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Empires (Animosity Album)
''Empires'' is the second studio album by American death metal band Animosity Animosity may refer to: * ''Animosity'' (comic), an American comic book series published by AfterShock Comics *Animosity (band) Animosity was an American death metal band from San Francisco, California, formed in 2000. The band released three ..., released in 2005. Track listing Personnel ;Animosity *Dan Kenny - Bass *Frank Costa - Guitars *Chase Fraser - Guitars * Navene Koperweis - Drums *Leo Miller - Vocals ;Production *Paul A. Romano - Art direction, Artwork, Design, *Amy Trachtenberg - Photography (Band) *Zack Ohren - Recording, Mixing, Mastering References {{Authority control 2005 albums Animosity (band) albums ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Animosity (band)
Animosity was an American death metal band from San Francisco, California, formed in 2000. The band released three studio albums, toured in the United States and Europe, and disbanded in 2009. The classic lineup of Animosity consisted of vocalist Leo Miller, guitarists Frank Costa and Chase Fraser, bassist Evan Brewer and drummer Navene Koperweis. History Animosity formed in 2000 in San Francisco, California. They released their debut album, ''Shut It Down (album), Shut It Down'', on Tribunal Records in 2003, which was recorded when the members of the band were 16 and 17 years old. In 2005, they released their second disc, ''Empires (Animosity album), Empires'', on Black Market Activities (with distribution through Metal Blade Records) and toured the United States with Origin (band), Origin and Malevolent Creation. Their third album, ''Animal'', was produced by Kurt Ballou of Converge (band), Converge and released in October 2007. They have also toured Europe with Converge (band) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Death Metal
Death metal is an extreme metal, extreme subgenre of heavy metal music. It typically employs heavily distorted and low-tuned guitars, played with techniques such as palm muting and tremolo picking; deep death growl, growling vocals; aggressive, powerful drumming, featuring double kick and blast beat techniques; minor keys or atonality; abrupt tempo, key, and time signature changes; and Chromatic scale, chromatic chord progressions. The lyrical themes of death metal may include slasher film-style violence,Moynihan, Michael, and Dirik Søderlind (1998). Lords of Chaos (2nd ed.). Feral House. , p. 27 political conflict, religion, nature, philosophy, true crime and science fiction. Building from the musical structure of thrash metal and Black metal#First wave, early black metal, death metal emerged during the mid-1980s. Bands such as Venom (band), Venom, Celtic Frost, Slayer, and Kreator were important influences on the genre's creation. Possessed (band), Possessed, Death (metal ba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deathcore
Deathcore is an extreme metal subgenre that combines death metal with metalcore. The genre consists of death metal guitar riffs, blast beats, and metalcore Breakdown (music)#Heavy metal and punk rock, breakdowns. While there are some precursors to the concept of death metal fused with metalcore and hardcore elements seen in the 1990s, deathcore itself emerged in the early 2000s and gained prominence beginning in the mid-2000s. Some of the genre's earliest examples include Antagony, Despised Icon, and the Red Chord. Deathcore's expansion in the mid-2000s saw bands like All Shall Perish, Through the Eyes of the Dead, Bring Me the Horizon, Suicide Silence, Carnifex (band), Carnifex, Job for a Cowboy, Chelsea Grin and Whitechapel (band), Whitechapel taking off. In the 2010s, deathcore bands began experimenting with an eclectic selection of other genres. The genre is noted for its criticism from longtime heavy metal subculture, fans of heavy metal music, usually for its frequent use ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deathgrind
Deathgrind (sometimes written as death-grind or death/grind) is a shorthand term that is used to describe bands who play a fusion of death metal and grindcore. ''Zero Tolerance'' described deathgrind as "grindcore and brutal death metal colliding head on.""Grind Prix" (2005). ''Zero Tolerance'' #004, p. 46. Dan Lilker described deathgrind as "combining the technicality of death metal with the intensity of grindcore." Lilker, Danny, ''Grind Your Mind: A History of Grindcore'' liner notes. Mayan Records, MYNDD056, 2007. Paul Schwarz in a 2006 ''Terrorizer'' article explained the origin of the term as arising from specialist catalogs and zines within the extreme metal scene in the 1990s: See also * List of deathgrind bands * Goregrind Goregrind is a fusion genre of grindcore and death metal. British band Carcass are commonly credited for the emergence of the genre. Goregrind is recognized for its heavily edited, pitch shifted vocals and abrasive musicianship rooted in gri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Black Market Activities
Black Market Activities (BMA) is an American independent record label that was founded in 2003 by Guy Kozowyk, the frontman of the Boston, Massachusetts-based extreme metal band the Red Chord. History Black Market Activities was started with the stated goal of releasing records by bands that are pushing the boundaries of extreme music while keeping a friendly artist-centered attitude that steers clear of a lot of the "major label" business-like dealings that tend to hurt and exploit bands. The founder of the label being an extreme musician himself, he can more easily relate to the issues that are important to the bands on the label, and attempts to balance the business and art aspects of the music world. BMA is a tight-knit group of bands and friends who share similar ideas and musical tastes. In the years since its creation, BMA has grown quickly and gained much recognition. Black Market Activities teamed up with long-running metal record label Metal Blade Records on a produc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Metal Blade Records
