Acumen Nation

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Acumen Nation
General information
Genre (s) Crossover , industrial metal
founding 1988 as Acumen ,
from 1997 publications as Acumen Nation
Website www.cracknation.com
Founding members
Jason Novak
Ethan Novak
Current occupation
singing
 Jason Novak
Electric guitar, background vocals
 Jamie Duffy (since 1996)
Electric bass
 Eliot Engelman
Drums
 Dan Brill
former members
E-bass, drums, background vocals
 Gregory Lopez (1996 to 1998)
Electric bass
 Eric Alvarez (1998 to 2000)
Vocals, electric guitar, electric bass, drums
 Ethan Novak (1988 to 2001)
Live cast
Electric bass
 Ethan Novak (since 2007)

Acumen Nation is an active since the late 1980s American alternative metal - / industrial metal - band from Chicago , Illinois .

Band history

The group initially began under the name Acumen , but had to choose something else after a name dispute with a band of the same name that was played in court. Nation was unceremoniously attached, and the final band name was found. The first album, Transmissions From Eville , was released in 1994 shortly after the release of a demo record of the same name . This was followed by the albums Territory = Universe (1996), More Human Heart (1997), in 1998 a remastered re-release of Transmissions From Eville , The 5th Column (2002), Lord of the Cynics (2003), Anticore (2006) and 2007 so far last album, Psycho the Rapist . The various releases were accompanied by some line-up changes. The two Acumen Nation band members Jason Novak and Jamie Duffy also founded a joint side project in 1998, DJ? Acucrack , which focuses heavily on drum and bass . Acumen Nation toured with bands like Front Line Assembly , among others .

On June 22, 2012, it was announced that Jamie Duffy had committed suicide.

style

The band mixes elements from alternative metal with those of electronic music , such as breakbeat / drum and bass, as well as industrial rock / industrial metal .

Discography

Studio albums

  • 1994: Transmissions From Eville (as Acumen )
  • 1996: Territory = Universe (as Acumen )
  • 1997: More Human Heart
  • 1998: Transmissions From Eville (re-release)
  • 2002: The 5th Column
  • 2003: Lord of the Cynics
  • 2006: Anticore
  • 2007: Psycho the Rapist

Compilations and remix albums

  • 2002: Coming Down: The Bastard Remix Album ( Remix album )
  • 2004: Artifacts: 1990-1993, Volume 1 ( compilation of older material)
  • 2005: What the F ** k ?: 10 Years of Armed Audio Warfare (compilation of demo and remix material)
  • 2008: Artifacts II: 1989-1994 (compilation of older material)

Singles and EPs

  • 1997: Unkind ( EP )
  • 1998: If You Were / Bleed for You (EP)
  • 2000: Strike 4 (EP)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ RIP - Jamie Duffy ( Memento from December 30, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) on side-line.com (English), accessed on January 20, 2013
  2. ↑ Allmusic> Overview , accessed on August 21, 2010

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