - bass; Jonny Greenwood - chitara; Ed O'Brien - chitara, voce; Phil Selway -tobe; Thom Yorke - voceStiluri abordate: Alternative, Experimental, Indie, (Electro-)Progressive* Radiohead - discografie

Radiohead - formatie rock britanica din Oxford ce si-a luat numele de la titlul unei melodii - Radiohead - a formatiei Talking Heads al caror album, Remain in Light(1980)(albumul preferat al celor de la Radiohead) a avut o influenta majora

asupra albumului lor Kid A (2000).

Trupa este formata din: Thom Yorke(voce,chitara si clape), Ed O'Brien(chitara, voce),Jonny Greenwood( chitara,clape,Ondes Martenot si alte instrumente electronice), fratele sau Colin Greenwood(chitara bass) si Phil Selway(tobe si percutie). Yorke si J. Greenwood sunt principalii responsabili pentru versuri; cel mai des la baza aflandu-se ideile originale ale lui Yorke completate de cele ale lui Greenwood. Influentele timpurii ale formatiei includ artisti precum Elvis Costello, The Pixies, Pink Floyd, R.E.M., U2, Talking Heads, The Beatles, The Smiths. Mai tarziu influentele vin de la formatia germana de art-rock Can, de la artisti ai muzicii

electronice precum Autechre, si artisti care canta jazz precum Charles Mingus si Miles Davis.Producatorul Nigel Godrich a colaborat cu formatia inca de la inregistrarea albumului The Bends, cand l-a asistat pe producatorul John Leckie, si a contribuit considerabil la creare sound-ului, foarte des fiind considerat drept "al saselea membru" al trupei. Alt contribuabil important este Stanley Donwood care a creat partea grafica pentru imaginea albumelor trupei inca de la My Iron Lung in colaborare cu "Dr. Tchock" - pseudonimul lui Yorke. Donwood si Yorke s-au cunoscut la Universitatea din Exeter si, de asemenea, au creat impreuna situl oficial al formatiei, www.radiohead.com.

Nefiind considerata o formatie Britpop, Radiohead a avut totusi o influenta puternica asupra unor formatii Britpop precum Coldplay, Stereophonics, Muse si

Travis. Albumul the Bends, lansat in 1995, s-a dovedit a fi deosebit de influent asupra acestiu gen de muzica.

Influenta trupei Radiohead curge dincolo de muzica, devenind un stil pentru public la sfarsitul anilor 90.

Formatia are un statut de trupa respectata fiind considerata a fi una dintre cele mai bune trupe ale mijlocului anilor 90,

mostenitori directi ai R.E.M. si Pink Floyd. Radiohead s-a format pe la sfarsitul anilor 80, initial sub

numele On A Friday,care se referea la singura zi a saptamanii cand toti membrii trupei aveau posibilitatea de a

se aduna sa exerseze. Ei au fost pentru prima data remarcati la inceputul anilor 90 atunci cand au lansat

single-ul Creep care s-a ridicat in top-uri in mai multe tari, atingand un punct sensibil al publicului. "Creep" nu era nici

pe departe melodia preferata de catre Radiohead care a refuzat sa o interpreteze pana acum , mai recent,

considerand-o ca fiind supraapreciata si interpretata gresitde catre fani. Initial s-a trecut peste aceasta melodie, fiind descalificata de catre Thom, dar producatorii au gandit altfel. Albumul "Pablo Honney" a fost terminat in trei saptamani, iar single-ul a fost lansat in Septembrie 1992. Desi nu a avut asa mare succes in top-urile din SUA, pozitionandu-se pe modestul loc 34, single-ul "Creep" s-a ridicat la locul 7 in Marea Britanie. Potentialul trupei este evident in piesele: "Anyone Can Play Guitar", "Thinking about You","You". In 1995 sosise timpul pentru alta inregistrare - mai semnificativa si mai buna - The Bends. Acest album a fost in mod neasteptat si surprinzator mult mai matur decat cel precedent cansiderand faptul ca au fost remarcati doar datorita single-ului "Creep" dupa primul lor debut. "My Iron Lung"(1994) a fost lansat intre cele doua albume fiind

considerat o trecere de la simplicitatea lui "Pablo Honney" la profunzimea muzicala a urmatorului album. Demonstrand influente majore din anii 60 ca si ale altor formatii foarte populare la momentul respectiv, exemplificate prin the Pixies si R.E.M., albumul a marcat un pas important inainte pentru trupa in frunte cu stilul vocal original al lui

Thom Yorke. Piese ca "Planet Telex", "Street Spirit (fade out)" si "Fake Plastic Trees" erau izbitoare,

originale servind ca indicatori ai dezvoltarii ulterioare a trupei. Hit-ui "Street Spirit (fade out)" a spart topurile

clasandu-se pe locul 10. In ciuda faptului ca nu pare a fi un album Britpop,

a fost asociat cu miscarea respectiva si, la inceputul anilor 1996 - foarte laudata un an mai tarziu dupa

lansarea albumului - Radiohead a luat parte la Cool Britania impreuna cu formatii renumite precum Oasis, Blur, Pulp si Suede. Acum, "The Bends" e considerat a

fi, de cei mai multi critici, unul dintre cele mai bune albume de la mijlocul anilor 90.

Radiohead s-au apucat de scris "OK Computer" la inceputul anului 1996 in studioul lor pentru repetitii,

Canned Applause in Oxford,Anglia. Pana in iulie ei au

inregistrat patru melodii cu producatorul Nigel Godrich. Invatand din The Bends, ei s-au decis sa interpreteze mai intai piesele live inainte de a termina albumul. Pe 16 iunie 1997 OK Computer a fost terminat si a primit mai multe aclamatii decat The Bends, figurand proeminant in mai multe sondaje pentru cel mai bun album, de atunci si de acum. Albumul a fost unul experimental, formatia asumandu-si un risc muzical, neavand nimic in comun cu genul Britpop. Trupa a experimentat cu sunete si zgomote ambientale pentru a crea un grup de piese pe care multi le-au considerat ca fiind un punct de varf a muzicii rock de la sfarsitul secolului douazeci. Albumul a luat Grammy Award pentru "Cel mai bun album de muzica alternativa" si a fost urmat de marele lor turneu "Against Demons World Tour". Cateva piese din OK Computer pot fi cel mai bine descrise ca fiind o punte intre rock-ul progresiv alternativ de pe Ok Computer si lucrarile experimentale ulterioare. Istoviti dupa succesul pe care l-a

avut turneul OK Computer trupa si-a petrecut ultima partea anului 1998 intr-o tacere relativa. Ei au aparut numai la Amnesty International Concert la Paris (10 decembrie 1998), iar Thom Yorke si cu Jonny Greenwood participa la Tibetan Freedom Concert in Amsterdam. Thom Yorke a admis ca dupa turneu formatia era pe cale de a se dizolva, adaugand ca a avut o mare depresie, din care a iesit cu ajutorul lui Michael Stipe (R.E.M). Dupa colaborarea lui Ed'Obrien la drama "Eureka Street" pentru BBC, trupa s-a intors in studio pentru a inregistra Kid A, un album experimental sfidator care a completat preocuparile lirice si muzicale ale lucrarilor anterioare venind cu un stil mult mai minimalist. Kid A a fost terminat in Aprilie 2000 fara single-uri, albumul fiind promovat numai prin internet. Atunci a aparut

scandalul cu Napster-ul din cauza ca intregul album in format MP3 s-a raspandit printre fani prin file service sharing cu trei luni inainte sa apara albumul. Chiar si liderul de la Oasis a admis ca strategia de marketing a albumului Kid A a fost lipsita de promovare. Dar succesul pe care l-a avut albumul a adus formatia la un rang de superformatie. Aranjamentul albumului a fost comparat cu o intalnire dintre Pink Floyd si Aphlex Twin. Kid A a fost lansat in octombrie 2000 castigand un premiu Grammy pentru "Cel mai bun album alternativ" ca si predecesorul sau. Astazi Kid A e considerat de fani si critici ca unul dintre cele mai bune albume electronice inregistrate vreodata si cel mai bun album al formatiei. Urmatorul album care a fost terminat in luna iunie a anului urmator. Concepute ca doua secvente consecurive de melodii, cele doua albume sunt similare ca stil fiind legate prin doua versiuni diferite ale aceleiasi piese: "Morning Bell".

Dand explicatii in legatura cu decizia de a scoate doua albume in loc de unul

singur, Thom elucideaza intentiile sale artistice si, mai tarziu, clarifica relatia dintre albumul Kid A si Amnesiac. In legatura cu diferenta dintre cele doua albume Thom Yorke spune: "Kid A este ca un soc electric. Amnesiac ne duce mai mult cu gandul la padure, la o regiune rurala. Cred ca el este cel mai bine explicat de partea grafica a proiectului. La albumul Kid A totul se intampla in departare.Focurile ard undeva de partea cealalta a dealului. In Amneziac te afli in mijlocul padurii care ia foc." Intr-adevar in timp ce Kid A este un album mult mai melodic, mai pentru suflet, dar, desi destul de intunecat, Amnesiac este mult mai tulburator pentru ascultator. Cu toate acestea albumul a fost primit foarte bine si aproape a atins volumul de vanzari al lui Kid A. In timp ce fanii apreciaza mai mult Kid A decat Amnesiac, ultimul ar trebui considerat urmatorul capitol experimental de succes al expeditiei lor in lumea muzicii. Procesul inregistrarii urmatorului album,"Hail to the Thief",a fost in mod remarcabil diferit de acela al celor trei albume de studio anterioare.Formatia si-a ales sa-si adune materialul in drum spre Portugalia si Spania in iulie si august 2002 inregistrandu-l in prealabil. Cu piesele compuse si finalizate in timpul turneului, trupa a inregistrat albumul in studioul din Los Angeles in douasaptamani. In 2003 Radiohead au scos al saselea album care s-a dovedit a fi mai putin experimental decat predecesorii imediati, dar, totusi,departe de sunetul de chitari din perioada lor timpurie. Titlul albumului a starnit controverse in Statele Unite, fiind interpretat ca o referire la alegerile prezidentiale din 2000. Formatia a negat aceasta afirmatie. Cu doua saptamani inainte de lansarea albumului, o versiune neterminata fusese furata, aparent din studioul lor de inregistrare, si copiata prin internet. Din nefericire pentru ei, albumul original a avut aceeasi soarta, dar trupa a ramas ferma si nu a lansat albumul mai devreme de data stabilita: 9 iunie 2003. Cu toate ca au fost scurgeri de informatie, vanzarile albumului au depasit vanzarile celor doua albume anterioare luate impreuna in prima saptamana de cand a fost lansat si in general. Hail to the Thief denota influente din cele trei albume anterioare, continand atat piese electronice si

ambientale cat si sunete noi, experimentale. In general se considera ca albumul ar fi bazat mai mult pe sound de chitara dacat Kid A sau Amnesiac fiind bine primit atat de fani cat si de presa. In contrast cu starea de spirit a trupei in timpul inregistrarii albumului OK Computer, interviurile si spectacolele ulterioare demonstrau ca formatia era multumita de ea insasi si de inregistrari: ei raspundeau foarte amabil la orice interviuri, iar Yorke zambea si dansa pe scena. Apoi, trupa s-au angajat intr-un turneu international urias care a continuat aproape un an. Trupa a vizitat Australia si Japonia pentru prima data dupa mai mult de sase ani, de la turneul lor OK Computer in 97-98. Turneul si promovarea albumului Hail to the Thief s-au

s-au incheiat pe la mijlocul lui 2004 cu un spectacol foarte bine primit, la Coachella festival. Cat despre un nou album, cativa membri au sustinut pareri diferite: Ed O'Brien a mentionat ca trupa asteapta sa mai treaca vreo cativa ani, inainte sa se

gandeasca la ceva nou. Cei mai multi fani cred, insa ,ca trupa va reveni cu ceva nou nu mai devreme decat la sfarsitul lui 2005 sau la inceputul-mijlocul lui 2006 considerand numeroasele proiecte la care lucreaza membrii trupei la momentul actual.

Discografie Radiohead

Pablo Honey (22 Feb 1993) UK #22 US #32The Bends (13 Mar 1995) UK #4 US #88 OK Computer (16 Iun1997) UK #1 US #21

Kid A (2 Oct 2000) UK #1 US #1Amnesiac (4 Iun 2001) UK #1 US #2

Hail to the Thief (9 Iun 2003) UK #1 US #3

Rage Against The Machine

Rage Against The Machine - formata in anul 1991 in Los Angeles, California.Perioada de activitate: 1991 - 2000.Membrii trupei: - Zack de la Rocha (voce), Tom Morello (chitara), Brad Wilk (tobe), Tom Commerford (bass).Stiluri abordate: Alternative Pop/ Rock, Alternative Metal, Rap-Metal* Rage Against The Machine - discografie Rage Against the Machine s-a format in Los Angeles, la inceputul anilor 90, din ramasitele unor trupe locale: solistul Zack de la Rocha (care mai cantase in Headstance, Farside, Inside Out; chitaristul Tom Morello (nepotul lui Jomo Kenyatta,

primul presedinte kenyan), care mai cantase in Lock Up; si bateristul Brad Wilk (care mai cantase impreuna cu Eddie Vedder, ce ulterior a facut parte din Pearl Jam. Trupa a prins forma, in cele din urma, prin cooptarea basistului Tim Bob (aka Tim C, born Tim Commerford) un prieten din copilarie de al lui de la Rocha. Trupa a debutat in 1992 cu o caseta intitulata Rage Against the Machine, ce continea 12 piese, printre care si "Bullet In the Head", piesa ce a devenit hit cand a fost lansata ca single. Caseta in cauza a adus trupei un contract cu Epic, trecerea trupei in "liga mare" nu a trecut neobservata de catre diverse persoane care au ridicat semne de intrebare asupra integritatii revolutionare a deciziei trupei de a-si alinia numele cu "parintele" casei Epic, monstrul

media SONY. Neabatuti, cei patru si-au facut debutul oficial spre finele anului 1992, albumul lor dand nastere hiturilor precum " Killing in the name of" si "Bombtrack".

Dupa ce au concertat in cadrul Lollapalooza, Rage au petrecut 4 ani tumultuosi lucrand pentru urmatorul album. In ciuda zvonurile unei destramari a trupei, ei s-au intors in 1996 cu albumul Evil Empire, care s-a plasat in topurile americane pe locul 1, dand lovitura cu piesa Bulls on Parade. In timpul anului 1997, trupa si-a unit fortele cu grupul hip-hop Wu-Tang Clan pentru un turneu pe timpul verii si au ramas sustinatori activi ale unor diverse cauze politice de stanga, in 1999, participand la controversatul concert de binefacere pentru condamnatul la moarte Mumia Abu Jamal. Mai tarziu, anul 1999 aduce pentru Rage Against the Machine The Battle Of Los Angeles, care s-a clasat in topuri direct pe locul 1 si a devenit de doua ori platina. La inceputul anului 2000, dupa ce de la Rocha si-a anuntat planurile pentru un proiet solo, in august trupa ofera un show incendiar in preajma sediului Conventiei Democratice Nationale. In urmatoarea luna, basistul Commerford a fost arestat pt comportament turbulent la desfasurarea MTV's Video Music Awards ce a urmat dupa intreruperea bizara a discursului celor de la Limp Bizkit, intrerupere pe care a provocat-o catarandu-se pe o piesa de decor

inalta de 5 m. Putin mai tarziu, trupa face public planul pentru pentru lansarea unui album live, dar in octombrie, de la Rocha isi anunta brusc plecarea din formatie citand 'dificultati in comunicare si luarea deciziilor privind grupul'. Surprinsi, dar fara sa fie suparati, ceilalti membri Rage au anuntat publicul de dorinta lor de a continua cu un alt solist, in timp ce de la Rocha se concentra asupra albumului sau solo, pe care a colaborat cu nume apreciate ale hip-hopului - DJ Shadow si El-P de la Company Flow. In decembrie 2000 este lansat ultimul efort al lui de la Rocha impreuna cu RATM. Albumul produs de Rick Rubin - Renegades. Album ce contine piese cover dupa artisti hip-hop, rock si pun, precum EPMD, Bruce SPringsteen, Devo, The Rolling Stones, the MC5, s.a. Anul 2001 ii regaseste pe ceilati 3 Rage Against The Machine alaturi de Chris Cornell (ex-Soundgarden), impreuna formand Audioslave. In 2003, Epic lanseaza in cele din urma mult promisul album-concert LIVE at the Grand Olympic Auditorum in editie CD si DVD. Desi, fara prea multe albume,

Rage Against The Machine s-a impus pe scena muzicii rock a anilor `90, si va ramane cunoscuta pentru mesajele puternice din versuri ce constuiesc o atitudine de dezgust fata de politica corporatista a Americii, fata de imperialismul cultural sau bedreptatile guvernului.

Discografie Rage Against the Machine

Rage Against the Machine, 1992 Evil Empire, 1996 Live & Rare, 1998

The Battle of Los Angeles, 1999 Renegades, 2000

Live at the Grand Olympic Auditorium, 2003

FREEEDOOOOM!!!!!!!!!! ...yea right!

SAMAEL - s-a format in anul 1987, in orasul Sion, Elvetia Perioada de Activitate : 1987 - prezent.Componenta: Vorph – voce / chitară Xy – tobe/programming/clape Makro – chitara Christophe (Masmiseim) – basEx-Membri: Kaos – chitară, Rodolphe H. – clape/sample, Pat Charvet - tobeGen: Black Metal (la inceput); Electronic/Industrial Metal » Discografie SAMAEL

În primăvara anului 1987, în Elveţia, Vorphalack pune bazele formaţiei Samael (ca termen, Samael este adesea considerat numele de înger al diavolului înaintea decăderii), alături de tobarul Pat Charvet, care un an mai târziu părăseşte grupul, înlocuitorul său fiind Xytraguptor, fratele lui Vorphalack. Începuturile stau sub semnul influenţelor provenite de la formaţiile de black-metal de primă generaţie, în special de la compatrioţii Celtic Frost şi de la britanicii de la Venom. După două demo-uri, Into the Infernal Storm of Evil (1987) şi Macabre Operetta (1988), în octombrie 1988 cei doi reuşesc să înregistreze EP-ul Medieval Prophecy, un autoprodus brut, incluzând cover-ul Third of the Storm (Hellhammer), care atrage atenţia casei de discuri franceze Osmose Records. După o serie de mici concerte în Elveţia, Franţa, Germania şi Polonia pe parcursul anului 1989, în martie 1990, după încă un demo, From Dark to Black , avându-l acum alături şi pe basistul Masmisein, trupa intră în studio pentru a înregistra primul LP, Worship Him. Acest album, înţesat

cu ritmuri de bas şi tobe rapide sau lente extrem de grele, riff-uri de chitară infernale şi câteva efecte atmosferice provenite de la clapele lui Xy, incluzând toate piesele compuse până în acel moment, reprezintă fără îndoială o piatră de temelie în activitatea ulterioară a trupei şi, deşi astăzi nu ar mai lovi cu aceeaşi putere, trebuie menţionat că în contextul anilor ’90, în care nu existau prea multe trupe care să se axeze pe acest gen de imagine ultra-satanică, albumul s-a

vândut în peste 100.000 de exemplare numai în Europa.

Urmează în decembrie 1992 albumul Blood Ritual, editat de data aceasta de Century Media, la pupitrul producătorului aflându-se Waldemar Sorychta (Grip Inc., Tiamat), album oarecum asemănător cu primul dar mult mai lucrat, accentul fiind pus pe riff-uri joase şi huruite şi pe vocea demonică. Nu extrem de rapid, exceptând poate piesa–titlu, produsul prefaţează prin intro-ul de pian din Since the Creation albumele următoare; de altfel se simte nevoia unui clăpar permanent, găsit în 1993 în persoana lui Rodolphe H. După EP-ul în ediţie limitată la 500 de copii After the Sepulture, conţinând o reînregistrare a piesei–titlu şi o preluare după Venom (Manitou), în februarie 1994 apare albumul Ceremony of Opposites, produs din nou de Waldemar Sorychta, un album străbătut de o atmosferă sinistră şi întunecată, un album excelent, ce denotă faptul că trupa a început sa-si găsească propriul eu şi să ajungă la maturitate, precum şi calităţile lui Rodolphe H. în ceea ce priveşte efectele orchestrale la clape şi sampler. Combinarea melodiei învolburate obţinute pe clape cu atacul dur al chitarei creează ceea ce s-a numit “macabre operettas”. Ideea de bază a albumului este că universul este compus din contradicţii şi termeni opuşi – de altfel acesta fiind baza filosofiei Samael, principala cale ce a dus la progresul trupei. De altfel, având sub umbrelă o trupă într-o evidentă ascensiune, Century Media lansează în noiembrie 1994 compilaţia 1987 – 1992, conţinând albumele Worship Him şi Blood Ritual, cu un sunet net superior originalelor. Începutul anului 1995 este marcat de apariţia EP-ului Rebellion, în care ies în evidenţă spectaculoasul programming al lui Xy şi progresul făcut de Vorph la voce, fapt evident pe cover-ul Alice Cooper, I Love the Dead. Fiind un produs inovator şi neobişnuit, cu o piesă „ascunsă”, Static Journey, precedată de un fragment instrumental excepţional ce demonstrează că Xy ar putea la fel de bine să scrie soundtrack-uri pentru filme, EP-ul este recomandat chiar şi celor ce nu se topesc după sonorităţile black-metal. Acest EP oarecum ciudat netezeşte calea pentru un album despre care s-a vorbitnumai la superlativ, un adevărat succes: Passage (1996). Întreaga parte de clape şi drum-machines este preluată de Xy (Rodolphe H. părăsind trupa), el fiind de altfel cel care compune în întregime muzica; versurile sunt scrise de Vorph, un nou chitarist, Kaos (Gorgon), este cooptat, iar Waldemar Sorychta este cel care regizează superba simfonie. Se constată în acest moment evoluţia pe care Samael a realizat-o de la black-metal-ul crud de la începuturi până la a încorpora în muzică diverse elemente de industrial, gothic şi multe altele într-o capodoperă metalică. Century Media a lansat acest album însoţit de un al doilea CD, conţinând albumul în viziunea pseudo-clasică propusă de Xy – o versiune complet instrumentală, un proiect ambiţios care, în ciuda pericolului de a trece într-un con de umbră ţinând cont de nivelul ridicat impus de original, reuşeşte să impresioneze; Xytras’s Passage conţine în plus versiunile refăcute

ale materialelor de Wintersonnenwende şi Der Stam Kains. Este vremea pentru o apariţie live de anvergură, ceea ce se produce în primăvara lui 1997 la Full of Hate Festival, alături de Obituary, Death, Entombed, Crowbar, Killing Culture şi Strapping Young Lad. În iunie 1998 urmează un nou EP, Exodus, constituind ca şi restul de EP-uri de până acum o punte de trecere între doua full-length-uri. De data aceasta el face trecerea între abstractul Passage şi mai caldul Eternal. Exodus este produsul unei trupe aflate în căutarea unei noi nişe, produs ce înlocuieşte gheaţa de pe opusul anterior cu o mai mare profunzime în scrierea muzicii şi care este în acelaşi timp heavy şi misterios – muzica se poate caracteriza prin sintagma: chitara versus tehnologia. Produs de David Richards (Rolling Stones, Queen) în iulie

1999, Eternal dezvăluie încă o dată latura dramatică a trupei. Noul opus respiră o dinamică incredibilă generată de pasajele atmosferice şi de refrenele puternic axate pe chitară şi conţine experimente şi mai îndrăzneţe în zona electronic/ industrial/gothic, consolidând trupei poziţia de înaintaş în această arie muzicală. Centrul albumul îl reprezintă clapele şi tobele programate de Xy, în timp ce chitara rămâne la un nivel echilibrat (diferit de forţa pe care a avut-o în Passage), iar Vorph îşi îmbunătăţeşte calităţile vocale astfel încât să acopere suspine şi gemete adânci, declamaţii răguşite şi growling-uri înfiorătoare. În toamna aceluiaşi an, Samael pleacă în turneu în Statele Unite alături Monstrosity, Dimmu Borgir şi Epoch of Unlight. La începutul apariţiilor scenice din vara anului 2002, Kaos părăseşte trupa. În ianuarie şi februarie 2003, Samael apar ca invitaţi ai veteranilor de la Cathedral şi ai nou-înfiinţaţilor de la Without Face într-un turneu european, apoi îi găsim în turneu nord-american alături de Cathedral şi Strapping Young Lad, sub numele de Redemption Tour. În acelaşi an apare colecţia de DVD-uri numită Black Trip, conţinând filmările a trei concerte: la festivalul Summer Breeze (Germania, 2002), la Chicago (1994) şi în Polonia (1996), urmată de un box-set editat de casa de discuri,

Since the creation..., care, dupa cum îi sugerează şi numele, conţine întregul material discografic al trupei. 2004 este anul lansării următorului album de studiou, Reign of Light, editat de casa de discuri suedeză Regan Records şi co-produs de acelaşi Waldemar Sorychta. Albumul este urmarea firească a predecesorului său, păstrează linia de bază de pe Eternal, rafinând-o însă. Trupa rămâne la aceleaşi clape, drum-machine şi râsetele sinistre ale lui Vorph, compoziţia pieselor fiind una solidă, fiecare dintre ele având aceeaşi calitate. Deşi utilizarea clapelor şi a influenţelor electronice este din ce în ce mai intensă, ea se îmbină cu reminescenţele încă puternice ale metalului întunecat cu care a pornit Samael la drum. Deşi un accident al lui Xy soldat cu fracturarea încheieturii mâinii la sfârşitul lui 2005 determină încetarea activităţii live pentru o perioadă, în ianuarie 2006 îi găsim pe cei de la Samael în turneu european alături de Obituary şi Maroon, concomitent cu

lansarea pe piaţă a ultimului dublu album, Era One / Lesson in Magic # 1 – colecţie de arhivă ce conţine material cu puternice influenţe electro înregistrat iniţial în 2002 şi compoziţii ambientale înregistrate în 2003. Era One se remarcă prin tobele programate, ruperile de ritm, vocea cântată, absenţa chitarei (deşi nu se poate spune că această absenţă are un rol negativ ţinând cont de linia de industrial/EBM adoptată) şi pasajele orientale. Lesson in Magic # 1 este o călătorie meditativă a lui Xy, muzica electronică fiind dominată de ruperi de ritm şi riff-uri staccato. Se poate spune că puţini artişti au reuşit să exploreze laturile întunecate ale metalului şi în acelaşi timp să evite stagnarea conturându-şi noi provocări şi stabilindu-şi ştacheta tot mai sus aşa cum a făcut-o trupa elveţiană Samael; deşi atât apariţiile cât şi muzica au fost întotdeauna oarecum ciudate şi misterioase, ele au fost complet inovatoare în această zonă, denotând o nesfârşită dorinţa ca perfecţionarea şi progresul creativ să nu excludă deţinerea unei categorii de fani fideli în întreaga lume.

Pe 2 decembrie 2006, publicul romanesc are ocazia sa-i vada pentru prima oara pe taram romanesc pe cei de la Samael in concert in cadrul unui eveniment de sunet si lumina aparte (eveniment produs de One Event & Sonic Engine) dupa cum ne 'ameninta' Metalfan.ro. Detalii concert Samael si comenzi bilete la adresa www.samael.metalfan.ro.

DISCOGRAFIE SAMAEL

Albume de studio si live

• Worship Him (1990) • Blood Ritual (1992)

• Ceremony of Opposites (1994) • Passage (1996) • Eternal (1999) • Reign of Light (2004)

• Era One (2006)Compilatii/single/EP/DVD

• 1987 - 1992 (Compilation, 1995) • Rebellion (EP, 1995) • Exodus (EP, 1998) • Black Trip (DVD, 2003) • Telepath (Single, 2004)

• On Earth (Single, 2005)

Sepultura

Sepultura - formata in anul 1984, in Belo Horizonte, BraziliaPerioada de activitate: 1984 - prezent.Membrii trupei: formula in care s-au consacrat: - Igor Cavalera (tobe), Max Cavalera (voce, chitara) Andreas Kisser (chitara), Paulo Jr (bass). Alti membri: Jairo T.(chitara) Derrick Green (voce).Stiluri abordate: thrash, death metal/ black metal, heavy metal.* Sepultura - discografie

Sepultura, una dintre trupele care au facut istorie in ultimii 15 ani in muzica dura, isi are radacinile intr-unul din cele mai neconventionale si atipice locuri pentru heavy-metal. Bello Horizonte, aflat la vreo 500 de km nord de Rio de Janeiro este un oras sarac, in care, ca de altfel peste tot in Brazilia, nu exista patura sociala de mijloc, ci doar "foarte bogati" si "foarte saraci". Fratii Cavalera, intr-un univers cotidian dominat de trafic de arme si droguri, fara bani de scule si fara cunostinte solide de teorie muzicala, dar mari fani ai noului val (pe atunci Slayer si Venom) se hotarasc

sa se apuce de cantat. Aleg un nume bombastic, Sepultura (care in latina inseamna "mormant") si, cu instrumente imprumutate, se apuca de treaba. Cei doi Cavalera il coopteaza pe Paulo Jr. pe postul de basist pentru singurul motiv ca detinea un bas...lucru rar la acea vreme. In anul 1985 baietii inregistreaza primele demo-uri, care vor fi editate de o casa de discuri braziliana (Seculo XX - Cogumelo Record Store) pe un split-album cu colegii de generatie Overdose. Albumul ("Bestial Devastation") nu face furori, dar scoate la iveala ineditul: si in Brazilia se canta thrash. Desi calitatea inregistrarilor este, am putea spune, sinistra, iar mixajul exceleaza in greseli de sincronizare si obliga ascultatorul la experiente extreme, sunetul fiind mai mult decat primitiv, piese ca "Antichrist" (devenita apoi "Anticop"), "War" sau imnul "Troops Of Doom" incep sa arate potentialul Cavalera&co. Pe "Bestial Devastation" si "Morbid Visions" (1986) se regaseste ca al doilea chitarist Jairo Guedez (Jairo T.), care ulterior va parasi trupa,

fiind inlocuit de Andreas Kisser. Anul 1987 inseamna pentru Sepultura inceputul succesului european, cu albumul "Schizophrenia", care se vinde in Europa in peste 30.000 de copii ilegale, pentru care trupa n-a primit nici un ban. Ei cuceresc publicul cu piese devenite clasice, cum ar fi "Escape To The Void" sau excelentul instrumental "Inquisition Symphony". De aceasta data sunetul este mult mai bun, atat acest album cat si urmatorul, "Beneath The Remains", fiind

mixate de Scott Burns, nu tocmai un necunoscut la acea vreme. De retinut piese ca "From The Past Comes The Storms" sau noua versiune a deja celebrei "Troops Of Doom". Diferenta de sunet este deja vizibila si solo-urile brutale ale lui Max nu mai sunt "strivite" intre bass si percutie. La fel si vocea sa, caracterizata in termenii muzicii culte ca fiind bas profund, este mult mai bine pusa in evidenta. Albumul "Beneath the Remains" (1989) este primul care va beneficia de o promovare corecta si de un turneu international. Contractul cu Roadrunner va insemna mai mult decat aparitia lui Scott Burns in pozitia de producator, ci va fi primul lor succes international. "Beneath The Remains" ramane o referinta pentru dezvoltarea ulterioara a muzicii de gen, si vom vedea ca arata capacitatea Sepultura de a evolua si de a influenta moda, ramanand totodata fideli mesajului politic si modului dur de transmitere a acestuia. Inregistrat in Brazilia natala cu un buget mizerabil albumul ii va purta pe cei patru in primul lor turneu american si european, alaturi de nume de calibru cum ar fi Sodom, Motorhead sau Metallica (pentru care au cantat insa in deschidere). Cu aceasta ocazie Sepultura filmeaza in doar trei zile primul videoclip pentru piesa Inner Self, clip putin difuzat chiar si in varianta cenzurata. De asemenea, ei renunta la cliseele

sataniste ale death-ului pe care il practicau pe vremea cand aveau doar 15 ani si incep sa se maturizeze ca muzicieni si co-producatori. Se poate vorbi, incepand cu acest album (de retinut Inner Self, Beneath The Remains, Sarcastic Existence si Mass Hypnosis), de confirmarea talentului lor, incununata de excelentul Arise ce va aparea doar doi ani mai tarziu. Anul 1991 este anul in care Sepultura incepe sa se debaraseze, prin albumul Arise, de scoala veche a thrash/deathului anilor 80, aratandu-se deschisi influentelor care ii vor face celebri pe Roots (1996). Astfel, piesa Altered State incepe cu elemente traditionale braziliene, atat ca percutie cat si ca instrumente de suflat, ceea ce ar fi parut atipic, ba chiar imposibil pentru cei patru, acum in formula stabila Max Cavalera - vocal, Andreas Kisser - chitara, Igor Cavalera - baterie, Paulo Jr. - bass. Acest contact cu radacinile lor etnice este insa unicul pe "Arise". In rest riffurile brutale si versurile agresive urlate din varful plamanilor sunt la ele acasa. Albumul suna superb din toate punctele de vedere, fiind unitar atat ca melodicitate, cat si ca versuri. Dupa cum era de asteptat, Arise are parte de un succes international imens si e dublat de un turneu-maraton, incluzand tari cum ar fi Grecia, Italia, Spania, Olanda, Japonia si Australia. In Indonezia, de exemplu, albumul este rapid placat cu aur si Sepultura sustine doua concerte cu casa inchisa in fata a peste 100.000 de oameni. Succesul albumului ii va convinge pe cei de Roadrunner sa realizeze si doua videoclipuri: pentru piesele Arise si Dead Embryonic Cells, clipuri preluate imediat de MTV si difuzate in lumea intreaga. Unitatea extraordinara a albumului, in care regasim melodii cum ar fi Altered State, Under Siege sau clasicele Arise si Desperate Cry vor duce la recunoasterea internationala a trupei, incununata si de lansarea unui home-video - Under Siege. Sepultura nu se afla insa decat la jumatatea drumului spre succesul absolut. Nimeni nu banuia vremurile grele care vor urma pentru liderul trupei, Max Cavalera. Produsul Chaos A.D loveste piata internationala in 1993, fiind primul album Sepultura care beneficiaza de lansari simultane in toate colturile lumii si de promovare extensiva in retelele media. Sunetul brutal cu care cei patru ne invatasera, deja, de 8 ani este prezent intr-o formula armonica noua, cizelata, numita de criticii de specialitate "modern thrash". Albumul aduce cu sine o serie de premiere, printre care vom aminti doar cateva. In primul rand Chaos A.D. este primul album de metal care cocheteaza la modul cel mai serios cu elementele tribale pe care le va desavarsi pe Roots. Piesa Kaiowas, dedicata unui trib indian din Brazilia care s-a sinucis in masa in urma incercarii guvernului de a le prelua pamanturile si automat de a-i extermina, este

exemplul perfect de combinare subtila a mesajului politic cu muzica. In alta ordine de idei, videoclipul pentru Territory este filmat in intregime in Israel, o premiera pentru o trupa braziliana, ca si faptul de a sustine concerte in Rusia. De asemenea Sepultura este prima trupa de metal latino-american invitata sa cante ca headliner in festivalul de la Donnington, Anglia. De pe album sunt extrase trei single-uri (fiecare cu videoclip): Refuse/Resist, Slave New World si Territory, clipuri promovate de MTV la cele mai ciudate ore, cum ar fi 10:30 duminica dimineata... Variantele necenzurate vor face obiectul unui alt home-video intitulat Third World Chaos care cunoaste un succes instantaneu, ca si turneul lor international. Chaos A.D. este o referinta absoluta in materie de heavy-metal, atat prin revigorarea temelor clasice, cat si prin suflul nou pe care il aduce dezvoltarii ulterioare a rock-ului contemporan. Este inutil sa citam piese ca Slave New World, Amen, Nomad, Manifest sau Clenched Fist pentru a sustine stralucirea albumului si implicarea politica similara doar cu versurile celor de la Rage Against The Machine.

