Massacre (metal band)

This article is about death metal band from USA. For experimental New York City band, see Massacre (experimental band).

Massacre
Origin	Tampa, Florida, United States
Genres	Death metal
Years active	1984–1987, 1989–1992, 1993–1996, 2007–2008
Labels	Iron Pegasus Earache Records
Associated acts	Death, Obituary, Six Feet Under, Metalucifer, Kreator, Nasty Savage, Zero Hour, Whiplash, (more)
Members
Kam Lee Steve Swanson Terry Butler Sam Williams Curtis Beeson
Past members
See: #Former members section

Massacre was an North American death metal band. They were formed in 1984 by Allen West and Bill Andrews, and were soon joined by Kam Lee, best known for his vocal contributions to an early incarnation of Death, and Rick Rozz.

History

Massacre were formed in 1984 by Allen West and Bill Andrews and soon joined by Kam Lee and Rick Rozz. They disbanded and re-united again several times. In 1987 Rozz and Andrews joined Death with bassist Terry Butler but the three later rejoined with Lee and Massacre released their debut album From Beyond in 1991 followed by an EP a year later (featuring Cronos of Venom). After which the band split up again. Rozz reformed the band in 1993 and released a new album Promise in 1996. Lee commented on the recording in an interview "However while in the studio I realized that this material was shit and so during the post production I quit and walked out! This was recorded in 1994, but it took Rick and Earache two more years to finish it because I quit! Do not let them fool you... all the vocals on this album are not me!! I never finished all the vocal tracks!"^[1] Kam Lee, Terry Butler and Steve Swanson along with Sam Williams and Curtis Beeson temporarily reunited as Massacre in 2006. Butler, Lee & Williams then founded Denial Fiend^[2] with Blaine Cook replacing Lee in 2008.

Associated acts

Members and ex-members of Massacre have played in many notable bands, most notably Death, Obituary, Six Feet Under, Metalucifer, Hate Plow, Kreator, Nasty Savage, Zero Hour and Whiplash. Members and ex-members have also played in less known bands Denial Fiend, Last Rite, Havoc Mass, Lowbrow, Fester, Fierce Atmospheres, Death Corps, Cerebral Hemorrhage, Raped Ape, Thatcher, Cadaverizer, Abhorred Existence, Down by Law and Pseudo Heroes.

Members

Current line-up

• Kam Lee - vocals
• Steve Swanson - guitars
• Terry Butler - bass
• Sam Williams - guitars
• Curtis Beeson - drums

Former members

• Michael Borders- bass
• Bill Andrews - drums
• Pete Sison - bass
• Syrus Peters - drums
• Allen West - guitar
• Joe Cangelosi - drums
• Rick Rozz - guitars
• Rob Goodwin - live guitars
• Butch Gonzales - bass
• Walt Thrashler - session guitar
• J.P. Chartier - guitars

Discography

Studio albums

• From Beyond 07-01-91, Earache, CD
• Inhuman Condition 07-01-92, Earache, MCD (EP)
• Promise 1996, Earache, CD

Other notable works

• Aggressive Tyrant 1986, self produced (demo)
• Chamber Of Ages 1986, self produced (demo)
• Second Coming 1990, self produced (demo)^[3]
• Tyrants Of Death 2006, Iron Pegasus (compilation)
• The Second Coming 2008, Hell's Headbangers (compilation)

References

1. ^ http://www.voicesfromthedarkside.de/interviews/kamlee.htm
2. ^ http://www.metal-archives.com/band.php?id=66195
3. ^ http://www.voicesfromthedarkside.de/interviews/the_second_coming.htm