Skeletonwitch, Karma Violens, Bio-Cancer

Skeletonwitch, Karma Violens, Bio-Cancer @ Ground Zero
Σάββατο 9 Μαΐου 2015
Πόρτες: 21:30
Περιορισμένη προπώληση: 12 ευρώ
Προπώληση / ταμείο: 15 ευρώ
Σημέιο προπωλησης: Rhythm Records

SKELETONWITCH
In 2003, when American teenagers were raiding the makeup sections of their local Halloween shops to paint up like their favorite black metal bands… there was Skeletonwitch.

In 2005, when every burnout who sold enough weed bought an Orange amp and tuned their guitar down to “C”… there was Skeletonwitch.

In 2007, when kids with pricey haircuts and freshly inked full-sleeves learned two At The Gates riffs and simplified them with breakdowns… there was Skeletonwitch.

In 2010, when sweep-picking Guitar Center employees decided to eschew songwriting and showcase their “chops” in soulless robotic fashion… there was Skeletonwitch.

Today, in a landscape that finds them surrounded by a) bands begging their own fans for money, b) vest-wearing, by-the-numbers “retro” rock nostalgia and c) heavy labels blindly signing bands based on breast implants… there, still, is Skeletonwitch, a band that has successfully carved its own left-hand path with an unwavering quality of metal and old-fashioned hard work. This organic approach has garnered legions of fans and an undeniable level of respect in the worldwide metal community from both sides of the stage.

As SKELETONWITCH celebrate its 10th anniversary this year, it’s fitting to reflect on some notable numbers from the band’s first decade of destruction:

4: Number of full-length releases (with #5 due on Oct. 29)

2: Number of those full-lengths to crack the Billboard Top 200

1 each: Number of times they’ve appeared on the covers of Decibel and Terrorizer magazines

7: European tours including performances at the metal’s largest and most respected festivals such as Wacken, Summer Breeze, Graspop, Tuska, Bloodstock and more

500,000+: Number of miles the band has traveled across North America

0: Number of those miles driven by someone other than guitarist Nate Garnette

Countless: cans of beer consumed, high fives given and good times had

Since signing with Prosthetic seven years ago, a new SKELETONWITCH album has materialized like clockwork every other October. First, there was the group’s sophomore breakthrough, “Beyond The Permafrost.” Produced by late GWAR guitarist Cory Smoot and featuring iconic artwork by John Baizley (Baroness, Kylesa, Kvelertak), the album – and subsequent tours with the likes of Danzig, Dimmu Borgir and Amon Amarth – told the world what the rest of Ohio already knew: that SKELETONWITCH was a metal force to be reckoned with. That album’s “Soul Thrashing Black Sorcery” would eventually be featured in the video game “Brutal Legend,” placing the band in excellent company with digitized versions of Rob Halford, Ozzy and Lemmy.

Then came 2009′s “Breathing The Fire,” produced by the legendary Jack Endino (Nirvana, High On Fire, 3 Inches of Blood). Supported by tours with Cannibal Corpse, Children of Bodom and Ozzfest, the album – the band’s first featuring bassist Evan Linger, and also their first to crack the Billboard Top 200 – caught the attention of Cartoon Network’s Adult Swim, who invited the group to film a zombie-themed video for the song “Bringers of Death” that the band members still haven’t stopped hearing about.

In 2011, “Forever Abomination” – produced by Grammy-winner Matt Hyde (Slayer, Deftones) – saw the arrival of drummer Dustin Boltjes (ex-Demiricous), as well as a return visit to the Billboard Top 200. On the road, the group toured alongside Arch Enemy, Kvelertak, The Black Dahlia Murder and Nile before embarking on their most ambitious trek to date: a 63-shows-in-65-days test of endurance that they passed with flying colors.

2013 brings us to “Serpents Unleashed,” the group’s fifth and latest release. Recorded with Kurt Ballou (Converge, High On Fire, Isis) in Salem, Mass. (insert bad “witch” joke here), the album – which features artwork by Baizley, who returns to the fold for the first time in six years – is another blistering helping of two-and-a-half minute blasts of blackened metal amalgamation. This time around, the band also shows off a few new tricks – note the Scandinavian doom-vibe in the opening of “Unending, Everliving” and the devil’s swing of “This Evil Embrace” – but does so without compromising the frosty/fiery/abominable metal spirit or blue-collar humility that has endeared them to so many over the past decade. Ultimately, it’s both a fitting testament to what they’ve accomplished to date, and an exciting nod toward what the future has in store.

