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Groove metal
Groove metal (sometimes referred to as half-thrash or post-thrash) is a subgenre of heavy metal that emerged in the early 1990s. The genre emerged in the early 1990s through albums such as Exhorder's Slaughter in the Vatican (1990) and Pantera's Cowboys from Hell (1990); who first incorporated...
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Anthrax
Anthrax is an American heavy metal band from New York City, formed in 1981. The band was one of the most popular of the 1980s thrash metal scene and is notable for being the first to combine heavy metal with rap music. When thrash metal began to...
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- 1981
Overkill
Overkill is an American thrash metal band, formed in 1980 in New Jersey. The band has been active since 1984, releasing 15 studio albums, 2 EPs, 2 live albums and a "covers" album. The band also has a notable mascot (named Chaly), a skeletal bat...
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Pantera
Pantera was an American heavy metal band from Arlington, Texas, formed by the Abbott brothers, Vinnie Paul (drums) and "Dimebag" Darrell (guitar), then known as Diamond Darrell, in 1981. Bassist Rex Brown then known as Rex Rocker would join in 1982,...
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- 1982
Active as Musical Artist (end):
- 2003
Prong
Prong is an American heavy metal band formed in 1986. Prong had two independent releases, Primitive Origins and Force Fed. The albums attracted the attention of Epic Records, who signed the trio in 1989. The group disbanded in 1997 after the Rude...
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- 1986
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Godsmack
Godsmack is an American heavy metal band from Lawrence, Massachusetts, formed in 1995. The band comprises founder, frontman and songwriter Sully Erna, guitarist Tony Rombola, bassist Robbie Merrill, and drummer Shannon Larkin. Since its formation,...
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Active as Musical Artist (start):
- 1996
Sepultura
Sepultura (Portuguese for "tomb" or "grave") is a heavy metal band from Belo Horizonte, Brazil, formed in 1984. The band was a major force in the death metal and thrash metal realms during the late 1980s and early 1990s, and their later experiments...
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Active as Musical Artist (start):
- 1984
Fear Factory
Fear Factory is an American metal band. Formed in 1989, they have released seven full-length albums and a number of singles and remixes. Over the course of their career they have evolved from a succession of styles, as well as steadily pioneered a...
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- Oct 31, 1990
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Dimebag Darrell
Darrell Lance Abbott, also known as "Diamond Darrell", "Dimebag Darrell", or simply "Dime" (August 20, 1966 – December 8, 2004) was an American guitarist, best known as a founding member of the heavy metal bands Pantera and Damageplan. He also...
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- Aug 20, 1966
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- Dec 8, 2004 (age 38 years)
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Soulfly
Soulfly is a metal band formed in 1997. Soulfly is led by former Sepultura guitarist and frontman Max Cavalera, who formed the band after he left the Brazilian group in 1996. The band has released six studio albums, one tour EP, several singles, and...
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Active as Musical Artist (start):
- 1997
Derrick Green
Derrick Green (born January 20, 1971) is the vocalist for the metal band Sepultura, whom he joined on the departure of their previous vocalist Max Cavalera in 1997.
Born in Cleveland, Ohio, Derrick was a singer for thrash metal/hardcore band Outface...
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- Jan 20, 1971 (age 38 years)
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The Haunted
The Haunted is a Swedish metal band, formed in 1996 in Gothenburg, Sweden. The original members were Patrik Jensen (also member of Witchery) (guitar), Jonas Björler (bass), Adrian Erlandsson (drums), Anders Björler (guitar), and Peter Dolving ...
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- 1996
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Phil Anselmo
Philip Hansen "Phil" Anselmo (born June 30, 1968 in New Orleans, Louisiana) is an American musician who is best known as the frontman for the heavy metal band Pantera. He is currently the frontman for heavy metal band Down. He is also the owner of...
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- Jun 30, 1968 (age 41 years)
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Mudvayne
Mudvayne is an American alternative metal band formed in Peoria, Illinois in 1996. Members are lead singer Chad Gray, guitarist Greg Tribbett, bassist Ryan Martinie and drummer Matthew McDonough. Signed onto Epic Records, Mudvayne has released five...
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DevilDriver
Devildriver is an American groove metal band from Santa Barbara, California, formed in 2002. Coal Chamber vocalist Dez Fafara was not happy with the direction Coal Chamber was going in musically, and met musicians who had a similar music interest at...
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- 2003
Chimaira
Chimaira (pronounced /kaɪˈmɪərə/) is an American heavy metal band from Cleveland, Ohio, formed in 1998. The band is a notable band in the New Wave of American Heavy Metal. Their band name is derived from the name Chimera, a monstrous creature in...
