Beneath the Massacre
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Beneath the Massacre is a Canadian death metal
band from Montreal
, Quebec
, Canada. Their debut album, Evidence of Inequity
, was released in 2005, under Galy Records
. In early 2006, the band signed with Prosthetic Records
and has since released their first full-length album, Mechanics of Dysfunction
, on the label on February 20, 2007. They were on the 2007 Brutalitour alongside Animosity
, As Blood Runs Black, and The Faceless
. They also played the Summer Slaughter Tour with Decapitated
, Necrophagist
, As Blood Runs Black, The Faceless
, Ion Dissonance
, and Cephalic Carnage
. They were on the 2007 Radio Rebellion Tour along with Job for a Cowboy
, Behemoth
, and Gojira
. They are known to occasionally incorporate influences from hardcore punk
.
Evidence of Inequity
through the Canadian label Galy Records
, the EP was produced by Yannick St-Amand and mastered by Alan Douches. Beneath the Massacre announced a Canadian tour to promote the album in September 2005 supporting Neuraxis
, but were forced to cancel due to an accident with their van outside Thunder Bay
, Ontario
.
In May 2006, Beneath the Massacre signed a record deal with Prosthetic Records
, and soon after, they started a tour in Canada with Leng Tch'e
and Fuck the Facts
. The band began to work with producer Yannick St-Amand on a new album in June that same year, in parallel several dates were announced, and included shows at the Toronto
Terrorfest with over 60 bands at the three-day festival between July 14–16, the Robot Mosh Fest in Milwaukee
, then in the same month Trails Unto the Sick concerts again with Neuraxis, which included the San Antonio
Better off Dead Fest and Albuquerque
's Gathering of the Sick Fest.
Beneath the Massacre featured with the track "Profitable Killcount" on a 2006 Japanese-only compilation album titled Canadian Metal in Japan, released by Cyclone Records. The band's full-length debut album Mechanics of Dysfunction
again produced by Yannick St-Amand and mixed by Pierre Rémillard, was released in February 2007 through Prosthetic Records.
In 2008, the group released their second full-length, entitled Dystopia
, through Prosthetic label on October 28, 2008. The album was recorded in the Northern Studio in Montreal, Quebec by Yannick St-Amand, mixed by Jason Suecoff with artwork from Felix Rancourt.
Beneath the Massacre toured with Darkest Hour and Bleeding Through
, among others, in the Thrash and Burn European Tour 2009
in April and May 2009 in Europe. In April 2009, Beneath the Massacre was nominated as "Best Underground Band" at the Metal Hammer
Golden Gods Awards.
In July 2010, the band announced that they have finished recording an EP which will be named Marée Noire (Black Tide). Vocalist Desgagnés stated, "It's going to be two years since our last album and we had the idea of a short release while we keep writing for the next full length. We picked five songs to go on the EP and I feel like these are by far the best songs we've ever written. Nothing that different from our other releases but we're always getting a little closer to the sound we want. So we're all satisfied with the result and are looking forward to share it."
Former members
Extended plays
Death metal
Death metal is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal. It typically employs heavily distorted guitars, tremolo picking, deep growling vocals, blast beat drumming, minor keys or atonality, and complex song structures with multiple tempo changes....
band from Montreal
Montreal
Montreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...
, Quebec
Quebec
Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level....
, Canada. Their debut album, Evidence of Inequity
Evidence of Inequity
Evidence of Inequity is an EP by Canadian technical death metal band Beneath the Massacre. It was released on May 31, 2005 through Galy Records. This EP was recorded and mixed at Victor Studio by Yannick St-Amand and mastered by Alan Douches at West West Side Studio in 2005...
, was released in 2005, under Galy Records
Galy Records
Galy Records is a Canadian independent record label based in Verdun, Quebec, founded by Eric Galy in 2002. The label includes albums released for bands such as Dead Brain Cells, Neuraxis, Despised Icon, Gorguts, Unexpect, Infernäl Mäjesty, Anvil, Soulscar, Beneath the Massacre, Coprofago, Ion...