Anul 1996 este anul de cotitura al trupei Sepultura. Atat muzical, prin lansarea albumului Roots, cat si emotional, prin renuntarea la initiatorul grupului, Max Cavalera. Roots-ul este cu siguranta cel mai atipic album al brazilienilor, acestia dedicand un album intreg radacinilor culturale care i-au consacrat. Prima piesa - Roots, Bloody Roots - un imn al tribalismului modern. Melodia are o linie ritmica simpla si extrem de usor de retinut si un clip pe masura, in care apar eroi contemporani ai Braziliei - jucatori de fotbal si creatorii jiu-jitsu-ului brazilian. Ratamahatta este o compozitie in care apare Carlinhos Brown, faimos percutionist brazilian. Clipul este realizat exclusiv in animatie, atmosfera generala fiind de ritual voodoo, ceea ce i-a convins pe cei de la MTV Brazilia sa-i dea premiul Videoclipul rock al anului 1996. Printre cei care au mai participat la realizarea albumului se numara faimosul DJ Lethal de la House Of Pain, Mike Patton de la Faith No More si Jonathon Davis de la Korn. Revelatia albumului o constituie Itsari, inregistrata in sanul comunitatii Xavantes, trib brazilian care cunoaste civilizatia "omului alb" de doar 50 de ani, credintele si ritualurile lor pastrandu-se nealterate de milenii. Piesa, fara suprapuneri de studio,o capodopera instrumentala, este un adevarat regal percutionist. De altfel, intreg albumul manifesta un balans extraordinar intre instrumentele de percutie si linia de bass, careia i s-a acordat mult mai multa atentie decat pe albumele precedente (piesele Straight hate, Attitude, Cut-Throat). Impresia generala este de de comunicare continua intre instrumente, de tot unitar din care nimic nu prisoseste sau lipseste, chiar daca pe anumite piese se apeleaza la reteta de duritate care i-a consacrat pe Chaos A.D - Spit, Straighthate, Born Stubborn sau Dusted. In concluzie, albumul Roots ramane de referinta pentru schimbarile care se pot produce in stilul unei trupe care a inceput sub semnul death/thrash si nu doar pentru asta. "Roots" este o capodopera pentru toti fanii metalului si vom vedea ca pana la urma plecarea lui Max Cavalera de la Sepultura va fi benefica din punctul de vedere al schimbarii stilului.

Ruptura isi va avea radacinile in tristul eveniment al mortii lui Dana Wells, fiul vitreg al lui Max, baiatul de 17 ani al Gloriei dintr-o casatorie anterioara. Anuntul mortii acestuia in conditii neelucidate nici pana in ziua de azi va veni chiar in ziua in care Sepultura se afla pe scena festivalului Monsters of Rock de la Donington, in plin turneu de promovare pentru "Roots". Seria de concerte se intrerupe brusc din punctul de vedere al lui Max, restul showurilor fiind sustinute, ca vocal, de Andreas Kisser.In decembrie acelasi an, pe 16 mai exact, contractul de manager pe care Gloria Cavalera il avea cu multi-platinata deja Sepultura expira. In aceeasi zi ceilalti trei membri ai trupei, printre care si fratele lui Max, Igor, ii trimit o scrisoare acesteia prin

care isi exprima nemultumirile referitoare la ceea ce ei au numit "management defectuos". Membrii trupei se cearta crunt chiar dupa concertul de la Brixton Academy (care va fi ultimul in formula de aur), iar Max este pus in fata faptului implinit... scrisoarea catre Gloria data din toamna aceluiasi an, deci deciziile se luasera, deja, fara el. Max are de ales intre a renunta la sotia sa ca manager sau de a parasi trupa.. pe care, o infiintase si ii compusese peste 90 la suta din cantece... Max, ranit de catre cei pe care ii considerase prieteni de o viata, alege sa urmeze o cariera solo care se va materializa prin Soulfly. Sepultura, in culmea gloriei, dar fara solist vocal, se apuca de compus. La un moment dat se pune problema ca Andreas Kisser sa fie vocal, dar se dovedeste ca nu il putea inlocui pe Max nici ca "plaman", nici ca prezenta scenica. In paralel, staff-ul de la Roadrunner se apuca sa asculte sutele de casete demo primite din toata lumea,pentru a-l alege pe postul de vocal pe ilustrul necunoscut Derrick Green. Acest cantaret de culoare, originar

din Detroit avea deja la activ vreo 7 ani in undergroundul local, fara nici un succes notabil. Stilul sau de a canta le place si celorlalti membri ai trupei, care il coopteaza imediat. Albumul Against va aparea in toamna lui 1998, aproape simultan cu debutul solistic al lui Max. Comparativ, primul album Soulfly se bucura de un mult mai mare succes de vanzari, avand in vedere bogatia temelor abordate. Noua Sepultura are totusi noroc de o promovare intensiva si de un turneu international alaturi de Slayer. Against calca in mod clar pe urmele "Roots"-ului, insa influentele etnice se muta de aceasta data inspre Japonia. Au contribuit la Against Joao Gordo ("Reza"), Jason Newsted

("Hartred Aside") si percutionistii Taiko din KODO ("Kamaitachi"). Tribus, Against si Choke devin succesele albumului, alaturi de alte piese interesante cum ar fi "Reza" sau "Common Bonds". Vocea lui Derrick Green face fata la noile compozitii, intr-un cu totul alt mod de abordare fata de Max, desi fanii fideli nu pot accepta plecarea creierului

trupei. 2001 vine cu un proiect nou din partea Sepultura, albumul Nation, o mixtura destul de ciudata intre aceleasi influente japoneze si un fel de "globalism" care suna mai mult a idealuri comuniste primare. Interesanta este piesa Valtio, compusa si cantata alaturi de cvartetul Apocalyptica. Alte piese de retinut, dar lipsite de vreun succes notabil, sunt Revolt, Uma Cura, Vox Populi sau Tribe to a Nation. Albumul nu este nici pe departe stralucitor, fiind considerat de catre unii critici muzicali ca fiind chiar cel mai prost album Sepultura. Vocea lui Derrick incepe sa se repete ca frazare, iar albumul poate fi un bun auto-plagiat si nimic mai mult. Dovada este vanzarea foarte scazuta, singurul succes al albumului fiind concertul de la Rock In Rio III, sustinut in fata a peste 150.000 de oameni. Fanii raman dezamagiti de turnura repetitiva pe care au luat-o lucrurile, ceea ce ii va convinge si pe cei de la Roadrunner sa ia atitudine - contractul, datand inca din '89, cu Sepultura este reziliat pe motive de "vanzari sub asteptari". Aceasta este, in mare parte, istoria unei legende vii - Sepultura. Ei pot fi numiti atat revelatia anilor 80 in materie de death/thrash, cat si una din cele mai inventive trupe de metal cu un succes international. Nu se stie daca se va mai reveni vreodata la formula care i-a consacrat, cu Max Cavalera vocal. In aceeasi masura viitorul Sepultura in componenta actuala este nesigur. Ceea ce stim cu siguranta este faptul ca brazilienii vor ramane pe vecie in inimile noastre, prin albume de exceptie precum Arise, Chaos A.D. sau Roots care vor ramane in picioare si peste zeci de ani, ca niste adevarate capodopere ale genului.

Under A Pale Grey Sky We Shall Arise..

Discografie Sepultura

Sepultura - Bestial Devastation (split) 1985

Track list: 1. The Curse 2. Bestial Devastation 3. Antichrist 4. Necromancer 5. Warriors Of Death

Sepultura - Morbid Visions 1986

Track list: 1. Morbid Visions 2. Mayhem 3. Troops Of Doom 4. War 5. Crucifixion 6. Show Me The Wrath 7. Funeral Rites 8. Empire Of The Damned

Sepultura - Schizophrenia 1987Track list: 01. Intro 02. From The Past Comes The Storms 03. To The Wall 04. Escape To The Void 05. Inquisition Symphony 06. Screams Behind The Shadows 07. Septic Shizo 08. The Abyss 09. R.i.p. (rest In Pain) 10. Troops Of Doom (cd Bonus Track)

Sepultura - Beneath The Remains 1989Track list: 1. Beneath The Remains2. Inner Self 3. Stronger Than Hate 4. Mass Hypnosis 5. Sarcastic Existence 6. Slaves Of Pain 7. Lobotomy 8. Hungry 9. Primitive Future

Sepultura - Arise 1991Track list:1. Arise 2. Dead Embryonic Cells 3. Desperate Cry 4. Murder 5. Subtraction 6. Altered State

7. Under Siege (regnum Irae) 8. Meaningless Movements9. Infected Voice

Sepultura - Third World Posse 1992 [ep]

Track list:1. Dead Embryonic Cells 2. Drug Me 3. Inner Self (live) 4. Troops Of Doom (live) 5. Orgasmatron (live)

Sepultura - Chaos A.D. 1993Track list: 01. Refuse/resist 02. Territory 03. Slave New World 04. Amen 05. Kaiowas 06. Propaganda 07. Biotech Is Godzilla 08. Nomad 09. We Who Are Not As Others 10. Manifest 11. The Hunt (new Model Army Cover) 12. Clenched Fist

Sepultura - Roots 1996Track list:01. Roots Bloody Roots 02. Attitude 03. Cut-throat 04. Ratamahatta 05. Breed Apart 06. Straighthate 07. Spit 08. Lookaway 09. Dusted 10. Born Stubborn 11. Jasco 12. Its Ri 13. Ambush 14. Endangered Species 15. Dictatorshit 16. ...

Sepultura - Blood-Rooted 1997 [compilation]Track list:01. Procreation (of The Wicked) 02. Inhuman Nature 03. Policia 04. War 05. Crucificados Pelo Sistema 06. Symptom Of The Universe 07. Mine 08. Lookaway (master Vibe Mix) 09. Dusted (demo Version) 10. Roots Bloody Roots (demo Version) 11. Drug Me 12. Refuse/resist (live) 13. Slave New World (live) 14. Propaganda (live) 15. Beneath The Remains / Escape To The Void (live)

16. Kaiowas (tribal Jam) 17. Clenched Fist (live) 18. Biotech Is Godzilla (live)

Sepultura - Against 1998Track list:01. Against 02. Choke 03. Rumors 04. Old Earth 05. Floaters In Mud 06. Boycott 07. Tribus 08. Common Bonds 09. F.o.e. 10. Reza 11. Unconscious 12. Kamaitachi 13. Drowned Out 14. Hatred Inside 15. T3rcermillenium

Sepultura - Nation 2001

Track list: 01. Sepulnation 02. Revolt 03. Border Wars 04. One Man Army 05. Vox Populi 06. The Ways Of Faith

07. Uma Cura 08. Who Must Die 09. Saga 10. Tribe To A Nation 11. Politricks 12. Human Cause 13. Reject 14. Water 15. Valtio 16. Bela Lugosi's Dead (bonus Track)17. Annihilation (bonus Track) 18. Rise Above (bonus Track)

Sepultura - Under A Pale Grey Sky ('96 live) 2002Track list: 01. Itsari (intro)02. Roots Bloody Roots03. Spit 04. Territory 05. Breed Apart 06. Attitude 07. Cut-throat 08. Troops Of Doom 09. Beneath The Remains/mass Hypnosis 10. Born Stubborn 11. Desperate Cry 12. Necromancer 13. Dusted 14. Endangered Species 15. We Who Are Not As Others 16. Straighthate 17. Dictatorshit 18. Refuse/resist 19. Arise/dead Embryonic Cells 20. Slave New World 21. Biotech Is Godzilla 22. Inner Self 23. Policia 24. We Gotta Know 25. Kaiowas 26. Ratamahatta 27. Orgasmatron

Sepultura - Roorback 2003

Track list: 01. Come Back Alive02. Godless03. Apes Of God04. More Of The Same 05. Urge 06. Corrupted 07. As It Is 08. Mindwar 09. Leech 10. The Rift 11. Bottomed Out12. Activist13. Outro

Sepultura - Live In São Paulo 2005Track list: 01. Intro 02. Apes Of God 03. Slave New World 04. Propaganda 05. Attitude 06. Choke 07. Inner Self/beneath The Remains 08. Escape To The Void 09. Mindwar 10. Troops Of Doom 11. Necromancer 12. Sepulnation 13. Refuse/resist 14. Territory 15. Black Steel In The Hour Of Chaos 16. Bullet The Blue Sky 17. Reza 18. Biotech Is Godzilla 19. Arise/dead Embrionic Cells 20. Come Back Alive 21. Roots Bloody Roots

Sepultura - Dante XXI 2006Track list: 01. Intro #4 02. Dark Wood Of Error 03. Convicted In Life 04. City Of Dis 05. False 06. Fighting On 07. Intro #2 08. Ostia

09. Buried Words 10. Nuclear Seven 11. Repeating The Horror 12. Intro #1 13. Crown And Miter 14. Intro #3 15. Still Flame

Sex Pistols - formata in anul 1975, in AngliaPerioada de activitate - 1975 - 1978. Membrii trupei: Steve Jones (chitara), Paul Cook (tobe), Glen Matlock (bass) inlocuit mai tarziu de Sid Vicious (voce,bass; nume real - John Ritchie), Johnny Rotten (voce; nume real - John Lydon)Stiluri abordate: Punk, British Punk* Sex Pistols - discografie

"Urasc arta, nu pot sa o suport. Ia lucrurile mult prea in serios, ca pe ceva foarte periculos, ori in realitate nu este asa. Oricine poate sa faca un disc" (Johnny Rotten)

O cariera meteorica ce a bulversat industria muzicii rock in a doua jumatate a anilor '70. Opera unui creator de moda vizionar Malcom 'Pygmalion' McLaren s-a impus in doar cateva luni printr-o atitudine provocatoare si violenta ce a generat o noua muzica o noua lume muzicala si o noua filosofie - punk-ul - mostenire a mitolofiei rock anarhice anglo-americane: The Sooges, MC5, The Who etc. Fost manager al grupului american New York Dolls, McLaren se intoarce la Londra la inceputul lui 1975 si isi deschide un magazin de moda numit 'Sex' pe King`s Road. Matlock, Jones si

Cook toti trei nascuti in 1951 care formau impreuna cu chitaristul Wally Nightingale cvartetul The Swankers obisnuiau sa-si piarda timpul liber in magazinul lui McLaren unde Matlock era angajat. Malcom se decide sa se ocupe de Swankers si in cosecinta il concediaza pe Wally pentru a-l introduce in grupul John Lydon, un londonez nascut pe 31 ianuarie 1956 pe care il boteaza Johnny Rotten ('Putredul' nu se mai stie daca datorita dintilor sai cariati sau caracterului sau asemanator). Tot el stabileste noul nume: Sex Pistols. Prima aparitie live a trupei are loc la 6 noiembrie 1976 la Colegiul

de Arta St. Martin si cu aceasta ocazie Sex Pistols, descrisi inca de la inceput drept 'cosmarul culturii britanice', declanseaza un urias val de oroare si valva ce va dura intreaga lor activitate. Desi extrem de rudimentare si complet nepregatite primele lor concerte se remarca prin energia exploziva nemaiintalnita. Urletul lor nihilist de care erau responsabili in special Rotten si McLaren va zgudui din temelii scena britanica si va ravasi intreaga industrie rock. Abil, McLaren profita de lipsa de experienta a membrilor grupului si le creeaza acestora o imagine de tineri furiosi ce refuza atat normele morale burgheze cat si atitudinea clasica a starurilor rock. In ianuarie 1976 aveau deja un grup de suporteri fanatici care ii insoteau pretudindeni printre care se aflau la un moment dat si Sid Vicious. Concertele din acel an nu le creeaza reputatia de grup 'anti' - orice, insa toate show-

urilese se inchid de fiecare data cu violente si scandaluri monstruase. La 17 august 1976 are loc un prim concert in al carui program apar noi trupe de punk - alaturi de Sex Pistols pe scena urca BuzzCocks si The Clash. Intre 20 si 21 septembrie are loc noua premiera: primul festival de muzica punk tinut la Club 100, iar Sex pistols sunt 'capul de afis'. Cu aceasta ocazie violenta care inconjoara grupul atinge apogeul cand o fata din public isi pierde vederea in urma unui accident provocat de Sid Vicious - cel mai turbat fan al lor.

Publicitatea negativa nu-i impiedica sa incheie un contract cu EMI la 16 octombrie in urma caruia primesc un avans de 40.000 de lire sterline pentru realizarea single-ului 'Anarchy in UK'. De la rasul batjocoritor a lui Rotten din debut si pana la ultimile secunde de feedback este un single cu adevarat entuziasmant. In decembrie participa

la emisiuna Tv a lui Bill Grundy 'Today at 6' si isi atrag dispretul intregii tari prin injuraturile si obscenitatiile debitate. Desi intreaga presa ii taxeaza usturator, pustimea britanica este incantata si astfel revolutia punk ia amploare nationala. Scandalul se amplifica atunci cand mai multe concerte din cadrul turneului Anarchy in UK sunt anulate iar single-ul este boicotat de magazinele de discuri (chiar si in aceste conditii reuseste sa urce pana pe locul 38 in topul national). Publicitatea potrivnica ii determina pe cei de la EMI sa realizeze contractul si sa piarda astfel suma acordata ca avans. In februarie, Rotten si McLaren il inlocuiesc pe Matlock un tip cu mult prea mult bun simt (care formeaza ulterior The Rich Kids) cu Sid Vicious (Sidney John Beverly nascut pe 10 mai 1957 la Londra) un personaj complet iesit din minti care, in scurt timp,devine idolul punk prin excelenta. Urmeaza un nou contract cu A&M de aceasta data semnat de fata cu presa in fata palatului Buckingham si un nou avans de 75.000 de lire sterline. Dupa numai o saptamana insa contractul este anulat din cauza puternicei presiuni exercitata de muzicienii 'seriosi' ai label`ului in frunte cu Rick Wakeman. In fine la 12 mai este randul casei de discuri Virgin sa-si incerce norocul si pentru Sex Pistols sa mai incaseze inca 50.000 de lire reusind astfel formata de a aduna peste 150.000 de lire sterline pentru un singur single. Single-ul 'God save the queen', lansat chiar de ziua reginei printr-un concert sustinut pe un vapor pe Tamisa, s-a incheiat cu arestarea lui McLaren. Piesa a bulversat populatia regatului si in ciuda interdictiei de difuzare ajunge No.1 in topul revistei New Musical Express si pe locul 2 in topul national. Al treilea single este melodicul 'Pretty Vacant' - compozitie Matlock care readuce grupul in Top 10 (locul 6). In ciuda succesului, opozitia opiniei publice se radicalizeaza ajungandu-se pana la cererea oficiala de desfintare a grupului facuta de parlamentul conservator Marcus Lipton. Interzisi tot mai mult in Anglia, Sex Pistols sustin un turneu in Scandinavia, iar la intoarcerea in tara concerteaza sub nume false, precum Spot sau Tax Exiles.In iarna

dau din nou lovitura cu 'Holidays In The Sun'. In anul 1977 lanseaza in sfarsit primul album cu incantatorul titlul 'Never mind The Bollocks - Here`s The Sex Pistols', fiind singurul LP aparut in timpul scurtei vieti a formatiei, ce intra direct pe locul 1 in topul britanic in ovatiile criticii. Discul este ,de fapt, o culegere a single-urilor aparute anterior si marcheaza inceputul sfarsitului pentru Sex Pistols. Incercarea de a realiza un film despre istoria grupui consuma mult timp si bani iar dementialul si controversatul concert american care urmeaza da lovitura de gratie unei formatii sfasiata de conflicte interne. La finalul concertului de la San Francisco, ce a incheiat turneul, Johnny Rotten isi anunta retragerea (formeaza aproape imediat Pubic Image Limited dar asta e alta poveste). McLaren si cei trei incearca sa se opuna evidentelor si anunta o excursie in Brazilia pt a inregistra alaturi de Ronald Biggs - infractor celebru pt. implicarea

in asa - numitul 'jaf al secolului'. Vicious, distrus de consumul de heroina, nu ia parte la excursie, dar Jones si Cook se dovedesc mai mult decat incitati de aceasta cascadorie publicitara. In aceasta formula inedita este inregistrat single-ul 'No One Is

Innocent (A Punk Prayer)' ce contine pe fata B varianta cacofonica data de Vicious celebrei 'My Way' a lui Frank Sinatra. Incercarile disperate de salvare ale grupului ale lui McLaren nu dau rezultate. Jones si Cook formeaza The Profesionals iar Vicious, din ce in ce mai remarcat de consumul de droguri, incearca sa continue solo si inregisteaza varianta necovingatoare a 'C`Mon Everybody' a lui Eddie Cochrane. La sfarsitul lui 1978 este condamnat pentru uciderea logodnicei sale -Nancy, iar pe 12 feruarie 1979 aflat in libertate provizorie moare in urma unei supradoze. In acelasi an apare filmul The Great Rock`n`Roll Swindle regizat de Julien Temple ce prezinta istoria grupuli in viziunea lui Malcom McLaren. Ca ironie in ciuda faptului ca Sex Pistols au schimbat radical fata muzicii rock, din punct de vedere muzical, nu au realizat mare lucru. Totusi asaltul lor asupra starurilor consacrate le-a determinat pe acestea sa-si caute noi forme de exprimare si sa-si reactualizeze stilul. In plus, muzica lor rudimentara si violenta a inspirat numerosi muzicieni tineri incurajandu-i pe cei care din lipsa de bani sau tehnica instrumentala nu indrazneau sa se lanseze in muzica. Dar cel mai important a fost faptul ca au reusit sa zdruncine 'scena' rock intrata pe atunci in dulcea amorteala facandu-i, atat pe artisti cat si pe fani, sa se intrebe ce nu merge bine. In anul 1996, dorind sarbatorirea a 20 de ani de la infiintare, trupa s-a reunit pentru un turneu international, Glen Matlock inlocuindu-l pe Sid Vicious. In urma seriilor de concerte, a rezultat Filthy Lucre Live, iar in 1998, sub regia lui Julien Temple este lansat filmul documentar The Filth and The Glory. Membrii SEX PISTOLS, in mare masura o creatie a genului publicitar a lui McLaren, si-au jucat pana la capat rolul de extremisti punk, pentru multi contand mai mult imaginea si carisma lor decat muzica pe care au lasat-o in urma.

Discografie Sex Pistols

Never Mind the Bollocks Here's the Sex Pistols (Oct 28, 1977) #1 UK, #106 US The Great Rock & Roll Swindle (Feb 26, 1979) #7 UK

Some Product: Carri on Sex Pistols (outtakes compilation) (Jul 27, 1979) #6 UK Flogging a Dead Horse (compilation) (Feb 1980) #23 UK

Kiss This: The Best Of (Oct 1992) #10 UK Filthy Lucre Live (June 1996) #26 UK

Jubilee: The Best Of (May 27, 2002) #29 UK Sex Pistols (box set) (June 2002)

Six Feet Under s-a format in anul 1995, in orasul Tampa, Florida din SUA.Perioada de activitate: 1995 - prezentMembers: - Chris Barnes - voce, Steve Swanson - chitara, Terry Butler - Bass, Greg Gall - tobe; Allen West - chitara (1995 - 1998) Stiluri abordate: DeathSix Feet Under - Discografie Format ca un proiect pus pe al doilea plan de catre Barnes si chitaristul de la Obituary, Allen West in 1993, Six Feet Under a luat o intorsatura diferita cand Barnes a fost izgonit din trupa in care se implica mai mult la acel timp, Cannibal Corpse in '95. Aparenta trupei ca fiind lidera invierii deaths metal-ului underground s-a schimbat din nou in ianuarie 1998 cand West a parasit trupa. Intra in componenta fostul

chitarist al trupei Massacre, Steve Swanson.”Steve a invatat 17 cantece in cele 3 saptamani dinaintea turneului”, spune el.”Cantecele noastre nu sunt cele mai tehnice scrise vreodata, dar Steve le-a interpretat ca si cand le-ar fi cantat de ani de zile. Ironic, atunci cand trupa s-a adunat pentru prima oara in Tampa, Florida pentru a incepe sa scrie melodiile care eventual vor fi devenit Maximum Violence, erau intr-o incurcatura: vor continua calea experimentala de pe albumul Warpath din 1997 sau se vor intoarce la radacinile lor de death metal?”Aveam un nou chitarist, asa ca melodiile s-au schimbat considerabil”, isi aminteste Barnes. ”Ne-am intors inapoi si am mers inainte incercand diferite chestii, dar in final lucrurile au luat o forma. ”Barnes nu s-a intors la radacini doar prin voce; in melodii ca Hacked to Pieces si Bones amprenta de gore asupra versurilor este din nou prezenta.

”Cuvintele mele sunt extensia a ceea ce simt in acel moment”, explica el. ”Acesta este felul in care a fost mereu. Versurile mele sunt alcatuite din ganduri, fantezie si fictiune. Oamenii le vor intelege dupa ce le vor citi. Maximum Violence a fost inregistrat din februarie-martie 1999 la Criteria Studios in Miami si a fost produs de catre trupa si directorul Metal Blade, Brian Slagel. ”Am inregistrat 2 cantece pentru EP[Alive and Dead din 1996] acolo”, spune Barnes. ”E un studio foarte confortabil si placut. Lucrul evident pentru noi era sa stam pe loc si sa

inregistram la Morrisound, dar ne-am gandit la noi ca la o trupa noua si am vrut sa incepem de la capat. ”Este valabila si o varianta limitata digi-pack a albumului Maximum Violence, ce contine 2 cover-uri, Wrathchild de la Iron Maiden si un cover a Jailbreaker-ului de la Thin Lizzy’s, care sunt adaugate la o redare respectuoasa a albumului War Machine a celor de la Kiss, ce apare pe toate versiunile albumului. Cand nu face curse de drag langa casa lui din Tampa, Florida, Chris Barnes de la Six Feet Under este o masina de death non-stop. De fapt, poate ca el este singurul bunic in viata al death-metalului - o eticheta care “il face sa zambeasca mereu”, cantaretul recunoaste pe un ton rusinos. ”Oricum, felul asta de recunoastere merita efortul pentru acest stil de muzica. Cu siguranta apreciez asta.” Pe marginea nedezvaluirii celor mai noi lespezi ingramadite cu ramasite umane, Six Feet Under devin salbatici de data asta…secerator, aspru, aceasta este tema de revenire inconjurand cele 11 melodii gasite stranse in aceasta proaspat-cioplita cutie. Inregistrat la Morrisound Recording in Tampa, Florida si Criteria The Hit Factory in Miami, efortul trupei in cel de-al optulea album,13, ”va va sfasia capetele”, asa cum atat de elocvent descrie Barnes(cu toate ca aceasta este o propozitie misiune pe care legenda a folosit-o inca de la debutul trupei cu Haunted, in 1995). Alaturi de chitaristul Steve Swanson, legenda bass Terry Butler (Death,Massacre), si tobosarul Greg Gall, cei patru continua sa urmeze o cariera stranie care uneste death metalul simplu cu fetisul lor pentru incercatul si adevaratul sunet clasic al artei. Si

consistenta este cheia catre idealul lui Barnes. “Am incercat sa lansam ceva in fiecare an”, spune el, cu respect catre izbucnirile creative care au fost o urata, dar regulata aparitie de peste un deceniu. ”Majoritatea trupelor in afara de cele din anii ’70 sau ’80 lansau un album o data la 3 sau 4 ani. Eu nu am atat timp.Simt ca trebuie sa fiu in continua miscare si sa creez cat de mult pot, atat timp cat sunt aici. Nu o sa ma joc asa cum multe alte trupe o fac. Sunt aici ca sa compun versuri si sa fac muzica pt

noi in primul rand. Tinem cu siguranta legatura cu cei carora le place muzica noastra si incercam sa fim in forma pentru fanii nostri. Cred ca asta este un lucru pe care l-am facut intotdeauna: stiu mereu ce se intampla in jurul meu, in industria muzicala. Intotdeauna am iubit ceea ce fac. Este o pasiune pentru mine si chiar iubesc sa compun. Si sa fac asta odata la 3 ani sau ceva de genul…nu pot sa stau atat de mult. Sunt o persoana nerabdatoare. Cand stiu ca vreau sa fac ceva, o fac. E posibil sa-mi trebuiasca vreo 2 minute ca sa planuiesc bine, dar o fac si ma transpun in ceea ce fac. Nu pot sa astept sa vina timpul ca sa scriu, e pasiunea mea.” “Albumul acesta este catalizarea mea principala acum”, continua el. ”Am facut asta impreuna din octombrie. Acum cu o data de lansare stabilita, este doar o problema de a ma forta sa fac urmatorul pas in ce am facut cu acest disc si ce a facut trupa in compozitie. Trebuie sa ajunga la urmatorul pas, ceea ce este lucrul care ma va conduce in urmatoarele 6 sau 7 luni.”

Discografie Six Feet Under

1995 - Haunted1996 - Alive And Dead [EP]

1997 - Warpath1999 - Maximum Violence

2000 - Live [EP]2000 - Graveyard Classics

2001 - True Carnage2003 - Double Dead [Live]

2003 - Bringer Of Blood2004 - Graveyard Classics 2

2005 - 13

The Smashing Pumpkins - s-a format in anul 1988 in Chicago, Illinois, SUAPerioada de activitate: 1988 - 2000.Membri: Jimmy Chamberlin - tobe, Billy Corgan - voce, chitara, James Iha - chitara, D'arcy Wretzky - bassEx-membri: Melissa Auf Der Maur - bass, Matt Walker, Kenny Arnoff si Matt Cameron (bateristi)Stiluri abordate: Grunge, Post-GrungeThe Smashing Pumpkins - discografie The Smashing Pumpkins este o trupa mai putin influentata de punk decat formatiile contemporane, cu un sunet mai dens stratificat si cu chitari-heavy, si adesea cu un sound electronic. Tonul emotional dat de cantecele scrise de liderul trupei - Billy Corgan variaza de la furie (Bullet with Butterfly Wings) la incapatanare (Disarm) si

pana la a jubila (Cherub Rock). Initial, The Smashing Pumpkins a fost compusa din Billy Corgan (chitara si voce), James Iha (chitara), D'arcy Wretzky (bass) si Jimmy Chamberlin (tobe). Totusi, Melissa aud der Maur a inlocuit-o pe D'arcy in ultimii ani de existenta a formatiei. Grupul s-a lovit de multe schimbari de ale bateristilor in perioada 1997 -1998, perioada in care au trecut prin componenta trupei Matt Walker, Kenny Arnoff si Matt Cameron.

La varsta de 19 ani, Billy Corgan - vocalist si chitarist - paraseste orasul natal Chicago, Illinois pentru a se muta in ST. Petersburg, Florida impreuna cu formatia sa goth THE MARKED, numita asa datorita semnului din nastere de pe mana sa. Aceasta trupa nu este una de succes si este dizolvata repede. Corgan se intoarce in Chicago, si se angajeaza intr-un magazin de muzica, unde il cunoaste pe chitaristul James Iha.