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Active as Musical Artist (start):
- 1998
Superjoint Ritual
Superjoint Ritual was an American heavy metal band formed by Phil Anselmo, Joe Fazzio, and Jimmy Bower in the early 1990s, later to be joined by Hank Williams III, and Kevin Bond. Their style can be considered a mix of Pantera's style of groove...
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Grinspoon
Grinspoon are an Australian rock band from Lismore, New South Wales formed in 1995 and fronted by Phil Jamieson on vocals and guitar with Pat Davern on guitar, Joe Hansen on bass guitar and Kristian Hopes on drums. Also in 1995, they won the Triple...
Active as Musical Artist (start):
- 1995
Six Feet Under
Six Feet Under is an American death metal band from Tampa, Florida, formed in 1993. The band was originally a side project by Cannibal Corpse vocalist Chris Barnes with guitarist Allen West of Obituary. They were joined by bassist Terry Butler ...
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Active as Musical Artist (start):
- 1995
Dave Lombardo
Dave Lombardo (born February 16, 1965 in Havana, Cuba) is a Cuban American heavy metal drummer best known for his work with American thrash metal band Slayer. He has performed with Slayer on seven albums, including their groundbreaking 1986 release...
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- Feb 16, 1965 (age 44 years)
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Hatebreed
Hatebreed is an American metalcore band from Bridgeport and New Haven, Connecticut. The band was founded in November 1994 by Jamey Jasta, Dave Russo, Larry Dwyer, and Chris Beattie. The current lineup is Jamey Jasta (lead vocals), Frank "III Gun"...
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- 1995
Mark Morton
Mark Morton (Born Mark Duane Morton on November 25, 1972) is the lead guitarist of the American heavy metal band Lamb of God.
Mark grew up near Williamsburg, Virginia. His first band was Axis which was composed of other local youth, one being Ryan...
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- Nov 25, 1972 (age 37 years)
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Living Sacrifice
Living Sacrifice is a Christian metal band that formed in the late 1980's in Little Rock, Arkansas, U.S. The band has released 6 studio albums, out of which the first 3 were recorded under R.E.X. Records with their original vocalist Darren Johnson...
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Active as Musical Artist (start):
- 1989
Active as Musical Artist (end):
- Jun 28, 2003
Mnemic
Mnemic (pronounced /ˈniːmɨk/) (also typed as MNE|\ )IC) is a Danish industrial metal band, formed in Aalborg, Denmark in 1998. Their music has been described as a fusion between metalcore, melodic death metal, industrial metal and progressive metal,...
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Damageplan
Damageplan was an American heavy metal band from Dallas, Texas that formed in 2003. Following the demise of their previous group Pantera, brothers Dimebag Darrell and Vinnie Paul Abbott wanted to start a new band. The pair recruited former Halford...
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Nonpoint
Nonpoint is a four-piece alternative metal group originating from Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
Nonpoint was formed in January 1997 by drummer Robb Rivera, vocalist Elias Soriano andbassist Kenneth "KB" Mcmillan, The band rose to popularity in the...
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- 1997
Ill Niño
Ill Niño (typeset in lowercase as ill niño due to certain fonts having lowercase L and uppercase I resemble each other) is an American six-piece Latin metal band from New Jersey.
Ill Niño was founded in 1998, had released a demo EP in that same year...
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Annihilator
Annihilator are a Canadian thrash metal band formed in 1984 by the leader and only permanent member, vocalist, guitarist and bassist Jeff Waters. They debuted with the critically-acclaimed album, Alice in Hell in 1989.
Annihilator were started in...
Active as Musical Artist (start):
- 1984
Brujeria
Brujeria is an extreme metal band. Their name comes from the Spanish word for "witchcraft". Their songs, which are sung entirely in Spanish, are focused on Satanism, anti-Christianity, sex, immigration, narcotics smuggling, politics and also include...
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Active as Musical Artist (start):
- 1989
Warrel Dane
Warrel Dane is the lead singer of the progressive metal band Nevermore. He is also formerly the singer of 1980s band Sanctuary. Dane was trained for five years as an opera singer and utilizes a very broad vocal range (between 5 and 6 octaves...
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- Mar 7, 1961 (age 48 years)
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Nailbomb
Nailbomb were an industrial / thrash metal band. The band formed as side project by Brazilian musician Max Cavalera of Sepultura and Soulfly and English musician Alex Newport of Fudge Tunnel. Together they recorded one studio album through...
