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Thursday, December 29, 2022

National Napalm Syndicate Discography (1989 - 2022)

A speed/thrash metal band from Pudasjärvi, Finland, founded in 1986. One of the pioneering bands of the genre in Finland. They split-up in 1991, but have been active again since 2002.

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Venom - Discography (1985-1997)

Black Metal band from Newcastle, Tyne and Wear U.K. founded in 1979.

With the release of their second album: Black Metal they gave birth and name to a genre: Black Metal, they also influenced the creation of other Extreme Metal styles such as Thrash, Speed and Death.

* By some, the band is considered to be a part of the NWOBHM movement, but according to Cronos words it wasn’t: "You think back to all those NWOHM bands at the time: They all sounded like someone else, with boring riffs and predictable lyrics. We didn’t want to be part of that, even if it meant people didn't like what we were doing at first, coz it was different".

Early age: Cronos created a band called Dwarfstar more rock / metal than punk and with the first signs of Satanic influences, writing song titles such as 'Sons of Satan', 'Bloodlust' and 'Welcome To Hell' and started incorporating pentagrams and dark satanic imagery.

1979 Conrad Lant a.k.a. Cronos (2) [Titan god from the Greek mythology that ate his children], was working at Impulse Studios in Wallsend he met Jeffrey Dunn a.k.a. Mantas (5). Cronos’s goal was to be in a band that plays original material not covers. He switched from rhythm guitar to bassist because the bassist left and stayed that way. At that time Clive "Jesus Christ" Archer was singer, but he was opposed to Satanism and that got him fired. Cronos tried the vocals and the rest of the band preferred him for singing.

1980 On October 10th, Venom recorded the first 6-track demo that got them signed with Neat Records for their first 7’’ ‘In League With Satan’ / Live Like An Angel - Die Like A Devil. Here it must be said that the initial mix of the tracks was made by a Neat engineer that he didn’t understand Venom’s sound and in result it didn’t really sound like them, so Cronos stole the initial tape and replaced it [before the pressing of the EPs] with one of his own mix!

1981 That same year, the band’s debut album, Welcome To Hell was unleashed [in 3 studio days], it wasn’t a true album but a collection of re-recorded demos with a sleeve, which is why there’s such a huge difference in sound quality between 'Welcome To Hell' and the next album.

1982 Having built a strong fan base among those who worshipped extreme metal, Venom returned [in 7 studio days] with their most important album: Black Metal with their original sound, Cronos shaped it as heavy as it could get.

1984 The band’s first UK live performance on June 1, was at the Hammersmith Odeon in London and became a sold-out event. At War With Satan album is released, idea started off as a story that Cronos wrote while he was still at school. It was going to be a Satanic Bible type idea that I wanted to have published as a novel, and then it turned into a concept album. The difference with other albums is that every song is linked into what went before, after all it was a story turn it into an album.

1996 the band reformed as the original line-up with Cronos back in the fold. A self-titled EP was released, followed by albums and the re-release of all of the bands' older classics.

Cronos (Conrad Lant) is the lead singer of the band, with the exception of Tony Dolan (Demolition Man) that handled vocals on 3 albums:

1989 Prime Evil

1991 Temples of Ice

1992 The Waste Lands

..More line-up changes happened, as Cronos left to follow a solo career [to return later again] and Abaddon was forced to re-recruit Mantas (largely missed by the fans) along with fellow British Atomkraft's Tony Dolan (who used the moniker 'Demolition Man' in Venom) and Al Banes, then, in 2014 former Venom members Mantas and Abaddon decided to start up a new band titled Venom Inc. later on, former Venom member, bassist Tony “Demolition Man” Dolan, was added to the line-up.

The story still goes on with live performances and new albums..

''Lay down your souls to the gods rock n' roll''

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Destruction - Discography (1985-2022)

Country: Germany

Genre: Thrash Metal

Destruction is a German thrash metal band formed in 1982. They are often credited as one of the "Big Four" of the German thrash metal scene, the others being Kreator, Sodom and Tankard. In addition to helping pioneer black metal by containing several elements of what was to become the genre, Destruction was part of the second wave of thrash metal in the mid-to-late 1980s, along with American bands like Testament, Sacred Reich, Death Angel and Dark Angel.[2] For most of the 1990s, the band was not signed to a record label and was forced to self-produce their albums until they signed a contract with Nuclear Blast in the early 2000s.

