Daïtro was a French screamo band from

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. They formed in 2000 as a four-piece band, but following the departure of their original

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player, Gwen and Aurelien joined, and they played as a five-piece from then on. The line-up consists of lead

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Aurelien Verdant,

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and singer Julien Paget,

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Gwenaël Grosclaude, guitarist Samuel Moncharmont and

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Benoît Desvignes. They announced in 2012 that they were breaking up, and most of the members have moved on to other musical endeavours.

Music style

Daïtro plays a brand of chaotic hardcore punk that closely resembles that of the original screamo movement of the 1990s. They share many stylistic similarities with American bands like

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, as well as with other bands from the European screamo (or "skramz") scene such as

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, La Quiete and Sed non Satiata. Their influences include several earlier screamo and

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bands, including

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and

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. Daïtro, along with many of their European and American contemporaries, were hugely inspirational to a new generation of screamo and post-hardcore bands that appeared in the late 2000s and early 2010s, such as Pianos Become the Teeth and

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Discography

;Studio albums *2003 – ''Des Cendres, Je Me Consumme'' CD (Alchimia/Music Fear Satan) *2005 – ''Laissez Vivre Les Squelettes'' LP/CD (Last Day Of June/Purepainsugar) *2009 – ''Y'' LP/CD (Purepainsugar) ;EPs *2002 – ''Daïtro'' 7" (Alchimia) *2007 – ''US Tour'' 7" (Clean Plate) ;Splits *2004 – ''

/ Daïtro'' 10" (ApeMustNotKillApe/Purepainsugar) *2004 – ''The Harsh Words as the Sun'' CD with Raein and

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(Oto Records/Satire Records) *2007 – ''

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'' LP/CD (Flower of Carnage/Puzzle/Adagio830) ;Compilations *2005 – ''02–05 Retrospective'' CD (self-released) *2007 – ''2002–2005 Discography'' tape (Alchimia) *2008 – ''2004–2007 Discography'' tape (Utarid Tapes) *2010 – ''Vinyl Collected'' LP (Adagio830) ;Compilation appearances *2004 – "Des Visages et des Muscles" in ''This Is Your Life'' *2005 – "Vivre Ici" in ''The Emo Armageddon''

References

External links

Daïtro
on

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Official Site
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