Impreuna au inceput sa compuna piese, iar in 1988 fac cunostinta cu D'arcy Wretzky la concertul unei alte trupe in Chicago. La scurt timp, Wretzky li se alatura celor doi si in cele din urma are o relatie cu Iha. Primul concert l-au sustinut in formula de trio intr-un bar polonez. Apoi este adus bateristul de jazz - Jimmy Chamberlin (pana in acel moment bateria era furnizata de un aparat numit "drum machine". In 1989, grupul inregistreaza mai multe casete demo, care au aparut mai tarziu pe o lansare neoficiala EARLY 1989 DEMOS, in 1985. Prima lor lansare oficiala a constituit-o o editie limitata a single-ului intitulat I AM ONE, din 1990, prin intermediul unei case de discuri locale, din Chicago - LIMITED POTENTIAL. S-au vandut toate copiile incurajandu-i sa lanseze un alt single, TRISTESSA, de aceasta data la casa de discuri Sub Pop Records, dupa care au semnat cu Virgin Records. Pentru a le oferi credibilitate INDIE, Virgin Records a facut legatura trupei cu producatorul trupei SONIC YOUTH - BUtch Vig, cu care au inregistrat in 1991 albumul de debut GISH in studioul personal al acestuia - SMART STUDIOS, din Madison, Wisconsin. Au lansat albumul prin intermediul unei filiale Virgin numita CAROLINE RECORDS. Desi albumul este adesea asociat cu actrita Lillian Gish, Corgan a declarat ca nu a fost intitulat dupa numele acesteia. Muzica era o fuziune de chitare in stil heavy-metal, psychedelia si elemente electronice. A cunoscut un succes mic, iar in timpul turneului de promovare pentru GISH, IHA si Wretzky s-au despartit destul de urat, Chamberlin

devenise dependent de droguri si alcoo, iar Corgan a intrat intr-o depresie puternica; nu l-a impiedicat totusi sa scrie piese pentru urmatorul album. Pentru a neutraliza si pentru a trece peste depresia sa, Corgan s-a ingropat in munca afirmand ca practic el a trait in studio pentru lansarea urmatorului album SIAMESE DREAM, 1993. Presa muzicala de atunci l-au infatisat pe Corgan ca fiind un tiran in timpul sesiunilor de inregistrari, existand zvonuri legate de faptul ca ar fi inregistrat singur toate partile de chitara si de bass; ceilalti membri au declarat ca pretentiile acestuia erau prea exagerate. Nu s-a confirmat, insa, niciodata cat a facut fiecare membru pentru album, desi Billy a spus ca a cantat majoritatea partilor de chitara, dar doar pentru ca el a compus piesele. Albumul a fost inregistrat la TRICLOPS SOUND STUDIOS, in Atlanta, Georgia, majoritatea

intre decembrie 1992 si martie 1993, cu Butch Vig din nou pe post de producator. Motivul pentru care au sesiunile de inregistrare au avut loc la aceasta departare de casa a fost simplu: doreau sa stea departe de prietenii de acasa si de distractiile care ar fi putut dauna procesului de inregistrare a albumului; un alt motiv a fost incercarea disperata de a-i taia lui Chamberlin legatura cu furnizorii sai de droguri. Insa aceasta tentativa a esuat, pentru ca Chamberlin si-a facut noi relatii; el disparea

uneori vreme de cateva zile fara a putea fi contactat, ca intamplator sa fie gasit foarte departe. Corgan declarase ca trupa se va desparti daca albumul nu se va vinde bine, insa SIAMESE DREAM s-a vandut in 4 milioane de exemplare numai SUA, iar videoclipurile pentru piesele TODAY si DISARM au atras atentia asupra trupei din partea publicului internationat, fapt datorat si aparitiilor repetate ale acestor clipuri pe MTV. Chiar si in prezent, acest album este considerat de majoritatea fanilor ca fiind cel mai buna realizare a trupei. In 1994, Virgin a lansat o compilatie de raritati si de piese B-side(care nu fusesera incluse pe albumele anterioare) care s-a numit PISCES ISCARIOT, precum si un concert in format video - VIEUPHORIA. O versiune CD a acestui concert a fost lansata sub numele EARPHORIA, insa doar cu o singura destinatie - posturile de radio. Mult mai tarziu, in anul 2002, VIEUPHORIA (in format DVD) si EARPHORIA sunt lansate si pe scara larga. Dupa un turneu supra-solicitant pentru promovare, formatia si-a luat o vacanta, in care Corgan a lucrat non stop timp de un an reusind sa scrie pentru noul album, conform declaratiilor sale din interviuri, cam 50 de melodii. Cuprins de aceasta vraja a unei creativitati concentrate, grupul The Pumpkins au intrat din nou in studio cu producatorul FLOOD (Mark Ellis) pentru a lucra la ceea ce Corgan descria ca fiind "THE WALL of the '90s", referire la faimosul dublu album conceptual al trupei Pink Floyd. Rezultatul a fost "Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness", un album format din 2 discuri (3 in varianta vinil) ce contine 28 de piese cu o durata totala insumata de peste 2 ore. Desi ideea de a suprapune un concept pe acest album a picat pe masura ce a fost inregistrat, dupa lansare, Mellon Collie a fost de un succes si mai mare decat SIAMESE DREAM, cumuland peste 12 milioane de exemplare vandute in lumea intreaga. De asemenea, a furnizat formatiei peste 7 nominalizari la Premiile GRammy din 1996, incluzand "Albumul anului". Dintre hit-urile albumului trebuie amintite "Bullet with Butterfly Wings", "Tonight, Tonight," "1979" and "Zero". Multe dintre piesele care au ramas neincluse, dintr-un motiv sau altul, pe Mellon COllie au fost incluse intr-un box set - THE AEROPLANE FLIES HIGH. Norocul trupei s-a schimbat semnificativ pe 12 iulie 1996 cand Jonathan Melvoin (cooptat la clape pentru durata turneului) si Chamberlin au luat supradoza de heroina intr-o camera de hotel din New York City. Melvoin a murit, iar Chamberlin a fost arestat pentru posesie de droguri. Ca urmare, acesta a fost data afara din trupa, dar a fost reprimit mai tarziu. Desi formatia a reusit sa sustina turneul pana la capat cu alt baterist si alta persoana la clape, formatia a intrat pe un drum descendent,

neprielnic. Billy Corgan devenise o figura dezagreata in randul presei de muzica rock ca urmare a unei declaratii in care sustinea ca rockul a murit. Urmatorul album, lansat in 1988 cu titlul ADORE, a fost lansat dupa moartea mamei lui Corgan si a reprezentat o schimbare majora de stil fata de albumele anterioare. Sound-ul nu mai era la fel de mult orientat spre chitara, ci directionat spre muzica electronica, care a taiat mult din sonoritatea chitarei. Albumul a fost realizat prin folosirea din nou a aparatului "drum machine" si a ramas un album evident experimental. Corgan si-a schimbat si imaginea publica, aparand ca o persoana sumbra cu o imagine ce tinde spre gothic; de asemenea a devenit prieten cu Marilyn Manson. Desi ADORE a primit recenzii destul de favorabile, ba mai mult, a fost nominalizata la BEST ALTERNATIVE PERFORMANCE la premiile Grammy, albumul nu s-a vandut decat in trei

milioane de exemplare. In anul 2000, odata cu intoarcerea lui Jimmy Chamberlin - recuperat de pe urma dependentei de droguri - Smashing Pumpkins lanseaza albumul MACHINA/THE MACHINES OF GOD, care contine materiale mai apropiate de sound-ul care i-a consacrat. Nu a reusit, insa, sa re-atraga asupra trupei atentia fanilor pe scara larga. Acest album a reprezentat si indeplinirea dorintei lui Corgan de a scrie si lansa un album conceptual. In acea perioada, componenta formatiei sufera din nou modificari. Basista Wretzky paraseste formatia dupa inregistrarea acestui album si este inlocuita de Melissa Aud der Maur, fosta basista a trupei Hole, si impreuna cu aceasta Smashing Pumpkins sustine turneul SACRED AND PROFANE pentru promovarea albumului. In mai 2000, Billy Corgan anunta decizia trupei de a se desparti la sfarsitul acelui an, dupa ce vor sustine o serie de concerte. Inainte ca drumul formatiei sa se incheie, au mai lansat un album, ultimul, intitulat MACHINA II/THE FRIENDS & ENEMIES OF MODERN MUSIC, in luna septembrie 2000, intr-o editie limitata pe vinil. Albumul a fost insotit de permisiunea acordata fanilor de a distribui gratuit acest album pe internet. Ultima inregistrare a trupei a constituit-o single-ul "UNTITLED". Ultima aparitie live a trupei a avut loc pe 2 decembrie 200, cand Smashing Pumpkins au cantat la THE METRO, acelasi club din Chicago unde, practic, si-au inceput cariera in urma cu 12 ani. Inca se lucreaza la un DVD cu un continut de 4 ore de concert care urmeaza a fi lansat. In 2001, este lansata o compilatie de hituri purtand titlul ROTTEN APPLES (GREATEST HITS), continand piese diverse caracteristice carierei formatiei. Exista si o versiune rara ce contine 2 discuri, lansata intr-o editie limitata, si care include piese B-side si raritati; aceasta versiune se numeste JUDAS 0. In aceeasi perioada a fost lansata si o compilatie greatest hits in format DVD, cuprinzand toate videoclipurile de promovare a pieselor de a albumul GISH pana la MACHINA; de asemenea pe acest DVD mai apare clipul rar I AM ONE, un filmulet de 15 minute intitulat TRY precum si o prestatie la TV a GEEK USA. Tot pe acest dvd apare si inregistrarea video a piesei FUCK YOU (An Ode To No One) din ultimul spectacol sustinut la THE METRO. Corgan si Chamberlin s-au reunit in 2001 ca membri ai proiectului lui Corgan - ZWAN. Singurul lor album, MARY STAR OF THE SEA, a primit recenzii variate, si dupa

ce a anulat cateva aparitii live ale trupei Corgan pune capat si acestui proiect, in '03. In octombrie 2004, Corgan isi lanseaza volumul de poezii intitulat BLINKING WITH FISTS. De asemenea, a lansat si un album solo - TheFutureEmbrace. In aceeasi perioada, Jimmy Chamberlin a sustinut un turneu de promovare a primului sau album solo - THE JIMMY CHAMBERLIN COMPLEX. James Iha si-a terminat treaba ca chitarist pentru formatia A PERFECT CIRCLE si in prezent apare in alte trupe precum TEAM SLEEP alaturi de Chino Moreno, si VANESSA AND THE O's. D'arcy Wretzky nu a facut

nici o declaratie sau vreo aparitie de la plecarea din trupa in 1999. Pe 21 iunie 05, in ziua lansarii albumui solo TheFutureEmbrace al lui Billy Corgan, acesta a ocupat o pagina intreaga din ziarul Chicago Tribune cu un anunt in care afirma ca doreste sa reuneasca trupa. "De un an tin un secret, un secret pe care am ales sa-l tin. Dar acum vreau ca voi sa fiti printre primii care afla ca am facut planuri de reinnoire si reinviere a formatiei The Smashing Pumpkins. Imi vreau formatia inapoi, si cantecele si visele mele".

Nu au fost oferite alte informatii cu privire la viitoare componenta sau viitoare albume din partea grupului si nici nu a spus cand va incerca sa reformeze formatia. A semnat anuntul cu logo-ul specific trupei. Jimmy Chamberlin a fost primul care a confirmat public interesul de a se alatura lui Corgan. Tot Chamberlin a spus intr-un interviu ca nu a mai auzit nimic de D'arcy de cativa ani, insa a pastrat legatura prin E-mail cu James Iha. Daca reuniunea va avea loc in perioada urmatoare va avea o sincronizare benefica, deoarece contractul formatiei cu casa de discuri VIRGIN e pe cale sa expire. Libera de contract, formatia ar putea semna o noua intelegere, mai favorabila trupei, cu Virgi n sau alta casa de discuri.

Discografie The Smashing Pumpkins:

- Albume de studio LP:

1991 Gish1993 Siamese Dream

(released by vinyl as two red EPs)1994 Gish

(Rerelease, remaster, release by vinyl)1995 Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness

(double CD - triple LP, released on vinyl as six 5 track EPs with revisited tracklisting and two bonus tracks)

1998 Adore2000 MACHINA/The Machines of God

2000 MACHINA II/The Friends & Enemies of Modern Music (3 EPs of b-sides & 1 LP; only 25 made

the band encouraged free online distribution)

- EPs and B-sides

1991 Lull - EP 1994 Pisces Iscariot

(CD collection of B-sides)2001 Judas 0

( limited edition bonus CD to Rotten Apples; a collection B-sides meant to "sequel" Pisces Iscariot)

Live and compilations

1994 Earphoria(audio companion-piece to Vieuphoria - very limited

promotional CD; full release in 2002)1994 Vieuphoria

(live VHS; re-released on DVD withadditional bonus material in 2002)

1995 Early 1989 Demos(unofficial release, originally recorded in 1989)

1996 The Aeroplane Flies High(box set of 5 expanded CD singles)2001 Rotten Apples (Greatest Hits)

(CD; a limited edition included Judas O)2001 Greatest Hits Video Collection

(DVD and VHS release; includes all music videos except "The End Isthe Beginning Is the End" and the retrospective edit of "Untitled")

Soundgarden - a fost formata in 1984, in Seattle, Washington - SUA.Perioada de activitate: 1985 - 1997.Membri: Matt Cameron - tobe, Chris Cornell - voce, Ben Shepherd - bass, Kim Thayil - chitara.Ex-membri: Hiro Yamamoto - bass, Jason Everman - bass, Scott Sundquist - tobe.Stiluri abordate: GrungeSoundgarden - discografie

Soundgarden a fost formata in 1984 de catre Chris Cornell(tobe si voce) si Hiro Yamamoto(bass), mai tarziu alaturandu-se Kim Thayil (chitara), care s-a mutat la Seattle din Illinois cu Yamamoto si Bruce Pavitt (mai tarziu acesta a infiintat casa de discuri SUB POP RECORDS). Numele trupei este inspirat de o instalatie de arta/sunet de exterior numita "The Sound Garden" localizata pe proprietatea unei agentii stiintifice americane din Seattle, instalatie care produce sunete

ciudate atunci cand sufla vantul. Initial, Cornell era si la tobe in timp ce canta, dar formatia l-a inrolat pe Scott Sundquist pentru a-l lasa pe Cornell sa se concentreze asupra partii vocale. Grupul inregistreaza 2 piese care au aparut pe DEEP SIX, o compilatie pentru casa de discuri C/Z RECORDS, compilatie pe care mai apar piese semnat de GREEN RIVER, SKIN YARD si THE MELVINS. In 1986, Sundquist paraseste formatia si este inlocuit de Matt Cameron, care fusese baterist in trupa SKIN YARD. Grupul semneaza un contract cu SUB POP RECORDS si lanseaza in 1987 ep-ul SCREAMING LIFE si ep-ul FOPP in 1988. A existat si o compilatie numita SCREAMING LIFE/FOPP in 1990. Desi curtata de case de discuri importante, in 1988, Soundgarden a semnat

cu SST RECORDS pentru a-si lansa albumul de debut, intitulat ULTRAMEGA OK, care le-a adus o nominalizare GRAMMY.In anul 1989 grupul lanseaza primul album pentru casa de discuri importanta. Albumul s-a numit LOUDER THAN LOVE, iar casa de discuri in cauza a fost A&M RECORDS. Dupa lansarea acestui album, Yamamoto ii paraseste pe ceilalti pentru a-si urma studiile la colegiu. Pentru scurt timp este inlocuit de JASON EVERMAN (ex-Nirvana), care apare cu SOundgarden in videoclipul Louder Than Live, dar cel care devine inlocuitorul lui Yamamoto este BEN SHEPHERD. Noua componenta a grupului iregistreaza in '91 urmatorul album BADMOTORFINGER. Desi de succes, albumul a fost umbrit de albumul NEVERMIND al trupei Nirvana. Soundgarden castiga public promovandu-si albumul in turneul cu Guns N'Roses; mai

tarziu lanseaza videoclipul Motorvision, filmat in timpul turneului. Trupa isi face aparitia si in 'filmul grunge' - SINGLES cu piesa Birth Ritual care este inclusa pe coloana sonora a filmului. Pe langa aceasta melodie, pe acelasi soundtrack apare si o piesa solo a lui Cornell - SEASONS. De asemenea, filmul a continut un clip al versiunii demo a piesei SPOONMAN, care urma sa apara pe albumul SUPERUNKNOWN, din 1994. Albumul SUPERUNKNOWN este condus spre succes de single-urile BLACK HOLE SUN, SPOONMAN, FELL ON BLACK DAYS. Ultimul album al formatiei a fost lansat in 1996 si s-a numit DOWN ON THE UPSIDE. Dupa acesta, in 1997, membrii formatiei au anuntat despartirea trupei in aprilie 1997. Cateva luni mai tarziu este lansata o compilatie greatest -hits, A-SIDES. Chris Cornell a realizat un album solo -

EUPHORIA MORNING si mai tarziu a format AUDIOSLAVE impreuna cu 3 ex-membri Rage Against The Machine, in timp ce Cameron a plecat in turneu cu PEARL JAM in 1998 pentru promovarea albumului lor - YIELD, mai tarziu devenind un membru permanent al trupei PEARL JAM. Thayil isi uneste fortele cu JELLO BIAFRA - fostul solist al trupei DEAD KENNEDYS, cu KRIST NOVOSELIC - fostul basist al trupei NIRVANA si cu GINA MAINWAL (tobe) pentru un singur concert sustinut sub numele NO WTO COMBO cu ocazia intrunirii WTO din 1999, in Seattle. Concertul a fost anulat datorita miscarilor lor de protest care au generat in violente intre fortele de ordine si protestatarii anti-globalizare. Au lansat in schimb un album - LIVE FROM THE BATTLE IN SEATTLE. Thayil a mai contribuit la unul din proiectele solo ale lui DAVE GROHL - PROBOT, lansat in 2004. Pe 24 mai 2005, Audioslave a lansat cel de-al doilea album - OUT OF EXILE care a debutat pe locul 1 in topul Billboard.

Discografie Soundgarden:

1987 Screaming Life EP (Sub Pop) 1988 Fopp EP (Sub Pop)

1988 Ultramega OK (SST) 1989 Louder Than Love (A&M)

1990 Screaming Life/Fopp (Sub Pop) 1991 Badmotorfinger (A&M) 1994 Superunknown (A&M)

1995 Songs from the Superunknown (A&M) 1996 Down on the Upside (A&M)

1997 A-Sides (A&M)

Suede - formata in 1989 in AngliaPerioada de activitate: 1989 - 2003.Membri (ultima componenta): - Brett Anderson - voce, Mat Osman - bass, Simon Gilbert - tobe, Richard Oakes - chitara, voce (backing), Alex Lee - chitara, clape, voce (backing).Ex-Membri: Neil Codling - clape, chitara, voce (backing), Bernard Butler - chitara, pian, Justine Frischmann - chitara, Justin Welch -tobe, Mike Joyce - tobe.Stiluri abordate: Alternative Pop/Rock, Britpop Suede - discografie Totul a inceput cand Brett Anderson si Mat Osman au infiintat in 1981 o formatie ce se numea Geoff. Nu intocmai inceputul formatiei Suede, dar se indreptau cu pasi repezi spre asta. Inceputul istoriei formatiei Suede a fost de fapt in 1988 cand Brett a decis sa se mute la Londra. I-a propus lui Mat sa formeze o formatie iar acesta a

fost de acord. Au cautat al treilea membru , punand o reclama in Melody Maker, in care anuntau ca au nevoie de un chitarist. Interesat de locul liber a fost un tanar chitarist foarte talentat, Bernard Butler. Trioul a cantat in cluburi din Londra insa nu au avut

parte de o reactie buna din partea publicului. Mai tarziu, prietena de atunci a lui Brett, Justine Frischmann s-a alaturat formatiei ca si chitarist secund. Numele formatiei era atunci Suave and Elegant . Dupa un timp, au primit un contract pentru 2 single-uri care nu au mai fost promovate. Justine nu facuse multe pentru Suede cand a luat decizia sa paraseasca trupa in 1991 pentru a-si continua studiile. Oricum, dupa spusele lui Mat, lucrurile s-au imbunatatit dupa plecarea ei.Si asa a fost. In timp ce Justine era in trupa si-au schimbat numele in Suede. In iunie

1991, Simon Gilbert s-a alaturat formatiei ca baterist ,inainte acesta fiind vanzator de bilete la London ULU. Initial, formatia Suede era constituita din acest cvartet. In aprilie 1992, Suede a aparut pe coperta revistei Melody Maker, fiind proclamata cea mai buna formatie noua in Marea Britanie. Va puteti imagina cat de incredibil a fost? Nu scosesera nici un single pana atunci. Au semnat un contract pentru 7 single-uri cu noua casa de discuri Nude Records si apoi au si scos primul single The Drowners, in mai 1992. Suede au devenit foarte cunoscuti. The Drowners a ajuns pe pozitia 49 in topurile britanice. Lumea vorbea despre Suede ca si cand ar fi fost singura molecula de oxigen disponibila in 1992. Un single nemaipomenit cu trasaturi care l-au facut sa devina atractia principala; o declaratie controversata "sunt un bisexual care nu a avut experiente homosexuale"; performante fabuloase pe scena. Urmat de single-urile Metal Mickey si Animal Nitrate care au avut un succes la fel de mare ca si The Drowners, nu e de mirare ca albumul lor de debut a fost un mare succes. Albumul a fost proclamat a fi cel mai asteptat album de debut de la Sex Pistols si pana atunci. Albumul a ajuns pe locul 1 in UK si a castigat premiul Mercury pentru cel mai bun album britanic. O alta situatie controversata a aparut atunci cand o emisiune a banat albumul din cauza copertei pe care erau doua femei care se sarutau.

La mijlocul procesului de inregistrare al celui de-al doilea album, Dog Man Star, Bernard a parasit trupa. S-a certat cu membrii Suede; s-a casatorit in mai 1994 fara a-i invita pe acestia la ceremonie; apoi s-a intors in studio pentru a-si strange chitarile si celelalte lucruri si a plecat fara sa spuna nimic. Ultima data cand a cantat alaturi de Suede a fost la Queens Hall, Edinburgh. Multi critici au afirmat ca momentul acela a reprezentat sfarsitul trupei. De fapt, a fost mai mult ca inceputul unei noi ere pentru ei. Anuntul in care cautau un chitarist

a adus cateva sute de candidati la auditie. Locul lui bernard a fost luat apoi de tanarul de 17 ani, Richard Oakes care s-a alaturat oficial formatiei pe 17sep94. La inceput, mergea in turnee cantand coveruri dupa piesele lui Bernard, pana cand a fost fortat de ceilalti trei membri sa scrie propria sa piesa. L-au incuiat intr-un dormitor in timp ce ei au iesit sa bea ceva si asa a fost creata piesa Together. Din pacate , Dog Man Star, lansat pe 10 octombrie 1994, nu a avut un succes la fel de mare ca si primul album. Era perioada in care se afirmau Blur si Oasis si multe titluriale revistelor in voga au surprins rivalitati intre ei si aceste formatii. O anume rivalitate intre Suede si Blur a inceput la un festival, unde Blur au cantat beti, iar Suede au avut o performanta nemaipomenita. Aceasta s-a agravat cand Damon Albarn de la Blur a inceput sa iasa cu Justine.Ura faptul ca ea a facut parte candva din Suede si chiar a scris piesa Charmless Man doar pentru Brett! Suede si-au acordat apoi o binemeritata pauza pentru a-si reface puterile. Atunci a fost momentul cand cel mai nou membru, Neil Codling, varul lui Simon, s-a alaturat trupei.Neil canta la clape, scria cantece si facea baking vocals pentru Suede. Si asa s-a format noul grup SUEDE. Cel de-al treilea album Coming UP a

fost lansat pe 2 septembrie 1996 si a reprezentat o reintoarcere stralucitoare a trupei. A avut 5 single-uri magnifice care au devenit hit-uri si au ajuns in top-urile scenei muzicale britanice. Una dintre cele mai mari provocari ale grupului a fost lansarea unui dublu cd, Sci-Fi Lullabies, ce continea 27 de piese , pe 6 octombrie 1997. Albumul nu este altceva decat o dovada ca Suede este o formatie care face parti b magnifice pentru single-urile lor. Suede este singura formatie care a putut canta numai piese de pe partea b la o intalnire a fanclubului.

Asa cum criticii afirma, Suede au schimbat intelesul termenului "b-side". Urmatorul album, Head Music, ne aduce la un nou capitol din istoria Suede. Introduc mai multe sound-uri electronice, mult mai hi-tech decat ceea ce au facut ei inainte si complet diferit, de exemplu, de albumul lor de debut. Aceasta ilustreaza ca "muzica Suede" variaza in atat de mult moduri creative, si ca pot face atat de multe lucruri cu piesele lor si cu totusi sa sune bine. Aceasta este, bineinteles, in totalitate o realizare obtinuta de niste muzicieni speciali. Si sunt intr-adevar si niste OAMENI cu totul speciali. Pe 23 martie 2001, Neil a facut un anunt socant, si anume ca va parasi trupa din cauza ca suferea de "Chronic Fatigue Syndrome". Boala a fost si cauza absentei la multe intalniri Head Music in 1999. Nu numai ca asta a intarziat munca trupei la urmatorul album, dar a fost si o schimbare semnificanta in istoria Suede. Ar putea fi asta o noua era pentru Suede? Cel care i-a luat locul la intalnirile din 1999 a fost Alex Lee.Acesta a lucrat cu formatia in timp ce au inregitrat demo-ul noului album. A contribuit chiar si cu niste idei de cantece pentru formatie.

Nici nu se putea sa fi fost altcineva... In toamna anului 2003, au facut o retrospectiva a carierei trupei, tinand 5 concerte la Institutul de arte contemporan din Londra, cantand doar cate un album in fiecare seara, cu piese B-side si alte raritati, in ordine cronologica (aceste tipuri de concerte necesitau eforturi uriase din partea unei trupei in ceea ce priveste repetitiile). Dupa lansarea compilatiei de SINGLES (2003) si a piesei"Attitude", formatia a anuntat ca in viitor nu vor mai exista proiecte sau albume desfasurate sub numele SUEDE, aceasta anuntand practic sfarsitul trupei. Ultimul concert, tinut la Astoria, Londra, pe 13 decembrie 2003, a fost un show maraton de 2 ore si jumatate, divizat in 2 parti, plus bis-uri. In mai, 2004, Anderson a confirmat zvonurile despre o colaborare intre el si Bernard Butler; a mai afirmat ca au deja 15 piese si ca vor sa infiinteze o noua trupa, numele nefiind hotarat inca. Ulterior trupa acestora s-a numit THE TEARS.

Discografie SUEDE:

ALBUME:1993 Suede

1994 Dog Man Star 1996 Coming Up1999 Head Music

2002 A New Morning

COMPILATII: 1997 Sci-Fi Lullabies (B-sides and rarities compilation)

2003 Singles

Macabre Origin: Chicago, IL, USAGenres: Status: Active

Last Update: May 26, 2005

Cult figures in the Chicago metal scene for a number of years, Macabre is an odd little band, self-described "murder metallists" with a style that's actually pretty unique. They combine death metal, clean thrash, meaty metal riffs, and an odd penchant for nursery rhyme sing-song choruses, and their musicianship (at least on the recent Murder Metal release) is surprisingly tight. Lyrically, their infatuation on serial killers and their antics is over-the-top to the point of ridiculousness -- clearly not to be taken seriously, though they do make for the occasional humorous read. It's tempting to toss them into the joke band bin, but they've got a good thing going and Murder Metal is actually an entertaining album. Recently they've put out an album or two under the title Macabre Minstrels, featuring acoustic versions of their songs.

Corporate Death guitars/vocals

Nefarious bass/vocals

Dennis The Menace drums

(EP) Grim Reality 1987 Decomposed

1. Serial Killer 2. Mr. Albert Fish (Was Children You

Favorite Dish?) 3. Mass Murderer A. Sulfuric Acid B. Morbid

Curiosity C. Lethal Injection 4. Son Of Sam 5. Hot Rods To Hell

6. Ed Gein

Corporate DeathNefariousDennis The Menace

Gloom 1989 Vinyl Solution

1. Embalmer 2. Trampled To Death 3. Holidays Of Horror 4. Fritz Haarman The Butcher 5. Evil Ole Soul 6. Harvey Glatman (Your Soul Will Forever

Rot) 7. Mcmassacre (James Humberty) 8. David Brom Took An Axe 9. Cremator 10. Nostradamus 11. I Need To Kill 12. Ultra Violent 13. Rat Man 14. Hey Laurie Dann 15. Patrick Purdy Killed Five And Wounded

Thirty 16. Exhumer 17. Dr. Holmes (He Stripped Their Bones) 18. The Green River Murderer (He'S Still Out

There) 19. Funeral Home 20. Disease

21. Natural Disaster

Corporate DeathNefariousDennis The Menace

Sinister Slaughter 1993 Nuclear Blast

1. Night Stalker / Richard Ramirez 02:05 [View Lyrics]

2. The Ted Bundy Song / Ted Bundy 3. Sniper In The Sky / Charles Whitman 4. Montreal Massacre / Mark Lupine 5. Zodiac / Identity Unknown 6. What The Hell Did You Do? / James

Edward Pough 7. The Boston Strangler / Albert Desalvo 8. Mary Bell 9. Mary Bell (Reprise) 10. Killing Spree (Postal Killer) / Patrick

Sherril 11. Is It Soup Yet? / Daniel Rakowitz 12. White Hen Decapitator / Michael Bethke 13. Howard Unrah (What Have You Done

Now?!) / Howard Unrah 14. Gacy'S Lot / John Wayne Gacy 15. There Was A Young Man Who Blew Up A

Plane / Jack Gilbert Graham 16. Vampire Of Dusseldorf / Peter Kurtin 17. Shotgun Peterson / Christopher Peterson 18. Whats That Smell? / Jeffery Dahmer 19. Edmond Kemper Had A Horrible Temper /

Edmond Kemper 20. What The Heck Richard Speck (Eight

Nurses You Wrecked) / Richard Speck

21. Albert Was Worse Than Any Fish In The Sea / Albert Fish

Corporate DeathNefariousDennis The Menace

(EP) Behind The Wall Of Sleep 1994 Nuclear Blast

1. Fishtales 2. Behind The Wall Of Sleep 3. Slaughter Thy Poser

4. Freeze Dried Man

Corporate DeathNefariousDennis The Menace

Unabomber 1999 Decomposed

1. The Unabomber 2. Ambassador Hotel 3. The Brain 4. David Brom Took An Axe 5. Dr. Holmes - He Stripped Their Bones 6. Ed Gein

7. Serial Killer

Corporate DeathNefariousDennis The Menace

Dahmer 2000 Hammerheart

1. Dog Guts 03:15 [View Lyrics] 2. Hitchhiker 03:30 [View Lyrics] 3. In The Army Now 4. Grandmother'S House 5. Blood Bank 6. Exposure 7. Ambassador Hotel 8. Cup Of Coffee 9. Bath House 10. Jeffrey Dahmer And The Chocolate

Factory 11. Apartment 213 12. Drill Bit Lobotomy 13. Jeffery Dahmer Blues 14. Mcdahmers 15. Into The Toilet With You 16. Coming To Chicago 17. Scrub A Dub Dub 18. Konerak 19. Media Circus 20. Temple Of Bones 21. Trial 22. Do The Dahmer 23. Baptized 24. Christopher Scarver 25. Dahmer'S Dead

26. The Brain

Corporate DeathNefariousDennis The Menace

Murder Metal 2003 Season Of Mist

1. Acid Bath Vampire 2. You'Re Dying To Be With Me 3. Fatal Foot Fetish 4. The Hillside Stranglers 5. Dorthea'S Dead Folks Home 6. The Iceman 7. Poison 8. Werewolf Of Bedburg 9. Morbid Minister 10. The Wustenfeld Man Eater 11. Diary Of Torture 12. Jack The Ripper

13. Fritz Haarman Der Metzger

Corporate DeathNefariousDennis

Manowar Origin: New York, NY, USAGenres: Power Metal Status: ActiveOfficial Web Site Last Update: December 11, 2006

After twenty years in the business, Manowar continues to rally around their "Death To False Metal" battle cry. Though their over-the-top image and lyrics occasionally come across as slightly cheesy, their determination to stand by their beliefs is commendable, and the fact of the matter is that songs such as "Blood Of My Enemies", "Guyana", "Battle Hymns", and "Defender" rank as among the most brilliant, majestic metal songs

ever recorded by any band. It's amazing that, after all this time, Manowar still has a sound that really isn't like anyone else, highlighted by Eric Adam's excellent vocals and a pounding rhythm section led by bassist (and chief songwriter) Joey DeMaio. While Manowar fanatics will doubtless argue that all of their albums are equally outstanding and brilliant, the opinion here is that their early work, particularly the first four albums, are far superior to their later albums, with the 1984 pair of Hail To England and Sign Of The Hammer being their best works. With the release of Warriors Of The World earlier in 2002, Manowar's popularity in Europe remains strong.

Upcoming Album: Gods Of War, due in mid-2007.