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Kreator - ‎Discography (1985 - 2022)

Year: 1985 - 2022

Genre: Thrash Metal

Country: Germany

Format: Mp3

Size: 5.9 GB

Line-up

Ventor-Drums (1984-1994, 1996-present), Vocals (1984-1986)

See also: ex-Tormentor, ex-Ninnghizhidda

Mille Petrozza-Vocals, Guitars (1984-present)

See also: ex-Tormentor, ex-Voodoocult

Sami Yli-Sirniö-Guitars (2001-present)

See also: Barren Earth, Waltari, ex-Kyyria, ex-Brainwash, ex-In Rags, ex-Jimsonweed

Frédéric Leclercq-Bass (2019-present)

See also: Amahiru, Loudblast, Menace, Sinsaenum, ex-Maladaptive, ex-Memoria, Egoine, ex-DragonForce, ex-Heavenly, ex-Carnival in Coal (live), ex-Machine Head (live), ex-Sabaton (live), ex-Denied, ex-Gods of Hate, ex-Hors Normes, ex-Militia, ex-Sudel's Project, ex-Suxeed, ex-The Gust

Album list

Studio albums

1985 - Endless Pain

1986 - Pleasure To Kill

1987 - Terrible Certainty

1989 - Extreme Aggression

1990 - Coma Of Souls

1992 - Renewal

1995 - Cause For Conflict

1997 - Outcast

1999 - Endorama

2001 - Violent Revolution

2005 - Enemy Of God Revisited

2009 - Hordes Of Chaos - Ultra Riot

2012 - Phantom Antichrist

2017 - Gods Of Violence (Ltd.)

2022 - Hate Uber Alles

Compilations

1996 - Scenarios Of Violence

1999 - Voices Of Transgression

2000 - Past Life Trauma

2016 - Love Us Or Hate Us

2021 - Under The Guillotine

Live Albums

2003 - Live Kreation

2008 - At The Pulse Of Kapitulation

2010 - Terror Prevails - Live At Rock Hard Festival

2012 - Terror Prevails - Live At Rock Hard Festival, Pt. 2

2013 - Dying Alive

2017 - Live Antichrist (Promo)

2020 - London Apocalypticon - Live At The Roundhouse

2022 - Bootleg Revolution

Singles, EPs, Promos

1988 - Out Of The Dark... Into The Light

1989 - Betrayer (Promo)

1990 - People Of The Lie (Promo)

1995 - Isolation (Promo)

1999 - Chosen Few

2016 - Violence Unleashed

2019 - For The Hordes (EP)

2020 - 666 - World Divided (Single)

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Sodom is a German thrash metal band from Gelsenkirchen, formed in 1981. Along with the bands Kreator, Destruction and Tankard, Sodom is considered one of the "The Big Teutonic Four" of Teutonic thrash metal. While three bands (except Tankard) created a sound that would influence death metal and black metal, Sodom's early music style would greatly influence many late-1980s and early-1990s black metal bands more than others.

To date, Sodom has released fourteen studio albums, three live albums, two compilation albums and six EPs. They achieved their first commercial success with their third studio album Agent Orange (1989), which was the first thrash metal album to enter the German album charts, where it reached number 36. Sodom remains one of the best-selling thrash metal acts of all time, having sold over one million records.

