Messiah (Swiss band)

Messiah (Swiss band)

Infobox musical artist
Name = Messiah


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Origin = Switzerland
Genre = Death metal, Thrash metal
Years_active = 1984-1994, 2003-2004
Label = Noise Records, Nuclear Blast, Massacre
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Messiah were a death/thrash metal band from Switzerland. The band is best remembered for their first two full-length albums, "Hymn to Abramelin" and "Extreme Cold Weather".

Messiah's debut album, Hymn to Abramelin, was released in 1986 through Chainsaw Murder Records. [ [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:fqx8b5x4xsq4 All Music Guide - "Hymn to Abramelin"] ] Their second LP, titled "Extreme Cold Weather", came out in 1987 and was re-issued on CD three years later by Nuclear Blast. The release also contained the band's debut album. [ [http://www.discogs.com/release/519685 Discogs - "Extreme Cold Weather"] ] The band then managed to sign to a German major metal label, Noise Records, which released their next album, "Choir of Horrors", in 1991. [ [http://www.metal-archives.com/release.php?id=5131 Encyclopaedia Metallum - "Choir of Horrors"] ] Messiah released two more albums, "Rotten Perish" and "Underground", through Noise, [ [http://www.bnrmetal.com/groups/mess.htm BNR Metal - Messiah] ] but disbanded in the mid-1990s. [ [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:npknu3lkanok~T1 All Music Guide - Messiah biography] ] Although the band members have since rehearsed together, they have decided not to re-unite. [ [http://metal-rules.com/interviews/messiah.htm Metal-Rules.com - Interview with Messiah] ]

Members

Last known line-up

*R. B. Broggi – Guitars
*Andy Kaina – Vocals
*Patrick Hersche – Bass
*Steve Karrer – Drums

Former members

*Reto Wilhelm Kühne – Vocals, bass
*Rolf Heer – Drums
*Christofer Johnsson – Vocals (Carbonized, Demonoid, Therion, ex-Liers in Wait)
*Andre Steiner – Guitars
*Dave Philips – Bass
*Pete Schuler – Drums
*VO Pulver – Guitars
*Oliver Kohl – Bass

Albums

*"Hymn to Abramelin" (1986)
*"Extreme Cold Weather" (1987)
*"Choir of Horrors" (1991)
*"Rotten Perish" (1992)
*"Underground" (1994)

EPs

*"Psychomorphia" (1990)
*"The Ballad of Jesus" (1994)

Compilations

*"Powerthrash / The Infernal Thrashing" (2004)

DVDs

*"20 Years of Infernal Thrashing Madness" (2004)

Demos

*"Demo 1984" (1984)
*"Infernal Thrashing" (1985)
*"Powerthrash" (1985)
*"Live Baar" (1985)
*"Extreme Cold Weather" (1986)

References

External links

* [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:4hj97i82g7or Messiah] at Allmusic
* [http://www.metal-archives.com/band.php?id=907 Messiah] at Encyclopaedia Metallum


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