Hacride is a French

French people

The French are a nation that share a common French culture and speak the French language as a mother tongue. Historically, the French population are descended from peoples of Celtic, Latin and Germanic origin, and are today a mixture of several ethnic groups...

 heavy metal

Heavy metal music

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 band. Formed in 2001 with musicians coming from an array of different bands, musical backgrounds and styles their sound has evolved from the raw extremities and odd time signatures of technical death metal

Technical death metal

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 to one that is more progressive

Progressive metal

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 and avant-garde.

Biography

Hacride was formed in 2001 in the French city of Poitiers

Poitiers

Poitiers is a city on the Clain river in west central France. It is a commune and the capital of the Vienne department and of the Poitou-Charentes region. The centre is picturesque and its streets are interesting for predominant remains of historical architecture, especially from the Romanesque...

 by Benoist Danneville (bass), Adrien Grousset (guitar), Samuel Bourreau (vocals) and Olivier Laffond (drums). In 2003 they released their first promo CD entitled Cyanide Echoes, then produced with Matthieu Metzger.

In 2005, the band appeared on the compilation Revolution Calling with the song "The Daily Round" through record label Listenable Records. In the same year they recorded their first full length album called Deviant Current Signal and released it with the same record label. The band promoted this album in France

France

The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...

 and Switzerland

Switzerland

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 through Deviant Tours I and II. They also took part in the VS Fest II at Loco in Paris

Paris

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 on the 28th of May, 2006.

In 2007, their second album Amoeba was recorded, again co-produced by the band members themselves, along with Frank Hueso, and released through Listenable Records.

Hacride released their third album Lazarus on the 20th of April, 2009.

Discography

• 2003: Cyanide Echoes (EP)
• 2005: Deviant Current Signal
• 2007: Amoeba
• 2009: Lazarus