Sodom's original line-up consisted of Tom Angelripper, Bloody Monster, Arius "Blasphemer", and Aggressor. The band was initiated by Tom as a desperate attempt to get out of having to work in coal mines in his home town of Gelsenkirchen. Though the band became a real working unit yet only when Chris Witchhunter (Christian Dudek, originally from Essen) had joined the band on drums (replacing Bloody Monster), having had already experience in writing music in some of his previous school-projects and thus coaching the remaining two members how to write proper songs (Arius had also been fired from the band). Taking inspiration from bands such as Motörhead, Venom, Tank, Accept, Rainbow and AC/DC, the group continued as a three-piece in the Motörhead-fashion and released two demos which led to a record deal with Steamhammer. Aggressor left the band shortly before releasing the In the Sign of Evil EP (generally regarded as an important early black metal release), and was replaced by Grave Violator, who himself did not last long, and left following the recording of In the Sign of Evil. Michael "Destructor" Wulf was found as a replacement, after which the band went and recorded Obsessed by Cruelty, their full-length debut featuring music that was mostly in the vein of In The Sign of Evil. Wulf did not last in the band long, and later went and joined Kreator (where he also only had a short stint; he would later die after a tragic motorcycle accident in 1993).

For the most part, Sodom was at first not taken seriously, with various press sources describing them as "a second-rate Venom clone with semi-inventive lyrics". One member would change that. Frank "Blackfire" Gosdzik came in to fill the guitar spot Wulf had left behind. Frank convinced Tom that thrash metal was moving beyond horror/occult/satanic themes of bands like Venom to embrace political, societal, and war themes. Tom was already interested in various wars yet remained a peacenik. New inspiration culminated into Frank's full-length debut with the band, Persecution Mania. The new lyrical approach and increased musicianship on the part of Frank gave the band great acclaim (as well as a gas-masked mascot Knarrenheinz, who appeared for the first time on Persecution Mania's cover). They soon embarked on a tour of Europe with the Swiss thrash metal band Coroner. After touring for the better part of 1987 and 1988, the band returned to the studio to make another album. The final product, Agent Orange, sold 100,000 copies in Germany alone. This made Sodom famous, giving them worldwide critical acclaim, and secured their place alongside Kreator and Destruction as one of the great Teutonic thrash metal bands. To this date, Agent Orange has sold more than any other German thrash-metal album in the world.

Problems were brewing inside of the band, however. Tom and Chris descended further into alcoholism. Furthermore, Frank had grown tired of composing music that his band-mates would often perform poorly live. Mille Petrozza of Kreator offered Frank a position with his band, after they lost their second guitarist, and Frank accepted. Angelripper went out looking for a replacement and found Michael Hoffman, formerly of German thrashers Assassin.

With this line-up, the album Better off Dead was released in 1990. During the South American tour however, Hoffman decided to stay in Brazil and was therefore forced to quit. Andy Brings replaced him, and a new album was recorded, Tapping the Vein, with more of a death metal sound. This proved to be the last album with the drummer Witchhunter: He was kicked out of the band, and Atomic Steif formerly of both Holy Moses and Living Death became his replacement behind the drum kit.

The group recorded the album, Get What You Deserve. The death metal influences were out; the influence of punk came in. Get What You Deserve had an arguably grotesque album cover (featuring a dead man shot and lying in his bed with a woman tied-up nearby), and many fans did not take to the band's new direction. This period also marked the beginning of less international visibility for the band as thrash lost its commercial viability for the remainder of the 1990s. Angelripper also started a solo career doing metal impressions of drinking songs, German schlagers and even Christmas-type carols. A live album was recorded of the tour in support of the resulting album called Marooned - Live.

Masquerade in Blood, saw the death metal influences return, as well as some groove metal elements kicking in, but still was pretty much in the same vein as their previous studio effort. It was released in 1995. Again another guitarist had to be found. The new choice, Strahli, did not stay very long with the band. He was arrested and imprisoned on drug-related matters, and the band had since lost contact with him, until January 2011, when they learned he had died in Düsseldorf. Atomic Steif also left and again Angelripper needed to search for new members. These were found: a guitarist in Bernemann and a drummer in Bobby Schottkowski. This line-up stabilized the band significantly and lasted until December 2010, when Schottkowski left.

The album 'Til Death Do Us Unite featured a controversial album cover, depicting a woman's pregnant belly and a man's beer gut pressing in a human skull together. This album marked the beginning of Sodom's return to thrash but was still more along the lines of a thrash-crossover sound and had much in common with bands like Suicidal Tendencies. It also spawned the song for which Sodom would make their most famous music video, the highly-controversial song "Fuck The Police." After this album, Sodom returned to the studio and released Code Red in 1999 which marked a full return to the Teutonic thrash metal sound of the 1980s, and it was met with praise from fans and press alike. A limited edition featured a bonus CD containing a tribute to Sodom album, Homage to the Gods. With 2001 came the release of M-16, a concept album about the movie Apocalypse Now, which took its title from the famed M16 assault rifle.