As for that future, in 2020, when pedal-steel rasta-metal will be all the rage, there will be SKELETONWITCH, still doing what they – and, most importantly, their fans – love, trends be damned.

KARMA VIOLENS
If you believe in Karma then you have to believe that Violence is something innate in every human or inhuman being. Karma in the old and now Indian religions is the concept of "action" understood which creates the entire cycle of cause and effect. Violence from the other hand is inside in each one of us, some people can control and others cannot, but in every occasion it is a part of human nature.

Living in the modern world, all of us can see violence in our eyes, in the streets and everywhere. The combination of Karma Violens describes the action of Violence, because every action in these brutal days creates a violent respond.

Karma Violens created their first lines in music in September 2002. The music is an amalgam of Extreme Metal (death, thrash, black), combined with Hardcore music lines and idiosyncrasy. The music of Karma Violens is not categorized and avoids every music label except the word "Metal" and that's the way the band wants to keep it.

After many line-up changes through the years the band finally found its peace in four people, who grew up with metal music since they were kids and expanded their musical influences into the new era of the heavy metal industry creating the music of Karma Violens. The first musical signs of the band came with the release of the bands first E.P. named "KATARA" which was selected as "Demo of the month" in the UK's Metal Hammer magazine in May 2007 and was critically acclaimed by the media, Metal Hammer Greece, Rock Hard Greece and many e-zines.

Besides the recordings, the priority for the band is to play live with whomever whenever, and wherever, so that the name of the band can reach to as many possible bleeding ears. The band has shared the stage with significant bands such as Amon Amarth, Fear Factory, The Black Dahlia Murder, Heaven Shall Burn, Arch Enemy, Rotting Christ, Septic Flesh, The Ocean, Darkest Hour etc.,although the highlight for the band was to open the mighty Judas Priest, Whitesnake, Opeth and Firewind for a big festival in Greece.

The new age for Karma Violens has come and it starts with the release of their first album called "Dormancy". The album counts 9 songs of pure aggressive metal that will make your bodies move!! Recorded at the Devasoundz studios engineered and produced by Fotis Benardo (Septic Flesh) and George Emmanuel (Valet Parn) the result couldn't be anything else but of high quality. If we add also the guest vocal appearance from Seth (Septic Flesh), the feeling became more dark, epic and mystical. Stepping into the next level, the mixing and the mastering of the album took place at Lambesis studios in California, USA owned by Tim Lambesis (As I Lay Dying). There Daniel Castleman (As I Lay Dying, Zao, Winds of Plague, Sworn Enemy) created a massive heavy wall of sound and gave the opportunity to the band to be heard as it should be heavily heard.

Dormancy is not only music but gives the opportunity to the listener to read/sing the lyrics and understand the way the band express its thoughts for the modern man, the world around him and how pathetic he has become because of the bombastic media which feeds people's minds with shit. Every person has the right to think for himself. This album gives a reason to react against everything that pisses you off. Take these words for granted.

BIOCANCER
Οι Bio-Cancer, οι οποίοι με το ‘’Ear Piercing Thrash’’ ταρακούνησαν την ελληνική (και όχι μόνο) thrash metal σκηνή και δημιούργησαν τον δικό τους θόρυβο στο παγκόσμιο thrash metal στερέωμα. Γρήγορες ταχύτητες και ακραία φωνητικά, με πολλά support σε μεγάλα ονόματα του χώρου, εντός/εκτός Ελλάδας! Έπειτα, με την υπογραφή τους στην γνωστή Αγγλική εταιρεία Candlelight Records, αλλά και με το ολοκαίνουργιο άλμπουμ τους εν ονόματι ‘’Tormenting the Innocent’’, το οποίο ήδη λαμβάνει πολύ καλές κριτικές, θα είναι ότι πρέπει για να ξεκινήσει η βραδιά. ΕAR PIERCING THRASH ‘TILL FUCKING  
DEATH!!!