Cage (band)
Cage | |
---|---|
Cage at Headbangers Open Air 2014 |
|
General information | |
Genre (s) | Heavy metal |
founding | 1992 |
Website | www.cageheavymetal.com |
Founding members | |
Sean Peck | |
Anthony Wayne McGinnis | |
Electric guitar |
Dave Garcia |
Mike Giordano | |
Mike Nielsen |
Cage is an American heavy metal band from San Diego . Their style is classic heavy metal with influences from US power metal .
history
Cage was nominally founded in 1992, the first demos were recorded in 1995. In 1999 they won the band contest organized by Rock Hard magazine with 600 participants , after which they released their first regular album Unveiled on Omega Records. Appearances at Dynamo Open Air and Wacken Open Air followed. In 2000, Cage released the album Astrology . With the album Darker Than Black (2003) they switched to the German label Massacre Records .
At the Bang Your Head Festival 2004 there was a fight between the Cage singer Sean Peck and Blaze Bayley (ex-member of Iron Maiden ). Bayley's remarks against George W. Bush's policies sparked an argument that ended in a brawl. Bayley got a black eye.
In 2007 the album Hell Destroyer was released. It conceptually tells the apocalypse after the revelation of John .
Discography
- 1998: Unveiled (Omega Records)
- 2000: Astrology (Omega Records)
- 2003: Darker Than Black ( Massacre Records )
- 2007: Hell Destroyer (MTM Music)
- 2009: Science of Annihilation (Heavy Metal Media)
- 2011: Supremacy of Steel (Heavy Metal Media)
Web links
swell
- ↑ Review of BYH 2004 ( Memento of the original from December 4, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) 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.