Ektomorf
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 Ektomorf at the With Full Force Festival 2018 |
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| General information | |
| origin | Mezőkovácsháza , Hungary |
| Genre (s) | Groove metal |
| founding | 1994 |
| Website | www.ektomorf.com |
| Current occupation | |
| Zoltán "Zoli" Farkas | |
| Attila Asztalos (since 2017) | |
| Dániel Szabó (since 2017) | |
| Szebasztián Simon (since 2017) | |
| former members | |
bass |
Csaba Farkas (1994-2008) |
Drums |
József "Joci" Szakács (2000-2010) |
guitar |
Tamás Schrottner (2003-2010) |
guitar |
Michael "Mike" Rank (until 2012) |
bass |
Szabolcs Murvai (until 2017) |
guitar |
Tamás Schrottner (until 2017) |
Drums |
Robert Jaska (until 2017) |
Ektomorf is a Metal - band from Hungary . The style of music can be roughly the thrash metal with hardcore -Einflüssen assign to elements are the traditional Roma music that are fed from the cultural heritage of the founder of the band. The band is often said to be very similar to Soulfly .
history
Ektomorf was founded in 1994 by the brothers Zoltán and Csaba Farkas. After years of rehearsal, the musicians were able to secure a record deal in 1996 and release their first record, Hangok , in the same year . The second record Ektomorf was able to attract international attention for the first time in 1998.
With the album I Scream Up to the Sky from 2002, the band achieved their European breakthrough. Ektomorf has been featured in magazines such as Metal Hammer and Rock Hard and the group has played at several major rock festivals in Europe. In 2003 they switched to the record label Nuclear Blast . In 2004 Ektomorf toured with Pro-Pain and Fear Factory .
From mid-October to early November 2005 they played on their first headlining tour, The Monster Mosh Down Tour 2005, together with Disbelief , Betzefer and By Night in Germany, Switzerland, Austria, England, Belgium and the Netherlands. This was followed by a tour with One Man Army and the Undead Quartet as support for Children of Bodom .
In February 2007 Ektomorf started their “Tour Over Europe” with the bands Kayser and Blinded Colony to promote their album Outcast .
On March 20, 2009 the album What Doesn't Kill Me… was released via AFM Records . The album entered the German charts at number 94 on April 6th.
This was followed by the album Redemption on December 17, 2010 , which was toured with in February 2011.
The Acoustic , the band's first all-acoustic album , was released on February 17, 2012 . Some of the previous albums already contained acoustic songs, e.g. B. Sea of My Misery from the album Redemption .
Half a year later, the album Black Flag was released on August 30, 2012 , with which the band went on tour from October 2012.
On January 31, 2014, the band's eighth studio album entitled Retribution was released.
On November 21, 2017, lead singer Zoltan Farkaś split up with Tomi Schrottner, Szabolks Murvai and Robert Jaksa due to personal differences. The trio was replaced by Szebasztián Simon, Attila Asztalos and Dániel Szabó.
The album Fury was released in February 2018 and a European tour has been announced for March.
style
Ektomorf's texts are written by Zoltán Farkas and often have a political and / or historical (e.g. Holocaust ) background. Many songs such as B. Gypsy , I know them , Outcast or Set me free deal with the issue of discrimination , as some members of Ektomorf as members of the Roma (Zoltán Farkas, formerly also Csaba Farkas) had to fight prejudices and racially motivated attacks in their homeland and to have.
gallery
- Ektomorf, live at With Full Force 2018
Singer and guitarist Zoltán Farkas
Bassist Attila Asztalos
Drummer Dániel Szabó
Guitarist Szebasztián Simon
Discography
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Albums
- 1996: Hangok
- 1998: Ektomorf
- 2000: Kalyi Jag
- 2002: I Scream Up to the Sky / Felüvöltök az égbe
- 2004: Destroy
- 2005: Instinct
- 2005: Live And Raw - You Get What You Give ...
- 2006: Outcast
- 2009: What Doesn't Kill Me ...
- 2010: What Doesn't Kill Me (Festival Edition)
- 2010: Redemption
- 2012: The Acoustic
- 2012: Black Flag
- 2014: Retribution
- 2015: aggressor
- 2018: Fury
Video albums
- Nem narrow
- A romok alatt
- Testvérdal
- Destroy
- I know them
- AEA (recording session)
- Set Me Free
- Show your fist
- Outcast
- I choke
- It's up to you
- Last fight
- Sea of My Misery
- The One ft. Danko Jones
- To Smoulder
- Unscarred
- Black Flag
- You Can't Control Me
- Numb and Sick ft. Cristian Machado
- holocaust
- The Prophet of Doom
Web links
- Official website (English)
- Ektomorf bei Discogs (English)