. In early 2006, the band signed with Prosthetic Records
Prosthetic Records
Prosthetic Records is a record label specializing in heavy metal recordings. Founded by E.J. Johantgen and Dan Fitzgerald both former employees of Columbia Records, in Los Angeles, California in 1998...
and has since released their first full-length album, Mechanics of Dysfunction
Mechanics of Dysfunction
Mechanics of Dysfunction, released on February 20, 2007 through Prosthetic Records, is the first full-length album by Canadian technical death metal band Beneath the Massacre.- Track listing :# "The Surface" – 2:41# "Society's Disposable Son" – 3:28...
, on the label on February 20, 2007. They were on the 2007 Brutalitour alongside Animosity
Animosity (band)
Animosity was a death metal band from San Francisco, California, formed in 2000. The band released three studio albums and disbanded in 2009.-History:...
, As Blood Runs Black, and The Faceless
The Faceless
The Faceless is an American technical death metal band from Encino, California. They released their debut album, Akeldama in November 2006, and a follow-up, Planetary Duality, in November 2008.-History:...
. They also played the Summer Slaughter Tour with Decapitated
Decapitated (band)
Decapitated is a death metal band that formed in Krosno, Poland in 1996. The group comprises guitarist, founder and composer Wacław "Vogg" Kiełtyka, vocalist Rafał Piotrowski and Austrian drummer Kerim "Krimh" Lechner. Decapitated have gained recognition as one of the genre's most widely respected...
, Necrophagist
Necrophagist
Necrophagist is a German death metal band, founded and fronted by Muhammed Suiçmez; a German-born, Turkish guitarist and vocalist. The band is known for its rapid and technical compositions....
, As Blood Runs Black, The Faceless
The Faceless
The Faceless is an American technical death metal band from Encino, California. They released their debut album, Akeldama in November 2006, and a follow-up, Planetary Duality, in November 2008.-History:...
, Ion Dissonance
Ion Dissonance
Ion Dissonance is a Canadian mathcore/deathcore band from Montreal, Quebec, Canada. They're known for their technical mathcore style but changed to a more heavy, groove based style with the release of their 2007 album Minus the Herd.-History:...
, and Cephalic Carnage
Cephalic Carnage
Cephalic Carnage is an American grindcore band formed in 1992 in Denver, Colorado. The band comprises vocalist Lenzig Leal, guitarists Steve Goldberg and Brian Hopp, drummer John Merryman and bassist Nick Schendzielos...
. They were on the 2007 Radio Rebellion Tour along with Job for a Cowboy
Job for a Cowboy
Job for a Cowboy is a American death metal band from Glendale, Arizona. Formed in 2003, the band's debut album Genesis was released in 2007, peaking at #54 on the US Billboard 200 and selling 13,000 copies in its first week of release. The second album, 2009's Ruination, sold 10,600 copies in...
, Behemoth
Behemoth (band)
Behemoth is a Polish blackened death metal band from Gdańsk, formed in 1991. They are considered to have played an important role in establishing the Polish extreme metal underground, alongside bands such as Vader, Decapitated, Vesania and Hate....
, and Gojira
Gojira (band)
Gojira is a heavy metal band formed in 1996 in Bayonne, France. The band was known as Godzilla until 2001. Gojira is composed of Joe Duplantier on vocals and guitar, his brother Mario Duplantier on drums, Christian Andreu on guitar and Jean-Michel Labadie on bass...
. They are known to occasionally incorporate influences from hardcore punk
Hardcore punk
Hardcore punk is an underground music genre that originated in the late 1970s, following the mainstream success of punk rock. Hardcore is generally faster, thicker, and heavier than earlier punk rock. The origin of the term "hardcore punk" is uncertain. The Vancouver-based band D.O.A...
.
History
Beneath the Massacre was formed in the summer of 2004, including as members in their line-up vocalist Elliot Desgagnés, guitarist Christopher Bradley, bassist Dennis Bradley, and drummer Justin Rousselle. In May 2005, they released a five-track EPExtended play
An EP is a musical recording which contains more music than a single, but is too short to qualify as a full album or LP. The term EP originally referred only to specific types of vinyl records other than 78 rpm standard play records and LP records, but it is now applied to mid-length Compact...