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Active as Musical Artist (start):
- 1993
Active as Musical Artist (end):
- 1995
Rex Brown
Rex Robert Brown (born July 27, 1964 in Graham, Texas) is an American heavy metal bassist. Currently a member of Down, he is most famous as the longtime bassist for the Grammy-nominated, platinum-selling band Pantera.
Along with former Pantera...
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- Jul 27, 1964 (age 45 years)
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Vinnie Paul
Vincent Paul Abbott, also known as "Vinnie Paul" (born on March 11, 1964 in Dallas, Texas, USA) is a heavy metal drummer and producer who is currently a member of supergroup Hellyeah, but is best known for being a member, and co-founder, of the...
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- Mar 11, 1964 (age 45 years)
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Reginald Arvizu
Reginald "Fieldy/Reggie" Arvizu (born November 2, 1969 in Bakersfield, California) is the bass guitar player for the band Korn.
Prior to Arvizu's time in Korn, he and Brian Welch, who would later become one of Korn's two guitarists (alongside James...
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- Nov 2, 1969 (age 40 years)
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Patrick Lachman
Patrick Lachman (born March 30, 1970) was the guitarist of the band Diesel Machine (from 1996 to 2001), before joining the solo band from (at that time former) Judas Priest vocalist Rob Halford, titled Halford. After the release of Halford's debut...
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- Mar 30, 1970 (age 39 years)
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SOiL
Soil, often typeset as SOiL, is an American hard rock band that formed in Chicago, Illinois in 1997. The band currently comprises vocalist A. J. Cavalier, guitarist and backing vocalist Adam Zadel, bassist Tim King and drummer Tom Schofield. The...
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- 1997
Robert Flynn
Robb Flynn (born Lawrence Matthew Cardine, adopted, July 19, 1968, Oakland, California) is best known as the lead vocalist and guitarist for the thrash metal band Machine Head. Flynn formed the band along with Adam Duce, Logan Mader and Tony...
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- Jul 19, 1968 (age 41 years)
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Pro-Pain
Pro-Pain is a New York-based hardcore and Groove Metal band formed in 1991 by vocalist and bassist Gary Meskil and drummer Dan Richardson.
Since its formation, Pro-Pain has produced twelve major studio releases in addition to two compilations and a...
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Ektomorf
Ektomorf is a thrash metal band from Hungary.
Ektomorf was founded in 1993 by the two brothers Zoltán (vocals, guitar) and Csaba Farkas (bass). After some time in the underground and eagerly writing song material, the band got a record deal and...
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Jesse Leach
Jesse David Leach (b. July 3, 1978) is an American musician from Providence, Rhode Island, and is best known as being the former lead vocalist of Killswitch Engage and later for being the vocalist for the rock band Seemless. He is also the current...
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- Jul 3, 1978 (age 31 years)
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Mastodon
Mastodon is an American progressive metal band from Atlanta, Georgia, formed in 1999. They are one of the most notable bands in the New Wave of American Heavy Metal. The band comprises bassist/vocalist Troy Sanders, guitarist/vocalist Brent Hinds,...
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Active as Musical Artist (start):
- 1999
Stemm
STEMM is an American metal band hailing from Niagara Falls, New York. They are currently signed to Catch 22 Records.
STEMM was formed in June 1998 by Joe Cafarella, Russ Martin and Jimi and Louis Penque. All the members had come from various other...
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John Tempesta
John Tempesta (born September 26, 1964 in New York City) is a metal drummer who has worked several bands, namely Exodus, Testament, and White Zombie. He also played with former White Zombie singer Rob Zombie as a solo artist, and served as drum tech...
Date of birth:
- Sep 26, 1964 (age 45 years)
Gojira
Gojira is a French progressive death metal band formed in 1996 in Bayonne, France. The band was known as Godzilla until 2001. The band is composed of Joe Duplantier on vocals and guitar, his brother Mario Duplantier on drums, Christian Andreu on...
Active as Musical Artist (start):
- 1996
White Zombie
White Zombie was a Grammy Award-nominated American rock band named after the 1932 film of the same name, which starred Béla Lugosi.
Based in New York, White Zombie was originally a noise rock band. White Zombie are better-known for their later heavy...
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- 1985
Active as Musical Artist (end):
- 1996
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Chris Barnes
Chris Barnes (born December 29, 1967) is an American singer, best known as being a death metal vocalist and lyricist known for his very low guttural vocals and as the vocalist and lyricist (from 1988-1995) of death metal band Cannibal Corpse, for...
