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Biography Aggressive, meticulous, passionate, righteous - all distinguishing traits that have come to symbolize the fundamentals of metal/hardcore pioneers PRO-PAIN. Since their crushing 1992 NAIRD nominated debut album Foul Taste Of Freedom, PRO-PAIN have become a staple in the diets of heavy music listeners around the globe. Their successful and enviable career has perpetually prospered throughout its course, and yet they still manage to find room to improve, and more importantly, impress. Their latest (and 13th) studio album Straight To The Dome is everything that the title suggests. It's 100% PRO-PAIN in it's purest sense and truest form. The album features 11 seething tracks of hardcore metal fury, all delivered masterfully and with the bands signature New York sound skillfully intact. Songs like the title track, Nothing Left, and Bitter Pill, set a blistering pace, while Zugabe! and A Good Day To Die prove that the bands recent years of experimentation were not in vain. Band frontman Gary Meskil states: We intended to make an old school PRO-PAIN album with this one, and I think that this is perhaps our most sonically brutal effort since The Truth Hurts. Having said that, the album does have a few tasteful melodic moments here and there, which in my opinion contribute to it's depth and diversity. Straight To The Dome was recorded at Little Creek Studio in Gelterkinden, Switzerland and was produced, engineered, and mixed by V.O. Pulver (GURD). PRO-PAIN Lead Guitarist Adam Phillips adds: V.O. is a fantastic producer/engineer, and he knew exactly how to capture the vibe of this band and these songs. Formed by vocalist/bassist Gary Meskil (ex-Crumbsuckers), New York-based PRO-PAIN have over the years benefited from substantial support from an ever-growing and loyal fan base, the Metal Press, Hard Rock Radio, and MTV's Headbanger's Ball. With band mates Marshall Stephens (Rhythm Guitar), Adam Phillips (Lead Guitar) and Drummer Jonas Sanders, the band are set to tour the US and Europe extensively in support of Straight To The Dome, as their collective catalog sales approaches one million units sold! ARKHAN is a 4-piece death metal band formed in the western part of Switzerland in 2003. The band recorded their first album Dead End in 2004 and promoted it through a series of live appearances and street promotion. Encouraged by the positive feedbacks, Arkhan took a small break in 2006 to work on new material and record their second full length album called M.A.C.H.I.N.E. The new tracks saw the musicians taking a slightly different approach in order to add more groove and catchiness to their music. Recorded, mixed and mastered by Chris Butticaz at the Toxic Studio in Lausanne (Switzerland), the album was released in Europe in April 2007 by the French label Thundering Records and received many positives reviews by the metal medias. Joined by a new bass player, the band promoted the album through many live shows in Switzerland, France and Germany. Unfortunately, Arkhans progression was stopped by the end of 2007 by various medical problems, including a broken wrist and a thyroid disease.... but this was not the end! Arkhan took a brand new start in 2008 with the addition of an insane drummer. The quartet started to work on new songs, recorded a 3-tracks EP and built up a strong live following with support slots to popular acts such as Obituary, Grave, Meshuggah and Entombed. In summer 2012, Arkhan once again entered the Toxic studio to work on a new album called Primal. Recorded by Christophe Butticaz and Christoph Noth (FOH engineer for bands such as The Ocean), Primal was mixed/mastered by David Castillo (Stockholm, Sweden), known worldwide for his work with bands like Bloodbath, Katatonia and Opeth. The 8-tracks record is scheduled for release in January 2013 by the swiss independent label Monkey Records. Are you ready for some hyper speed drum aggressions, groovy riffs, and devilish vocals? Are you ready to go primal? Im Frühjahr 2010 gründen Mike Sutter (1977, Mad Sox, Oergeliknakker), Dinu Ryffel (1976, Mad Sox) und Chrigu Howald (1976, ex Defect) Motorized Tarantula im Raum Solothurn. Von Anfang an ist klar, wo die Reise hingeht: GROOVE METAL KICKS ASS!! Von Einflüssen wie Black Sabbath, Pantera, Metallica, Life of Agony… und handfesten Ideen angetrieben, ist eines klar: wir brauchen eine zweite Gitarre und einen Hammer Mann am Mikro. Diese Jobs übernehmen nach intensiver Suche Reto Köbi Herren (1976, Submission) und Mischu Baier(1983, ex Cerperus). Mit eigenen Songs, riesiger Motivation und dem nicht enden wollenden Drang die Welt mit Metal zu erschüttern, sind wir auf dem Weg ins Nirwana des GROOOOOOOVE!!!

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Pro-Pain (USA)

War im Estrich | 16. August 2013 | 01. September 2017 | 26. August 2022 | 26. August 2023

Pro-Pain ist eine Band um Sänger und Bassist Gary Meskil aus New York City. Die Band spielt einen Crossover aus Hardcore und Metal. Ihr Stil wird auch oft einfach dem Metalcore, den auch Bands wie Biohazard oder Merauder Anfang der Neunziger spielten, zugeordnet.

Gary Meskil, der zuvor bei der Hardcore-Band Crumbsuckers spielte, gründete Pro-Pain 1992. Aufgrund mehrerer Umbesetzungen zählen heute nur er und Gitarrist Tom Klimchuck zu den Urmitgliedern. Bis heute hat die Band elf Alben veröffentlicht, darunter ein Live-Album und ein Cover-Album, auf dem sie Songs bekannter Größen wie Motörhead, den Böhsen Onkelz oder Agnostic Front gecovert haben. Ihre Musik ist durch groovende Rhythmen, fetten Gitarrensound und besonders Gary Meskils typisch brüllenden Vocals, die teilweise auch klarem Gesang oder tiefen Growls weichen, gekennzeichnet.

Einen gewissen Bekanntheitsgrad in Deutschland erlangte die Band durch ständige Live-Präsenz, vor allem aber durch ausgedehnte Headliner touren u.a. mit Postmortem aber auch als Support-Act für die Gruppe Böhse Onkelz, die von Pro-Pain auf der kompletten 1998er Tour und einigen Freiluftauftritten, wie dem Abschlusskonzert "Vaya con Tioz" unterstützt wurden.

Motorized Tarantula (CH)

War im Estrich | 03. September 2010 | 05. Oktober 2012 | 16. August 2013 | 09. November 2019