Evidence of Inequity
Evidence of Inequity
Evidence of Inequity is an EP by Canadian technical death metal band Beneath the Massacre. It was released on May 31, 2005 through Galy Records. This EP was recorded and mixed at Victor Studio by Yannick St-Amand and mastered by Alan Douches at West West Side Studio in 2005...
through the Canadian label Galy Records
Galy Records
Galy Records is a Canadian independent record label based in Verdun, Quebec, founded by Eric Galy in 2002. The label includes albums released for bands such as Dead Brain Cells, Neuraxis, Despised Icon, Gorguts, Unexpect, Infernäl Mäjesty, Anvil, Soulscar, Beneath the Massacre, Coprofago, Ion...
, the EP was produced by Yannick St-Amand and mastered by Alan Douches. Beneath the Massacre announced a Canadian tour to promote the album in September 2005 supporting Neuraxis
Neuraxis
Neuraxis is a Canadian technical/melodic death metal band. It was formed in Montreal in 1994 by Steven Henry, Yan Thiel and Felipe Angel Quinzanos...
, but were forced to cancel due to an accident with their van outside Thunder Bay
Thunder Bay
-In Canada:Thunder Bay is the name of three places in the province of Ontario, Canada along Lake Superior:*Thunder Bay District, Ontario, a district in Northwestern Ontario*Thunder Bay, a city in Thunder Bay District*Thunder Bay, Unorganized, Ontario...
, Ontario
Ontario
Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa....
.
In May 2006, Beneath the Massacre signed a record deal with Prosthetic Records
Prosthetic Records
Prosthetic Records is a record label specializing in heavy metal recordings. Founded by E.J. Johantgen and Dan Fitzgerald both former employees of Columbia Records, in Los Angeles, California in 1998...
, and soon after, they started a tour in Canada with Leng Tch'e
Leng Tch'e
Leng Tch'e is a grindcore band based in Belgium. The band describes their style as "razorgrind", a combination of grindcore with death metal, stoner rock and metalcore....
and Fuck the Facts
Fuck the Facts
Fuck the Facts is a Canadian grindcore band from Ottawa, Ontario, formed in 1998. They began in the late nineties as a solo recording project constructed by musician Topon Das. After many early recordings, including split tapes with groups from around the world, Fuck the Facts began developing a...
. The band began to work with producer Yannick St-Amand on a new album in June that same year, in parallel several dates were announced, and included shows at the Toronto
Toronto
Toronto is the provincial capital of Ontario and the largest city in Canada. It is located in Southern Ontario on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario. A relatively modern city, Toronto's history dates back to the late-18th century, when its land was first purchased by the British monarchy from...
Terrorfest with over 60 bands at the three-day festival between July 14–16, the Robot Mosh Fest in Milwaukee
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Milwaukee is the largest city in the U.S. state of Wisconsin, the 28th most populous city in the United States and 39th most populous region in the United States. It is the county seat of Milwaukee County and is located on the southwestern shore of Lake Michigan. According to 2010 census data, the...
, then in the same month Trails Unto the Sick concerts again with Neuraxis, which included the San Antonio
San Antonio, Texas
San Antonio is the seventh-largest city in the United States of America and the second-largest city within the state of Texas, with a population of 1.33 million. Located in the American Southwest and the south–central part of Texas, the city serves as the seat of Bexar County. In 2011,...
Better off Dead Fest and Albuquerque
Albuquerque, New Mexico
Albuquerque is the largest city in the state of New Mexico, United States. It is the county seat of Bernalillo County and is situated in the central part of the state, straddling the Rio Grande. The city population was 545,852 as of the 2010 Census and ranks as the 32nd-largest city in the U.S. As...
's Gathering of the Sick Fest.
