Defenestration (band)
| Defenestration | |
|---|---|
| General information | |
| origin | Kettering , England |
| Genre (s) | Nu metal , alternative metal |
| founding | 1999 |
| resolution | 2004 |
| Last occupation | |
| Gen Tasker | |
| Jamie Thompson | |
Electric guitar |
Robert Reeves |
| Scott Warner | |
| Kieran Brain | |
| former members | |
Drums |
Stuart Bruce |
Drums |
Stace Maher |
Drums |
Ben Gordelier |
Electric bass |
Lyndsey |
Drums |
Chink |
Drums |
Dave Thompson |
Defenestration was an English alternative and nu-metal band from Kettering that was formed in 1999 and disbanded in 2004.
history
The band was formed in the summer of 1999 by teenagers in a club in Northamptonshire and consisted of singer Gen Tasker, guitarists Jamie Thompson and Robert Reeves, Lyndsey on bass and Chink on drums. After a first demo , Scott Warner joined the line-up as the new bass player. Shortly thereafter, appearances in the opening act of Brutal Deluxe , Raging Speedhorn and Tribute to Nothing followed . In 2000 the band signed a recording deal with Barney Greenway 's Dream Catcher Records label , after which they worked three months on their debut album. Recordings began towards the end of the year. Meanwhile, Chink left the line-up and was replaced by Jamie Thompson's brother Dave, who played in the band Scurge, before Stace Maher joined in February 2001 as a permanent replacement. After a tour with Napalm Death , the album was released in May under the name One Inch God . The album was produced by Simon Efemy . In the song All Fours , Mark Greenway from Napalm Death and Cliff Lambert from Scurge can be heard as guest musicians and John Loughlin from Raging Speedhorn in Til The Cows . This was followed by appearances with Megadeth in the UK in July, followed by more with Therapy? followed in October. The band also took part in the Tattoo the Planet Tour and played in London's Wembley Arena with Slayer , Sepultura and Cradle of Filth . Also, did the group go with Therapy? on a tour through mainland Europe . In 2001 the band also played at the Reading and Leeds Festivals . Ben Gordelia, son of former Angel Witch bassist Pete Gordelier, played the drums when he appeared in the opening act for Will Haven in February 2002 . After the release of the split release Year of the Slug with Scurge, Gordelia decided in August to just take care of his recording studio. In addition, the band separated from their management. In October, she made appearances in the UK with new drummer Kieran Brain. After the release of the album Ray Zero in October 2003, further concerts were held in the UK in early 2004. The band split up later that year.
style
According to Christian Graf in his Nu Metal and Crossover Lexicon , the band listens to alternative rock while they are writing new songs so that one does not fall into typical metal clichés. According to Jole McIver in The Next Generation of Rock & Punk Nu Metal , the band plays youthful and extreme Nu Metal in the style of Raging Speedhorn. Stefan Müller from Metal Hammer wrote in his review of One Inch God that riffs in the style of Black Sabbath and noise influences can be heard on it. The focus, however, is Tasker's singing, which on the one hand "vies for the listeners' favor in a moderate position with evocative melodies, on the other hand shows acoustically claws with rough screaming passages". The music is difficult to classify and in places seems disoriented, but influences from Alice in Chains , Fear of God and EyeHateGod can be heard. In a later issue, Gunnar Sauermann reviewed Ray Zero . This album is also shaped by Tasker's changeable vocals, which evoke memories of Tairrie B. from Tura Satana and My Ruin . The music is more snappy compared to that of My Ruin and Kittie . However, the group is inferior to bands like Backyard Babies , Turbonegro or Gluecifer .
Discography
- 2001: One Inch God (Album, Dream Catcher Records )
- 2002: Year of the God (split with Scurge, West 46th Recordings )
- 2003: Ray Zero (album, Dream Catcher Records)
- 2004: For Us It Ends When We Drown ( EP , Rising Records )
Web links
- Defenestration at Discogs (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ A b c Joel McIver: The Next Generation of Rock & Punk Nu Metal . Omnibus Press, 2002, ISBN 0-7119-9209-6 , p. 34 .
- ↑ a b c Biography. (No longer available online.) Rockdetector.com, archived from the original on February 1, 2016 ; accessed on February 1, 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.
- ^ A b c Christian Graf: Nu Metal and Crossover Lexicon . Lexikon Imprint Verlag, 2002, ISBN 3-89602-515-5 , p. 67 .
- ^ Reading Festival 2001. (No longer available online.) Readingfestival.com, archived from the original on February 3, 2016 ; accessed on February 2, 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.
- ↑ Volume biography. tartareandesire.com, accessed February 2, 2016 .
- ^ Stefan Müller: Defenestration . One inch God. In: Metal Hammer . June 2001, p. 87 .
- ^ Gunnar Sauermann: Defenestration . Ray Zero. In: Metal Hammer . December 2003, p. 100 f .