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- Dec 29, 1967 (age 42 years)
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American Head Charge
American Head Charge (often referred to as Head Charge or abbreviated AHC) was an industrial metal band from Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA, earning nominations at the Kerrang! Awards on two occasions.
Early incarnations of the band sported the...
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- 1996
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Byzantine
Byzantine was a heavy metal band from Charleston, West Virginia that formed in 2000. The band consisted of frontman and co-founder Chris "OJ" Ojeda (rhythm guitar, vocals), co- founder Tony Rohrbough (guitar), Matt Wolfe (drums) and Michael "Skip"...
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Bob Kakaha
Robert 'Bob' Kakaha known as Bob Zilla (born August 31, 1976 in Los Angeles, California) is an American bassist best known as the bassist for heavy metal band Damageplan. He is a current member of heavy metal supergroup Hellyeah.
Kakaha met Pantera...
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- Aug 31, 1976 (age 33 years)
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Randy Blythe
David Randall "Randy" Blythe (born on February 21, 1971) is the vocalist of American heavy metal band Lamb of God and side-project band Halo of Locusts. He is known as D. Randall Blythe on Lamb of God's albums.
Randy Blythe joined Lamb of God (at...
Date of birth:
- Feb 21, 1971 (age 38 years)
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David Vincent
David Alexander Vincent (born April 22, 1965) aka Evil D is an American musician and is currently the lead vocalist and bassist for the seminal death metal band Morbid Angel as well as the bassist for Genitorturers. He cites the original Alice...
Date of birth:
- Apr 22, 1965 (age 44 years)
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Pin Drop Violence
Pin Drop Violence is a metal band formed in November 2000 in Mumbai , India.
PDV started out as a vision shared by the bassist, Pereira-Man, and vocalist Pradeep. Realizing that they had a common interest in music, they roped in Mithun and Michael...
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Henrik Klingenberg
Henrik "Henkka" Klingenberg (born October 21, 1978 in Mariehamn, Åland, Finland) is a keyboardist and singer. He joined the Finnish power metal band Sonata Arctica in late 2002 and currently resides in Kokkola, Finland, when not on tour....
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- Oct 21, 1978 (age 31 years)
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Ryan Martinie
Ryan Martinie is an American bassist, best known for being the bass player of metal band Mudvayne. He is known for his complex basslines. He has been with the band since 1998.
Born in 1975 in Peoria, Illinois, USA, Ryan was raised in a Christian non...
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- 1975 (age 35 years)
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Andreas Kisser
Andreas Rudolf Kisser (born August 24, 1968 in São Bernardo do Campo, Brazil) is the lead guitarist for the metal band Sepultura.
Born to a Yugoslavian mother, from Maribor, Slovenia and a German father, Kisser was originally a roadie for founding...
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- Aug 24, 1968 (age 41 years)
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Dave McClain
Dave McClain (born 1966, in Wiesbaden, Germany) is the drummer for noted Bay Area metal band, Machine Head. He joined the band when Chris Kontos left shortly after their first album, Burn My Eyes. He was formerly a member of S.A.Slayer (not to be...
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- 1966 (age 44 years)
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Grave Digger
Grave Digger are a German heavy metal/power metal band formed in 1980. They were part of the German heavy/speed/power metal scene to emerge in the early to mid 1980s.
After various appearances at small festivals, the band, comprising Chris...
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Active as Musical Artist (start):
- 1980
Mark Hunter
Mark Hunter (born May 26, 1977) is the singer vocalist and songwriter for the heavy metal band Chimaira.
Hunter co-founded the band with original Chimaira guitarist Jason Hager. He also produced The Impossibility of Reason with the help of Rob...
Date of birth:
- May 26, 1977 (age 32 years)
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Chad Gray
Chad Gray (born October 16, 1971 in Decatur, Illinois, US), is the lead vocalist for American metal band Mudvayne and rock supergroup Hellyeah.
Son of Dan and Mitzi Davis of Edgewater, Florida. In HellYeah's DVD, Below the Belt, he talks of how his...
Date of birth:
- Oct 16, 1971 (age 38 years)
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Alejandro Silva
Alejandro Silva is a Chilean instrumental heavy metal guitarist, best known as the founder and lead guitarist of his band, Alejandro Silva Power Cuarteto.
Silva started guitar when he was fourteen years old. Other musicians he has played with...
Sworn Enemy
Sworn Enemy is a crossover thrash band from New York City.
The band formed in 1995 as "Downfall" and later on as "Mindset", a product of the extremely expansive and influential New York Hardcore scene. At its original inception the band centered...
