Death Strike
| Death Strike | |
|---|---|
| General information | |
| origin | Chicago , United States |
| Genre (s) | Death metal |
| founding | 1985 |
| resolution | 1987 |
| Founding members | |
| Paul Speckmann | |
| Chris Mittelbrun | |
| Last occupation | |
Electric bass, vocals |
Paul Speckmann |
Electric guitar |
Kirk Miller |
| John Leprich | |
Deathstrike ( Engl. : Death Strike), sometimes Deathstrike wrote, was a death metal band from Chicago , USA .
history
The band is often mistaken for the predecessor of Master , but it was founded after Master, but made its own recordings before Master. Paul Speckmann founded Death Strike with Chris Mittelbrun in 1985; Mittelbrun had previously applied for Master's as a guitarist, but was rejected as not sufficiently original at the time. After the first recordings, Speckmann operated Master again because the former master drummer Bill Schmidt had rejoined the band after hearing the Death Strike recordings; the master demo recording made with this line-up is also incorrectly attributed to Death Strike, as Speckmann was active in both groups at the same time. The band received an offer from Combat Records for the release of the debut album , but the contract did not materialize. So the album was not released for the time being. It was dissolved because of the renewed activities, which Speckmann subsequently described as the biggest mistake of his career. It wasn't until Speckmann and Master got a record deal with Nuclear Blast that the album was released in 1991 on this label.
style
Death Strike is considered to be one of the first representatives of Death Metal. In contrast to the other bands in which Paul Speckmann was active, Death Strike has a stronger influence from punk and hardcore , which is also reflected in the take up of social issues; the bands that influenced Master and Death Strike include Discharge , The Exploited , GBH , Motörhead and Black Sabbath . Fuckin 'Death has often been compared to Hellhammer . Among the bands that again named Death Strike as an influence include Grotesque and Darkthrone .
Discography
- 1985: Fuckin 'Death (demo)
- 1990: demo
- 1991: Fuckin 'Death (album)
Web links
- Death Strike at Discogs (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e f g h i j Nin Chan: Master Interview with Paul Speckmann ( Memento from October 14, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ a b Deathstrike - Death metal band from USA .
- ↑ a b Frank Stöver: At the Gates . In: Voices from the Darkside , No. 8, 1996.
- ↑ a b Travis Jeppesen: Fuck the 90’s . Darkthrone speaks ( memento of December 2, 2011 in the Internet Archive ).
- ↑ a b Master . In: Uni-Force , No. 7, 1990, pp. 27f.
- ↑ a b c Luxi Lahtinen: MASTER - Paul Speckmann ( Memento of the original dated February 4, 2010 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. .
- ↑ a b c Death Strike - Death Metal ( Memento of the original from February 9, 2006 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. .