Metal Blade Records (often shortened to Metal Blade) is an American independent record label founded by Brian Slagel in 1982 based in the U.S. state of California. The label primarily focuses on heavy metal. History Metal Blade Records was founded in 1982 by Brian Slagel alongside its first release, '' Metal Massacre.'' Slagel was an employee of Los Angeles record store Oz Records and had launched a metal fanzine known as ''The New Heavy Metal Revue''. He was a fan of New Wave of British Heavy Metal (NWOBHM)and was dedicated to the local heavy metal scene in California, but was also drawn to an underground strain of metal strongly influenced by NWOBHM like Raven and Venom which placed more emphasis on "heaviness" than melodic hooks and "anthem-like choruses". He saw that rock bands with a European influence began increasing in number around Southern California. Inspired by popular NWOBM compilations such as '' Metal for Muthas'', he reached out to several local bands regar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shut It Down (album)
''Shut It Down'' is the first studio album by the American metal band Animosity Animosity may refer to: * ''Animosity'' (comic), an American comic book series published by AfterShock Comics *Animosity (band) Animosity was an American death metal band from San Francisco, California, formed in 2000. The band released three ... released in 2003. Track listing Personnel ;Animosity * Leo Miller – vocals * Frank Costa – guitar * Sean Kopperweis – guitar * Nick Lazaro – bass * Navene Kopperweis – drums ;Production * Zach Ohren – recording, engineering * Matthew Rudzinski – production * Jacob Bigham – artwork & design References {{Authority control 2003 debut albums Animosity (band) albums ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Animal (Animosity Album)
''Animal'' is the third and last studio album by American death metal band Animosity Animosity may refer to: * ''Animosity'' (comic), an American comic book series published by AfterShock Comics *Animosity (band) Animosity was an American death metal band from San Francisco, California, formed in 2000. The band released three ..., released in 2007. Track listing #"Terrorstorm" - 3:53 #"Tooth Grinder" - 2:54 #"Bombs Over Rome" - 2:34 #"Evangelicult" - 0:04 #"Animal" - 2:44 #"Plunder Incorporated" - 2:40 #"Operating From The Ditch" - 2:47 #"You Can't Win" - 3:47 #"Progression in Defeat" - 2:37 #"Elucidation" - 0:34 #"A Passionate Journey" - 4:09 References 2007 albums Animosity (band) albums Albums produced by Kurt Ballou Metal Blade Records albums {{2000s-death-metal-album-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
AllMusic
AllMusic (previously known as All-Music Guide and AMG) is an American online database, online music database. It catalogs more than three million album entries and 30 million tracks, as well as information on Musical artist, musicians and Musical ensemble, bands. Initiated in 1991, the database was first made available on the Internet in 1994. AllMusic is owned by RhythmOne. History AllMusic was launched as ''All-Music Guide'' by Michael Erlewine, a "compulsive archivist, noted astrologer, Buddhist scholar, and musician". He became interested in using computers for his astrological work in the mid-1970s and founded a software company, Matrix, in 1977. In the early 1990s, as compact discs (CDs) replaced LP record, LPs and cassette (format), cassettes as the dominant format for recorded music, Erlewine purchased what he thought was a CD of early recordings by Little Richard. After buying it, he discovered it was a "flaccid latter-day rehash". Frustrated with the labeling, he res ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Death Metal
Death metal is an extreme metal, extreme subgenre of heavy metal music. It typically employs heavily distorted and low-tuned guitars, played with techniques such as palm muting and tremolo picking; deep death growl, growling vocals; aggressive, powerful drumming, featuring double kick and blast beat techniques; minor keys or atonality; abrupt tempo, key, and time signature changes; and Chromatic scale, chromatic chord progressions. The lyrical themes of death metal may include slasher film-style violence,Moynihan, Michael, and Dirik Søderlind (1998). Lords of Chaos (2nd ed.). Feral House. , p. 27 political conflict, religion, nature, philosophy, true crime and science fiction. Building from the musical structure of thrash metal and Black metal#First wave, early black metal, death metal emerged during the mid-1980s. Bands such as Venom (band), Venom, Celtic Frost, Slayer, and Kreator were important influences on the genre's creation. Possessed (band), Possessed, Death (metal ba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Navene Koperweis
Navene Koperweis (born May 31, 1985) is an American drummer, best known as the former drummer of Animosity, Hoods and Animals as Leaders. He currently plays for Entheos, and serves as session drummer for Job for a Cowboy and also Machine Head. Koperweis started drumming when he was eleven years old. He has played for The Faceless, and runs his technical death metal project, Fleshwrought, where he plays all instruments. He is also a dubstep/electronica producer, and has released an electronic EP, ''Human Design'', under the name Navene K. His influences include Tim Alexander, Joey Jordison, Kevin Talley, John Longstreth, Terry Bozzio, Skrillex, Noisia, and Deadmau5. Discography Hoods * ''Prey for Death'' (2003) * ''Hoods/Freya'' (2004) Animosity * '' Shut It Down'' (2003) * ''Empires'' (2005) * ''Animal'' (2007) The Faceless * ''Akeldama'' (track #4 only; 2006) Fleshwrought * '' Dementia/Dyslexia'' (2010) Animals as Leaders * '' Weightless'' (2011) * ''The J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
