Massakre

Massakre
Origin	Santiago, Chile
Genres	Thrash Metal Speed Metal Death Metal
Years active	1985 - 1990 1999 - present
Labels	Oso Records
Associated acts	Pentagram Necrosis Alvacast Volcano Panzer Feed Back Rust Warpath
Members
Yanko Tolic Eduardo Vidal Gabriel Head Yam
Past members
Alfredo Torres Jose Miguel Nacrur Rene Mundaca Cristian Miccolo Simon Rod Andrés Nacrur Mauricio Yañez Claudio Muñoz Marco Carreño Patricio Alvornoz Rodrigo Villena Alexandro Carreño Héctor 'Massatanic' Melo Manuel Castro Alain Saintard

Massakre is a band of thrash/speed metal with some death this band is known in South America for having brought the Scene Thrasher to Chile.

History

Yanko systolic BP received his first electric guitar at age 12 with which he began playing rock, its first guidelines were Juan Alvarez (Feed Back then the creator of Panzer) and Alejandro Escobar (Quilín), who introduced the method Berklee. After several attempts to form a band manages to create Massacre, a band that introduces the Thrash Metal at the local level, this causes a break with the old guard led by hard rock Uproar, Feed Back or quicksand question that forces them to perform concerts themselves, they help to create a small scene at the end of the year converge at the First Festival "Death Metal Holcaust."

In the first formations of the band were well Yanko systolic BP (vocals and guitar), Mauricio Yanez battery Miccono Cristian Alejandro Torres on bass and guitar in the other. It was during this year Yanko creates the character of "Bestial Fucker" to accompany his concerts. Massacre was the first band of speed / thrash metal with influences from Chile "Slayer," "Dark Angel", "Hellhammer," "Sacrifice" and "Kreator".

In 1986 they recorded their first demo called "Pissing In To The Mass Grave", in early 1987 recorded the second demo called "Altazor" to be traveling to Brazil for almost 5 months. This enables them to perform at the "South American Death Metal Festival" in Santos, Sao Paulo with "Vulcano", "Dorsal Atlántica" and "Kraneo Metálico" getting good reviews and being the first international band playing thrash metal in the country, in this period comes the band's drummer Marco Carreño.

In 1988 they recorded their third demo "Beyond The Psycothic Redemtiom" with which he played in Montevideo, Uruguay with the bands "Alvacast", "Angkor Vat", "Alto Voltage", "Sádica", "Padok" and "Graf Spee".

End of year Massacre was awarded "Revelation Band" by the "Only Rock" radio concert, featuring its members as the best in their respective instruments.

In early 1989, played in Buenos Aires, Argentina with "Retrosatan", "Alvacast" with rave reviews from prestigious publications as "Hurling Metal" and "Metal".

At the end of that year released their first LP "Massacre", which include keyboards and experiment with progressive style, the album was released by the label "Bear Records" and distributed by EMI.

In 1992 the band goes into recess, each member devoted to his solo projects. In 1998 -99 the band together to try thinking about your return, which takes place in mid-1999, giving concerts until 2001, take time to save little by little his Cd called "Psycothic Redemtion" which comes out at the end 2001 by the label "Resistance Records," Yanko work with systolic BP on vocals and guitar, Eduardo Vidal on bass, guitar and Rene Mundaca Patricio Albornoz on drums. in 2002.

This year 2002 the band plans to promote their material live throughout Chile waiting for invitations to the outside. Same work as well new issues that will enable the release of a new CD. Albornoz leaves the band and gives way to Rodrigo Villenas. Also the band should change its name to "Massakre" to avoid legal problems and seek identification that differentiates it from other bands with the same name. In 2003, Eduardo Vidal was replaced by Rod and Gabriel Simon Head reempaza to Mondaca.

After all this, the band continued working and in 2005 edited with a new job Negative Entertainment called "Crematorium" which is a return to the classic sound and they were born, making an album comprising 10 tracks of pure thrash metal of classic Death with some nuances, but executed with precision cleaning and are more than 20 year career, the CD brings a bonus video of the song "GAP" which is a video of a very good bill.

In that period is when, after Simon differences Rod Rodrigo Villenas and leave the band. Have no plans to follow a series of presentations come along Chile, which are conducted with Gabriel Head on guitars, and recruit Carreno Alexander (son of Marcus Carreno, just turned 17 years old) through the low systolic BP.

In 2006 he created the label "Exhumed From the Grave" and edit the double CD "Back From the Mass Grave" with 34 tracks previously unreleased older material that has never been edited and with an 24-page book with photos, reviews, essays and biography that took 5 years to collect.

This production Massakre gave support to move forward. Eduardo Vidal returns to take over the bass very well received by people in live performances, while Alexander was replaced by Hector Carreno Melo drums. Meanwhile in 2008, due to good sales of the CD "Back From the Mass Grave", particularly abroad, decided to reissue the CD "Psychotic Redemption" remastered, with another cover with 8 bonus tracks and more apart from the issues already were. Another air to move forward. In 2009, again MASSACRE edit old material, this time in cassette format remastered demos "The Ghost", "Pissing Into The Mass Grave", "Altazor" and "Beyond The Psychotic Redemption". At that time Hector Melo decided to leave the band (since 2010) will meet with Rodrigo contracts Villenas presentations. After talking with several drummers Yam found only 20 years old and is a machine all the drums and breaks.

Ever the leader of the band defined systolic BP Yanko Massacre music saying "Lie first, Slayer concentrate. Then 1 tablespoon Metallica, dissolve between Stravinsky and Beethoven, add toronjitas Florcita Motuda, and stir to Deathcore after the explosion .. . smoked out four Thrashers: Massacre ".

Discography

Demos

• Pissing Into The Mass Grave (1986)
• Altazor (1986)
• Beyond the Psychotic Redemption (1988)

Albums

• Massacre (1989)
• Psychotic Redemtiom (2001)
• Crematorium (2005)

Live Albums

Massakre: Live At Death Metal Holocaust Fest 1985 (2011)

Compilations

• Back From The Mass Grave (2006)
• Pissing Into The Mass Grave + Fantasmas (2007)