Vendetta (band)
| vendetta | |
|---|---|
| General information | |
| origin | Schweinfurt , Bavaria , Germany |
| Genre (s) |
Speed Metal , Thrash Metal (until 1988) Neo-Thrash, Groove Metal (from 2003) |
| founding | 1984, 2002 |
| resolution | 1990 |
| Website | www.vendetta-band.de |
| Current occupation | |
| Klaus "Heiner" Ullrich | |
| Thomas "Lubber" Krämer | |
| Mario Vogel | |
| Michael “Opf” victim man | |
| Frank Heller | |
| former members | |
Drums |
Andreas "Samson" Samonil |
Electric guitar, initially also vocals |
Achim Hömerlein "Daxx" |
Vocals, electric guitar |
Michael "Micky" Wehner |
Electric guitar |
Frank Schölch |
Electric guitar |
Mario Hahn |
Vendetta is a Bavarian thrash metal band from Schweinfurt , which was founded in 1984, disbanded in 1990 and reunited in 2002.
history
The band was formed in 1984. After the release of two demos, the debut album Go and Live… Stay and Die followed in 1987, which was followed in 1988 by Brain Damage . After a tour together with Tankard , Helstar and Sodom , appearances with bands like Kreator , Destruction , Overkill and Metal Church followed . In 1990 the band broke up for the time being.
The band has been active again since 2002, although only bassist Heiner from the previous line-up remained. For the rights to their recordings, the band had to hire a lawyer for what they say was a long legal battle. In 2007 the album Hate was released on Metal Ax Records . After that, the group reached a contract with Massacre Records . The band went to Unisound Studio with Dan Swanö to record Feed the Extermination , which was released in December 2011.
style
The band played classic speed and thrash metal in their earlier days . Micky Wehner's singing was described as a mixture of Kai Hansen and Dirk Schröder ( Iron Angel ). The debut album “is bursting with breaks , fast parts, cutting guitar riffs and loads of solos ”, with Siebi from Heavyhardes.de particularly emphasizing the numerous breaks, “which has been seen in this form by a young band to date (1987) with the exception of the almost at the same time did not get to hear the emerging paradox . Okay, let's leave Mekong Delta and their debut aside, because they had a completely different musical approach, namely combining classical music with extreme metal . Vendetta were more Metal in the traditional sense […]. ”The album was also compared to the early works of Metallica and emphasized that the band processed as many riffs in one song as others on an entire album.
The second album Brain Damage has also been compared to Metallica's early works; "Especially in the staccator riffing with the melodic lick runs above it shows a similar understanding of music"; there were also comparisons with the Sacred Empire . Some of the pieces were “even more complicated and tricky” and sounded “almost progressive […]. In addition, there was also more emphasis on catchy melodies and guitar harmonies, which in places reduced the tempo a bit. "
The demo recordings between the reunification and the album Hate "embodied the classic Vendetta sound" with a simultaneous modern orientation; However, the band announced that they had changed a lot after the demo recordings, the new album sounds like a mixture of old metal and new elements. Influences from Groove Metal have been clearly audible since Hate , with bands like Machine Head , Pantera , Dearly Beheaded and Am I Blood being named. The style of the band also differs from previous releases by the singing of Mario Vogel, who is less melodic than Wehner and more in the direction of shouting .
The band deals with political and socially critical issues in their lyrics .
Discography
- 1985: System of Death (demo, self-published)
- 1986: Suicidal Lunacy (demo, self-published)
- 1987: Go and Live… Stay and Die (Album, Noise Records )
- 1988: A Cautionary Tale / And the Brave Man Fails (Split with Sabbat , Noise Records)
- 1988: Brain Damage (Album, Noise Records)
- 2003: Demo 2003 (demo, self-published)
- 2007: Hate (album, Metal Ax Records )
- 2011: Feed the Extermination (Album, Massacre Records )
Web links
- Official website
- Vendetta at Discogs (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Vendetta (GER) , accessed on September 23, 2012.
- ↑ a b c d MettleAngel: interview_vendetta , accessed on September 24, 2012.
- ↑ VENDETTA German Thrash since 1987 , accessed on September 23, 2012.
- ^ A b c Michael Meyer [mm]: Bloodchamber.de »CD Reviews» V »Vendetta - Hate , accessed on September 23, 2012.
- ↑ a b CROMCarl: Vendetta - "Feed The Extermination" (CD) , accessed on September 24, 2012.
- ↑ a b Siebi: Vendetta - Go And Live ... Stay And Die (Remastered) , accessed September 24, 2012.
- ↑ a b c d Stefan Gebauer: Vendetta - Go And Live ... Stay And Die / Brain Damage , accessed on September 24, 2012.
- ↑ a b Vendetta ( Memento of the original from April 18, 2012 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. , accessed September 24, 2012.
- ↑ a b c Siebi: Vendetta - Brain Damage , accessed September 24, 2012.
- ^ Vendetta - Brain Damage , accessed September 24, 2012.
- ↑ a b Siebi: Vendetta - Hate , accessed on 24 September 2012 found.
- ↑ Vendetta Inks Deal With Massacre Records ( Memento of the original from April 1, 2016 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. , accessed September 24, 2012.