In 2003, a double live album was recorded in Bangkok, Thailand, titled One Night in Bangkok. A new album simply titled Sodom was released in 2006, in the same vein as M-16. The title was chosen - as Angelripper explained it - because every band needs a self-titled album, and the band had never released one. The album was delayed however, because the DVD Lords of Depravity took more time to compose than initially thought.

In 2007, Tom was asked by the record label Steamhammer for any tracks to be released on the In The Sign Of Evil EP. Tom believed there were, and the label floated the idea to Tom to get ex-members Chris Witchhunter and Grave Violator (real name: Franz Josef "Peppi" Dominik) to re-record the EP with the bonus tracks. The result became The Final Sign of Evil. Chris "Witchhunter" Dudek died on 7 September 2008 from liver failure after a long battle with illness.

In 2009, Sodom returned to the UK to play their first show in 20 years at Bloodstock Open Air.

In War and Pieces, Sodom's thirteenth studio album, was released in Europe on November 22, 2010, and released in North America on January 11, 2011. On November 30, 2010, it was announced that Bobby Schottkowski would be leaving the band, due to "personal and private problems" between Tom Angelripper and Schottkowski.[ On December 8, 2010, Markus "Makka" Freiwald was announced to be Sodom's new drummer.

In late January 2012, Sodom began writing their fourteenth studio album, which they planned to record in May 2012 for a late summer release. On December 17, 2012, the band announced the album would be released on April 29, 2013. The album is titled Epitome of Torture and features 13 tracks. The album was released in Germany on April 26, and in the US on May 7.

In November 2014, Sodom released the EP Sacred Warpath as a preview of their upcoming fifteenth studio album. The EP contains one original studio track, and live versions of three previously released songs.

In the early days Sodom's lyrics focused on Satanic and occult themes but war soon became their main subject. This led some people to think that the band was militarist, but on closer observation the reader would find the lyrics actually being anti-war. In an interview with Metalkings.com Tom Angelripper said: "Why are we writing about war? Because we don’t want war. We wanna describe how bad the war is." The chorus of the song Ausgebombt also gives a very clear message: "No trade with death, No trade with arms, Dispense the war, Learn from the past."

Current line-up :

Tom Angelripper (Thomas Such, Onkel Tom) - vocals, bass (Desperados) (1981–present)

Bernd "Bernemann" Kost - guitar (ex-Crows) (1996–present)

Markus "Makka" Freiwald - drums (2010–present)

Former members :

Guitar

Frank Testegen - (1983–1984)

Josef "Grave Violator" Dominic - (1984–1985, 2007)

Michael Wulf - (1985–1986) (later Kreator) (deceased)

Uwe Christophers - (on tour in 1986)

Frank "Blackfire" Gosdzik - (later Mystic (Bra) and Kreator) (1987–1989)

Uwe Baltrusch - (on tour in 1989/1990) (also in Mekong Delta, later House of Spirits)

Michael Hoffman - (Assassin (Ger)) (1990)

Andy Brings - (later Powergod) (1991–1995)

Dirk Strahlimeier - (1995–1996) (deceased)

Drums

Christian "Witchhunter" Dudek - (1983–1992, 2007) (deceased) (see also Destruction and Bathory)

Guido Richter - (1993-1996) (later Stahlträger, Assassin, Sacred Chao, Holy Moses, Living Death, Brotós)

Bobby Schottkowski - (1997–2010)

This package contains :

Studio Albums :

1986 - Obsessed By Cruelty (Steamhammer Pressing)

1987 - Persecution Mania

1988 - In The Sign Of Evil + Obsessed By Cruelty

1989 - Agent Orange (2cd, 2010 Reissue)

