Spellcaster (band)
| Spellcaster | |
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 Spellcaster at Headbangers Open Air 2015 |
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| General information | |
| origin | Portland , USA |
| Genre (s) | Heavy metal , speed metal |
| founding | 2009 |
| Website | http://www.myspace.com/spellcaster123 |
| Current occupation | |
| Thomas Adams | |
| Tyler Loney | |
Electric guitar |
Cory Boyd |
| Gabe Franco | |
| Shad Covert | |
Spellcaster is an American heavy metal and speed metal band from Portland , Oregon . She was founded in 2009 and released her debut album Under the Spell on Heavy Artillery Records in July 2011 .
history
In the founding year, the band recorded the EP Spells of Speed with three songs and released it on their own. This brought Spellcaster a record deal with Heavy Artillery Records, where Spells of Speed was reissued in October 2010 as part of the “Wax Maniax” series with two live songs as bonus tracks . In the same month, the band toured the United States with Evil Survives and then appeared in their hometown as a support act at a concert by Poison Idea and Wehrmacht . Heavy Artillery also released the album Under the Spell in 2011 .
Discography
- 2009: Spells of Speed ( EP , self-published)
- 2011: Under the Spell ( Heavy Artillery Records )
style
The band plays varied heavy and speed metal with influences from power and thrash metal . Comparisons were made to Enforcer , Skullview and Iced Earth . The band sees itself in the tradition of older metal bands from the northwest of the USA such as Malice , Metal Church , Queensrÿche and Sanctuary .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Wolfram Küper: Review Spells of Speed , rockhard.de. Retrieved October 24, 2011.
- ↑ Holger Andrae: Review Under the Spell , powermetal.de. Retrieved October 24, 2011.
- ↑ Spellcaster Biography , Facebook profile of the band. Retrieved October 24, 2011.
Web links
- Band profile on Myspace .
- Spellcaster at Allmusic (English)