Eric Adams vocals

Karl Logan guitars

Joey DeMaio bass

Scott Columbus drums

former members

Ross Funicello guitars

David Shankle guitars (see also David Shankle Group)

Donnie Hamzik drums

Kenny "Rhino" Earl drums

Battle Hymns 1982 Capitol

BNR and Internet Top Ten Album

1. Death Tone 2. Metal Daze 3. Fast Taker 4. Shell Shock 5. Manowar 6. Dark Avenger 7. William's Tale

8. Battle Hymn

Eric AdamsRoss FunicelloJoey DeMaioDonnie Hamzik

Into Glory Ride 1983 Megaforce

1. Warlord 2. Secrets Of Steel 3. Gloves Of Metal 4. Gates Of Valhalla 5. Hatred 6. Revelation (death's Angel)

7. March For Revenge (by The Soldiers Of Death)

Eric AdamsRoss FunicelloJoey DeMaioScott Columbus

Hail To England 1984 /MFN,/Roa

BNR and Internet Top Ten Album

1. Blood Of My Enemies 2. Each Dawn I Die 3. Kill With Power 4. Hail To England 5. Army Of The Immortals 6. Black Arrows

7. Bridge Of Death

Eric AdamsRoss FunicelloJoey DeMaioScott Columbus

Sign Of The Hammer 1984 10

BNR and Internet Top Ten Album

1. All Men Play On 10 2. Animals 3. Thor (the Powerhead) 4. Mountains 5. Sign Of The Hammer 6. The Oath 7. Thunderpick

8. Guyana (cult Of The Damned)

Eric AdamsRoss FunicelloJoey DeMaioScott Columbus

Fighting The World 1987 Atlantic

1. Fighting The World 2. Blow Your Speakers 3. Carry On 4. Violence And Bloodshed 5. Defender 6. Drums Of Doom 7. Holy War

Eric AdamsRoss FunicelloJoey DeMaioScott Columbus

8. Master Of Revenge

9. Black Wind, Fire And Steel

Kings Of Metal 1988 Atlantic

Internet Top Ten Album

1. Wheels Of Fire 2. Kings Of Metal 3. Heart Of Steel 4. Sting Of The Bumblebee 5. The Crown & The King (lament Of The

Kings) 6. Kingdom Come 7. Pleasure Slave 8. Hail And Kill 9. The Warrior's Prayer

10. Blood Of The Kings

Eric AdamsRoss FunicelloJoey DeMaioScott Columbus

Triumph Of Steel 1992 Atlantic

Internet Top Ten Album

1. Achilles, Agony And Ecstasy In Eight Parts 2. Metal Warriors 3. Ride The Dragon 4. Spirit Horse Of The Cherokee 5. Burning 6. The Power Of Thy Sword 7. The Demon's Whip

8. Master Of The Wind

Eric AdamsDavid ShankleJoey DeMaioKenny "Rhino" Earl

Hell Of Steel (compilation) 1994 Atlantic

1. Fighting The World 2. Kings Of Metal 3. The Demon's Whip 4. The Warrior's Prayer 5. Defender 6. The Crown And The King 7. Blow Your Speakers 8. Metal Warriors 9. Black Wind, Fire And Steel 10. Hail And Kill 11. The Power Of Thy Sword 12. Herz Aus Stahl

13. Kingdom Come

14. Master Of The Wind

Louder Than Hell 1996 Geffen

1. Return Of The Warlord 2. Brothers Of Metal Pt 1 3. The Gods Made Heavy Metal 4. Courage 5. Number 1 6. Outlaw 7. King 8. Today Is A Good Day To Die 9. My Spirit Lives On

10. The Power

Eric AdamsKarl LoganJoey DeMaioScott Columbus

Hell On Wheels (live - 2CD) 1997 Geffen

1. Manowar 2. Kings Of Metal 3. Kill With Power 4. Sign Of The Hammer 5. My Spirit Lives On 6. Piano Interlude 7. Courage 8. Spirit Horse Of The Cherokee 9. Blood Of My Enemies 10. Hail And Kill 11. Warriors Of The World 12. Wheels Of Fire 13. Metal Warriors 14. Army Of The Immortals 15. Black Arrows 16. Fighting The World 17. Thor The Power Head 18. King 19. The Gods Made Heavy Metal 20. Black Wind Fire And Steel 21. Return Of The Warlord 22. Carry On

23. Battle Hymn

Eric AdamsKarl LoganJoey DeMaioScott Columbus

Hell On Stage (live - 2CD) 1999 Nuclear Blast

1. Metal Daze 2. Dark Avenger 3. March For Revenge 4. Hatred 5. Gates Of Valhalla 6. Bridge Of Death 7. William's Tale

Eric AdamsKarl LoganJoey DeMaioScott Columbus

8. Guyana (cult Of The Damned) 9. The Warrior's Prayer 10. Blood Of The Kings 11. Sting Of The Bumblebee 12. Heart Of Stee; 13. Master Of The Wind 14. Outlaw 15. The Power

16. The Crown And The Ring

Warriors Of The World 2002 Nuclear Blast

1. Call To Arms 2. The Fight For Freedom 3. Nessun Dorma 4. Valhalla 5. Swords In The Wind 6. An American Trilogy 7. The March 8. Warriors Of The World United 9. Hand Of Doom 10. House Of Death

11. Fight Until We Die

Eric AdamsKarl LoganJoey DeMaioScott Columbus

(EP) The Sons Of Odin 2006 Nuclear Blast

1. The Acension (live) 2. King Of Kings (live) 3. Odin (orchestral, Immortal Version) 4. Gods Of War (immortal Version)

5. The Sons Of Odin (immortal Version)

Eric AdamsKarl LoganJoey DeMaioScott Columbus

Marduk Origin: SwedenGenres: Black Metal Status: ActiveOfficial Web Site Last Update: May 02, 2006

True veterans of the black metal scene, having been formed back in 1990, Marduk has maintained steady popularity over the years. Their music is firmly in the old-school, blast-beat, keyboardless realm of black metal, with few if any nods to melody of subtlety. Sometimes it can be a bit much (Panzer Division Marduk, in particular, is just a blur of

black metal noise, pretty much all one speed -- fast), but they are brutal and intense and represent classic Scandinavian black metal as well as any band. Compared to Panzer, the newer albums such as La Grande Danse Macabre show some variation in pace and structure, but really not much has changed from previous albums -- it's still Marduk all the way.

Mortuus vocals

Morgan Håkansson guitars

Magnus "Devo" Andersson

bass

Emil Dragutinovic drums

former members

Andreas Axelsson vocals (see also Edge Of Sanity)

Jocke Göthberg vocals/drums (see also Dimension Zero)

Erik Hagstedt (Legion) vocals (see also Ophthalamia)

Rickard Kalm bass

Bogge Svensson (B. War) bass

Fredrik Andersson drums

Dark Endless 1992 No Fashion

1. Still Fucking Dead (here's No Peace) 2. The Sun Turns Black At Night 3. Within The Abyss 4. The Funeral Seems To Be Endless 5. Departure From The Mortals 6. The Black... 7. Dark Endless

8. Holy Inquisition

Andreas AxelssonJocke GöthbergMorgan HåkanssonMagnus "Devo" AnderssonRickard Kalm

Those Of The Unlight 1993 Osmose

1. Darkness Breeds Immortality 2. Those Of The Unlight 3. Wolves 4. On Darkened Winds 5. Burn My Coffin 6. A Sculpture Of The Night 7. Echoes From The Past

8. Stone Stands It`s Silent Vigil

Jocke GöthbergMorgan HåkanssonMagnus "Devo" AnderssonB. War

Opus Nocturne 1994 Osmose

1. Intro/the Apperance Of Spirits Of Darkness 2. Sulphur Souls 3. From Subterranean Throne Profound 4. Autumnal Reaper 5. Materialized In Tone 6. Untrodden Paths (wolves Part Ii) 7. Opus Nocturne 8. Deme Quaden Thyrane

9. The Sun Has Failed

Jocke GöthbergMorgan HåkanssonB. WarFredrik Andersson

Heaven Shall Burn 1996 Osmose

1. Summon The Darkness 2. Beyond The Grace Of God 3. Infernal Eternal 4. Glorification Of The Black God 5. Darkness It Shall Be 6. The Black Tormentors Of Satan 7. Dracul Va Domni Din Nou In Transilvania

8. Legion

LegionMorgan HåkanssonB. WarFredrik Andersson

(EP) Glorification 1996 Osmose

1. Glorification Of The Black God (remix) 2. Total Disaster 3. Sodomize The Dead 4. Sex With Satan

5. The Return Of Darkness And Evil

LegionMorgan HåkanssonB. WarFredrik Andersson

Live In Germania 1997 Osmose

1. Beyond The Grace Of God 2. Sulphur Souls 3. The Black 4. Darkness It Shall Be 5. Materialized In Stone 6. Infernal Eternal 7. On Darkened Wings 8. Wolves 9. Untrodden Paths (wolves Pt Ii) 10. Dracul Va Domni.. 11. Legion

12. Total Desaster

LegionMorgan HåkanssonB. WarFredrik Andersson

Nightwing 1998 Osmose

1. Preludium 2. Blood Tide (xxx) 3. Of Hells Fire 4. Slay The Nazarene 5. Nightwing 6. Dreams Of Blood And Iron 7. Dracole Wayda 8. Kaziklu Bay - The Lord Impaler 9. Deme Quaden Thyrane

10. Anno Domini 1476

LegionMorgan HåkanssonB. WarFredrik Andersson

Panzer Division Marduk 1999 Osmose

1. Panzer Division Marduk 2. Baptism By Fire 3. Christraping Black Metal 4. Scorched Earth 5. Beast Of Prey 6. Blooddawn 7. 502

8. Fistfucking God's Planet

LegionMorgan HåkanssonB. WarFredrik Andersson

(EP) Obedience 2000 Osmose

1. Obedience 2. Funeral Bitch

3. Into The Crypts Of Rays

LegionMorgan HåkanssonB. WarFredrik Andersson

Infernal Eternal 2000 self-released

1. Panzer Division Marduk 2. Burn My Coffin 3. Baptism By Fire 4. The Sun Turns Black As Night 5. Of Hells Fire 6. 502 7. Materialized In Stone 8. Beast Of Prey 9. Those Of The Unlight 10. Sulphur Souls 11. Dreams Of Blood And Iron 12. Fistfucking Gods Planet. 13. On Darkened Wings 14. Into The Crypts Of Rays 15. Still Fucking Dead 16. Slay The Nazarene 17. Departure From The Mortals

18. Legion

LegionMorgan HåkanssonB. WarFredrik Andersson

La Grande Danse Macabre 2001 Century Media

1. Ars Moriendi 2. Azrael 3. Pompa Funebris 1660 4. Obedience Unto Death 5. Bonds Of Unholy Matrimony 6. La Grande Danse Macabre 7. Death Sex Ejaculation 8. Funeral Bitch 9. Summers End

10. Jesus Christ…sodomized

LegionMorgan HåkanssonB. WarFredrik Andersson

World Funeral 2003

1. With Satan And Victorious Weapons 2. Bleached Bones 3. Cloven Hoof 4. World Funeral 5. To The Deaths Head True 6. Castrum Doloris 7. Hearse 8. Night Of The Long Knives 9. Bloodletting 10. Blessed Unholy

11. Blackcrowned

LegionMorgan HåkanssonB. WarEmil Dragutinovic

Plague Angel 2004 Blooddawn

1. The Hangman Of Prague 2. Throne Of Rats 3. Seven Angels,seven Trumpets 4. Life`s Emblem 5. Steel Inferno 6. Perish In Flames 7. Holy Blood, Holy Grail 8. Warschau 9. Deathmarch 10. Everything Bleeds

11. Blutrache

MortuusMorgan HåkanssonMagnus "Devo" AnderssonEmil Dragutinovic

Warschau 2005 Regain

1. The Hangman Of Prague 2. Seven Angels, Seven Trumpets 3. Slay The Nazarene 4. Azrael 5. Burn My Coffin 6. Panzer Division Marduk 7. Blutrache 8. Bleached Bones 9. The Black ... 10. Steel Inferno 11. On Darkened Wings 12. With Satan And Victorious Weapons 13. Throne Of Rats 14. To The Death´s Head True 15. Sulphur Souls 16. Warschau

17. Wolves

MortuusMorgan HåkanssonMagnus "Devo" AnderssonEmil Dragutinovic

Marilyn Manson Origin: Ft. Lauderdale, FL, USAGenres: Industrial Metal Status: ActiveOfficial Web Site Last Update: November 15, 2005

One of the more controversial figures in metal, Marilyn Manson has parlayed his combination of shock-rock imagery and industrial-tinged metal into a successful career, complete with all the ups and downs and attention-grabbing headlines one might expect given his visual appearance and general moodiness. The band formed in Florida in 1989, and spent their formative years as Marilyn Manson And The Spooky Kids, releasing various private cassettes along the way, before attracting the attention of Trent Reznor, who eventually helped sign the band to Nothing Records. Musically, Nine Inch Nails is a clear influence, Manson fusing harsh guitars with electronics and a sinister edge similar to NIN. The member name convention (combining the first name of a female pop icon

with the last name of a serial killer) is admittedly a tad clever. A band/career like this seems destined to burst into flames at some point, but as of now Marilyn Manson is doing quite well.

Brian Warner (Marilyn Manson)

vocals

John Lowery (John5) guitars (see also Two)

Tim Skold bass

Steve Bier (Madonna Wayne Gacy)

keyboards

Kenny Wilson (Ginger Fish) drums

former members

Scott Mitchell (Daisy Berkowitz)

guitars

Mike Nastasi (Zim Zum) guitars

Brad Stewart (Gidget Gein) bass

Jeordie Francis White (Twiggy Ramirez)

bass

Freddy Streithorst (Sara Lee Lucas)

drums

Portrait Of An American Family 1994 Nothing

1. Prelude (the Family Trip) 2. Cake And Sodomy 3. Lunchbox 4. Organ Grinder 5. Cyclops 6. Dope Hat 7. Get Your Gunn 8. Wrapped In Plastic 9. Dogma 10. Sweet Tooth 11. Snake Eyes And Sissies 12. My Monkey

13. Misery Machine

Marilyn MansonDaisy BerkowitzGidget GeinMadonna Wayne GacySara Lee Lucas

Smells Like Children 1995 Nothing

1. The Hands Of Small Children 2. Diary Of A Dope Fiend 3. S****ky Chicken Gang Bang 4. Kiddie Grinder 5. Sympathy For The Parents 6. Sweet Dreams (are Made Of This) 7. Everlasting C***sucker 8. F*** Frankie 9. I Put A Spell On You 10. May Cause Discoloration Of Urine Or

Feces 11. Scabs, Guns And Peanut Butter 12. Dance Of The Dope Hats 13. White Trash 14. Dancing With The One-legged...

15. Rock'n'roll Nigger

Marilyn MansonDaisy BerkowitzTwiggy RamirezMadonna Wayne GacyGinger Fish

Antichrist Superstar 1996 Nothing

1. Irresponsible Hate Anthem 2. The Beautiful People 3. Dried Up, Tied, And Dead To The World 4. Tourniquet 5. Little Horn 6. Cryptorchild 7. Deformography 8. Wormboy 9. Mister Superstar 10. Angel With Scabbed Wings 11. Kinderfeld 12. Antichrist Superstar 13. 1996 14. Minute Of Decay 15. The Reflecting God

16. The Man That You Fear

Marilyn MansonZim ZumTwiggy RamirezMadonna Wayne GacyGinger Fish

Mechanical Animals 1998 Nothing

1. The Great Big White World 2. The Dope Show 3. Mechanical Animals 4. Rock Is Dead 5. Disassociative 6. The Speed Of Pain 7. Posthuman 8. I Want To Disappear 9. I Don't Like The Drugs (but The Drugs

Like Me) 10. New Model No. 15 11. User Friendly

Marilyn MansonJohn5Twiggy RamirezMadonna Wayne GacyGinger Fish

12. Fundamentally Loathsome 13. The Last Day On Earth

14. Coma White

Holy Wood 2000 Nothing

1. Godeatgod 2. The Love Song 3. The Fight Song 4. Disposible Teens 5. Target Audience (narcissus Narcosis) 6. President Dead 7. In The Shadow Of The Valley Of Death 8. Cruci-fiction In Space 9. A Place In The Dirt 10. The Nobodies 11. The Death Song 12. Lamb Of God 13. Born Again 14. Burning Flag 15. Coma Black (eden Eye - The Apple Of

Discord) 16. Valentine's Day 17. The Fall Of Adam 18. King Kill

19. Count To Six And Die (the Vacuum Of Infinite Space Encompassing)

Marilyn MansonJohn5Twiggy RamirezMadonna Wayne GacyGinger Fish

The Golden Age Of Grotesque 2003 Nothing

1. Intro 2. This Is The New Shit 3. Mobscene 4. Doll-dagga Buzz-buzz Ziggety-zag 5. Use Your Fist And Not Your Mouth 6. The Golden Age Of Grotesque 7. (s)aint 8. Ka-boom Ka-boom 9. Slutgarden 10. Spade 11. Para-noir 12. The Bright Young Things 13. Better Of Two Evils 14. Vodevil

15. Obsequy (the Death Of Art)

Marilyn MansonJohn5Tim SkoldMadonna Wayne GacyGinger Fish

Lest We Forget (compilation) 2004 Interscope

1. The Love Song 2. Personal Jesus 3. Mobscene

4. The Fight Song 5. Tainted Love 6. The Dope Show 7. This Is The New Shit 8. Disposable Teens 9. Sweet Dreams (are Made Of This) 10. Lunchbox 11. Tourniquet 12. Rock Is Dead 13. Get Your Gunn 14. The Nobodies 15. Long Hard Road Out Of Hell 16. The Beautiful People

17. The Reflecting God

Massacre Origin: Florida, USAGenres: Death Metal Status: DisbandedLast Update: May 22, 2003

One of the earliest of the Florida death metal bands of the eighties, Massacre's early history is closely intertwined with that of Death. Massacre was formed around 1984 by Allen West (later of Obituary and Bill Andrews, followed by the arrival of soon-to-be-leader Kam Lee and guitarist Rick Rozz, both of whom had served with Chuck Schuldiner in the earliest stages of Death. A lineup of Lee, Rozz, Andrews, and Terry Butler eventually stabilized, but before they could record, all but Lee left the band to record with Schuldiner in Death on that band's Leprosy album, forcing Lee to disband Massacre. Around 1989 Lee decided to start up the band again with Rozz and Whiplash drummer Joe Cangelosi. An album was recorded, by the name of Second Coming, but was never released. Eventually came the return of Butler and Andrews, who had stayed with Death long enough to play on Spiritual Healing, and in 1991 Massacre finally released an album, From Beyond. An EP quickly followed, but it would be several years before another album would appear, in the form of 1996's Promise, Featuring a different rhythm section, the album was not well received and they folded for good soon afterward.

Kam Lee vocals

Rick Rozz guitars (see also Death)

Pete Sison bass

Syrus Peters drums

former members

Terry Butler bass (see also Death, Six Feet Under)

Bill Andrews drums (see also Death)

From Beyond 1991 Earache

1. Dawn Of Eternity 2. Cryptic Realms 3. Biohazard 4. Chamber Of Ages 5. From Beyond 6. Defeat Remains 7. Succubus 8. Symbolic Immortality

9. Corpsegrinder

Kam LeeRick RozzTerry ButlerBill Andrews

(EP) Inhuman Condition 1991 Earache

1. Inhuman Condition 2. Plains Of Sanity 3. Warhead

4. Provoked Accursor

Kam LeeRick RozzTerry ButlerBill Andrews

Promise 1996 Earache

1. Nothing 2. Forever Torn 3. Black Soil Nest 4. Promise 5. Bitter End 6. Bloodletting 7. Unnameable 8. Where Dwells Sadness 9. Suffering

10. Inner Demon

Kam LeeRick RozzPete SisonSyrus Peters

Mercyful Fate

Origin: DenmarkStatus: ActiveOfficial Web SiteLast Update: March 3, 2002

Mercyful Fate emerged from Denmark in the early 80's to become one of the most important metal bands of the decade. Characterized by the unique, wailing operatic vocals of one King Diamond (real name Kim Bendix Peterson), openly Satanic lyrics, and crushing riffs by the guitarist duo of Hank Shermann and Michael Denner, the band's first two full-length albums (Melissa and Don't Break The Oath) are essential 80's metal classics, with their lyrical stance causing quite the controversy at the time. But their reign on top was short-lived, as King's Satanic views weren't shared by the rest of the band, and Shermann's desire to play a different form of music forced the breakup of the band around 1985. Diamond took Denner and MF bassist with him and formed his own group, King Diamond, while Shermann formed a hard rock band called Fate. Several years later, Shermann and Denner (long since departed from King's band) hooked up together in a little-known project called Zoser Mez, which may well have precipitated getting Mercyful Fate back together, which they finally did in 1993, featuring all of the original members except drummer Kim Ruzz.

Since the reformation, King Diamond (the band) and Mercyful Fate have co-existed simultaneously, with King singing in both bands and the two bands basically taking turns releasing albums. While the later MF albums are far from bad, they have largely lacked the impact of those first two classics, though the most recent, 9, is probably the best of the new ones.

King Diamond vocals (see also King Diamond)

Hank Shermann guitars (see also Gutrix, Zoser Mez, Virus 7, Force Of Evil)

Mike Wead guitars (see also Hexenhaus, Memento Mori, Abstrakt Algebra)

Sharlee D'Angelo bass (see also Witchery, Arch Enemy, Sinergy, Illwill, Dismember)

Bjarne T. Holm drums (see also Gutrix, Virus 7, Force Of Evil)

former members

Michael Denner guitars (see also King Diamond, Zoser Mez, Force Of Evil)

Timi Hansen bass (see also King Diamond)

Kim Ruzz drums

Snowy Shaw drums (see also King Diamond, Memento Mori, Illwill, Notre Dame, Dream Evil)

(EP) Mercyful Fate 1982 Rave-On

1. A Corpse Without Soul 2. Nuns Have No Fun 3. Doomed By The Living Dead

4. Devil Eyes

King DiamondHank ShermannMichael DennerTimi HansenKim Ruzz

Melissa 1983 Roadrunner

BNR and Internet Top Ten Album

1. Evil 2. Curse Of The Pharaohs 3. Into The Coven 4. At The Sound Of The Demon Bell 5. Black Funeral 6. Satan's Fall

7. Melissa

King DiamondHank ShermannMichael DennerTimi HansenKim Ruzz

Don't Break The Oath 1984 Roadrunner

BNR and Internet Top Ten Album

1. A Dangerous Meeting 2. Nightmare 3. Desecration Of Souls 4. Night Of The Unborn 5. The Oath 6. Gypsy 7. Welcome Princess Of Hell 8. To One Far Away

9. Come To The Sabbath

King DiamondHank ShermannMichael DennerTimi HansenKim Ruzz

In The Beginning 1987 Roadrunner

1. Doomed By The Living Dead 2. A Corpse Without Soul

3. Nuns Have No Fun 4. Devil Eyes 5. Curse Of The Pharoahs (Live BBC

Recordings) 6. Evil (Live BBC Recordings) 7. Satan's Fall (Live BBC Recordings)

8. Black Masses

Return Of The Vampire 1992 Roadrunner

1. Burning The Cross 2. Curse Of The Pharaos 3. Return Of The Vampire 4. On A Night Of Full Moon 5. A Corpse Without Soul 6. Death Kiss 7. Leave My Soul Alone 8. M.D.A.

9. You Asked For It

In The Shadows 1993 Metal Blade

1. Egypt 2. The Bell Witch 3. The Old Oak 4. Shadows 5. A Gruesome Time 6. Thirteen Invitations 7. Room Of Golden Air 8. Is That You Melissa?

9. Return Of The Vampire (1993)

King DiamondHank ShermannMichael DennerTimi HansenSnowy Shaw

Time 1994 Metal Blade

1. Nightmare Be Thy Name 2. Angel Of Light 3. Witches' Dance 4. The Mad Arab 5. My Demon 6. Time 7. The Preacher 8. Lady In Black 9. Mirror

10. The Afterlife

King DiamondHank ShermannMichael DennerSharlee D'AngeloSnowy Shaw

Into The Unknown 1996 Metal Blade

1. Lucifer 2. The Uninvited Guest 3. The Ghost Of Change 4. Listen To The Bell 5. Fifteen Men (And A Bottle Of Rum) 6. Into The Unknown 7. Under The Spell 8. Deadtime 9. Holy Water

10. Kutulu (The Mad Arab Part II)

King DiamondHank ShermannMichael DennerSharlee D'AngeloBjarne T. Holm

Dead Again 1998 Metal Blade

1. Torture (1629) 2. The Night 3. Since Forever 4. The Lady Who Cries 5. Banshee 6. Mandrake 7. Sucking Your Blood 8. Dead Again 9. Fear

10. Crossroads

King DiamondHank ShermannMike WeadSharlee D'AngeloBjarne T. Holm

9 1999 Metal Blade

Internet Top Ten Album

1. Last Rites 2. Church Of Saint Anne 3. Sold My Soul 4. House On The Hill 5. Burn In Hell 6. The Grave 7. Insane 8. Kiss The Demon 9. Buried Alive

10. 9

King DiamondHank ShermannMike WeadSharlee D'AngeloBjarne T. Holm

Metallica Origin: Los Angeles, CA, USAGenres: Thrash Metal

Status: ActiveLast Update: June 11, 2003

Metallica must be considered one of the most well-known metal bands ever, with their work in the 80's in particular receiving accolades as amongst the finest metal works ever recorded. Formed in 1981 by the duo of James Hetfield and Lars Ulrich, their youthful energy quickly gained them an incredible underground following, with their debut Kill 'Em All being one of the most anticipated underground releases of the era. And it did not disappoint -- arguably one of the first true thrash albums, it jumpstarted a thrash scene that would last for years to come. With each succeeding release their popularity grew, and with the release of 1986's Master Of Puppets (one of the most popular thrash albums of all time), it was clear that it would only be a matter of time before true worldwide fame would be theirs. They suffered a tremendous setback when bassist Cliff Burton was killed in a tour bus accident, but even that did not slow them down, as they recruited new bassist Jason Newsted and continued growing with 1988's ... And Justice For All.

The rise of Metallica to superstardom culminated in 1991 with the release of their self-titled album, also famously known as the Black Album. While the momentum of the past decade insured its success (and successful it was, reaching Number 1 and selling over seven million copies in the US alone), a chasm started to develop between the hardened early thrash fans and the mainstream audience that welcomed the "new" Metallica. This chasm was widened with 1996's Load, which saw the band further delving into mainstream hard rock and greatly lessening their thrash roots. Indeed, many early fans gave up on the band completely, but their mainstream popularity had risen to true superstar status by this After spending the last few years touring and recording miscellaneous projects such as the S&M band + orchestra collaboration, they have finally completed a new album, the first in five years (and their first without Newsted, who amicably left the band in 2001, and is now in Voivod). St. Anger, has received several varied reviews thus far, and shall be reviewed here in the near future.

James Hetfield guitars/vocals

Kirk Hammett guitars (see also Exodus)

Robert Trujillo bass (see also Suicidal Tendencies, Ozzy Osbourne)

Lars Ulrich drums

former members

Cliff Burton bass (see also Trauma)

Jason Newsted bass (see also Flotsam & Jetsam, Voivod)

Dave Mustaine guitars (see also Megadeth)

Kill 'Em All 1983 Megaforce/Roadrunner

BNR and Internet Top Ten Album

1. Hit The Lights 2. The Four Horsemen 3. Motorbreath 4. Jump In The Fire 5. (Anesthesia)--Pulling Teeth 6. Whiplash 7. Blitzkrieg 8. Phantom Lord 9. No Remorse 10. Seek & Destroy 11. Metal Militia

12. Am I Evil?

James HetfieldKirk HammettCliff BurtonLars Ulrich

Ride The Lightning 1984 Megaforce

BNR and Internet Top Ten Album

1. Fight Fire With Fire 2. Ride The Lightning 3. For Whom The Bell Tolls 4. Fade To Black 5. Trapped Under Ice 6. Escape 7. Creeping Death

8. The Call Of Ktulu

James HetfieldKirk HammettCliff BurtonLars Ulrich

Master Of Puppets 1986 Elektra

BNR and Internet Top Ten Album

1. Battery 2. Master Of Puppets 3. The Thing That Should Not Be 4. Welcome Home (Sanitarium) 5. Disposable Heroes 6. Leper Messiah 7. Orion

8. Damage Inc.

James HetfieldKirk HammettCliff BurtonLars Ulrich

(EP) Garage Days ... 1987 Elektra

1. Helpless 2. The Small Hours 3. The Wait 4. Crash Course In Brain Surgery

5. Last Caress/Green Hell

James HetfieldKirk HammettJason NewstedLars Ulrich

... And Justice For All 1988 Elektra

Internet Top Ten Album

1. Blackened 2. ...And Justice For All 3. Eye Of The Beholder 4. One 5. The Shortest Straw 6. Harvester Of Sorrow 7. The Frayed Ends Of Sanity 8. To Live Is To Die

9. Dyers Eve

James HetfieldKirk HammettJason NewstedLars Ulrich

Metallica 1991 Elektra

Internet Top Ten Album

1. Enter Sandman 2. Sad But True 3. Holier Than Thou 4. The Unforgiven 5. Wherever I May Roam 6. Don't Tread On Me 7. Through The Never 8. Nothing Else Matters 9. Of Wolf And Man 10. The God That Failed 11. My Friend Of Misery 12. The Struggle Within

13. So What (Japanese Import Bonus Track)

James HetfieldKirk HammettJason NewstedLars Ulrich

Live Shit: Binge & Purge 1996 Elektra

1. Enter Sandman 2. Creeping Death 3. Harvester Of Sorrow 4. Welcome Home (Sanitarium)

James HetfieldKirk Hammett

5. Sad But True 6. Of Wolf And Man 7. The Unforgiven 8. Justice Medley 9. Bass - Guitar Solos 10. Through The Never 11. For Whom The Bell Tolls 12. Fade To Black 13. Master Of Puppets 14. Seek & Destroy 15. Whiplash 16. Nothing Else Matters 17. Wherever I May Roam 18. Am I Evil? 19. Last Caress 20. One 21. Battery 22. The Four Horsemen 23. Motorbreath

24. Stone Cold Crazy

Jason NewstedLars Ulrich

Load 1996 Elektra

Internet Top Ten Album

1. Ain't My Bitch 2. 2x4 3. The House Jack Built 4. Until It Sleeps 5. King Nothing 6. Hero Of The Day 7. Poor Twisted Me 8. Wasting My Hate 9. Mama Said 10. Thorn Within 11. Ronnie

12. The Outlaw Torn

James HetfieldKirk HammettJason NewstedLars Ulrich

Reload 1997 Elektra

1. Fuel 2. The Memory Remains 3. Devil's Dance 4. The Unforgiven II 5. Better Than You 6. Slither 7. Carpe Diem Baby 8. Bad Seed 9. Where The Wild Things Are 10. Prince Charming 11. Low Man's Lyric 12. Attitude

13. Fixxxer

James HetfieldKirk HammettJason NewstedLars Ulrich

Garage Inc. 1998 Elektra

1. Free Speech For The Dumb 2. It's Electric 3. Sabbra Cadabra 4. Turn The Page 5. Die, Die My Darling 6. Loverman 7. Mercyful Fate 8. Astronomy 9. Whiskey In The Jar 10. Tuesday's Gone 11. The More I See 12. Helpless 13. The Small Hours 14. The Wait 15. Crash Course In Brain Surgery 16. Last Caress/Green Hell 17. Am I Evil? 18. Blitzkrieg 19. Breadfan 20. The Prince 21. Stone Cold Crazy 22. So What 23. Killing Time 24. Overkill 25. Damage Case 26. Stone Dead Forever

27. Too Late Too Late

James HetfieldKirk HammettJason NewstedLars Ulrich

S&M 1999 Elektra

1. The Ecstasy Of Gold 2. The Call Of Ktulu 3. Master Of Puppets 4. Of Wolf And Man 5. The Thing That Should Not Be 6. Fuel 7. The Memory Remains 8. No Leaf Clover 9. Hero Of The Day 10. Devil's Dance 11. Bleeding Me 12. Nothing Else Matters 13. Until It Sleeps 14. For Whom The Bell Tolls 15. Human 16. Wherever I May Roam 17. Outlaw Torn 18. Sad But True 19. One 20. Enter Sandman

21. Battery

James HetfieldKirk HammettJason NewstedLars Ulrich

St. Anger 2003 Elektra

Internet Top Ten Album

1. Frantic 2. St. Anger 3. Some Kind Of Monster 4. Dirty Window 5. Invisible Kid 6. My World 7. Shoot Me Again 8. Sweet Amber 9. The Unnamed Feeling 10. Purify

11. All Within My Hands

James HetfieldKirk HammettLars Ulrich

Moonspell Origin: PortugalGenres: Goth Rock Status: Active

Last Update: May 13, 2006

Moonspell was the first Portuquese metal band to break worldwide, bursting on the scene with the stunning Wolfheart album, mixing doomdeath, goth-styled keyboards, and various old metal influences to create one of the most dynamic and memorable albums of 1995. With Irreligious, the goth influences were brought to the fore, turning the band into somewhat of a Type O Negative-styled band, disappointing some hardcore fans but winning others. Since then, the band has struggled to maintain its popularity, releasing two albums that, in retrospect, would have to be viewed as disappointments (particularly The Butterfly Effect), these releases finding the band tinkering and experimenting a bit, trying to recapture that earlier magic. Since 2001, it appears that they have done exactly that, as both Darkness And Hope and 2003's The Antidote are fine albums, as good as any the band have ever done.

Fernando Ribeiro vocals (see also Daemonarch)

Ricardo Amorim guitars (see also Daemonarch)

Aires Pereira bass (see also Malevolence)

Pedro Paixao keyboards/guitars (see also Daemonarch)

Mike Gaspar drums

former members

Mantus guitars

Joao Pedro bass

Sérgio Crestana bass (see also Daemonarch)

Niclas Etelävuori bass (guest) (see also Amorphis)

Waldemar Sorychta bass (guest) (see also Despair, Grip Inc.)