1990 - Better Off Dead

1992 - Tapping The Vein

1994 - Get What You Deserve

1995 - Masquerade In Blood

1997 - 'til Death Do Us Unite

1999 - Code Red

2001 - M-16

2006 - Sodom

2007 - The Final Sign Of Evil

2010 - In War And Pieces (2CD Deluxe Edition)

2012 - 30 Years' War - CD 1

2012 - 30 Years' War - CD 2

2012 - Official Bootleg - The Witchunter Decade

2013 - Epitome Of Torture

EP, Demo:

1984 - Satan's Conjuration - Witchhammer [Demo]

1989 - Ausgebombt (Ep)

1991 - The Saw Is The Law (Ep)

1993 - Aber Bitte Mit Sahne (Ep)

2005 - The Sins Of Sodom

2014 - Sacred Warpath (VBR)

Japan Press:

1987 - Persecution Mania

1988 - Mortal Way Of Live

1989 - Agent Orange

1990 - Better Off Dead

1990 - Obsessed By Cruelty + Expurse Of Sodomy + In The Sign Of Evil

1991 - Sodomania

1991 - The Saw Is The Law + Ausgebombt

1992 - Tapping The Vein

1993 - Aber Bitte Mit Sahne

1994 - Get What You Deserve

1995 - Masquerade In Blood

1997 - 'Til Death Do Us Unite

1999 - Code Red

2006 - Sodom

2007 - The Final Sign Of Evil

2010 - In War And Pieces

Live:

1988 - Mortal Way Of Live

1994 - Marooned Live

2003 - One Night In Bangkok

Tribute:

1999 - Homage To The Gods - A Tribute To Sodom

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Mortal Sin - Discography (1986 - 2011)

Mortal Sin grew out of the western suburbs of Sydney in the mid 80's and by 1987 had become the country's most important extreme metal act. With original members Campbell, Eftichiou, Maurer, Carwana & Krstin. Mortal Sin rose to the top of the scene with their Metallica inspired debut Mayhemic Destruction, which found favour offshore and won them an international record deal. Shortly after it was released Krstin was replaced by ex-Slaughter Lord member Mick Burke and the band solidified their reputation by supporting Metallica in 1989. Shortly after releasing Face of Despair, Steve Hughes (also ex-Slaughter Lord) replaced Campbell and Mortal Sin toured Europe with Testament and Faith No More, but upon returning home Maurer expressed displeasure with the line-up and left. In 1991 Eftichiou recorded and gigged with a completely different line-up which brought the ire of the rest of the former members who laid claim to the name. Despite a legal dispute, an album and single were released before it ground to a halt. Mortal Sin reformed in late 1996 with four of the original members in Maurer, Campbell, Eftichiou and Carwana along with Anthony Hoffman. Carwana's stay was brief before he was replaced by Troy Scerri. A mini-album Revolution of the Mind was released which featured re-recordings of early songs, reworked demos and two new originals.

In February 2004 Mortal Sin Resurfaced featuring original members Maurer, Campbell, Eftichiou & former Addictive guitarists Joe Buttigieg & Mick Sultana. The first show back was filmed & released on a limited DVD Out of the Darkness. Early 2005 Mortal Sin were inducted into the Hall Of Fame at the Metal for the Brain & Kerrang Australian Heavy Metal Awards. Soon after the band parted ways with original drummer Campbell & guitarist Buttigieg, with replacements found in Luke Cook (drums) & Nathan Shea (guitar). 6 weeks later toured Australia with Metal icons Anthrax. Mortal Sin then entered the studios in October with producer Phil McKellar to record a CD single Out of the Darkness. After a show in Hamburg & an appearance at the infamous Wacken Open Air Festival, The Mortals returned to the studio to complete the long awaited new album. April 2007, The Mortals opened for Slayer & Mastodon then signed with German label Armageddon Music & Riot Entertainment within Australia for the release of An Absence of Faith. Returning to Europe in March 2008 & toured with New York Thrash Kings Overkill, also appearing with Megadeth at Metal Mania & Destruction at Inferno Festival. 4 Months later Mortal Sin returned to Europe once again for the summer festival season, Including Wacken, Jalometalli, Alcatraz & Head Bangers Open Air. Most recently playing supports to Legendary bands such as Judas Priest, Testment, Kreator & a tour through South America in late 2009...Following the departure of Mick Sultana, Mortal Sin found a replacement in Guitarist Ryan Huthnance and has since toured with Overkill. Mortal Sin's new album is in the final stages of production and are expecting a mid 2011 release.

