Area 54

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Area 54
General information
origin London , England
Genre (s) Alternative metal
founding 1997
resolution 2007
Last occupation
Lee Gibson
Dek Childs
Steve Martin
Vocals , electric guitar, keyboard
Lakis Kyriacou
former members
Electric bass
 Laura Salmon
Drums
 Rob Hillman
Electric guitar
 Adrian Longley

Area 54 was an English alternative metal band from London that was formed in 1997.

history

The band was founded in 1997 and consisted of the singer and guitarist Lakis Kyriacou (born August 23, 1978), the guitarist Steve Martin (born December 18, 1978), the bassist Laura Salomon (born August 27, 1981) and the drummer Rob Hillman (born September 12, 1976). Before that, the line-up of the band had changed several times, with Martin replacing Adrian Longley shortly after the formation. After the band had recorded a first demo called Fear Inside , the band got through the metal hammer journalist Malcolm Dome a contract with Dream Catcher Records , about which the debut album No Visible Scars was released in March 2000 . The recordings for this took place in Colchester in 1999 .

In 2003 a second album was released by Dave Chang under the name Beckoning of the End . Then is Tomas Lindberg heard as guest vocalist. A first music video was also created for the song Living a Lie . In September the group played with Kill II This on their tour of the UK . In November 2004 the band recorded a new demo with producer Paul Smith in London. In November 2006, the band bought back the rights to No Visible Scars from Dream Catcher Records and deleted the recordings as they were never really satisfied with the production and the artwork . The band then went back to the studio to record a third album called Bring Out Your Dead . The album was released in March 2007. After a last concert on September 21, 2007 the band split up. In their career, the band played in Great Britain, the Netherlands and Germany and together with the bands and musicians Gilby Clarke , Blaze Bayley , Overkill and Saxon .

style

According to Joel McIver in his book The Next Generation of Rock & Punk Nu Metal , the band was made through Guns N 'Roses , At the Gates , Death , Cradle of Filth , Metallica and Megadeth, as well as genres such as classical music , funk , drum and bass and Psychedelic rock influences. Daniel Böhm from Metal Hammer wrote in his review of No Visible Scars that it was a mixture of late Sentenced as well as Metallica, Thin Lizzy , Iron Maiden and Swedish Death Metal . Jan Jaedike from Rock Hard noted in his review of the album that the band cannot be named in the same breath as Metallica and Iron Maiden, but they do offer " glorified , relaxed groove riffing metal with a few nice twin leads" . The song Time Takes No Pain is spoiled with a “thin-chested, crooked genome” from the singer. In a later issue, Mike Borrink reviewed the album Beckoning of the End . The singing is uninspired, the drummer has timing difficulties and the songwriting is not mature. Borrink could not confirm the comparisons given by the promo department, such as Fear Factory , Disturbed and Megadeth. Instead, he described it as a bad Iron Maiden copy. He couldn't understand that the band had been voted the “Hottest Unsigned Band” and that it took second place in the “Best New Band” category in Kerrang magazine.

Discography

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Christian Graf: Nu Metal and Crossover Lexicon . Lexikon Imprint Verlag, 2002, ISBN 3-89602-515-5 , p. 22 .
  2. ↑ a b Joel McIver: The Next Generation of Rock & Punk Nu Metal . Omnibus Press, 2002, ISBN 0-7119-9209-6 , p. 31 .
  3. ↑ a b Biography. (No longer available online.) Rockdetector.com, archived from the original on January 4, 2016 ; accessed on January 4, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.rockdetector.com
  4. ↑ a b Biography. area54.co.uk, archived from the original on May 31, 2007 ; accessed on January 4, 2016 .
  5. ↑ Bring Out Your Dead. AREA 54. metalmusicarchives.com, accessed January 4, 2016 .
  6. ↑ AREA 54. metalmusicarchives.com, accessed on 4 January 2016 .
  7. ^ Daniel Böhm: Area 54 . No visible scars. In: Metal Hammer . July 2000, p. 88 .
  8. ^ Jan Jaedike: Area 54 . No visible scars. In: Rock Hard . No. 158 , July 2000, p. 86 ( online [accessed January 4, 2016]).
  9. ^ Mike Borrink: Area 54 . Beckoning of the End. In: Rock Hard . No. 195 , August 2003 ( online [accessed January 4, 2016]).