(EP) Under The Moonspell 1994 Adipocere

1. Allah Akbar! La Allah Ella Allah! (praeludium / Incantatum Solstitium)

2. Tenebrarum Oratorium (andamento I / Erudit Compendynum) (interludium / Incantatum Ocquinoctium)

3. Tenebrarum Oratorium (andamento Ii / Erotic Compendyum)

4. Opus Diabolicum (andamento Iii / Instrumental Compendyum)

5. Chorai Lusitānia! (epilogus / Incantatam Maresia)

Fernando RibeiroRicardo AmorimMantusJoao PedroPedro PaixaoMike Gaspar

Wolfheart 1995 Century Media

BNR and Internet Top Ten Album

1. Wolfshade (a Werewolf Masquerade) 2. Love Crimes 3. ...of Dream And Drama (midnight Ride) 4. Lua D'inversno 5. Trebraruna 6. Vampiria 7. An Erotic Alchemy

8. Alma Mater

Fernando RibeiroRicardo AmorimMantusJoao PedroPedro PaixaoMike Gaspar

Irreligious 1996 Century Media

Internet Top Ten Album

1. Perverse...almost Religious 2. Opium 3. Awake 4. For A Taste Of Eternity 5. Ruin & Misery 6. A Poisoned Gift 7. Subversion 8. Raven Claws 9. Mephisto 10. Herr Spiegelmann

Fernando RibeiroRicardo AmorimJoao PedroPedro PaixaoMike Gaspar

11. Full Moon Madness

Sin / Pecado 1998 Century Media

1. Slow Down! 2. Handmade God 3. 2econd Skin 4. Abysmo 5. Flesh 6. Magdalene 7. V.c. (gloria Domini) 8. Eurotica 9. Mute 10. Dekadance 11. Let The Children Cum To Me... 12. The Hanged Man

13. 13!

Fernando RibeiroRicardo AmorimSérgio CrestanaPedro PaixaoMike Gaspar

The Butterfly Effect 1999 Century Media

1. Soulsick 2. Butterfly Fx 3. Can't Bee 4. Lustmord 5. Selfabuse 6. I Am The Eternal Spectator 7. Soulitary Vice 8. Disappear Here 9. Adaptables 10. Angelizer 11. Tired 12. K

13. O Mal De Cristo

Fernando RibeiroRicardo AmorimSérgio CrestanaPedro PaixaoMike Gaspar

Darkness And Hope 2001 Century Media

1. Darkness And Hope 2. Firewalking 3. Nocturna 4. Heartshaped Abyss 5. Devilred 6. Ghostsong 7. Rapaces 8. Made Of Storm 9. How We Became Fire

10. Than The Serpents In My Hands

Fernando RibeiroRicardo AmorimSérgio CrestanaPedro PaixaoMike Gaspar

The Antidote 2003 Century Media

1. Everything Invaded 2. The Southern Deathstyles 3. Antidote 4. In And Above Man 5. From Lowering Skies 6. Capricorn At Her Feet 7. Lunar Still 8. A Walk On The Darkside 9. Crystal Gazing 10. (the) Darkening

11. As We Eternally Sleep On It

Fernando RibeiroRicardo AmorimNiclas EtelävuoriPedro PaixaoMike Gaspar

Memorial 2006 SPV

1. In Memoriam 2. Finisterra 3. Memento Mori 4. Sons Of Earth 5. Blood Tells 6. Upon The Blood Of Men 7. At The Image Of Pain 8. Sanguine 9. Proliferation 10. Once It Was Ours! 11. Mare Nostrum 12. Luna

13. Best Forgotten

Fernando RibeiroRicardo AmorimWaldemar SorychtaPedro PaixaoMike Gaspar

Morbid Angel Origin: Florida, USAGenres: Death Metal Status: ActiveOfficial Web Site Last Update: June 09, 2005

Morbid Angel is one of the more heralded of the Floridian death metal bands that sprung to life in the late 80's, with a solid recording career to their credit and a sound that personifies intense death metal as well as any band in the field, with Blessed Are The Sick widely regarded as a seminal death metal classic.

In recent news, vocalist Steve Tucker, who had left the band, then returned for 2003's Heretic album, has once again left. Former bassist David Vincent has agreed to do some touring with the band, but he is committed to the Genitorturers longterm, so this may be a temporary situation only.

David Vincent vocals/bass (see also Genitorturers, Terrorizer)

Trey Azagthoth guitars/keyboards

Tony Norman guitars (see also Monstrosity)

Pete Sandoval drums (see also Terrorizer)

former members

Steve Tucker vocals/bass

Richard Burnelle guitars

Erik Rutan guitars (see also Alas, Hate Eternal, Ripping Corpse)

Mike Browning vocals/drums (see also Acheron, Nocturnus)

Sterling Von Scarborough bass

Altars Of Madness 1989 Earache

Internet Top Ten Album

1. Immortal Rites 2. Suffocation 3. Visions From The Dark Side 4. Maze Of Torment 5. Lord Of All Fevers & Plague 6. Chapel Of Ghouls 7. Bleed For The Devil 8. Damnation 9. Blasphemy

10. Evil Spells

David VincentTrey AzagthothRichard BurnellePete Sandoval

Blessed Are The Sick 1991 Earache

Internet Top Ten Album

1. Intro 2. Fall From Grace 3. Brainstorm 4. Rebel Lands 5. Doomsday Celebration 6. Day Of Suffering 7. Blessed Are The Sick/leading The Rats 8. Thy Kingdom Come

David VincentTrey AzagthothRichard BurnellePete Sandoval

9. Unholy Blasphemies 10. Abominations 11. Desolate Ways 12. The Ancient Ones

13. In Remembrance

Abominations Of Desolation 1991 Earache

1. The Invocation/chapel Of Ghouls 2. Unholy Blasphemies 3. Angel Of Disease 4. Azagthoth 5. The Gate/lord Of All Fevers 6. Hellspawn 7. Abominations 8. Demon Seed

9. Welcome To Hell

Trey AzagthothMike BrowningSterling Von Scarborough

Notes: CD release of 1986 demo

Covenant 1993 Giant

Internet Top Ten Album

1. Rapture 2. Pain Divine 3. World Of Shit (the Promised Land) 4. Vengeance Is Mine 5. Lion's Den 6. Blood On My Hands 7. Angel Of Disease 8. Sworn To The Black 9. Nar Mattaru

10. God Of Emptiness

David VincentTrey AzagthothPete Sandoval

Domination 1995 Giant

1. Dominate 2. Where The Slime Live 3. Eyes To See, Ears To Hear 4. Melting 5. Nothing But Fear 6. Dawn Of The Angry 7. This Means War 8. Caesar's Palace 9. Dreaming 10. Inquisition (burn With Me)

11. Hatework

David VincentTrey AzagthothErik RutanPete Sandoval

Entangled In Chaos (live) 1996 Earache

1. Immortal Rites 2. Blasphemy 3. Sworn To The Black 4. Lord Of All Fevers & Plague 5. Blessed Are The Sick 6. Day Of Suffering 7. Chapel Of Ghouls 8. Maze Of Torment 9. Rapture 10. Blood On My Hands

11. Dominate

David VincentTrey AzagthothErik RutanPete Sandoval

Formulas Fatal To The Flesh 1997 Earache

1. Heaving Earth 2. Prayer Of Hatred 3. Bil Ur-sag 4. Nothing Is Not 5. Chambers Of Dis 6. Disturbance In The Great Slumber 7. Umulamahri 8. Hellspawn: The Rebirth 9. Covenant Of Death 10. Hymn To A Gas Giant 11. Invocation Of The Continual One 12. Ascent Through The Spheres 13. Hymnos Rituales De Guerra

14. Trooper

Steve TuckerTrey AzagthothPete Sandoval

Gateways To Annihilation 2000 Earache

1. Kawazu 2. Summoning Redemption 3. Ageless, Still I Am 4. He Who Sleeps 5. To The Victor The Spoils 6. At One With Nothing 7. Opening Of The Gates 8. Secured Limitations 9. Awakening 10. I

11. God Of The Forsaken

Steve TuckerTrey AzagthothErik RutanPete Sandoval

Heretic 2003 Earache

1. Cleansed In Pestilence (blade Of Elohim) 2. Enshrined By Grace 3. Beneath The Hollow 4. Curse The Flesh 5. Praise The Strength 6. Stricken Arise 7. Place Of Many Deaths (instrumental) 8. Abyssous 9. God Of Our Own Divinity 10. Within Thy Enemy 11. Memories Of The Past (instrumental) 12. Victorious March Of Reign The Conqueror

(instrumental) 13. Drum Check (instrumental)

14. Born Again (instrumental)

Steve TuckerTrey AzagthothPete Sandoval

Morgana Lefay Origin: SwedenGenres: Power Metal Status: ActiveOfficial Web Site Last Update: July 30, 2006

Morgana Lefay formed in 1986, and by 1990 their first album, Symphony Of The Damned, was recorded. By 1996 a total of five albums had been released, and with a style best described as a crunchy, thrash-tinged power metal style (somewhat akin to Nevermore or perhaps Abstrakt Algebra), they had carved a reasonably successful career. But the band went quiet after their 1996 release (Maleficium), and it would be three years later until the band was heard from again. At that time, the duo of vocalist Charles Rytkönen and founding guitarist Tony Eriksson announced their plans to continue with a new lineup, but due to legal issues with their old record label, the name of the band was shortened to Lefay. As Lefay, three albums were recorded, one of which was a complete re-recording of the Symphony Of The Damned debut. Meanwhile, the other three members of the Maleficium lineup banded together to release an album, essentially to rid themselves of contract obligations. That album, simply entitled Morgana Lefay, apparently bears very little resemblance to any previous work, owing more to alternative/glam metal.

Lefay continued on until early 2001, when the band announced its breakup, but later that year they came back together to start work on new material. Finally, in 2004 came word that the legal issues with their prior label (Black Mark) had been resolved (in fact, they resigned with BM), and thus the band formally reverted back to Morgana Lefay.

Charles Rytkönen vocals

Tony Eriksson guitars

Peter Grehn guitars

Fredrik Lundberg bass

Pelle Åkerlind drums

former members

Tommi Karppanen guitars

Daniel Persson guitars/vocals

Thomas Persson lead guitar

Joakim Lundberg bass

Joakim Heder bass

Micke Åsentorp bass

Jonas Soderlind drums

Robin Engström drums

Symphony Of The Damned 1990 independent

1. Whore Of Babylon 2. Symphony Of The Damned 3. Fatal Illusions 4. Last Rites 5. Lullaby 6. The Secret Doctrine 7. Tequila 8. Catacombs

9. War Without End

Charles RytkönenTony ErikssonTommi KarppanenJoakim LundbergJonas Soderlind

Knowing Just As I 1993 Black Mark

1. Enter The Oblivion 2. Red Moon 3. Salute The Sage 4. Rumours Of Rain 5. Excalibur 6. Modern Devil 7. Wonderland 8. Razamanaz 9. Battle Of Ever More

10. Knowing Just As I

Charles RytkönenTony ErikssonTommi KarppanenJoakim LundbergJonas Soderlind

Secret Doctrine 1993 Black Mark

1. Rooms Of Sleep 2. What Am I 3. Alley Of Oaks 4. Soldiers Of The Holy Empire 5. Paradise Lost 6. Nowhere Island 7. The Mirror 8. State Of Intoxication 9. Cold World 10. Lord Of The Rings 11. Last Rites 12. Dying Evolution

13. The Secret Doctrine

Charles RytkönenTony ErikssonTommi KarppanenJoakim HederJonas Soderlind

Sanctified 1995 Black Mark

1. Out In The Silence 2. Time Is God 3. To Isengard 4. Why ? 5. Mad Messiah 6. Another Dawn 7. In The Court Of The Crimson King 8. Sorrow Calls 9. Where Insanity Rules 10. Shadows Of God

11. Gil - God (the Sanctified)

Charles RytkönenTony ErikssonDaniel PerssonJoakim HederJonas Soderlind

Past Present Future 1996 Black Mark

1. Sculptures Of Pain 2. Lost Reflection 3. Rumours Of Rain 4. Alley Of Oaks 5. Battle Of Evermore 6. Voulez Vous 7. The Mirror 8. Last Rites 9. Sorrow Calls 10. Why?

11. Symphony Of The Damned

Maleficium 1996 Black Mark

1. The Chamber Of Confession 2. The Source Of Pain (chief Magistrate-a

Trial Begin) 3. Victim Of Inquisition (chief Magistrate-

testimony Of A Condemned Man) 4. Madness (chief Magistrate-beyond Pain) 5. A Final Farewell (chief Magistrate-father &

Daughter) 6. Maleficium (chief Magistrate-the Dying) 7. It (guardian-the Awakening) 8. The Master Of The Masquerade (guardian-

anger And Damnation) 9. Witches Garden (guardian-the Secret

Truth) 10. Dragons Lair (guardian-the Myth) 11. The Devil In Me (chief Magistrate-a

Meeting Between The Condemned) 12. Where Fallen Angels Rule (chief

Magistrate-a Message From Beyond)

13. Creatures Of Hierarchy (vultures Fete)

Charles RytkönenTony ErikssonDaniel PerssonJoakim HederJonas Soderlind

Fata Morgana (compilation) 1998 Black Mark

1. Master Of The Masquerade 2. Time Is God 3. Nowhere Island 4. Maleficium 5. Red Moon 6. To Isengard 7. Lord Of The Rings 8. Madness 9. What Am I 10. Excalibur 11. Mad Messiah 12. Paradise Lost 13. Wonderland

14. The Source Of Pain

Morgana Lefay 1999 Black Mark

1. Save Me 2. Loaded Gun 3. Lie 4. Kiss Of Death 5. Rage 6. Hate 7. Crash And Burn 8. Pain 9. Haunted 10. Darling Nikki

11. Por Favor

Daniel PerssonThomas PerssonJoakim HederJonas Soderlind

The Seventh Seal 1999 Noise

1. End Of Living 2. The Seventh Seal 3. I Am 4. The Boon He Gives 5. Moonlit Night 6. Child Of Time 7. Harga 8. So Strange 9. As Far As I Can Go 10. Shadow Empire

11. Bloodred Sky (bonus Track)

Charles RytkönenTony ErikssonPeter GrehnMicke ÅsentorpRobin Engström

Symphony Of The Damned 1999 Noise

1. The Whore Of Babylon 2. Symphony Of The Damned 3. Fatal Illusions 4. Last Rites 5. Lullaby 6. The Secret Doctrine 7. Tequila 8. Catacombs

9. War Without End

Charles RytkönenTony ErikssonPeter GrehnMicke ÅsentorpRobin Engström

SOS 2000 Noise

1. Save Our Souls 2. Cimmerian Dream 3. Sleepwalker 4. Epicedium 5. When Gargolyes Fly 6. What Dreams Forbode 7. Blood Red Sky 8. Help Me Out Of Here 9. The Quest For Reality

10. The Choice

Charles RytkönenTony ErikssonPeter GrehnMicke ÅsentorpRobin Engström

Grand Materia 2005 Black Mark

1. Grand Materia 2. My Funeral Is Calling 3. Only Endless Time Remains 4. Hollow 5. Edge Of Mind 6. On The Other Side 7. Sangreal (vinyl Bonus Track) 8. I Roam

Charles RytkönenTony ErikssonPeter GrehnFredrik LundbergRobin Engström

9. Emotional Sanctuary 10. Angels Deceit 11. The Operation Of The Sun 12. Blind

13. My Task Is Done

Mortician Origin: Yonkers, NY, USAGenres: Death Metal Status: ActiveOfficial Web Site Last Update: January 11, 2005

One of New York's cult death metal bands, Mortician has been around since 1989 in one form or another, with the duo of founder Will Rahmer and Roger Beaujard being the core of the band almost from the very beginning. Their music is classic death/grindcore, with a fascination of all things horror that is displayed not only in the album/song titles but also with frequent horror movie samples sprinkled throughout. They are one of the few death metal bands who employ a drum machine (in the studio -- Beaujard often plays drums live with touring guitarists filling in), having dismissed founding member and drummer Matt Sicher early on and never really finding a suitable replacement. Certainly not the most multi-dimensional band out there, but for horror-laced grindcore, one could do far worse.

Will Rahmer bass/vocals

Roger Beaujard drums/programming/guitars

former members

Ron Kachnic guitars

Desmond Tolhurst bass

(EP) Mortal Massacre 1993

1. Mortal Massacre 2. Drilling For Brains 3. Redrum 4. Mortician 5. Brutally Mutilated

6. Necrocannibal

Will RahmerRoger Beaujard

(EP) House By The Cemetary 1995 Relapse

1. Defiler Of The Dead 2. Barbaric Crueltie 3. World Domination 4. Driller Killer 5. House By The Cemetery 6. Procreation Of The Wicked 7. Scum 8. Gateway To Beyond 9. Flesheaters

10. Noturam Demondo

Will RahmerRoger Beaujard

Hacked Up For Barbeque 1998 Relapse

1. Bloodcraving 2. Embalmed Alive 3. Cremated 4. 3 On A Meathook 5. Brutally Mutilated 6. Deranged Insanity 7. Cannibal Feast 8. Blown To Pieces 9. Fog Of Death 10. Brutal Disfigurement 11. Apocalyptic Devastation 12. Inquisition 13. Hacked Up For Barbecue 14. Abolition 15. Necrocannibal 16. Ripped In Half 17. Morbid Butchery 18. Decapitated 19. Drilling For Brains 20. Eaten Alive By Maggots 21. Witches Coven 22. Worms 23. Annihilation

24. Mortician

Will RahmerRoger BeaujardDesmond Tolhurst

Zombie Apocalypse 1998 Relapse

1. Devoured Alive 2. Incinerated 3. Zombie Apocalypse 4. Slaughterhouse 5. Hell On Earth 6. F.O.D. (Fuck Of Death) 7. Horrified 8. Charred Corpses 9. Dissected

10. Blood Harvest

Will RahmerRoger BeaujardDesmond Tolhurst

Chainsaw Dismemberment 1999 Relapse

1. Stab 2. Fleshripper 3. Drowned In Your Blood 4. Mass Mutilation 5. Mauled Beyond Recognition 6. Rabid 7. Bloodshed 8. Decayed 9. Final Bloodbath 10. Island Of The Dead 11. Brutalized 12. Slaughtered 13. The Crazies 14. Silent Night, Bloody Night 15. Chainsaw Dismemberment 16. Psychotic Rage 17. Funeral Feast 18. Wolfen 19. Dark Sanity 20. Camp Blood 21. Tormented 22. Slaughterhouse (Part Ii) 23. Barbarian 24. Rats 25. Mater Tenebrarum 26. Splattered 27. Obliteration

28. Lords Of The Dead (Mortician Part Ii)

Will RahmerRoger BeaujardDesmond Tolhurst

Domain Of Death 2001 Relapse

1. Brood Of Evil 2. Maimed And Mutilated 3. Bonecrusher 4. The Hatchet Murders 5. Extinction Of Mankind 6. Domain Of Death 7. Cannibalized 8. Pulsating Protoplasma 9. Martin (The Vampire) 10. Telepathic Terror 11. Mutilation Of The Human Race 12. Wasteland Of Death 13. Dr. Gore 14. Extra Uterine Pregnancy 15. Tenebrae

Will RahmerRon KachnicRoger Beaujard

16. Devastation

17. Necromonicon Exmortis

Darkest Day Of Horror 2002 Relapse

1. Audra 2. Slowly Eaten 3. The Bloodseekers 4. Voodoo Curse 5. Massacred 6. Human Puzzle 7. Chopped To Pieces 8. Revenge 9. Mangled 10. Dead And Buried 11. Darkest Day Of Horror 12. Rampage 13. Cannibalistic Fiends 14. Carving Flesh 15. Ghost House 16. Vapourized 17. Pledge Night Of Death 18. Taste For Blood 19. Disintegrated

20. The Final Sacrifice

Will RahmerRon KachnicRoger Beaujard

Re-Animated Dead Flesh 2004 Crash

1. Werewolves Curse 2. Burned Alive 3. Bludgeoned 4. Merauding Savages 5. Skinned 6. Human Beasts 7. Bloodsoaked Carnage 8. Unseen Force Of Death 9. Torn Apart 10. Axe 11. Punishment 12. Re-Animated Dead Flesh 13. Buzzards 14. Madman Marz 15. Return To The Grave 16. Dismembered 17. The Dead Pit 18. Crazed For Blood 19. Slugs 20. Claws Of Death 21. Mass Destruction

22. Be My Victim

Will RahmerRoger Beaujard

Motorhead Origin: London, EnglandGenres: Status: ActiveOfficial Web Site Last Update: September 06, 2006

Surely one of the most recognized names in metal, Motorhead is one of those bands that seemlingly will never die, still touring and recording after 30 years in the business. Like other bands who have survived this long, they will always be best known for their earlier works, with 1980's Ace Of Spades being one of the best metal albums by any band, ever, period (really, the quartet of albums recorded by the Kilmister/Clarke/Taylor lineup, those being Overkill through Iron Fist, would alone cement their reputation as a quality act). Yet, despite rarely tinkering with their basic dirty speed/rock/metal style, Lemmy and his gang continue to churn out albums pretty regularly, and with suprisingly consistent results. At this point, it's hard to imagine Motorhead ever calling it a day.

Lemmy Kilmister bass/vocals

Phil Campbell guitars

Mikkey Dee drums (see also Helloween, King Diamond)

former members

Larry Wallis guitars

Eddie Clarke guitars (see also Fastway)

Brian Robertson guitars

Wurzel guitars (see also Warhead)

Lucas Fox drums

Philthy Taylor drums

Pete Gill drums (see also Saxon, Son Of A Bitch)

On Parole 1976 EMI

1. Vibrator 2. Iron Horse- Born To Lose 3. City Kids

Lemmy Kilmister

4. Fools 5. The Watcher 6. Leaving Here

7. Lost Johnny

Larry WallisLucas Fox

Motorhead 1977 Bronze

Internet Top Ten Album

1. Motörhead 2. Vibrator 3. Lost Johnny 4. Iron Horse 5. Keep Us On The Road 6. The Watcher 7. Born To Lose 8. White Line Fever

9. The Train Kept A Rollin'

Lemmy KilmisterEddie ClarkePhilthy Taylor

Overkill 1979 Bronze

BNR and Internet Top Ten Album

1. Overkill 2. Stay Clean 3. (i Won't) Pay Your Price 4. I'll Be Your Sister 5. Capricorn 6. No Class 7. Damage Case 8. Tear Ya Down 9. Metropolis

10. Limb From Limb

Lemmy KilmisterEddie ClarkePhilthy Taylor

Bomber 1979 Bronze

BNR and Internet Top Ten Album

1. Dead Men Tell No Tales 2. Lawman 3. Sweet Revenge 4. Sharpshooter 5. Poison 6. Stone Dead Forever 7. All The Aces 8. Step Down 9. Talking Head

Lemmy KilmisterEddie ClarkePhilthy Taylor

10. Bomber

11. Over The Top

Ace Of Spades 1980 Bronze

BNR and Internet Top Ten Album

1. Ace Of Spades 2. Love Me Like A Reptile 3. Shoot You In The Back 4. Live To Win 5. Fast And Loose 6. (we Are) The Road Crew 7. Fire, Fire 8. Jailbait 9. Dance 10. Bite The Bullet 11. The Chase Is Better Than The Catch 12. The Hammer 13. Dirty Love 14. Please Don't Touch

15. Emergency

Lemmy KilmisterEddie ClarkePhilthy Taylor

No Sleep Til Hammersmith 1981 Bronze

Internet Top Ten Album

1. Ace Of Spades 2. Stay Clean 3. Metropolis 4. The Hammer 5. Iron Horse 6. No Class 7. Overkill 8. (we Are) The Road Crew 9. Capricorn 10. Bomber 11. Motorhead 12. Over The Top 13. Leaving Here 14. Stone Dead Forever 15. Dead Men Tell No Tales

16. Too Late, Too Late

Lemmy KilmisterEddie ClarkePhilthy Taylor

Iron Fist 1982 Bronze

BNR and Internet Top Ten Album

1. Iron Fist 2. Heart Of Stone 3. I'm The Doctor 4. Go To Hell 5. Loser 6. Sex & Outrage 7. America 8. Shut It Down 9. Speedfreak 10. (don't Let 'em) Grind Ya Down 11. (don't Need) Religion

12. Bang To Rights

Lemmy KilmisterEddie ClarkePhilthy Taylor

Another Perfect Day 1983 Bronze

Internet Top Ten Album

1. Back At The Funny Farm 2. Shine 3. Dancing On Your Grave 4. Rock It 5. One Track Mind 6. Another Perfect Day 7. Marching Off To War 8. I Got Mine 9. Tales Of Glory

10. Die You Bastard

Lemmy KilmisterBrian RobertsonPhilthy Taylor

No Remorse 1984 Roadrunner

1. Ace Of Spades 2. Motorhead 3. Jailbait 4. Stay Clean 5. Too Late, Too Late 6. Killed By Death 7. Bomber 8. Iron Fist 9. Shine 10. Dancing On Your Grave 11. Metropolis 12. Snaggletooth 13. Overkill 14. Please Don't Touch 15. Stone Dead Forever 16. Like A Nightmare 17. Emergency 18. Steal Your Face 19. Louie, Louie 20. No Class 21. Iron Horse 22. (we Are) The Road Crew 23. Leaving Here (live)

24. Locomotive

Lemmy KilmisterPhil CampbellWurzelPhilthy Taylor

The Birthday Party 1985

1. Iron Fist 2. Mean Machine 3. On The Road 4. (we Are) The Road Crew 5. The Hammer 6. Metropolis 7. Ace Of Spades 8. Steal Your Face 9. Nothing Up My Sleeve 10. Bite The Bullet 11. The Chase Is Better Than The Catch 12. No Class 13. Killed By Death 14. Bomber

15. Motörhead

Orgasmatron 1986 GWR

1. Deaf Forever 2. Nothing Up My Sleeve 3. Ain't My Crime 4. Claw 5. Mean Machine 6. Built For Speed 7. Riding With The Driver 8. Doctor Rock

9. Orgasmatron

Lemmy KilmisterPhil CampbellWurzelPete Gill

Rock 'n' Roll 1987 GWR

1. Rock N Roll 2. Eat The Rich 3. Blackheart 4. Stone Deaf In The Usa 5. The Wolf 6. Traitor 7. Dogs 8. All For You 9. Boogeyman 10. Cradle To The Grave

11. Just 'cos You Got The Power

Lemmy KilmisterPhil CampbellWurzelPhilthy Taylor

No Sleep At All 1990 Roadrunner

1. Dr. Rock 2. Stay Clean 3. Traitor 4. Metropolis 5. Dogs 6. Ace Of Spades 7. Eat The Rich 8. Built For Speed 9. Deaf Forever 10. Just Cos You Got The Power 11. Killed By Death

12. Overkill

Lemmy KilmisterPhil CampbellWurzelPhilthy Taylor

1916 1991 Sony

1. The One To Sing The Blues 2. I'm So Bad (baby I Don't Care) 3. No Voices In The Sky 4. Going To Brazil 5. Nightmare - The Dreamtime 6. Love Me Forever 7. Angel City 8. Make My Day 9. R.a.m.o.n.e.s. 10. Shut You Down

11. 1916

Lemmy KilmisterPhil CampbellWurzelPhilthy Taylor

March Or Die 1992 Sony

1. Stand 2. Cat Scratch Fever 3. Bad Religion 4. Jack The Ripper 5. I Ain't No Nice Guy 6. Hellraiser 7. Asylum Choir 8. Too Good To Be True 9. You Better Run 10. Name In Vain

11. March Or Die

Lemmy KilmisterPhil CampbellWurzelMikkey Dee

Bastards 1993 ZYX

1. On Your Feet Or On Your Knees 2. Burner 3. Death Or Glory 4. I Am The Sword 5. Born To Raise Hell 6. Don't Let Daddy Kiss Me

Lemmy KilmisterPhil CampbellWurzelMikkey Dee

7. Bad Woman 8. Liar 9. Lost In The Ozone 10. I'm Your Man 11. We Bring The Shake

12. Devils

Sacrifice 1995 CMC

1. Sacrifice 2. Sex And Death 3. Over Your Shoulder 4. War For War 5. Order / Fade To Black 6. Dog-face Boy 7. All Gone To Hell 8. Make 'em Blind 9. Don't Waste Your Time 10. In Another Time

11. Out Of The Sun

Lemmy KilmisterPhil CampbellWurzelMikkey Dee

Overnight Sensation 1996 CMC

1. Civil War 2. Crazy Like A Fox 3. I Don't Believe A Word 4. Eat The Gun 5. Overnight Sensation 6. Love Can't Buy You Money 7. Broken 8. Them Not Me 9. Murder Show 10. Shake The World

11. Listen To Your Heart

Lemmy KilmisterPhil CampbellMikkey Dee

Snake Bite Love 1998 CMC

1. Love For Sale 2. Dogs Of War 3. Snake Bite Love 4. Assasin 5. Take The Blame 6. Dead And Gone 7. Night Side 8. Don't Lie To Me 9. Joy Of Labour 10. Desperate For You

11. Better Off Dead

Lemmy KilmisterPhil CampbellMikkey Dee

Everything Louder Than Everyone Else 1999 CMC

Lemmy KilmisterPhil CampbellMikkey Dee

We Are Motorhead 2000 CMC

1. See Me Burning 2. Slow Dance 3. Stay Out Of Jail 4. God Save The Queen 5. Out To Lunch 6. Wake The Dead 7. One More Fucking Time 8. Stagefright/crash And Burn 9. (wearing Your) Heart On Your Sleeve

10. We Are Motorhead

Lemmy KilmisterPhil CampbellMikkey Dee

The Best Of Motorhead 2000 CMC

Hammered 2002 SPV

1. Walk A Crooked Mile 2. Down The Line 3. Brave New World 4. Voices From The War 5. Mine All Mine 6. Shut Your Mouth 7. Kill The World 8. Dr. Love 9. No Remorse 10. Red Raw 11. Serial Killer

Lemmy KilmisterPhil CampbellMikkey Dee

12. The Game (bonus Track)

Inferno 2004 SPV

Internet Top Ten Album

1. Terminal Show 2. Killers 3. In The Name Of Tragedy 4. Suicide 5. Life's A Bitch 6. Down On Me 7. In The Black 8. Fight 9. In The Year Of The Wolf 10. Keys To The Kingdom 11. Smiling Like A Killer

12. Whorehouse Blues

Lemmy KilmisterPhil CampbellMikkey Dee

Kiss Of Death 2006 SPV

1. Sucker 2. One Night Stand 3. Devil I Know Trigger 4. Under The Gun 5. God Was Never On Your Side 6. Living In The Past 7. Christine 8. Sword Of Glory 9. Be My Baby 10. Kingdom Of The Worm

11. Going Down

Lemmy KilmisterPhil CampbellMikkey Dee

My Dying Bride Origin: EnglandGenres: Doomdeath Status: ActiveOfficial Web Site Last Update: November 10, 2006

One of the three British bands acknowledged as originators in the field of doomdeath metal (the others being Paradise Lost and Anathema), My Dying Bride have matured into a powerful dark metal band, incorporating slight goth influences into their distinctive

somber style. The style of the band has remained steady throughout their career, with a partial departure being some of the mid-period albums (notably 34.788% ... Complete) where a cleaner vocal style was prevalent. Yet the band has never stagnated, and continues to push the boundaries of extreme doom metal, recording with regularity every year or two, and always releasing quality material.