Lineup

Mat Maurer - Vocals (1985–1990, 1996–present)

Andy Eftichiou - Bass (1985–1991, 1996–1997, 2004–present)

Ryan Huthnance - Guitar (2010–present)

Luke Cook - Drums (2005–present)

Nathan Shea - Guitar (2005–present)

Album List

1986 - Mayhemic Destruction (Remastered 2007)

1989 - Face Of Despair (Japanese Edition)

1989 - Face Of Despair (Remastered 2007)

1990 - I Am Immortal (Single)

1991 - Every Dog Has Its Day (Single)

1991 - Every Dog Has It's Day

1995 - Mortal Sin & Lethal - Mayhemic Destruction & The Arrival (Bootleg Split)

1998 - Revolution Of The Mind (EP)

2003 - Martyrs Of Destruction (Bootleg)

2006 - Out Of The Darkness (EP)

2007 - An Absence Of Faith (Digipak Edition)

2011 - Psychology Of Death + Mayhemic Destruction (Japanese Edition)

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Sepultura (Portuguese: [ˌsepuwˈtuɾɐ], "grave")[1] is a Brazilian heavy metal band from Belo Horizonte. Formed in 1984 by brothers Max and Igor Cavalera,the band was a major force in the groove metal, thrash metal and death metal[3] genres during the late 1980s and early 1990s,with their later experiments drawing influence from alternative metal, world music, nu metal,hardcore punk, and industrial metal.Sepultura has also been credited as one of the second wave of thrash metal acts from the late 1980s to early-to-mid-1990s.

The band has had several lineup changes throughout its existence, with Max and Igor Cavalera departing in 1996 and 2006, respectively. Sepultura's current lineup consists of vocalist Derrick Green (who replaced Max in 1998), guitarist Andreas Kisser, bassist Paulo Jr. and drummer Eloy Casagrande (who replaced Igor's successor Jean Dolabella in 2011). Since Igor Cavalera's departure in 2006, there have been no original members left in the band. Although Paulo Jr. joined Sepultura shortly after its formation in late 1984 and is the longest serving member, he did not play on any of the band's studio albums until Chaos A.D. (1993).[a] Kisser, who replaced onetime guitarist Jairo Guedz, has appeared on all of Sepultura's albums since their second full-length Schizophrenia (1987); he also recorded bass guitar until Chaos A.D..

Sepultura has released fifteen studio albums to date, the latest being Quadra (2020). Their most successful records are Beneath the Remains (1989), Arise (1991), Chaos A.D. (1993), and Roots (1996).Sepultura has sold over three million units in the United States and almost 20 million worldwide,gaining multiple gold and platinum records around the globe, including in countries as diverse as France,Australia,Indonesia,United States,Cyprus,and their native Brazil.

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Testament - Discography (1987-2020)

Thrash Metal (Heavy Metal) band from San Francisco, California (USA).

Initially founded as Legacy (27) in 1983 by Eric Peterson (guitar) his cousin Derrick Ramírez (guitar and vocals) and Mike Ronchette (drums). Same year Steve "Zetro" Souza joined as vocalist, Gregg Christian as bassist and Louie Clemente replaced Mike on drums. In 1984 Alex Skolnick replaced Derrick on the guitar and they began rehearsing for their first demo.

In 1985 they recorded their first demo called "First Strike Is Deadly" and in 1986 they changed their name into Testament after parting ways with Zetro (who left to join fellow Bay-area thrashers Exodus) and hooking up with new vocalist Chuck Billy. After the successful debut album "The Legacy" they played the Dynamo festival in Holland and recorded a live EP. Their second album made Testament one of the world's biggest metal bands and a tour was arranged with Megadeth, Voivod, Anthrax, Judas Priest and others. Their third album "Practice What You Preach" sold more than 400,000 copies.

