Apocalypse (Swiss band)

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Apocalypse
General information
origin Geneva , Switzerland
Genre (s) Thrash metal
founding 1984
resolution 1993 or later
Last occupation
Jean Claude “Bourreau” tailor
Andre "Momos" Domenjoz
Pierre-Alain "Zurich" Zurcher
Nick Raeboud
former members
Electric guitar
 Julien Brocher
singing
 Carlos Sprenger
singing
 Nick Maeder

Apocalypse was a Swiss thrash metal band from Geneva , which was founded in 1984 and split up around 1993.

history

After the band was founded in 1984, a first demo followed in 1985. The band consisted of singer Roberto Pierdona, guitarists Julien Brocher and Pierre-Alain "Zurich" Zurcher, bassist Jean-Claude Schneider and drummer Andre "Momos" Domenjoz. For the following self-titled debut album Roberto Pierdona was replaced by singer Carlos Sprenger. The album was released in 1988 on Out of Tune Records , where Music for Nations became aware of the album and re-released the album on its sub-label Under One Flag . Tours through Switzerland together with Metallica followed in the early 1990s . Due to the tours, bassist Jean Claude “Bourreau” Schneider left the band for a while, as the tours could not be reconciled with his family life. In 1993 the second album followed with Faithless , on which Nick Raeboud was represented as a new singer. Then the band broke up.

style

The band played Thrash Metal, which “ sounded like a kind of ' Bay Area Light'” and was described as “[e] simple, melodic Speed ​​Metal for in between”, which “fans of, for example, PARADOX [...] their joy [...] have ”.

Discography

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Garry Sharpe-Young : AZ of Thrash Metal . Cherry Red Books, London 2002, ISBN 1-901447-09-X , pp. 39 .
  2. ↑ APOCALYPSE , accessed January 1, 2013.
  3. ↑ Hawk: Apocalypse - s / t (7/10) - Switzerland - 1988 , accessed January 1, 2013.