Aaron Stainthorpe vocals

Andy Craighan guitars

Hamish Glencross guitars (see also Solstice)

Ade Jackson bass

Sarah Stanton keyboards

John Bennett drums

former members

Calvin Robertshaw guitars

Yasmin Ahmid keyboards

Martin Powell vocals/violin (see also Anathema, Cradle Of Filth)

Rick Miah drums

Bill Law drums (see also Dominion)

Shaun Steels drums (see also Anathema, Solstice)

(EP) Symphonaire Infernus Et Spera Empyrium 1991 Peaceville

1. Symphonaire Infernus Et Spera Empyrium 2. God Is Alone

3. De Sade Soliloquay

Aaron StainthorpeAndy CraighanCalvin RobertshawAde JacksonRick Miah

As The Flower Withers 1992 Peaceville

BNR Top Ten Album

1. Silent Dance 2. Sear Me 3. The Forever People 4. The Bitterness And The Bereavement 5. Vast Choirs 6. The Return Of The Beautiful

7. Erotic Literature

Aaron StainthorpeAndy CraighanCalvin RobertshawAde JacksonRick Miah

(EP) The Thrash Of Naked Limbs 1993 Peaceville

1. The Thrash Of Naked Limbs 2. Le Cerf Malade

3. Gather Me Up Forever

Aaron StainthorpeAndy CraighanCalvin RobertshawAde JacksonRick Miah

Turn Loose The Swans 1994 Peaceville

1. Sear Me Mcmxciii 2. Your River 3. The Songless Bird 4. The Snow In My Hand 5. The Crown Of Sympathy 6. Turn Loose The Swans

7. Black God

Aaron StainthorpeAndy CraighanCalvin RobertshawAde JacksonMartin PowellRick Miah

(EP) I Am The Bloody Earth 1994 Peaceville

1. I Am The Bloody Earth 2. Transcending (into The Exquisite)

3. The Crown Of Sympathy (remix)

Aaron StainthorpeAndy CraighanCalvin RobertshawAde JacksonMartin PowellRick Miah

The Angel And The Dark River 1995 Peaceville

1. Cry Of Mankind 2. From Darkest Skies 3. Black Voyage 4. A Sea To Suffer In 5. Two Winters Only 6. Your Shameful Heaven

7. The Sexuality Of Bereavement (digipack Bonus)

Aaron StainthorpeAndy CraighanCalvin RobertshawAde JacksonMartin PowellRick Miah

Trinity (EP compilation) 1995 Peaceville

1. Symphonaire Infernus Et Spera Empyrium 2. God Is Alone 3. De Sade Soliloquay 4. The Thrash Of Naked Limbs 5. Le Cerf Malade 6. Gather Me Up Forever 7. I Am The Bloody Earth 8. The Sexuality Of Bereavement

9. The Crown Of Sympathy (remix)

Aaron StainthorpeAndy CraighanCalvin RobertshawAde JacksonRick Miah

Like Gods Of The Sun 1996 Peaceville

1. Like Gods Of The Sun 2. The Dark Caress 3. Grace Unhearing 4. A Kiss To Remember 5. All Swept Away 6. For You 7. It Will Come 8. Here In The Throat 9. For My Fallen Angel

10. It Will Come (nightmare) (digipack Bonus)

Aaron StainthorpeAndy CraighanCalvin RobertshawAde JacksonMartin PowellRick Miah

34.788% ... Complete 1998 Peaceville

1. The Whore, The Cook And The Mother 2. The Stance Of Evander Sinque 3. Der Uberlebende 4. Heroin Chic 5. Apocalypse Woman 6. Base Level Erotica

7. Under Your Wings And Into Your Arms

Aaron StainthorpeAndy CraighanCalvin RobertshawAde JacksonBill Law

The Light At The End Of The World 1999 Peaceville

1. She Is The Dark 2. Edenbeast 3. The Night He Died 4. The Light At The End Of The World 5. The Fever Sea 6. Into The Lake Of Ghosts 7. The Isis Script 8. Christliar

9. Sear Me Iii

Aaron StainthorpeAndy CraighanCalvin RobertshawAde JacksonShaun Steels

Meisterwerk 1 (compilation) 2000 Peaceville

1. Symphonaire Infernus Et Spera Empyrium (demo Version)

2. The Crown Of Sympathy 3. The Grief Of Age 4. A Kiss To Remember 5. Grace Unhearing (portishell Mix) 6. For You 7. Unreleased Bitterness 8. Sear Me Iii

9. The Cry Of Mankind (bonus Video Track)

Meisterwerk 2 (compilation) 2001 Peaceville

1. Sear Me Mcmxciii 2. Follower 3. Vast Choirs 4. She Is The Dark 5. Catching Feathers 6. Two Winters Only 7. Your River 8. Some Velvet Morning 9. Roads

10. For You (bonus Video Track)

The Dreadful Hours 2001 Peaceville

1. The Dreadful Hours 2. Raven And The Rose 3. Le Figlie Della Tempesta 4. Black Heart Romance 5. A Cruel Taste Of Winter 6. My Hope The Destroyer 7. The Deepest Of All Hearts

8. Return To The Beautiful

Aaron StainthorpeAndy CraighanHamish GlencrossAde JacksonYasmin AhmidShaun Steels

The Voice Of The Wretched (live) 2002 Peaceville

1. She Is The Dark 2. The Snow In My Hand 3. Cry Of Mankind 4. Turn Loose The Swans 5. A Cruel Taste Of Winter 6. Under Your Wings And Into Your Arms 7. A Kiss To Remember 8. Your River 9. The Fever Sea

10. Symphonaire Infernus Et Spera Empyrium

Aaron StainthorpeAndy CraighanHamish GlencrossAde JacksonYasmin AhmidShaun Steels

Songs Of Darkness, Words Of Light 2004 Peaceville

Internet Top Ten Album

1. The Wreckage Of My Flesh 2. The Scarlet Garden 3. Catherine Blake 4. My Wine In Silence 5. The Prize Of Beauty 6. The Blue Lotus 7. And My Fury Stands Ready

8. A Doomed Lover

Aaron StainthorpeAndy CraighanHamish GlencrossAde JacksonSarah StantonShaun Steels

A Line Of Deathless Kings 2006 Peaceville

1. To Remain Tombless 2. L'amour Detruit 3. I Cannot Be Loved 4. And I Walk With Them 5. Thy Raven Wings 6. Love's Intolerable Pain 7. One Of Beauty's Daughters 8. Deeper Down

9. The Blood, The Wine, The Roses

Aaron StainthorpeAndy CraighanHamish GlencrossAde JacksonSarah StantonJohn Bennett

Napalm Death Origin: Birmingham, EnglandGenres: Death Metal , Grindcore Status: Active

Official Web Site Last Update: December 03, 2006

Napalm Death is one of the founding fathers of grindcore, that subdivision of death metal consisting of very short, very fast, chaotic blurs of noise. Their debut album, Scum, is a landmark in the field, but is also notable since not one, not two, but three different members left after that album and formed enormously influential and successful bands in their own (these being Bill Steer, who founded Carcass, Lee Dorrian (Cathedral), and Justin Broadrick (Godflesh)). By 1990's Harmony Corruption a largely different lineup was in place (in fact, soon after the band had completed a complete makeover, with no remaining original members), and while the focus slightly shifted from grindcore to death metal, they still set standards for brutality in extreme music. The later nineties showed the band almost in thrash mode, but following their split from Earache Records, they have returned (at least in part) to their grindcore roots.

RIP: former guitarist Jesse Pintado, August 27, 2006, of complications resulting from a diabetic coma.

Mark "Barney" Greenway vocals (see also Benediction)

Mitch Harris guitars (see also Meathook Seed)

Shane Embury bass (see also Brujeria, Lock Up, Meathook Seed)

Danny Herrera drums

former members

Lee Dorrian vocals (see also Cathedral)

Bill Steer guitars (see also Carcass, Firebird)

Justin Broadrick guitars (see also Godflesh, Head Of David, Jesu)

Jesse Pintado guitars (see also Lock Up, Terrorizer)

Nik Bullen bass/vocals

Jim Whitely bass

Mick Harris drums (see also Praxis)

Scum 1987 Earache

1. Multinational Corporations 2. Instinct Of Survival 3. The Kill 4. Scum 5. Caught... In A Dream 6. Polluted Minds 7. Sacrificed 8. Siege Of Power 9. Control 10. Born On Your Knees 11. Human Garbage 12. You Suffer 13. Life? 14. Prison Without Walls 15. Point Of No Return 16. Negative Approach 17. Success? 18. Deceiver 19. C.s. 20. Parasites 21. Pseudo Youth 22. Divine Death 23. As The Machine Rolls On 24. Common Enemy 25. Moral Crusade 26. Stigmatized 27. M.a.d.

28. Dragnet

Lee DorrianBill SteerJustin BroadrickNik BullenJim WhitelyMick Harris

From Enslavement To Obliteration 1988 Earache

1. Evolved As One 2. It's A M.a.n. S World! 3. Lucid Fairytale 4. Private Death 5. Impressions 6. Unchallenged Hate 7. Uncertainty Blurs The Vision 8. Cock Rock Alienation 9. Retreat To Nowhere 10. Think For A Minute 11. Display To Me . . . 12. From Enslavement To Obliteration 13. Blind To The Truth 14. Social Sterility 15. Emotional Suffocation 16. Practice What You Preach 17. Inconceivable? 18. Worlds Apart 19. Obstinate Direction 20. Mentally Murdered 21. Sometimes 22. Make Way! 23. Musclehead 24. Your Achievement 25. Dead 26. Morbid Deceiver

27. Curse

Lee DorrianBill SteerShane EmburyMick Harris

(EP) Mentally Murdered 1989 Earache

Lee DorrianBill SteerShane EmburyMick Harris

Harmony Corruption 1990 Earache

1. Vision Conquest 2. If The Truth Be Known 3. Inner Incineration 4. Malicious Intent 5. Unfit Earth 6. Circle Of Hipocrisy 7. The Chains That Bind Us 8. Mind Snare 9. Suffer The Children

10. Hiding Behind (cd Bonus Track)

Mark "Barney" GreenwayJesse PintadoMitch HarrisShane EmburyMick Harris

(EP) Mass Appeal Madness 1991 Earache

1. Mass Appeal Madness 2. Pride Assassin 3. Unchallenged Hate

4. Social Sterility

Mark "Barney" GreenwayJesse PintadoMitch HarrisShane EmburyMick Harris

Death By Manipulation (compilation) 1991 Earache

1. Mass Appeal Madness 2. Pride Assassin 3. Unchallenged Hate 4. Social Sterility 5. Suffer The Children 6. Siege Of Power 7. Harmony Corruption 8. Rise Above 9. The Missing Link 10. Mentally Murdered 11. Walls Of Confinement 12. Cause And Effect 13. No Mental Effort 14. Multinational Corporations Pt. 2 15. Re-address The Problem 16. Changing Colours 17. From The Ashes

18. Understanding 19. Stalemate 20. Unchallenged Hate (us Cd Bonus Track) 21. Mentally Murdered (us Cd Bonus Track)

22. Walls Of Confinement (us Cd Bonus Track)

Utopia Banished 1992 Earache

1. Discordance 2. I Abstain 3. Dementia Access 4. Christening Of The Blind 5. The World Keeps Turning 6. Idiosyncratic 7. Aryanisms 8. Cause And Effect (pt. Ii) 9. Judicial Slime 10. Distorting The Medium 11. Got Time To Kill 12. Upward And Uninterested 13. Exile 14. Awake (to A Life Of Misery)

15. Contemptuous

Mark "Barney" GreenwayJesse PintadoMitch HarrisShane EmburyDanny Herrera

(EP) Nazi Punks Fuck Off 1994 Earache

1. Nazi Punks Fuck Off 2. Aryanisms 3. Nazi Punks Fuck Off (live)

4. Contemptuous (xtreem Mix)

Mark "Barney" GreenwayJesse PintadoMitch HarrisShane EmburyDanny Herrera

Fear, Emptiness, Despair 1994 Earache

1. Twist The Knife (slowly) 2. Hung 3. Remain Nameless 4. Plague Rages 5. More Than Meets The Eye 6. Primed Time 7. State Of Mind 8. Armageddon X7 9. Retching On The Dirt 10. Fasting On Deception

11. Throwaway

Mark "Barney" GreenwayJesse PintadoMitch HarrisShane EmburyDanny Herrera

(EP) Greed Killing 1995 Earache

1. Greed Killings 2. My Own Worst Enemy 3. Self Betrayal 4. Finer Truths, White Lies 5. Antibody 6. All Links Severed

7. Plague Rages

Mark "Barney" GreenwayJesse PintadoMitch HarrisShane EmburyDanny Herrera

Diatribes 1996 Earache

1. Greed Killing 2. Glimpse Into Genocide 3. Ripe For The Breaking 4. Cursed To Crawl 5. Cold Forgiveness 6. My Own Worst Enemy 7. Just Rewards 8. Dogma 9. Take The Strain 10. Diatribes 11. Placate, Sedate, Eradicate

12. Corrosive Elements

Mark "Barney" GreenwayJesse PintadoMitch HarrisShane EmburyDanny Herrera

Inside The Torn Apart 1997 Earache

1. Breed To Breathe 2. Birth In Regress 3. Section 4. Reflect On Conflict 5. Down In The Zero 6. Inside The Torn Apart 7. If Symptoms Persist 8. Prelude 9. Indispose 10. Purist Realist 11. Lowpoint 12. Lifeless Alarm 13. Time Will Come

14. Bled Dry

Mark "Barney" GreenwayJesse PintadoMitch HarrisShane EmburyDanny Herrera

Words From The Exit Wound 1998 Earache

1. Repression Out Of Uniform 2. Next Of Kin To Chaos 3. Trio-degradable/affixed By Disconcern 4. Cleanse Impure 5. Devouring Depraved 6. Ulterior Exterior 7. None The Wiser? 8. Clutching At Barbs

9. Incendiary Incoming

Mark "Barney" GreenwayJesse PintadoMitch HarrisShane EmburyDanny Herrera

(EP) Leaders Not Followers 1999 Dreamcatcher

1. Politicians 2. Incinerator 3. Demonic Possession 4. Maggots In Your Coffin 5. Back From The Dead

6. Nazi Punks Fuck Off (hidden Track)

Mark "Barney" GreenwayJesse PintadoMitch HarrisShane EmburyDanny Herrera

Enemy Of The Music Business 2000 Dreamcatcher

1. Take The Poison 2. Next On The List 3. Constitutional Hell 4. Vermin 5. Volume Of Neglect 6. Thanks For Nothing 7. Can't Play, Won't Pay 8. Blunt Against The Cutting Edge 9. Cure For The Common People 10. Necessarily Evil 11. C.s. (conservative Shithead), Pt. 2 12. Mechanics Of Deceit 13. (the Public Gets) What The Public Doesn't

Want

14. Fracture In The Equation

Mark "Barney" GreenwayJesse PintadoMitch HarrisShane EmburyDanny Herrera

Order Of The Leech 2002 Dreamcatcher

1. Continuing War On Stupidity 2. The Icing On The Hate 3. Forced To Fear 4. Narcoleptic 5. Out Of Sight.out Of Mind 6. To Lower Yourself (blind Servitude) 7. Lowest Common Denominator 8. Forewarned Is Disarmed ? 9. Per Capita 10. Farce And Fiction

Mark "Barney" GreenwayMitch HarrisShane EmburyDanny Herrera

11. Blows To The Body

12. The Great Capitulator

Leaders Not Followers: Part 2 2004 Century Media

1. Lowlife 2. Face Down In The Dirt 3. Devastation 4. Messiah 5. Victims Of A Bomb Raid 6. Fright Night 7. War’s No Fairytale 8. Conform 9. Master 10. Fire, Death, Faith 11. Root Of Violence 12. Game Of The Arseholes 13. Clangor Of War 14. Dope Fiend 15. I’m Tired 16. Troops Of Doom 17. Bedtime Story 18. Blind Justice

19. Hate, Fear & Power

Mark "Barney" GreenwayMitch HarrisShane EmburyDanny Herrera

The Code Is Red ... Long Live The Code 2005 Century Media

Internet Top Ten Album

1. Silence Is Deafening 2. Right You Are 3. Diplomatic Immunity 4. The Code Is Red... Long Live The Code 5. Climate Controllers 6. Instruments Of Persuasion 7. The Great And The Good 8. Sold Short 9. All Hail The Grey Dawn 10. Vegetative State 11. Pay For The Privilege Of Breathing! 12. Pledge Yourself To You 13. Striding Purposefully Backwards 14. Morale

15. Our Pain Is Their Power

Mark "Barney" GreenwayMitch HarrisShane EmburyDanny Herrera

Smear Campaign 2006 Century Media

1. Weltschmerz (intro) 2. Sink Fast Let Go 3. Fatalist 4. Puritanical Punishment Beating

Mark "Barney" Greenway

5. Well All Is Said And Done 6. Freedom Is The Wage Of Sin 7. In Deference 8. Short-lived 9. Identity Crisis 10. Shattered Existence 11. Eyes Right Out 12. Warped Beyond Logic 13. Rabid Wolves (for Christ) 14. Deaf And Dumbstruck (intelligent Design) 15. Persona Non Grata

16. Smear Campaign

Mitch HarrisShane EmburyDanny Herrera

Twisting The Knife

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Pantera Origin: Texas, USAGenres: Status: DisbandedOfficial Web Site Last Update: December 09, 2004

With the release of 1990's Cowboys From Hell, Pantera rocketed to superstardom, fashioning a post-thrash, extreme metal style that has since been copied by countless other bands. At the time, many thought that Pantera had sprung from nowhere, but as fans of the band at the time know, no fewer than four albums preceded Cowboys, released independently by the band during what some call Pantera's "glam" era. In reality, Pantera never was a glam band, but those four albums (in particular, the first three) do show a very different side of the band, with an accessible style that at times sounded like 80's era Judas Priest and occasionally wandered into a heavier Motley Crue style, due at least in part to then-vocalist Terrence Lee's voice. Darrell's guitar work was particularly noteworthy, flashy yet controlled, though again not really close in style to "modern" Pantera. The fourth album, 1988's Power Metal, was the first to feature Phil Anselmo, and in retrospect is a perfect bridge between the mainstream style of the first trio of albums and the pure heaviness of Cowboys. Since Cowboys, of course, the band has been unstoppable, refining and perfecting their style with each successive release, gaining in popularity year after year.

Though no formal announcement was ever really made, Pantera is done, the band laying low for a couple of years following their last studio album, 2000's Reinventing The Steel. Anselmo, after being involved in many projects, is now devoting his time to

Superjoint Ritual, while the Abbotts formed a new band, Damageplan (formerly known as New Found Power). Rex Brown is working with Crowbar.

The metal world was dealt a shocking and tragic blow when former guitarist Dimebag Darrell was shot and killed while performing onstage in Columbus, Ohio on December 8, 2004. The gunman, whose motive may never truly be known, killed three others before himself being shot by a police officer.

Phil Anselmo vocals (see also Down, Necrophagia, Superjoint Ritual, Viking Crown)

Darrell Abbott guitars (see also Damageplan)

Rex Brown bass (see also Crowbar, Down)

Vince Abbott drums (see also Damageplan)

former members

Terrence Lee vocals

Metal Magic 1983 independent

1. Ride My Rocket 2. I'Ll Be Alright 3. Tell Me If You Want It 4. Latest Lover 5. Biggest Part Of Me 6. Metal Magic 7. Widowmaker 8. Nothin' On (But The Radio) 9. Sad Lover

10. Rock Out !

Terrence LeeDarrell AbbottRex BrownVince Abbott

Projects In The Jungle 1984 independent

1. All Over Tonite 2. Out For Blood 3. Blue Light Turning Red 4. Like Fire 5. In Over My Head 6. Projects In The Jungle 7. Heavy Metal Rules !

Terrence LeeDarrell AbbottRex BrownVince Abbott

8. Only A Heartbeat Away 9. Killers

10. Takin My Life

I Am The Night 1985 independent

1. Hot And Heavy 2. I Am The Night 3. Onward We Rock ! 4. D*G*T*T*M 5. Daughters Of The Queen 6. Down Below 7. Come-On Eyes 8. Right On The Edge 9. Valhalla

10. Forever Tonight

Terrence LeeDarrell AbbottRex BrownVince Abbott

Power Metal 1988 independent

1. Rock The World 2. Power Metal 3. We'Ll Meet Again 4. Over And Out 5. Proud To Be Loud 6. Down Below 7. Death Trap 8. Hard Ride 9. Burnnn!

10. P*S*T* 88

Phil AnselmoDarrell AbbottRex BrownVince Abbott

Cowboys From Hell 1990 Atlantic

Internet Top Ten Album

1. Cowboys From Hell 2. Primal Concrete Sledge 3. Psycho Holiday 4. Heresy 5. Cemetery Gates 6. Domination 7. Shattered 8. Clash With Reality 9. Medicine Man 10. Message In Blood 11. The Sleep

Phil AnselmoDarrell AbbottRex BrownVince Abbott

12. The Art Of Shredding

Vulgar Display Of Power 1992 Atlantic

Internet Top Ten Album

1. Mouth For War 2. A New Level 3. Walk 4. Fuckin Hostile 5. This Love 6. Rise 7. No Good (Attack The Radical) 8. Live In A Hole 9. Regular People (Conceit) 10. By Demons Be Driven

11. Hollow

Phil AnselmoDarrell AbbottRex BrownVince Abbott

Far Beyond Driven 1994 Atlantic

Internet Top Ten Album

1. Strength Beyond Strength 2. Becoming 3. 5 Minutes Alone 4. I'M Broken 5. Good Friends And A Bottle Of Pills 6. Hard Lines, Sunken Cheeks 7. Slaughtered 8. 25 Years 9. Shedding Skin 10. Use My Third Arm 11. Throes Of Rejection

12. Planet Caravan

Phil AnselmoDarrell AbbottRex BrownVince Abbott

The Great Southern Trendkill 1996 Elektra

Internet Top Ten Album

1. The Great Southern Trendkill 2. War Nerve 3. Drag The Waters 4. 10'S 5. 13 Steps 6. Suicide Note Part 1 7. Suicide Note Part 2 8. Living Through Me (Hell'S Wrath) 9. Floods 10. Underground In America

11. (Reprise) Sandblasted Skin

Phil AnselmoDarrell AbbottRex BrownVince Abbott

Official Live: 101 Proof 1997 Eastwest

1. New Level 2. Walk 3. Becoming 4. 5 Minutes Alone 5. Sandblasted Skin 6. Suicide Note, Pt. 2 7. War Nerve 8. Strength Beyond Strength 9. Dom/Hollow 10. This Love 11. I'M Broken 12. Cowboys From Hell 13. Cemetery Gates 14. Hostile 15. Where You Come From

16. I Can'T Hide

Phil AnselmoDarrell AbbottRex BrownVince Abbott

Reinventing The Steel 2000 Elektra

Internet Top Ten Album

1. Hell Bound 2. Goddamn Electric 3. Yesterday Don'T Mean Shit 4. You'Ve Got To Belong To It 5. Revolution Is My Name 6. Death Rattle 7. We'Ll Grind That Axe For A Long Time 8. Up Lift 9. It Makes Them Disappear

10. I'Ll Cast A Shadow

Phil AnselmoDarrell AbbottRex BrownVince Abbott

Far Beyond The Great Southern Cowboy Vulgar 2003 Elektra

1. Cowboys From Hell 2. Cemetary Gates 3. Walk 4. Mouth For War 5. This Love 6. I'M Broken 7. Becoming 8. 5 Minutes Alone 9. Planet Caravan 10. Drag The Waters 11. Where You Come From (Live) 12. Cat Scratch Fever 13. I'Ll Cast A Shadow 14. Goddamn Electric

15. Revolution Is My Name

16. Hole In The Sky

Penumbra Origin: FranceGenres: Gothic Metal Status: ActiveOfficial Web Site Last Update: August 04, 2006

Formed in 1996, Penumbra is one of the few French bands in the gothic metal field, with their most recent album, The Last Bewitchment, bearing some strong similarities to Tristania, particularly when the choir vocals are in full force. Like Tristania and others, a variety of vocal styles and instruments are prevalent, ranging from blackened growls to female sopranos to the aforementioned choirs, to a tasteful use of the oboe in several places. They may be an album away from truly establishing their own identity, but gothic metal fans will certainly enjoy this band.

Jarlaath vocals/oboe

Asphodel vocals

Neo guitars

Loic guitars

Agone bass

Zoltan keyboards

Arathelis drums

former members

Medusa vocals

Anita Covelli vocals

Dorian guitars

Nicolas bass

Herr Rick drums

Garlic drums

Aramis backing vocals

Elise backing vocals

Emanate 1999 Serenades

1. Intro 2. Lycanthrope 3. New Scaring Senses 4. Bloody Experience 5. Falling Into My Soul 6. Turn Them Off 7. Doppleganger

8. Underwater Dream

JarlaathMedusaNeoDorianNicolasZoltanHerr RickAramisElise

The Last Bewitchment 2002 Season Of Mist

1. Neutral 2. Priestess In My Dreams 3. The Last Bewitchment 4. Moaning On Earth 5. Insurrection 6. Testament 7. The Young Martyr 8. A Torrent Of Fears

9. Pie Jesu

JarlaathMedusaNeoDorianAgoneZoltanGarlic

Seclusion 2003 Season Of Mist

1. Tragical Memories 2. Cursed Destiny 3. Seclusion 4. The Prophetess 5. Hope 6. Crimson Tail 7. Conception

8. Enclosed

JarlaathAnita CovelliNeoDorianAgoneZoltanArathelis

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P.O.D. Origin: San Diego, CA, USAGenres: Christian Metal , Nu-Metal Status: ActiveLast Update: May 20, 2004

P.O.D. (Payable On Death) is a San Diego nu-metal band that draws from some familiar influences (Rage Against The Machine (particularly the earlier releases), and Korn, to name two), as well as throwing their own originality into the mix. They have been referred to as a Christian band by others, and though there is definite spirituality in the lyrics, they don't come across as preachy or heavy-handed in their approach, nor are they entirely comfortable with the label of Christian band. After a string of locally-released albums, they signed to Atlantic and hit it big with 2001's Satellite. More recently has come the first lineup change, with guitarist Marcos Curiel deciding to pursue other interests. His replacement is a veteran in the Christian extreme metal scene, former Living Sacrifice guitarist Jason Truby. 2003's Payable On Death, the first featuring Truby, is in general a more relaxed alterna-nu-metal album, though also more diverse in its approach.

Sonny Sandoval vocals

Jason Truby guitars (see also Living Sacrifice)

Traa Daniels bass

Noah "Wuv" Bernardo drums

former members

Marcos Curiel guitars

Snuff The Punk 1996 Rescue

1. Coming Back 2. Let The Music Do The Talking 3. Draw The Line 4. Who Is Right? 5. Get It Straight 6. Run 7. Snuff The Punk 8. Can You Feel It? 9. Three In The Power Of One 10. Every Knee

11. Untitled

Sonny SandovalMarcos CurielTraa DanielsNoah "Wuv" Bernardo

Brown 1997 Rescue

1. Intro 2. Know Me 3. Selah 4. Visions 5. Brown 6. One Day 7. Punks Rock 8. Breathe Babylon 9. Funk Jam 10. Preach 11. Reggae Jam 12. Full Color 13. Seeking The Wise 14. Live And Die

15. Outro

Sonny SandovalMarcos CurielTraa DanielsNoah "Wuv" Bernardo

Live 1997 Rescue

1. Intro 2. One Day 3. Draw The Line 4. Selah 5. Know Me 6. Punk-Reggae Jam 7. Breathe Babylon 8. Preach

9. Full Color

Sonny SandovalMarcos CurielTraa DanielsNoah "Wuv" Bernardo

(EP) The Warriors 1999 Tooth And Nail

1. Intro 2. Breathe Babylon 3. Rosa Linda

Sonny SandovalMarcos Curiel

4. Draw The Line 5. Full Color

6. Sabbath

Traa DanielsNoah "Wuv" Bernardo

The Fundamental Elements Of Southtown 1999 Atlantic

1. Greetings 2. Hollywood 3. Southtown 4. Checkin' Levels 5. Rock The Party (Off The Hook) 6. Lie Down 7. Set Your Eyes To Zion 8. Lo Siento 9. Bullet The Blue Sky 10. Psalm 150 11. Image 12. Shouts 13. Tribal 14. Freestyle 15. Follow Me

16. Outkast

Sonny SandovalMarcos CurielTraa DanielsNoah "Wuv" Bernardo

Satellite 2001 Atlantic

1. Set It Off 2. Alive 3. Boom 4. Youth Of The Nation 5. Celestial 6. Satellite 7. Ridiculous 8. The Messenjah 9. Guitarras De Amor 10. Anything Right 11. Ghetto 12. Masterpiece Conspiracy 13. Without Jah, Nothin' 14. Thinking About Forever

15. Portrait

Sonny SandovalMarcos CurielTraa DanielsNoah "Wuv" Bernardo

Payable On Death 2003 Atlantic

1. Wildfire 2. Will You 3. Change The World 4. Execute The Sounds

Sonny SandovalJason Truby

5. Find My Way 6. Revolution 7. The Reasons 8. Freedom Fighters 9. Waiting On Today 10. I And Identify 11. Asthma

12. Eternal

Traa DanielsNoah "Wuv" Bernardo

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Rainbow Origin: EnglandGenres: Hard Rock Status: UnknownLast Update: October 5, 1999

Basically Ritchie Blackmore's solo band following his departure from Deep Purple in the mid-seventies, Rainbow is also where vocalist Ronnie James Dio first came into prominence (he was in an earlier band called Elf, but it was here that he became well known, before moving on to Black Sabbath and later his own band). As can be seen below, a number of well-known hard rock musicians have taken part in the band over the years.

Doogie White vocals (see also Yngwie Malmsteen, Praying Mantis)

Ritchie Blackmore guitars (see also Deep Purple)

Greg Smith bass

Paul Morris keyboards

John O'Reilly drums

former members

Ronnie James Dio vocals (see also Dio, Black Sabbath)

Graham Bonnet vocals (see also Alcatrazz, Impellitteri, Anthem, Michael Schenker Group)

Joe Lynn Turner vocals (see also Yngwie Malmsteen, Deep Purple)

Craig Gruber bass (see also The Rods)

Jimmy Bain bass (see also Dio)

Bob Daisley bass (see also Yngwie Malmsteen, Ozzy Osbourne, Uriah Heep, Black Sabbath)

Roger Glover bass (see also Deep Purple)

Mickey Lee Soule keyboards

Tony Carey keyboards

David Stone keyboards

Don Airey keyboards (see also Ozzy Osbourne, Sinner, Deep Purple, Fastway, Whitesnake)

David Rosenthal keyboards

Gary Driscoll drums

Cozy Powell drums (see also Black Sabbath, Yngwie Malmsteen, Whitesnake, Michael Schenker Group)

Bob Rondinelli drums (see also Black Sabbath, Blue Oyster Cult, Riot)

Chuck Burgi drums

Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow 1975 Polydor

Ronnie James DioRitchie BlackmoreCraig GruberMickey Lee SouleGary Driscoll

Rising 1976 Polydor

Internet Top Ten Album

Ronnie James DioRitchie BlackmoreJimmy BainTony Carey

Cozy Powell

On Stage (live) 1977 Polydor

Ronnie James DioRitchie BlackmoreJimmy BainTony CareyCozy Powell

Long Live Rock'n'Roll 1978 Polydor

Ronnie James DioRitchie BlackmoreBob DaisleyDavid StoneCozy Powell

Down To Earth 1979 Polydor

Graham BonnetRitchie BlackmoreRoger GloverDon AireyCozy Powell

Difficult To Cure 1981 Polydor

Joe Lynn TurnerRitchie BlackmoreRoger Glover

Don AireyBob Rondinelli

Straight Between The Eyes 1982 Polydor

Joe Lynn TurnerRitchie BlackmoreRoger GloverDavid RosenthalBob Rondinelli

Bent Out Of Shape 1983 Polydor

Joe Lynn TurnerRitchie BlackmoreRoger GloverDavid RosenthalChuck Burgi

Stranger In Us All 1995 BMG

Doogie WhiteRitchie BlackmoreGreg SmithPaul MorrisJohn O'Reilly

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Rammstein Origin: GermanyGenres: Industrial Metal Status: ActiveOfficial Web Site Last Update: November 29, 2005

Rammstein's intriguing blend of harsh riffs, techno/dance beats, and semi-spoken German vocals is responsible for their rapid ascent to stardom. Foreign-language bands seldom make much of an impact in the US, but tours with KMFDM (among others) and MTV play of their "Du Hast" video have helped to found a growing fan base. Their controversial lyrics and visuals have earned them some detractors along the way, but this band is still on the rise.

Till Lindemann vocals

Paul Landers lead guitar

Richard Kruspe-Bernstein rhythm guitar

Oliver Riedel bass

Christian Lorenz keyboards

Christoph Schneider drums

Herzeleid 1995 Polygram

1. Wollt Ihr Das Bett In Flamen Sehen 2. Der Meister 3. Weisses Fleisch 4. Asche Zu Asche 5. Seemann 6. Du Riechst So Gut 7. Das Alte Leid 8. Heirate Mich 9. Herzeleid 10. Laichzeit

11. Rammstein

Till LindemannPaul LandersRichard Kruspe-BernsteinOliver RiedelChristian LorenzChristoph Schneider

Sehnsucht 1997 Polygram

1. Sehnsucht 2. Engel 3. Tier 4. Bestrafe Mich 5. Du Hast 6. Bück Dich 7. Spiel Mit Mir 8. Klavier 9. Alter Mann 10. Eifersucht

11. Küss Mich (fellfrosch)

Till LindemannPaul LandersRichard Kruspe-BernsteinOliver RiedelChristian LorenzChristoph Schneider

Live Aus Berlin 1999 Polygram

1. Spiel Mit Mir 2. Bestrafe Mich 3. Weisses Fleisch 4. Sehnsucht 5. Asche Zu Asche 6. Wilder Wein 7. Heirate Mich 8. Du Riechst So Gut 9. Du Hast 10. Bück Dich 11. Engel 12. Rammstein 13. Laichzeit 14. Wollt Ihr Das Bett In Flammen Sehen?

15. Seemann

Till LindemannPaul LandersRichard Kruspe-BernsteinOliver RiedelChristian LorenzChristoph Schneider

Mutter 2001 Universal

1. Mein Herz Brennt 2. Links 2-3-4 3. Sonne 4. Ich Will 5. Feuer Frei! 6. Mutter 7. Spieluhr 8. Zwitter 9. Rein Raus 10. Adios

11. Nebel

Till LindemannPaul LandersRichard Kruspe-BernsteinOliver RiedelChristian LorenzChristoph Schneider

Reise, Reise 2004 Universal

Internet Top Ten Album

1. Reise, Reise 2. Mein Teil 3. Dalai Lama 4. Keine Lust 5. Los 6. Amerika 7. Moskau 8. Morgenstern 9. Stein Um Stein 10. Ohne Dich

11. Amour

Till LindemannPaul LandersRichard Kruspe-BernsteinOliver RiedelChristian LorenzChristoph Schneider

Rosenrot 2005 Universal

1. Benzin 2. Mann Gegen Mann 3. Rosenrot 4. Spring 5. Wo Bist Du 6. Stirb Nicht Vor Mir 7. Zerstören 8. Hilf Mir 9. Te Quiero Puta 10. Feuer & Wasser

11. Ein Lied

Till LindemannPaul LandersRichard Kruspe-BernsteinOliver RiedelChristian LorenzChristoph Schneider

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Rhapsody Of Fire Origin: ItalyGenres: Power Metal Status: ActiveOfficial Web Site Last Update: August 17, 2006

The band known until recently as Rhapsody (due to copyright infringement, they have amended "On Fire" to ehtier name) has basically become synonymous with Italian metal, as these guys have provided the blueprint for any number of fellow Italians over the years, their brand of speed/power metal with intense keyboard-led song structures, bombastic arrangements and fantasy-based lyrical themes (really, taking influences such as Helloween and Blind Guardian to the next level) proving wildly popular in their homeland and elsewhere in Europe. Sure, the band has their share of detractors, who find the whole affair a bit over-the-top and cheesy, but there's no denying the musicianship and hard work that they put into their works. With a decade on the scene, they show no signs of slowing down or, really, altering a formula that works for them.