After the release of 1992's "The Ritual", Louie Clemente and lead guitarist Alex Skolnick left the band and were replaced by guitarist Glen Alvelais and drummer Paul Bostaph, both from the band Forbidden. In 1995, after more line up changes which included guitarist James Murphy replacing Alvelais and a few different guys behind the drums, the band was dropped from Atlantic Records and they therefore decided to create their own label called Burnt Offerings Inc. In 1996 Testament split up during the pre-production for the seventh album. Chuck told that he and Eric would form a new band called Dog Faced Gods while James left to do a personal project and Greg formed the band Flangue. However Eric and Chuck soon resurrected the Testament name with various players. 1997's "Demonic" featured founding member Derrick Ramirez (playing bass) and drummer Gene Hoglan. 1999's "The Gathering" saw the return of James Murphy, along with bassist Steve DiGiorgio and former Slayer drummer Dave Lombardo.

In 2005, after several years of playing with different line ups and Chuck's battle with cancer, he and Eric reunited with "classic line up" members Alex Skolnick, Greg Christian, and Louie Clemente for a series of show which resulted in the release of a live album. Moving forward, the original members opted to continue working together, with exception of Louie Clemente, who was unable to commit to the band full time and was replaced by ex-Dimmu Borgir drummer Nick Barker. Barker's tenure was brief, as visa problems prevented him from working in the US, and he was replaced by Paul Bostaph.

Testament began recording their new album, Dark Roots of Earth, on June 20, 2011. Paul Bostaph was unable to take part in the recording due to a "serious injury"; however, he was expected to rejoin when the band tours to support the album. Gene Hoglan, who played drums on the band's 1997 album Demonic, filled in for Paul on the drum tracks. It was announced on December 1st that Paul Bostaph left Testament. Gene Hoglan recorded the drums tracks for Dark Roots of Earth and continues to play live with the band. In interviews, Testament have expressed pleasure in Hoglan's playing, and a hope that he will continue with the band for the foreseeable future. In 2014, it was announced that Testament and Greg Christian had parted ways.

Current Line Up:

Chuck Billy - Vocals (1986 – )

Eric Peterson - Guitar (1986 – )

Alex Skolnick - Guitar (1986 – 1992, 2001, 2005 – )

Dave Lombardo - Drums (2022 -

Steve DiGiorgio - Bass (1998 – 2004, 2014 – )

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Formed: 1982 in Jonquière, Quebec, Canada.

Thrash metal band influenced by the NWOBHM, Hardcore and Progressive Rock. Voïvod are easily identifiable by their use of unusual time signatures, dissonant guitar chords and lyrical themes influenced by post-apocalyptic literature, cold war politics and science fiction.

Founding members Jean-Yves Thériault alias Blacky (2) (bass) and Denis Bélanger alias Snake (6) (vocals) departed the band in the early 1990s (though Bélanger would return and leave the band several times until the mid 1990s), guitarist Denis D'Amour alias Piggy and drummer Michel Langevin alias Away forged ahead with new member Eric "E-Force" Forrest on bass and vocals. Forrest departed in 2001 and Voïvod went on hiatus for a year. The band reformed in 2002 with Denis "Snake" Bélanger returning on vocals and ex-Metallica member Jason "Jasonic" Newsted performing bass duties in the studio.

Voïvod found itself on hiatus once more as guitarist Denis "Piggy" D'Amour was diagnosed with cancer of the colon, he passed away in 2005.

In 2009 the band released its twelfth studio album Infini, which features the last music written and recorded by D'Amour.

Currently, Voïvod continues to perform live with its remaining original members; Denis Bélanger, Michel Langevin and Jean-Yves Thériault and the new guitarist Dan Mongrain. In January 2013 a new album called "Target Earth" will be published by Century Media. It was announced that Jean-Yves Thériault was forced out of the band, for months he requested meetings regarding the band business and artistic affairs, but was denied such talks by the other members

Line-up, 1982 - 1991:

Denis "Snake" Bélanger - vocals

Denis "Piggy" D'Amour - guitar

Jean-Yves "Blacky" Thériault - bass