Beneath the Massacre featured with the track "Profitable Killcount" on a 2006 Japanese-only compilation album titled Canadian Metal in Japan, released by Cyclone Records. The band's full-length debut album Mechanics of Dysfunction
Mechanics of Dysfunction
Mechanics of Dysfunction, released on February 20, 2007 through Prosthetic Records, is the first full-length album by Canadian technical death metal band Beneath the Massacre.- Track listing :# "The Surface" – 2:41# "Society's Disposable Son" – 3:28...
again produced by Yannick St-Amand and mixed by Pierre Rémillard, was released in February 2007 through Prosthetic Records.
In 2008, the group released their second full-length, entitled Dystopia
Dystopia (Beneath the Massacre album)
Dystopia is the second studio album by Canadian death metal band Beneath the Massacre. It was released on October 28, 2008 through Prosthetic Records....
, through Prosthetic label on October 28, 2008. The album was recorded in the Northern Studio in Montreal, Quebec by Yannick St-Amand, mixed by Jason Suecoff with artwork from Felix Rancourt.
Beneath the Massacre toured with Darkest Hour and Bleeding Through
Bleeding Through
Bleeding Through is an American metalcore band from Orange County, California. Formed in 1999, the band blends influences stemming from modern hardcore punk, symphonic black metal, and melodic death metal...
, among others, in the Thrash and Burn European Tour 2009
Thrash and Burn European Tour 2009
The Thrash and Burn European Tour 2009 was a metal tour in April and May 2009 in Europe co-headlined by the American bands Darkest Hour and Bleeding Through...
in April and May 2009 in Europe. In April 2009, Beneath the Massacre was nominated as "Best Underground Band" at the Metal Hammer
Metal Hammer
Metal Hammer is a monthly heavy metal music magazine published in the United Kingdom by Future Publishing, and in several other countries by different publishers. Metal Hammer articles feature both mainstream bands and more unusual acts from the whole spectrum of heavy metal music...
Golden Gods Awards.
In July 2010, the band announced that they have finished recording an EP which will be named Marée Noire (Black Tide). Vocalist Desgagnés stated, "It's going to be two years since our last album and we had the idea of a short release while we keep writing for the next full length. We picked five songs to go on the EP and I feel like these are by far the best songs we've ever written. Nothing that different from our other releases but we're always getting a little closer to the sound we want. So we're all satisfied with the result and are looking forward to share it."
Members
Current members- Elliot Desgagnés – vocals (2004–present)
- Christopher Bradley – guitar (2004–present)
- Dennis Bradley – bass (2004–present)
- Justin Rousselle – drums (2004–present)
Former members
- Christian Pepin – guitar (2004–2005)
Discography
Studio albums- Mechanics of DysfunctionMechanics of DysfunctionMechanics of Dysfunction, released on February 20, 2007 through Prosthetic Records, is the first full-length album by Canadian technical death metal band Beneath the Massacre.- Track listing :# "The Surface" – 2:41# "Society's Disposable Son" – 3:28...
(2007) - DystopiaDystopia (Beneath the Massacre album)Dystopia is the second studio album by Canadian death metal band Beneath the Massacre. It was released on October 28, 2008 through Prosthetic Records....
(2008)
Extended plays
- Evidence of InequityEvidence of InequityEvidence of Inequity is an EP by Canadian technical death metal band Beneath the Massacre. It was released on May 31, 2005 through Galy Records. This EP was recorded and mixed at Victor Studio by Yannick St-Amand and mastered by Alan Douches at West West Side Studio in 2005...
(2005) - Marée Noire (2010)
External links
- Official website
- Beneath the Massacre at FacebookFacebookFacebook is a social networking service and website launched in February 2004, operated and privately owned by Facebook, Inc. , Facebook has more than 800 million active users. Users must register before using the site, after which they may create a personal profile, add other users as...
- Beneath the Massacre at MySpaceMySpaceMyspace is a social networking service owned by Specific Media LLC and pop star Justin Timberlake. Myspace launched in August 2003 and is headquartered in Beverly Hills, California. In August 2011, Myspace had 33.1 million unique U.S. visitors....