Upcoming Album: Triumph Of Agony, due on September 29, 2006.

Fabio Lione vocals

Luca Turilli guitars

Dominique Leurquin guitars

Patrice Guers bass

Alex Staropoli keyboards

Alex Holzwarth drums (see also Angra, Avantasia, Dol Ammad, Paradox, Sieges Even)

former members

Alessandro Lotta bass

Danielle Carbonera drums

Legendary Tales 1997 Limb Music Prod.

1. Ira Tenax 2. Warrior Of Ice 3. Rage Of The Winter 4. Forest Of Unicorns 5. Flames Of Revenge 6. Virgin Skies 7. Land Of Immortals 8. Echoes Of Tragedy 9. Lord Of The Thunder

10. Legendary Tales

Fabio LioneLuca TurilliAlex StaropoliDanielle Carbonera

Symphony Of Enchanted Lands 1998 Limb Music Prod.

1. Epicus Furor 2. Emerald Sword 3. Wisdom Of The Kings 4. Heroes Of The Lost Valley 5. Eternal Glory 6. Beyond The Gates Of Infinity

Fabio LioneLuca TurilliAlessandro LottaAlex Staropoli

7. Wings Of Destiny 8. The Dark Tower Of Abyss 9. Riding The Winds Of Eternity

10. Symphony Of Enchanted Lands

Danielle Carbonera

Dawn Of Victory 2000 Limb Music Prod.

1. Lux Triumphans 2. Dawn Of Victory 3. Triumph For My Magic Steel 4. The Village Of Dwarves 5. Dargor, Shadowlord Of The Black

Mountain 6. The Bloody Rage Of The Titans 7. Holy Thunderforce 8. Trolls In The Dark 9. The Last Winged Unicorn

10. The Mighty Ride Of The Firelord

Fabio LioneLuca TurilliAlessandro LottaAlex StaropoliAlex Holzwarth

Rain Of A Thousand Flames 2001 Limb Music Prod.

1. Rain Of A Thousand Flames 2. Deadly Omen 3. Queen Of The Dark Horizons 4. Tears Of A Dying Angel 5. Elnor's Magic Valley 6. The Poem's Evil Page

7. The Wizard's Last Rhymes

Fabio LioneLuca TurilliAlessandro LottaAlex StaropoliAlex Holzwarth

Power Of The Dragonflame 2002 Limb Music Prod.

1. In Tenebris 2. Knightrider Of Doom 3. Power Of The Dragonflame 4. The March Of The Swordmaster 5. When Demons Awake 6. Agony Is My Name 7. Lamento Eroico 8. Steelgods Of The Last Apocalypse 9. The Pride Of The Tyrant

10. Gargoyles, Angels Of Darkness

Fabio LioneLuca TurilliDominique LeurquinPatrice GuersAlex StaropoliAlex Holzwarth

Tales From The Emerald Sword Saga (comp) 2004 Limb Music Prod.

1. Warrior Of Ice 2. Rage Of The Winter 3. Forest Of Unicorns 4. Land Of Immortals 5. Emerald Sword 6. Wings Of Destiny 7. Riding The Winds Of Eternity 8. Dawn Of Victory 9. Holy Thunderforce 10. The Village Of Dwarves 11. Rain Of A Thousand Flames 12. Knightrider Of Doom 13. March Of The Swordmaster 14. Power Of The Dragonflame

15. Lamento Eroico

(EP) The Dark Secret 2004 SPV

1. The Dark Secret 2. Thunder Mighty Roar 3. Sacred Power Of Raging Winds

4. Guardians Of Destiny (english Version)

Fabio LioneLuca TurilliDominique LeurquinPatrice GuersAlex StaropoliAlex Holzwarth

Symphony Of Enchanted Lands II 2004 SPV

1. The Dark Secret - Ira Divina 2. Unholy Warcry 3. Never Forgotten Heroes 4. Elgard's Green Valleys 5. The Magic Of The Wizards Dream 6. Erian's Mystical Rhymes - The White

Dragon's Order 7. The Last Angels' Call 8. Dragonland's Rivers 9. Sacred Power Of Raging Winds 10. Guardiani Del Destino 11. Shadows Of Death

12. Nightfall On The Grey Mountains

Fabio LioneLuca TurilliDominique LeurquinPatrice GuersAlex StaropoliAlex Holzwarth

Live In Canada 2005 2006 SPV

1. The Dark Secret 2. Unholy Warcry

Fabio Lione

3. Wisdom Of The Kings 4. The Village Of Dwarves 5. Erian`s Mystical Rhymes 6. Dawn Of Victory 7. Lamento Eroico 8. Nightfall On The Grey Mountains 9. The March Of The Swordmaster 10. Emerald Sword

11. Gran Finale

Luca TurilliDominique LeurquinPatrice GuersAlex StaropoliAlex Holzwarth

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Running Wild Origin: Hamburg, GermanyGenres: Power Metal Status: ActiveOfficial Web Site Last Update: March 11, 2005

Everyone's favorite pirate metal band, Running Wild continues to march on after almost twenty years in the recording business. They are basically the brothers of Grave Digger, as the two bands have much in common -- both were early signees to the fledgling Noise Records label at about the same time, both have carved similarly successful careers in the German power metal field, and the one common factor in both bands have been their respective frontmen. Though they flirted with satanic imagery briefly in their early career (as seen on the debut), the aforementioned pirate theme was hatched for their third album (Under Jolly Roger) and they haven't looked back since.

Rolf Kasparek vocals/guitars

Peter Pichel bass

Matthias Liebetruth drums

former members

Gerard Warnecke (Preacher) guitars

Majk Moti guitars

Axel Morgan guitars (see also X-Wild)

Thilo Hermann guitars (see also Faithful Breath, Holy Moses)

Stephan Boriss bass

Jens Becker bass (see also Grave Digger, X-Wild)

Thomas Smuszynski bass (see also U.D.O.)

Wolfgang Hagemann (Hasche) drums

Stefan Schwarzmann drums (see also U.D.O., X-Wild)

Ian Finlay drums

Jörg Michael drums (see also Grave Digger, Headhunter, House Of Spirits, Mekong Delta, Axel Rudi Pell, Rage, Saxon, Schwarzarbeit, Stratovarius, Unleashed Power)

Angelo Sasso drums

Gates To Purgatory 1984 Noise

1. Victim Of States Power 2. Black Demon 3. Preacher 4. Soldiers Of Hell 5. Diabolic Force 6. Adrian Sos 7. Genghis Khan 8. Prisoner Of Our Time 9. Walpurgis Night

10. Satan

Rolf KasparekPreacherStephan BorissHasche

Branded And Exiled 1985 Noise

1. Branded And Exiled 2. Gods Of The Iron 3. Realm Of Shades 4. Mordor 5. Fight Of The Oppression 6. Evil Spirit 7. Marching To Die

8. Chains And Leather

Rolf KasparekMajk MotiStephan BorissHasche

Under Jolly Roger 1987 Noise

1. Under Jolly Roger 2. Beggar'S Night 3. Diamonds Of The Black Chest 4. War In The Cutter

Rolf KasparekMajk Moti

5. Raise Your Fist 6. Land Of Ice 7. Raw Ride

8. Merciless Game

Jens BeckerStefan Schwarzmann

Ready For Boarding (live) 1988 Noise

1. Hymn Of Long John Silver 2. Under Jolly Roger 3. Genghis Khan 4. Raise Your Fist 5. Purgatory 6. Mordor 7. Diabolic Force 8. Raw Ride 9. Adrian (S.O.S.)

10. Prisoner Of Our Time

Rolf KasparekMajk MotiJens Becker

Port Royal 1988 Noise

1. Intro 2. Port Royal 3. Raging Fire 4. Into The Arena 5. Uaschitschun 6. Final Gates 7. Conquistadores 8. Blown To Kingdom Come 9. Warchild 10. Mutiny

11. Calico Jack

Rolf KasparekMajk MotiJens BeckerIan Finlay

Death Or Glory 1989 Noise

1. Riding The Storm 2. Renegade 3. Evilution 4. Running Blood 5. Highland Glory (The Eternal Fight) 6. Marooned 7. Bad To The Bone 8. Tortuga Bay 9. Death Or Glory 10. Battle Of Waterloo

11. March On

Rolf KasparekMajk MotiJens BeckerIan Finlay

(EP) Bad To The Bone 1989 Noise

1. Bad To The Bone 2. The Battle Of Waterloo

3. March On

Rolf KasparekMajk MotiJens BeckerIan Finlay

(EP) Wild Animal 1990 Noise

1. Wild Animal 2. Chains And Leather 3. Tear Down The Walls

4. Stoertebeker

Rolf KasparekAxel MorganJens BeckerJörg Michael

Blazon Stone 1991 Noise

1. Blazon Stone 2. Lonewolf 3. Slavery 4. Fire & Ice 5. Little Big Horn 6. Over The Rainbow 7. White Masque 8. Rolling Wheels 9. Bloody Red Rose 10. Straight To Hell

11. Heads Or Hell

Rolf KasparekAxel MorganJens BeckerStefan Schwarzmann

The First Years Of Piracy (comp.) 1991 Noise

1. Under Jolly Roger 2. Branded And Exiled 3. Soldiers Of Hell 4. Raise Your Fist 5. Walpurgis Night 6. Fight The Oppression 7. Marching To Die 8. Raw Ride 9. Diamonds Of The Black Chest

10. Prisoner Of Our Time

(EP) Lead Or Gold 1992 Noise

1. Lead Or Gold 2. Hanged, Drawn, And Quartered

3. Wind Or Be Drowned

Rolf KasparekAxel MorganThomas SmuszynskiStefan Schwarzmann

Pile Of Skulls 1992 Noise

1. Chamber Of Lies 2. Whirlwind 3. Sinister Eyes 4. Black Wings Of Death 5. Fistful Of Dynamite 6. Roaring Thunder 7. Pile Of Skulls 8. Lead Or Gold 9. White Buffalo 10. Jenning'S Revenge

11. Treasure Island

Rolf KasparekAxel MorganThomas SmuszynskiStefan Schwarzmann

(EP) The Privateer 1994 Noise

1. The Privateer 2. Dancing On A Minefield

3. Poisoned Blood

Rolf KasparekThilo HermannThomas SmuszynskiJörg Michael

Black Hand Inn 1994 Noise

1. The Curse 2. Black Hand Inn 3. Mr. Deadhead 4. Soulless 5. The Privateer 6. Fight The Fire Of Hate 7. The Phantom Of The Black Hand Hill 8. Freewind Rider 9. Powder & Iron 10. Dragonmen 11. Genesis (The Making And The Fall Of

Rolf KasparekThilo HermannThomas SmuszynskiJörg Michael

Man)

12. Poisoned Blood

Masquerade 1995 Noise

1. The Contract / The Crypts Of Hades 2. Masquerade 3. Demonized 4. Black Soul 5. Lions Of The Sea 6. Rebel At Heart 7. Wheel Of Doom 8. Metalhead 9. Soleil Royal 10. Men In Black

11. Underworld

Rolf KasparekThilo HermannThomas SmuszynskiJörg Michael

The Rivalry 1998 Gun

1. Adventure Galley 2. Agents Of Black 3. Ballad Of William Kidd 4. Fire And Thunder 5. Firebreather 6. Kiss Of Death 7. Man On The Moon 8. Resurrection 9. Return Of The Dragon 10. The Poison 11. The Rivalry

12. War And Peace

Rolf KasparekThilo HermannThomas SmuszynskiJörg Michael

Victory 2000 Gun

1. Fall Of Dorkas 2. When Time Runs Out 3. Timeriders 4. Into The Fire 5. Revolution 6. The Final Waltz 7. Tsar 8. The Hussar 9. The Guardian 10. Return Of The Gods 11. Silent Killer

12. Victory

Rolf KasparekThilo HermannThomas SmuszynskiAngelo Sasso

The Brotherhood 2002 Gun

1. Welcome To Hell 2. Soulstrippers 3. The Brotherhood 4. Crossfire 5. Siberian Winter 6. Detonator 7. Pirate Song 8. Unation 9. Dr. Horror

10. The Ghost

Rolf KasparekPeter PichelAngelo Sasso

Rogues En Vogue 2005 Gun

1. Draw The Line 2. Angel Of Mercy 3. Skeleton Dance 4. Skull & Bones 5. Born Bad, Dying Worse 6. Black Gold 7. Soul Vampires 8. Rogues En Vogue 9. Winged & Feathered 10. Dead Man'S Road 11. The War 12. Cannonball Tongue

13. Libertalia

Rolf KasparekPeter PichelMatthias Liebetruth

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Savatage Origin: Florida, USAGenres: Power Metal Status: ActiveOfficial Web Site Last Update: March 26, 2005

In the course of their twenty or so years of existence, Savatage has developed into one of the leading metal/hard rock bands around. Their earlier work is harder, more power-metal oriented, while the later albums have more of an accessible hard rock sound, with with slight progressive touches. Being a fan of the group from the beginning (I still have my blue-vinyl copy of Sirens), I prefer the rougher edge of the earlier albums like Sirens*

and *The Dungeons Are Calling. In the earlier days the band had a very distinctive style, due mainly to the excellent guitar work of Criss Oliva (who, as most should know, was tragically killed in a a car accident in 1993) and the powerful vocals of brother Jon. The later albums are less my style, but their maturity and musicianship is quite evident, and thus the band has maintained a solid following throughout their career.

2001 brings some changes to the Savatage camp. With guitarist Al Pitrelli leaving in 2000 to join Megadeth and vocalist Zak Stevens departing later in the year to attend to family commitments, the band recorded Poets And Madmen as a quartet (with Jon Oliva once again on lead vocals) and more recently announced two new members to the fold, in the form of unknown vocalist Damond Jiniya and workaholic guitarist Jack Frost.

Damond Jiniya vocals

Jon Oliva keyboards/vocals (see also Doctor Butcher)

Chris Caffery guitars (see also Doctor Butcher, Metalium)

Al Pitrelli guitars (see also Megadeth, Vertex)

Johnny Lee Middleton bass

Jeff Plate drums

former members

Zachary Stevens vocals

Criss Oliva guitars

Alex Skolnick guitars (see also Testament)

Keith Collins bass (see also Burning Starr)

Steve Wachholz drums (see also Crimson Glory)

Sirens 1983 Par

BNR and Internet Top Ten Album

1. Sirens 2. Holocaust 3. I Believe 4. Rage 5. On The Run 6. Twisted Little Sister 7. Living For The Night

Jon OlivaCriss OlivaKeith CollinsSteve Wachholz

8. Scream Murder 9. Out On The Streets 10. Lady In Disguise

11. The Message

(EP) The Dungeons Are Calling 1985 Combat

1. The Dungeons Are Calling 2. By The Grace Of The Witch 3. Visions 4. Midas Knight 5. City Beneath The Surface 6. The Whip 7. Fighting For Your Love

8. Sirens

Jon OlivaCriss OlivaKeith CollinsSteve Wachholz

Power Of The Night 1985 Atlantic

1. Power Of The Night 2. Unusual 3. Warriors 4. Necrophilia 5. Washed Out 6. Hard For Love 7. Fountain Of Youth 8. Skull Session 9. Stuck On You

10. In The Dream

Jon OlivaCriss OlivaKeith CollinsSteve Wachholz

Fight For The Rock 1986 Atlantic

1. Fight For The Rock 2. Out On The Streets 3. Crying For Love 4. Day After Day 5. The Edge Of Midnight 6. Hyde 7. Lady In Disguise 8. She'S Only Rock 'N Roll 9. Wishing Well

10. Red Light Paradise

Jon OlivaCriss OlivaJohnny Lee MiddletonSteve Wachholz

In The Hall Of The Mountain King 1987 Atlantic

Internet Top Ten Album

1. 24 Hrs. Ago 2. Beyond The Doors Of The Dark 3. Legions 4. Strange Wings 5. Prelude To Maddness 6. Hall Of The Mountain King 7. The Price You Pay 8. White Witch 9. Last Dawn

10. Devastation

Jon OlivaCriss OlivaJohnny Lee MiddletonSteve Wachholz

Gutter Ballet 1989 Atlantic

Internet Top Ten Album

1. Of Rage And War 2. Gutter Ballet 3. Temptation - Revelation 4. When The Crowds Are Gone 5. Silk And Steel 6. She'S In Love 7. Hounds 8. The Unholy 9. Mentally Yours 10. Summer'S Rain

11. Thorazine Shuffle

Jon OlivaCriss OlivaChris CafferyJohnny Lee MiddletonSteve Wachholz

Streets: A Rock Opera 1991 Atlantic

1. Streets 2. Jesus Saves 3. Tonight He Grins Again 4. Strange Reality 5. A Little Too Far 6. You Are Alive 7. Sammy And Tex 8. St. Patrick'S 9. Can You Hear Me Now? 10. New York City Don'T Mean Nothing 11. Ghosts In The Ruins 12. If I Go Away 13. Agony And Ecstasy 14. Heal My Soul 15. Somewhere In Time

16. Believe

Jon OlivaCriss OlivaJohnny Lee MiddletonSteve Wachholz

Edge Of Thorns 1993 Atlantic

Internet Top Ten Album

1. Edge Of Thorns 2. He Carves His Stone 3. Lights Out 4. Skraggy'S Tomb 5. Labyrinths 6. Follow Me 7. Exit Music 8. Degrees Of Sanity 9. Conversation Piece 10. All That I Bleed 11. Damien 12. Miles Away

13. Sleep

Zachary StevensCriss OlivaJohnny Lee MiddletonSteve Wachholz

Handful Of Rain 1994 Atlantic

1. Taunting Cobras 2. Handful Of Rain 3. Chance 4. Stare Into The Sun 5. Castles Burning 6. Visions 7. Watching You Fall 8. Nothing Going On 9. Symmetry

10. Alone You Breathe

Jon OlivaZachary StevensAlex SkolnickJohnny Lee MiddletonSteve Wachholz

Dead Winter Dead 1995 Atlantic

Internet Top Ten Album

1. Overture 2. Sarajevo 3. This Is The Time 4. I Am 5. Starlight 6. Doesn'T Matter Anyway 7. This Isn'T What We Meant 8. Mozart And Madness 9. Memory (Dead Winter Dead Intro) 10. Dead Winter Dead 11. One Child 12. Christmas Eve (Sarajevo 12/24)

13. Not What You See

Jon OlivaZachary StevensChris CafferyAl PitrelliJohnny Lee MiddletonJeff Plate

Final Bell (live) 1996

Jon OlivaCriss OlivaChris CafferyJohnny Lee MiddletonSteve Wachholz

From The Gutter To The Stage (comp) 1996

1. Sirens (Live) 2. Power Of The Night 3. Prelude To Madness 4. Hall Of The Mountain King 5. 24 Hours Ago 6. Gutter Ballet 7. When The Crowds Are Gone 8. Silk And Steel 9. New York City Don'T Mean Nothing 10. Agony And Ecstasy 11. Believe 12. Edge Of Thorns 13. Chance 14. Mozart And Madness 15. One Child 16. Shotgun Innocence 17. Forever After 18. This Is Where You Should Be

19. D.T. Jesus

The Wake Of Magellan 1997 Atlantic

1. The Ocean 2. Welcome 3. Turns To Me 4. Morning Sun 5. Another Way 6. Blackjack Guillotine 7. Paragons Of Innocence 8. Complaint In The System (Veronica

Geurin) 9. Underture 10. The Wake Of Magellan 11. Anymore 12. The Storm 13. The Hourglass 14. Somewhere In Time / Alone You Breathe 15. Sleep

16. Stay

Jon OlivaZachary StevensChris CafferyAl PitrelliJohnny Lee MiddletonJeff Plate

Poets And Madmen 2001 Nuclear Blast

1. Stay With Me Awhile 2. There In The Silence 3. Commisar 4. I Seek Power 5. Drive 6. Morphine Child 7. The Rumor 8. Man In The Mirror 9. Surrender 10. Awaken 11. Back To A Reason

12. Shotgun Innocence (Bonus Track)

Jon OlivaChris CafferyJohnny Lee MiddletonJeff Plate

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Scorpions Origin: GermanyStatus: ActiveOfficial Web SiteLast Update: May 11, 2004

One of Germany's oldest and most well-known metal bands, the Scorpions didn't really achieve worldwide fame until their second decade of existence, with songs like "Rock You Like A Hurricane" catapulting them into the spotlight. Actually they are probably the oldest metal band period, having been formed way back in 1965 (!) by guitarist Rudy Schenker, who along with vocalist Klaus Meine remain the only two remaining original members from their first release, 1972's Lonesome Crow. While albums such as Animal Magnetism, Blackout, and Love At First Sting represent the familiar mainstream Scorpions sound, their work in the 70's was a bit different (and arguably heavier and better), with then-guitarist Ulrich Roth's overt Hendrix stylings and less poppy songwriting giving the band a different feel. They have slowed down, recording-wise, in the last decade or so, though that's probably to be expected from a band whose been around as long as they have. The BNR pick for their best album would unquestionably be Lovedrive, featuring a return from UFO guitarist (and brother of Rudy) Michael Schenker -- it signalled the end of the Roth era, and the beginnings of their more radio-friendly period, but it stands as their most metallic album. Nearing the 30-year mark in existence, the band is still alive, with a new album, Unbreakable, released in May 2004.

Klaus Meine vocals

Matthias Jabs guitars

Rudolf Schenker guitars

Pawel Maciwoda bass

James Kottak drums

former members

Michael Schenker guitars (see also UFO, Michael Schenker Group)

Ulrich Roth guitars

Lothar Heinburg bass

Francis Buchholz bass

Ralph Rieckermann bass

Ken Taylor bass

Wolfgang Dziony drums

Jurgen Rosenthal drums

Rudy Lenners drums

Herman Rarebell drums

Curt Cress drums

Lonesome Crow 1972 RCA

1. I'm Going Mad 2. It All Depends 3. Leave Me 4. In Search Of The Peace Of Mind 5. Inheritance 6. Action

7. Lonesome Crow

Klaus MeineMichael SchenkerRudolf SchenkerLothar HeinburgWolfgang Dziony

Fly To The Rainbow 1974 RCA

1. Speedy's Coming 2. They Need A Million 3. Drifting Sun 4. Fly People Fly 5. This Is My Song

Klaus MeineUlrich RothRudolf Schenker

6. Far Away

7. Fly To The Rainbow

Francis BuchholzJurgen Rosenthal

In Trance 1975 RCA

1. Dark Lady 2. In Trance 3. Life's Like A River 4. Top Of The Bill 5. Living And Dying 6. Robot Man 7. Evening Wind 8. Sun In My Hand 9. Longing For Fire

10. Lights

Klaus MeineUlrich RothRudolf SchenkerFrancis BuchholzRudy Lenners

Virgin Killer 1976 RCA

BNR Top Ten Album

1. Hell - Cat 2. Crying Days 3. Polar Nights 4. Yellow Raven 5. Backstage Queen 6. Pictured Life 7. Catch Your Train 8. In Your Park

9. Virgin Killer

Klaus MeineUlrich RothRudolf SchenkerFrancis BuchholzRudy Lenners

Taken By Force 1977 RCA

BNR Top Ten Album

1. Steamrock Fever 2. We'll Burn The Sky 3. I've Got To Be Free 4. The Riot Of Your Time 5. The Sails Of Charon 6. Your Light 7. He's A Woman, She's A Man

8. Born To Touch Your Feelings

Klaus MeineUlrich RothRudolf SchenkerFrancis BuchholzHerman Rarebell

Tokyo Tapes 1978 RCA

1. All Night Long 2. Pictured Life 3. Backstage Queen 4. Polar Nights 5. In Trance 6. We'll Burn The Sky 7. Suspender Love 8. In Search Of The Peace Of Mind 9. Fly To The Rainbow 10. He's A Woman, She's A Man 11. Speedy's Coming 12. Top Of The Bill 13. Hound Dog 14. Long Tall Sally 15. Steamrock Fever 16. Dark Lady 17. Kojo Notsuki

18. Robot Man

Klaus MeineUlrich RothRudolf SchenkerFrancis BuchholzHerman Rarebell

Lovedrive 1979 Polydor

BNR and Internet Top Ten Album

1. Loving You Sunday Morning 2. Another Piece Of Meat 3. Always Somewhere 4. Coast To Coast 5. Can't Get Enough 6. Is There Anybody There 7. Lovedrive

8. Holiday

Klaus MeineMichael SchenkerMatthias JabsRudolf SchenkerFrancis BuchholzHerman Rarebell

Animal Magnetism 1980 Polydor

Internet Top Ten Album

1. Make It Real 2. Don't Make No Promises 3. Hold Me Tight 4. Twentieth Century Man 5. Lady Starlight 6. Falling In Love 7. Only A Man 8. The Zoo

9. Animal Magnetism

Klaus MeineMatthias JabsRudolf SchenkerFrancis BuchholzHerman Rarebell

Blackout 1982 Polydor

Internet Top Ten Album

1. Blackout 2. Can't Live Without You 3. No One Like You 4. You Give Me All I Need 5. Now 6. Dynamite 7. Arizona 8. China White

9. When The Smoke Is Going Down

Klaus MeineMatthias JabsRudolf SchenkerFrancis BuchholzHerman Rarebell

Love At First Sting 1984 Polydor

1. Bad Boys Running Wild 2. Rock You Like A Hurricane 3. I'm Leaving You 4. Coming Home 5. The Same Thrill 6. Big City Nights 7. As Soon As The Good Timed Roll 8. Crossfire

9. Still Loving You

Klaus MeineMatthias JabsRudolf SchenkerFrancis BuchholzHerman Rarebell

World Wide Live 1985 Polydor

1. Countdown 2. Coming Home 3. Blackout 4. Bad Boys Running Wild 5. Loving You Sunday Morning 6. Make It Real 7. Big City Nights 8. Coast To Coast 9. Holiday 10. Still Loving You 11. Rock You Like A Hurricane 12. Can't Live Without You 13. Another Piece Of Meat 14. The Zoo 15. No One Like You 16. Dynamite 17. Can't Get Enough (part 1) 18. Six String Sing

19. Can't Get Enough (part 2)

Klaus MeineMatthias JabsRudolf SchenkerFrancis BuchholzHerman Rarebell

Savage Amusement 1988 Polydor

1. Don't Stop At The Top 2. Rhythm Of Love 3. Passion Rules The Game 4. Media Overkill 5. Walking On The Edge 6. We Let It Rock... You Let It Roll 7. Every Minute Every Day 8. Love On The Run

9. Believe In Love

Klaus MeineMatthias JabsRudolf SchenkerFrancis BuchholzHerman Rarebell

Crazy World 1990 Polydor

1. Tease Me Please Me 2. Don't Believe Her 3. To Be With You In Heaven 4. Wind Of Change 5. Restless Nights 6. Lust Of Love 7. Kicks After Six 8. Hit Between The Eyes 9. Money And Fame 10. Crazy World

11. Send Me An Angel

Klaus MeineMatthias JabsRudolf SchenkerFrancis BuchholzHerman Rarebell

Face The Heat 1993 Polydor

1. Alien Nation 2. No Pain No Gain 3. Someone To Touch 4. Under The Same Sun 5. Unholly Alliance 6. Woman 7. Hate To Be Nice 8. Texman Woman 9. Ship Of Fools 10. Nightmare Avenue 11. Lonely Nights 12. Latest Flame 13. Destiny

14. Daddy's Girl

Klaus MeineMatthias JabsRudolf SchenkerRalph RieckermannHerman Rarebell

Live Bites 1995 Polydor

1. Tease Me Please Me 2. Is There Anybody There 3. Rhythm Of Love 4. In Trance 5. No Pain No Gain 6. When The Smoke Is Going Down 7. Ave Maria No Morro 8. Living For Tomorrow

Klaus MeineMatthias JabsRudolf SchenkerRalph RieckermannHerman Rarebell

9. Concerto In V 10. Alien Nation 11. Hit Between The Eyes 12. Crazy World 13. Wind Of Change 14. Heroes Don't Cry

15. White Dove

Pure Instinct 1996 Atlantic

1. Wild Child 2. But The Best For You 3. Does Anyone Know 4. Stone In My Shoe 5. Soul Behind The Face 6. Oh Girl (I Wanna Be With You) 7. When You Came Into My Life 8. Where The River Flows 9. Time Will Call Your Name 10. You And I

11. Are You The One?

Klaus MeineMatthias JabsRudolf SchenkerRalph RieckermannCurt Cress

Eye To Eye 1999 Koch

1. Mysterious 2. To Be No. 1 3. Obsession 4. 10 Light Years Away 5. Mind Like A Tree 6. Eye To Eye 7. What U Give U Get Back 8. Skywriter 9. Yellow Butterfly 10. Freshly Squeezed 11. Priscilla 12. Du Bist So Schmutzig 13. Aleyah

14. A Moment In A Milion Years

Klaus MeineMatthias JabsRudolf SchenkerRalph RieckermannJames Kottak

Moment Of Glory 2000

1. Hurricane 2000 2. Moment Of Glory 3. Send Me An Angel 4. Wind Of Change 5. Crossfire 6. Deadly Sting Suite 7. Here In My Heart 8. Still Loving You

Klaus MeineMatthias JabsRudolf SchenkerKen TaylorJames Kottak

9. Big City Nights

10. Lady Starlight

Acoustica 2001 WEA

1. The Zoo 2. Always Somewhere 3. Life Is Too Short 4. Holiday 5. You & I 6. When Love Kills Love 7. Dust In The Wind 8. Send Me An Angel 9. Catch Your Train 10. I Wanted To Cry 11. Wind Of Change 12. Love Of My Life 13. Drive 14. Still Loving You

15. Hurricane 2001

Klaus MeineMatthias JabsRudolf SchenkerRalph RieckermannJames Kottak

Unbreakable 2004

1. New Generation 2. Love 'Em Or Leave 'Em 3. Deep And Dark 4. Borderline 5. Blood Too Hot 6. Maybe I, Maybe You 7. Someday Is Now 8. My City, My Town 9. Through My Eyes 10. Can You Feel It 11. This Time 12. She Said

13. Remember The Good Times

Klaus MeineMatthias JabsRudolf SchenkerPawel MaciwodaJames Kottak

The Scorpions Home Page

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Sinister Origin: NetherlandsGenres: Death Metal Status: ActiveOfficial Web Site Last Update: June 05, 2006

Sinister was one of the veterans of the Dutch death metal scene, forming in 1988 and surviving sixteen years and seven full length albums. They were one of the few death metal bands to feature a female vocalist, recruiting Rachel Heyzer late in the their career. They decided to break up in April of 2004, but then announced their return a year later with a modified lineup.

Aad Kloosterwaard vocals (see also Infinited Hate, Thanatos)

Alex Paul guitars

Bas van den Bogaard bass

Paul Beltman drums

former members

Mike van Mastrigt vocals

Eric de Windt vocals

Rachel Kloosterwaard-Heyzer vocals (see also Infinited Hate)

Andre Tolhuis guitars

Bart van Wallenberg guitars

Pascal Grevinga guitars

Ron van de Polder guitars/bass (see also Infinited Hate)

Michel Alderliefsten bass

Cross The Styx 1992 Nuclear Blast

1. Carnificina Scelesta 2. Perennial Mourning 3. Sacramental Carnage 4. Doomed 5. Spiritual Immolation 6. Cross The Styx 7. Compulsory Resignation 8. Corridors To The Abyss 9. Putrefying Remains 10. Epoch Of Denial 11. Perpetual Damnation

12. Outro

Mike van MastrigtAad KloosterwaardAndre TolhuisRon van de Polder

Diabolical Summoning 1993 Nuclear Blast

1. Sadistic Intent 2. Magnified Wrath 3. Diabolical Summoning 4. Sense Of Demise 5. Leviathan 6. Desecrated Flesh 7. Tribes Of The Moon

8. Mystical Illusions

Mike van MastrigtAad KloosterwaardAndre TolhuisRon van de Polder

Hate 1995 Nuclear Blast

1. Intro 2. Awaiting The Absu 3. Embodiment Of Chaos 4. Art Of The Damned 5. Unseen Darkness 6. 18th Century Hellfire 7. To Mega Therion 8. The Cursed Mayhem

9. The Bloodfeast

Mike van MastrigtAad KloosterwaardAndre TolhuisRon van de Polder

(EP) Bastard Saints 1996 Nuclear Blast

1. Reborn From Hatred 2. Bastard Saints 3. Rebels Dome 4. Cross The Styx

5. Epoch Of Denial

Mike van MastrigtAad KloosterwaardBart van WallenbergMichel Alderliefsten

Aggressive Measures 1998 Nuclear Blast

1. The Upcoming 2. Aggressive Measures 3. Beyond The Superstition 4. Into The Forgotten 5. Enslave The Weak 6. Fake Redemption 7. Chained In Reality 8. Emerged With Hate

9. Blood Follows The Blood

Eric de WindtAad KloosterwaardBart van WallenbergAlex Paul

Creative Killings 2001 Hammerheart

1. Relic Of Possession 2. Bleeding Towards The Wendigo 3. Creative Killing 4. Judicious Murder 5. Revivnig The Dead 6. Early Gothic Horror 7. Moralistic Suffering 8. Altering The Beast 9. Season Of The Wicked

10. Storm In Your Mind

Rachel Kloosterwaard-HeyzerAad KloosterwaardBart van WallenbergAlex Paul

Savage Or Grace 2003 Nuclear Blast

1. Rise Of The Predator 2. Savage Or Grace 3. Barbaric Order 4. The Age Of Murder 5. Conception Of Sin 6. Chapel Desecration 7. Dominion 8. Collapse Rewind

9. Apocalypse In Time

Rachel Kloosterwaard-HeyzerAad KloosterwaardPascal GrevingaAlex Paul

Afterburner 2006 Nuclear Blast

1. The Grey Massacre 2. Altruistic Suicide 3. Men Down 4. Afterburner 5. Presage Of The Mindless 6. Into Submission

Aad KloosterwaardAlex PaulBas van den BogaardPaul Beltman

7. The Riot Crossfire

8. Flesh Of The Servant

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Skid Row Origin: USAGenres: Hard Rock Status: Active

Last Update: December 03, 2006

Led by charismatic frontman Sebastian Bach, Skid Row scored some big hits in their career, with "Slaves To The Grind" and "Monkey Business" two of their better-known songs. Often lumped into the glam metal crowd, Skid Row's music was a bit tougher than others of that ilk and actually the band got heavier with their later releases, with Subhuman Race clearly their heaviest work. The band enjoyed success during their run in the early nineties but inevitably things soured later on, and with relationships straining between band members led to the band's semi-breakup in the late nineties, only to return to the scene minus Bach. Their 2003 album, Thickskin, garnered some praise but in general hasn't lifted the band to its previous heights, and unfortunately their newest, Revolutions Per Minute, doesn't seem to be faring much better.

Johnny Solinger vocals

Scotti Hill guitars/backing vocals

Dave Sabo guitars

Rachel Bolan bass/backing vocals

Phil Varone drums/backing vocals

former members

Sebastian Bach vocals

Rob Affuso drums

Skid Row 1989 Atlantic

1. Big Guns 2. Sweet Little Sister 3. Can´t Stand The Heartache 4. Piece Of Me 5. 18 And Life 6. Rattlesnake Shake 7. Youth Gone Wild 8. Here I Am 9. Makin´ A Mess 10. I Remember You

11. Midnight/tornado

Sebastian BachScotti HillDave SaboRachel BolanRob Affuso

Slave To The Grind 1991 Atlantic

1. Monkey Business 2. Slave To The Grind 3. The Threat 4. Quicksand Jesus 5. Psycho Love 6. Get The Fuck Out 7. Livin´ On A Chain Gang 8. Creepshow 9. In A Darkened Room 10. Riot Act 11. Mudkicker

12. Wasted Time

Sebastian BachScotti HillDave SaboRachel BolanRob Affuso

(EP) B-Sides Ourselves 1992 Atlantic

1. Psycho Therapy 2. C´mon And Love Me 3. Delivering The Goods 4. What You´re Doing

5. Little Wing

Sebastian BachScotti HillDave SaboRachel BolanRob Affuso

Subhuman Race 1995 Atlantic

1. My Enemy 2. Firesign 3. Bonehead 4. Beat Yourself Blind 5. Eileen 6. Remains To Be Seen 7. Subhuman Race 8. Frozen 9. Into Another 10. Face Against My Soul 11. Medecine Jar 12. Breakin´ Down

13. Iron Will

Sebastian BachScotti HillDave SaboRachel BolanRob Affuso

40 Seasons (compilation) 1997 Atlantic

1. Youth Gone Wild 2. 18 And Life 3. Piece Of Me 4. I Remember You 5. The Threat 6. Psycho Love 7. Monkey Business 8. Quicksand Jesus 9. Slave To The Grind 10. Into Another (remix) 11. Frozen (1994 Demo) 12. My Enemy (remix) 13. Breakin' Down (remix) 14. Beat Yourself Blind (live) 15. Forever

16. Fire In The Hole (demo)

Thickskin 2003

1. New Generation 2. Ghost 3. Swallow Me (the Real You) 4. Born A Beggar 5. Thick Is The Skin 6. See You Around 7. Mouth Of Voodoo 8. One Light 9. I Remember You Two 10. Lamb 11. Down From Underground

12. Hittin' A Wall

Johnny SolingerScotti HillDave SaboRachel BolanPhil Varone

Revolutions Per Minute 2006 SPV

1. Disease 2. Another Dick In The System 3. Pulling My Heart Out From Under Me 4. When God Can't Wait 5. Shut Up Baby, I Love You 6. Strength 7. White Trash 8. You Lie 9. Nothing 10. Love Is Dead

11. Let It Ride

Johnny SolingerScotti HillDave SaboRachel BolanPhil Varone

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Slayer Origin: Los Angeles, CA, USAGenres: Thrash Metal Status: ActiveOfficial Web Site Last Update: August 27, 2006

No introduction necessary here, as most acknowledge Slayer as one of the premier thrash bands of all time, with Reign In Blood, their most popular album, universally regarded as a thrash classic. Cut from the same cloth as Metallica (the two debut albums do have similarities), and probably just as influential as Metallica, though clearly the musical directions of the two bands grew apart. The band's style has largely remained unchanged over the years, almost to the point of stagnation (noticeable on the relatively bland Divine Intervention -- while not bad at all, a sense of been-there-done-that can be felt), though the two albums since then are a bit more contemporary, while still retaining that classic Slayer style.

Tom Araya bass/vocals

Kerry King guitars

Jeff Hanneman guitars

Dave Lombardo drums (see also Fantōmas, Grip Inc., Testament, Voodoocult)

former members

Paul Bostaph drums (see also Exodus, Forbidden, Systematic, Testament)

Show No Mercy 1983 /MB,/Roa

Internet Top Ten Album

1. Evil Has No Boundaries 2. The Antichrist 3. Die By The Sword 4. Fight Till Death 5. Face The Slayer 6. Black Magic 7. Tormentor 8. The Final Command 9. Crionics

10. Show No Mercy

Tom ArayaKerry KingJeff HannemanDave Lombardo

(EP) Haunting The Chapel 1984 Metal Blade

Internet Top Ten Album

1. Chemical Warfare 2. Captor Of Sin 3. Haunting The Chapel

4. Aggressive Perfector

Tom ArayaKerry KingJeff HannemanDave Lombardo

Hell Awaits 1985 Metal Blade

BNR and Internet Top Ten Album

1. Hell Awaits 2. Kill Again 3. At Dawn They Sleep 4. Praise Of Death 5. Necrophiliac 6. Crypts Of Eternity

7. Hardening Of The Arteries

Tom ArayaKerry KingJeff HannemanDave Lombardo

(EP) Live Undead 1985 Metal Blade

1. Black Magic 2. Die By The Sword 3. Captor Of Sin 4. Antichrist 5. Evil Has No Boundaries 6. Show No Mercy

7. Aggressive Perfector

Tom ArayaKerry KingJeff HannemanDave Lombardo

Reign In Blood 1986 Def American

BNR and Internet Top Ten Album

1. Angel Of Death 2. Piece By Piece 3. Necrophobic 4. Altar Of Sacrifice 5. Jesus Saves 6. Criminally Insane 7. Reborn 8. Epidemic 9. Postmortem

10. Raining Blood

Tom ArayaKerry KingJeff HannemanDave Lombardo

South Of Heaven 1988 Def American

BNR and Internet Top Ten Album

1. South Of Heaven 2. Silent Scream 3. Live Undead 4. Behind The Crooked Cross 5. Mandatory Suicide 6. Ghosts Of War 7. Read Between The Lies 8. Cleanse The Soul 9. Dissident Aggressor

10. Spill The Blood

Tom ArayaKerry KingJeff HannemanDave Lombardo

Seasons In The Abyss 1990 Def American

BNR and Internet Top Ten Album

1. War Ensemble 2. Blood Red 3. Spirit In Black 4. Expendable Youth 5. Dead Skin Mask 6. Hallowed Point 7. Skeletons Of Society 8. Temptation

Tom ArayaKerry KingJeff HannemanDave Lombardo

9. Born Of Fire

10. Seasons In The Abyss

Decade Of Aggression (live) 1993 American

1. Hell Awaits 2. The Anti-christ 3. War Ensemble 4. South Of Heaven 5. Raining Blood 6. Altar Of Sacrifice 7. Jesus Saves 8. Dead Skin Mask 9. Seasons In The Abyss 10. Mandatory Suicide 11. Angel Of Death 12. Hallowed Point 13. Blood Red 14. Die By The Sword 15. Black Magic 16. Captor Of Sin 17. Born Of Fire 18. Postmortem 19. Spirit In Black 20. Expendable Youth

21. Chemical Warfare

Tom ArayaKerry KingJeff HannemanDave Lombardo

Divine Intervention 1994 American

Internet Top Ten Album

1. Killing Fields 2. Sex, Murder, Art 3. Fictional Reality 4. Dittohead 5. Divine Intervention 6. Circle Of Beliefs 7. Ss-3 8. Serenity In Murder 9. 213

10. Mind Control

Tom ArayaKerry KingJeff HannemanPaul Bostaph

Undisputed Attitude (covers) 1996 American

1. I'm Gonna Be Your God 2. Abolish Government

Tom Araya

3. Can't Stand You 4. Disintegration/free Money 5. Filler/i Don't Want To Hear It (medley) 6. Gemini 7. Guilty Fo Being White 8. I Hate You 9. Mr. Freeze 10. Richard Hung Himself 11. Spiritual Law 12. Verbal Abuse/leeches (medley)

13. Violent Pacification

Kerry KingJeff HannemanPaul Bostaph

Diabolus In Musica 1998 American

Internet Top Ten Album

1. Bitter Peace 2. Death's Head 3. Stain Of Mind 4. Overt Enemy 5. Perversions Of Pain 6. Love To Hate 7. Desire 8. In The Name Of God 9. Scrum 10. Screaming From The Sky 11. Wicked (eur/jap) 12. Point

13. Unguarded Instinct (jap)

Tom ArayaKerry KingJeff HannemanPaul Bostaph

God Hates Us All 2001 American

Internet Top Ten Album

1. Darkness Of Christ 2. Disciple 3. God Send Death 4. New Faith 5. Cast Down 6. Threshold 7. Exile 8. Seven Faces 9. Bloodline 10. Deviance 11. War Zone 12. Here Comes The Pain

13. Payback

Tom ArayaKerry KingJeff HannemanPaul Bostaph

Christ Illusion 2006 American

1. Flesh Storm 2. Catalyst 3. Eyes Of The Insane 4. Jihad 5. Skeleton Christ 6. Consfearacy 7. Catatonic 8. Black Serenade 9. Cult

10. Supremist

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Slipknot Origin: Iowa, USAGenres: Nu-Metal Status: ActiveOfficial Web Site Last Update: November 21, 2005

The scourge of "true metal" fans the world over, Slipknot took America by storm with the release of their self-titled album in 1999 (actually their second following a less-well-known release three years prior), the album racking up unprecedented sales figures for an independent label and without major radio airplay. Slipknot's style is undeniably nu-metal, but more intense than most in the field, as they actually have more old-school metal sensibilities than they are often given credit for (those who label this band another Korn clone, or just another nu-metal bandwagoner, are really missing the mark). The band followed up Slipknot two years later with Iowa, an equally intense album, if a shade less revolutionary, and continued to gain popularity. The following years saw some members occupy their time with other projects (Stone Sour, Murderdolls), amidst rumors that the longevity of the band was seriously in question. Recruiting renowned producer Rick Rubin, the band released Vol 3: The Subliminal Verses in May 2004. Unquestionably the band's most diverse album yet, Rubin has really brought out the best in the band, tapping into potential hinted at on the earlier albums but not realized. Though the long-term plans of the band may still not be fully known, Vol 3 stands as one of the most important releases of 2004.

Corey Taylor vocals (see also Stone Sour)

James Root guitars (see also Stone Sour)

Mick Thompson guitars

Paul Gray bass

Sid Wilson dj

Craig Jones samples

Joey Jordison drums (see also Murderdolls)

Shawn Crahan percussion

Chris Fehn percussion

former members

Anders Colsefni vocals

Donnie Steele guitars

Josh Brainard guitars

Mate. Feed. Kill. Repeat. 1996 independent

1. Slipknot 2. Gently 3. Do Nothing/bitchslap 4. Only One 5. Tattered And Torn 6. Confessions 7. Some Feel

8. Killers Are Quiet

Anders ColsefniDonnie SteeleJosh BrainardPaul GrayJoey JordisonShawn Crahan

Slipknot 1999 Roadrunner

BNR and Internet Top Ten Album

1. 742617000027 2. (sic) 3. Eyeless 4. Wait And Bleed 5. Surfacing 6. Spit It Out 7. Tattered And Torn 8. Frail Limb Nursery

Corey TaylorJosh BrainardJames RootMick ThompsonPaul Gray

9. Punity 10. Liberate 11. Prosthetics 12. No Life 13. Diluted 14. Only One

15. Scissors

Sid WilsonCraig JonesJoey JordisonShawn CrahanChris Fehn

Iowa 2001 Roadrunner

Internet Top Ten Album

1. People = Shit 2. Disasterpiece 3. My Plague 4. Everything Ends 5. The Heretic Anthem 6. Gently 7. Left Behind 8. The Shape 9. I Am Hated 10. Skin Ticket 11. New Abortion 12. Metabolic

13. Iowa

Corey TaylorJames RootMick ThompsonPaul GraySid WilsonCraig JonesJoey JordisonShawn CrahanChris Fehn

Vol 3: The Subliminal Verses 2004 Roadrunner

Internet Top Ten Album

1. Prelude 3.0 2. The Blister Exists 3. Three Nil 4. Duality 5. The Opium Of The People 6. Vermillion 7. Pulse Of The Maggots 8. Welcome 9. Circle 10. Before I Forget 11. The Nameless 12. Vermillion Part 2 13. The Virus Of Life

14. Danger, Keep Away

Corey TaylorJames RootMick ThompsonPaul GraySid WilsonCraig JonesJoey JordisonShawn CrahanChris Fehn

9.0 Live 2005 Roadrunner

1. Blister Exists 2. (sic) 3. Disasterpiece 4. Before I Forget

Corey TaylorJames Root

5. Left Behind 6. Liberate 7. Vermilion 8. Pulse Of The Maggots 9. Purity 10. Eyeless 11. Drum Solo 12. Eyeore 13. Three Nil 14. Nameless 15. Skin Ticket 16. Everything Ends 17. Iowa 18. Heretic Anthem 19. Duality 20. Spit It Out 21. People = Shit 22. Get This 23. Wait And Bleed

24. Surfacing

Mick ThompsonPaul GraySid WilsonCraig JonesJoey JordisonShawn CrahanChris Fehn

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Soulfly Origin: Arizona, USAGenres: Status: ActiveOfficial Web Site Last Update: January 31, 2006

Soulfly was formed by Max Cavalera following his well-publicized split from Sepultura in 1997. Neither Max nor his former mates seem interested in returning to the death/thrash style of prime Sepultura -- here, Max is progressing forth from the sound established on Sepultura's Roots, featuring Korn-ish downtuned guitars, tribal rhythms as well as other world music influences, and a mid-to-slower groove, accentuated by Max's trademark vocals.

Max Cavalera vocals/guitars (see also Nailbomb, Sepultura)

Marc Rizzo guitars (see also Ill Nińo)

Bobby Burns bass

Joe Nunez drums

former members

Jackson Bandeira guitars

Mikey Doling guitars

Marcelo Dias bass

Roy Mayorga drums (see also Medication, Thorn)

Soulfly 1998 Roadrunner

1. Eye For An Eye 2. No Hope = No Fear 3. Bleed 4. Tribe 5. Bumba 6. First Commandment 7. Bumbaklaatt 8. Soulfly 9. Umbabarumba 10. Quilombo 11. Fire 12. The Song Remains Insane 13. No 14. Prejudice 15. Karmageddon 16. Cangaceiro 17. Ain't No Feeble Bastard

18. The Possibility Of Life's Destuction

Max CavaleraJackson BandeiraMarcelo DiasRoy Mayorga

Primitive 2000 Roadrunner

1. Back To The Primitive 2. Pain 3. Bring It 4. Jumpdafuckup 5. Mulambo 6. Son Song 7. Boom 8. Terrorist 9. The Prophet 10. Soulfly Ii 11. In Memory Of...

12. Flyhigh

Max CavaleraMikey DolingMarcelo DiasJoe Nunez

III 2002 Roadrunner

1. Downstroy 2. Seek'n'strike 3. Enterfait 4. One 5. Lotm 6. Brasil 7. Tree Of Pain 8. One Nation 9. 9 11 01 10. Call To Arms 11. Four Elements 12. Soulfly Iii 13. Sangue De Bairro

14. Zumbi

Max CavaleraMikey DolingMarcelo DiasRoy Mayorga

Prophecy 2004 Roadrunner

1. Prophecy 2. Living Sacrifice 3. Execution Style 4. Defeat U 5. Mars 6. I Believe 7. Moses 8. Born Again Anarchist 9. Porrada 10. In The Meantime 11. Soulfly Iv

12. Wings

Max CavaleraMarc RizzoBobby BurnsJoe Nunez

Dark Ages 2005 Roadrunner

1. The Dark Ages 2. Babylon 3. I And I 4. Carved Inside 5. Arise Again 6. Frontlines 7. Inner Spirit 8. Corrosion Creeps 9. Molotov 10. Riot Starter 11. Bleak 12. (the) March 13. Fuel The Hate 14. Stay Strong

15. Soulfly V

Max CavaleraMarc RizzoBobby BurnsJoe Nunez

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Static-X Origin: Los Angeles, CA, USAGenres: Nu-Metal Status: ActiveOfficial Web Site Last Update: July 23, 2005

Led by one of the most visually striking vocalists in nu-metal (i.e. Wayne Static with his outrageous stand-up hair), Static-X unleashed their debut album, Wisconsin Death Trip, in 1999, shortly after signing to Warner Brothers Records. Their intense, industrial-tinged nu-metal style, mixing a bit of White Zombie and Fear Factory with a nu-metal base, won them a large fan base, and they have maintained a loyal following despited the decline of nu-metal in recent years.

Wayne Static vocals/guitars/programming

Koichi Fukuda guitars/keyboards/programming

Tony Campos bass/backing vocals (see also Asesino)

Nick Oshiro drums

former members

Tripp Eisen guitars

Ken Jay drums

Josh Freese drums (see also Medication, Suicidal Tendencies)

Wisconsin Death Trip 1999 Warner Bros.

1. Push It 2. I'm With Stupid 3. Bled For Days 4. Love Dump 5. I Am 6. Ostegolation 7. Stem 8. Sweat Of The Bud 9. Fix 10. Wisconsin Death Trip 11. The Trance Is The Motion

12. December

Wayne StaticKoichi FukudaTony CamposKen Jay

Machine 2001 Warner Bros.

1. Bien Venidos 2. Get To The Gone 3. Permanence 4. Black And White 5. This Is Not 6. Otsego Undead 7. Cold 8. Structural Defect 9. ...in A Bag 10. Burn To Burn 11. Machine

12. A Dios Alma Perdida

Wayne StaticTripp EisenTony CamposKen Jay

Shadow Zone 2003 Warner Bros.

1. Destroy All 2. Control It 3. New Pain 4. Shadow Zone 5. Dead World 6. Monster 7. The Only 8. Kill Your Idols 9. All In Wait 10. Otsegolectric 11. So 12. Transmission

13. I Feel Nothing

Wayne StaticTripp EisenTony CamposKen JayJosh Freese

Beneath, Between, Beyond 2004 Warner Bros.

1. Breathe 2. Deliver Me 3. Anything But This 4. S.o.m. 5. Down 6. Head 7. So Real 8. Crash 9. Push It (jb's Death Trance Mix) 10. I'm With Stupid (paul Barker Remix) 11. Burning Inside 12. Behind The Wall Of Sleep 13. Gimme Gimme Shock Treatment 14. I Am (demo) 15. Love Dump (demo) 16. Get To The Gone (demo) 17. New Pain (demo)

18. Otsegolectric (demo)

Start A War 2005 Warner Bros.

1. Enemy, The 2. I'm The One 3. Start A War 4. Pieces 5. Dirthouse 6. Skinnyman 7. Just In Case 8. Set It Off 9. I Want To Fucking Break It 10. Night Terrors 11. Otsego Amigo 12. My Damnation

13. Brainfog

Wayne StaticKoichi FukudaTony CamposNick Oshiro

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Stratovarius Origin: FinlandGenres: Power Metal Status: ActiveOfficial Web Site Last Update: September 19, 2005

Stratovarius is one of Finland's most successful metal bands, with a melodic, symphonic style that has served as a blueprint for many a Finnish band. They are often regarded as one of the most influential Euro melodic power metal bands, recogniazed alongside Helloween, Blind Guardian, and Gamma Ray as leaders of the genre.

2004 marked a year of upheaval for the band, with Timo Kotipelto and Jörg Michael departing the band amidst rampant and sometimes bizarre reports of erratic behavior from leader Timo Tolkki. Eventually the situation settled down (Tolkki admitted to some mental difficulties which he has since overcome) and the former lineup was restored, with their new album, simply titled Stratovarius, released in September 2005.

Timo Kotipelto vocals

Timo Tolkki guitars

Laurie Porra bass (see also Sinergy)

Jens Johansson keyboards (see also Dio, Yngwie Malmsteen, Mastermind, Silver Mountain)

Jörg Michael drums (see also Grave Digger, Headhunter, House Of Spirits, Mekong Delta, Axel Rudi Pell, Rage, Running Wild, Saxon, Schwarzarbeit, Unleashed Power)

former members

Jyrki Lentonen bass

Jari Kainulainen bass

Antti Ikonen keyboards

Tuomo Lassila drums

Fright Night 1989 T&T

1. Future Shock 2. False Messiah 3. Black Night 4. Witch-hunt 5. Firedance 6. Fright Night 7. Night Screamer 8. Darkness

9. Goodbye

Timo TolkkiJyrki LentonenAntti IkonenTuomo Lassila

Twilight Time 1992 T&T

1. Break The Ice 2. The Hands Of Time 3. Madness Strikes At Midnight 4. Metal Frenzy 5. Twilight Time 6. The Hills Have Eyes 7. Out Of The Shadows

8. Lead Us Into The Light

Timo TolkkiAntti IkonenTuomo Lassila

Dreamspace 1994 T&T

1. Chasing Shadows 2. 4th Reich 3. Eyes Of The World 4. Hold On To Your Dream 5. Magic Carpet Ride 6. We Are The Future 7. Tears Of Ice 8. Dreamspace 9. Reign Of Terror 10. Thin Ice 11. Atlantis 12. Abyss 13. Shattered

14. Wings Of Tomorrow

Timo TolkkiAntti IkonenTuomo Lassila

Fourth Dimension 1995 T&T

1. Against The Wind 2. Distant Skies 3. Galaxies 4. Winter 5. Stratovarius 6. Lord Of The Wasteland 7. 030366 8. Nightfall 9. Twilight Symphony

10. Call Of The Wilderness

Timo KotipeltoTimo TolkkiJari KainulainenAntti IkonenTuomo Lassila

Episode 1996 T&T

1. Father Time 2. Will The Sun Rise? 3. Eternity 4. Episode 5. Speed Of Light 6. Uncertainty 7. Seasons Of Change 8. Strasphere 9. Babylon 10. Tomorrow 11. Night Time Eclipse

12. Forever

Timo KotipeltoTimo TolkkiJari KainulainenJens JohanssonJörg Michael

Visions 1997 T&T

Internet Top Ten Album

1. The Kiss Of Judas 2. Black Diamond

Timo Kotipelto

3. Forever Free 4. Before The Winter 5. Legions 6. The Abyss Of Your Eyes 7. Holy Light 8. Paradise 9. Coming Home

10. Visions (southern Cross)

Timo TolkkiJari KainulainenJens JohanssonJörg Michael

Visions Of Europe (live) 1998 T&T

1. Forever Free 2. Kiss Of Judas 3. Father Time 4. Distant Skies 5. Season Of Change 6. Speed Of Light 7. Twilight Symphony 8. Holy Solos 9. Visions 10. Will The Sun Rise? 11. Forever 12. Black Diamond 13. Against The Wind 14. Paradise

15. Legions

Timo KotipeltoTimo TolkkiJari KainulainenJens JohanssonJörg Michael

Destiny 1998 T&T

1. Destiny 2. S.o.s. 3. No Turning Back 4. 4000 Rainy Nights 5. Rebel 6. Years Go By 7. Playing With Fire 8. Venus In The Morning 9. Anthem Of The World

10. Cold Winter Nights

Timo KotipeltoTimo TolkkiJari KainulainenJens JohanssonJörg Michael

The Chosen Ones (compilation) 1999 Noise

1. Black Diamond 2. Twilight Time 3. Father Time 4. The Hands Of Time 5. Dream With Me 6. Paradise 7. Out Of The Shadows 8. Forever 9. Full Moon

10. The Kiss Of Judas 11. S.o.s. 12. Dreamspace 13. Against The Wind 14. Speed Of Light 15. 4000 Rainy Nights

16. Will The Sun Rise?

Infinite 2000 Nuclear Blast

1. Hunting High And Low 2. Millennium 3. Mother Gaia 4. Phoenix 5. Glory Of The World 6. A Million Light Years Away 7. Freedom 8. Infinity

9. Celestial Dream

Timo KotipeltoTimo TolkkiJari KainulainenJens JohanssonJörg Michael

14 Diamonds (compilation) 2000 JVC

1. The Hands Of Time 2. Distant Skies 3. Tomorrow 4. Coming Home 5. Destiny 6. Future Shock 7. Black Diamond 8. Why Are We Here? 9. We Are The Future 10. Forever 11. Hunting High And Low 12. The Kiss Of Judas 13. Rebel

14. Mother Gaia

Intermission 2001 Nuclear Blast

1. Will My Soul Ever Rest In Peace? 2. Falling Into Fantasy 3. The Curtains Are Falling 4. Requiem 5. Kill The King 6. I Surrender (live) 7. Keep The Flame 8. Why Are We Here? 9. What Can I Say 10. Dream With Me 11. When The Night Meets The Day 12. It’s A Mystery

Timo KotipeltoTimo TolkkiJari KainulainenJens JohanssonJörg Michael

13. Cold Winter Nights

14. Hunting High & Low (live)

Elements Part 1 2003 JVC

1. Eagleheart 2. Soul Of A Vagabond 3. Find Your Own Voice 4. Fantasia 5. Learning To Fly 6. Papillon 7. Stratofortress 8. Elements

9. A Drop In The Ocean

Timo KotipeltoTimo TolkkiJari KainulainenJens JohanssonJörg Michael

Elements Part 2 2003 JVC

Timo KotipeltoTimo TolkkiJari KainulainenJens JohanssonJörg Michael

Stratovarius 2005 Mayan

1. Maniac Dance 2. Fight!!! 3. Just Carry On 4. Back To Madness 5. Gypsy In Me 6. Götterdämmerung (zenith Of Power) 7. The Land Of Ice And Snow 8. Leave The Tribe

9. United

Timo KotipeltoTimo TolkkiJari KainulainenJens JohanssonJörg Michael

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System Of A Down Origin: Los Angeles, CA, USAGenres: Nu-Metal Status: Active

Last Update: November 29, 2005

The interestingly-named System Of A Down seemingly came out of nowhere in 1998, signing to American Records and winning a major tour support slot with Slayer, prompting an en masse response of "Who?" from Slayer fans. Of the many nu-metal bands that emerged during the heyday of the genre, System Of A Down are generally a bit heavier, certainly more socially/politically aware (the quartet are all of Armenian descent), and clearly more diverse in their songwriting, evidenced by cool songs such as "Peephole", still a BNR favorite. Their debut album was a pleasant surprise in 1998, and they have continued to excel, with their first of two 2005 albums Mezmerize debuting at #1 on the US charts (its followup, Hypnotize, was released in November). In the crowded and oft-maligned field of nu-metal, System Of A Down clearly stands as one of the best and most unique of bands.

Serj Tankian vocals

Daron Malakian guitars/vocals

Shavo Odadjian bass

John Dolmayan drums

System Of A Down 1998 American

BNR Top Ten Album

1. Suite-pee 2. Know 3. Sugar 4. Suggestions 5. Spiders 6. Ddevil 7. Soil 8. War? 9. Mind 10. Peephole 11. Cube Rt

Serj TankianDaron MalakianShavo OdadjianJohn Dolmayan

12. Darts

13. P.l.u.c.k.

Toxicity 2001 American

BNR and Internet Top Ten Album

1. Prison Song 2. Needles 3. Deer Dance 4. Jet Pilot 5. X 6. Chop Suey! 7. Bounce 8. Forest 9. Atwa 10. Silence 11. Shimmy 12. Toxicity 13. Psycho

14. Aerials

Serj TankianDaron MalakianShavo OdadjianJohn Dolmayan

Steal This Album! 2002 American

1. Chic ‘n’ Stu 2. Innervision 3. Bubbles 4. Boom! 5. Nuguns 6. A.d.d. (american Dream Denial) 7. Mr. Jack 8. I-e-a-i-a-i-o 9. 36 10. Pictures 11. Highway Song 12. Fuck The System 13. Ego Brain 14. Thetawaves’ 15. Roulette

16. Streamline

Serj TankianDaron MalakianShavo OdadjianJohn Dolmayan

Mezmerize 2005 American

1. Soldier Side (intro) 2. B.y.o.b. 3. Revenga 4. Cigaro 5. Radio/video 6. This Cocaine Makes Me Feel Like I'm On

This Song 7. Violent Pornography

Serj TankianDaron MalakianShavo OdadjianJohn Dolmayan

8. Question! 9. Sad Statue 10. Old School Hollywood

11. Lost In Hollywood

Hypnotize 2005 American

1. Attack 2. Dreaming 3. Kill Rock N' Roll 4. Hypnotize 5. Stealing Society 6. Tentative 7. U-fig 8. Holy Mountains 9. Vicinity Of Obscenity 10. She's Like Heroin 11. Lonely Day

12. Soldier Side

Serj TankianDaron MalakianShavo OdadjianJohn Dolmayan

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Satyricon Origin: NorwayGenres: Black Metal Status: ActiveOfficial Web Site Last Update: August 27, 2006

Satyricon remains one of the most important and influential Norwegian black metal bands, building a solid base with their first few albums and then breaking the bank with Rebel Extravanganza, an album that truly attempted to stretch the boundaries of traditional black metal. Though the band has mostly been a duo comprised of Satyr and Frost, the list of musicians that have contributed to Satyricon, either in the studio or live, comprises a who's who of Norwegian black metal, linking Satyricon to practically every other Norwegian black metal band of note. These musicians include (far from a complete

list) Tchort of Green Carnation, Cyrus of Susperia, Tyr of Borknagar, Neddo of Cadaver, Snorre Ruch of Thorns, Sverd of Arcturus, several members of Gehenna, Ivar Peerson of Enslaved, and many, many more.

Sigurd Wongraven (Satyr) vocals/guitars/bass

Kjetil Haraldstad (Frost) drums (see also 1349, Gehenna, Gorgoroth, Keep Of Kalessin)

former members

Tomas Haugen (Samoth) guitars (see also Burzum, Emperor, Zyklon)

Ted Skjellum (Kveldulv) guitars (see also Darkthrone)

Dark Medieval Times 1994 Moonfog

1. Walk The Path Of Sorrow 2. Dark Medieval Times 3. Skyggedans 4. Min Myllest Til Vinterland 5. Into The Mighty Forest 6. The Dark Castle In The Deep Forest

7. Taareslottet

SatyrFrost

The Shadowthrone 1995 Moonfog

1. Hvite Krists Dod 2. In The Mist By The Hills 3. Woods To Eternity 4. Vikingland 5. Dominions Of Satyricon 6. The King Of The Shadowthrone

7. I En Svart Kiste

SatyrFrostSamoth

The Forest Is My Throne (split w/ Enslaved) 1995 Moonfog

1. Black Winds Satyr

2. The Forest Is My Throne 3. Min Hyllest Til Vinterland

4. The Night Of The Triumphator

Frost

Nemesis Divina 1996 Moonfog

1. The Dawn Of A New Age 2. Forhekset 3. Morther North 4. Du Som Hater Gud 5. Immortality Passion 6. Nemesis Divina

7. Transcendental Requiem Of Slaves

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(EP) Megiddo 1996 Moonfog

1. The Dawn Of A New Age (remix) 2. Night Of Divine Power 3. Forhekset

4. Orgasmatron

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(EP) Intermezzo II 1999 Moonfog

1. A Moment Of Clarity 2. Inri 3. Nemesis Divina

4. Blessed From Below

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Rebel Extravaganza 1999 /NB,/Spi

1. Tied In Bronze Chains 2. Filthgrinder 3. Rhapsody In Filth 4. Havoc Vulture 5. Prime Evil Resistance 6. Supersonic Journey 7. End Of Journey

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8. A Moment Of Clarity 9. Down South, Up North

10. The Scorn Torrent

Ten Horns - Ten Diadems 2002 Capitol

1. Filthgrinder 2. Dominions Of Satyricon 3. Forhekset 4. Night Of Divine Power 5. Hvite Krists Dųd 6. Mother North 7. Supersonic Journey 8. Taakeslottet 9. Serpent's Rise

10. Repined Bastard Nation

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Volcano 2002 Capitol

BNR Top Ten Album

1. With Ravenous Hunger 2. Angstridden 3. Fuel For Hatred 4. Suffering The Tyrants 5. Possessed 6. Repined Bastard Nation 7. Mental Mercury

8. Black Lava

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Now, Diabolical 2006 /RR

1. Now, Diabolical 2. K.i.n.g. 3. The Pentagram Burns 4. A New Enemy 5. The Rite Of Our Cross 6. That Darkness Shall Be Eternal 7. Delirium

8. To The Mountains

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