Pin-Up Went Down
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Pin-Up Went Down is a french
avant-garde metal band formed in 2006. The band consists of the two brothers Alexis and Nicolas Damien, and Asphodel. Alexis plays the majority of the instruments and is the sole composer of the band.
Their music is a metal sound, associated many various styles like pop
, funk
, symphonic
, gospel
, progressive
or psychedelic. Their two albums has received unanimously good reviews from metal review sites and the specialized press.
and Wormfood, originally as the name of Esthete Piggie. He his soon joined by vocalist Asphodel from Penumbra
, Howdy Effect and Nowonmai.
2 Unlimited was released on 28 March 2008. Two years later the second album, 342, was released on 28 June 2010, with the addition of Damien's brother Nicolas, who plays all the piano and keyboards but also a part of guitars.
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...
avant-garde metal band formed in 2006. The band consists of the two brothers Alexis and Nicolas Damien, and Asphodel. Alexis plays the majority of the instruments and is the sole composer of the band.
Their music is a metal sound, associated many various styles like pop
Pop music
Pop music is usually understood to be commercially recorded music, often oriented toward a youth market, usually consisting of relatively short, simple songs utilizing technological innovations to produce new variations on existing themes.- Definitions :David Hatch and Stephen Millward define pop...
, funk
Funk
Funk is a music genre that originated in the mid-late 1960s when African American musicians blended soul music, jazz and R&B into a rhythmic, danceable new form of music. Funk de-emphasizes melody and harmony and brings a strong rhythmic groove of electric bass and drums to the foreground...
, symphonic
Symphonic metal
Symphonic metal is a term used to describe heavy metal music that has symphonic elements; that is, elements that are either borrowed from classical music or, as with progressive rock music, create a style reminiscent of it, e.g...
, gospel
Gospel
A gospel is an account, often written, that describes the life of Jesus of Nazareth. In a more general sense the term "gospel" may refer to the good news message of the New Testament. It is primarily used in reference to the four canonical gospels of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John...
, progressive
Progressive metal
Progressive metal is a subgenre of heavy metal originating in the United Kingdom and North America in the late 1980s...
or psychedelic. Their two albums has received unanimously good reviews from metal review sites and the specialized press.
History
Pin-Up Went Down is the project of Alexis Damien, vocalist and multi-instrumentalist also know for the bands Carnival in CoalCarnival in Coal
Carnival in Coal was an extreme metal/avant-garde metal band from France. Founded in 1995, the band mixed death metal, black metal and other extreme metal genres with genres such as easy listening, disco, and pop.-History:...
and Wormfood, originally as the name of Esthete Piggie. He his soon joined by vocalist Asphodel from Penumbra
Penumbra (band)
Penumbra is a French gothic metal band. They have released their last two albums through Season of Mist. - Formation of Penumbra :The original founders of Penumbra were Jarlaath and Dorian, who met at a concert in 1996...
, Howdy Effect and Nowonmai.
2 Unlimited was released on 28 March 2008. Two years later the second album, 342, was released on 28 June 2010, with the addition of Damien's brother Nicolas, who plays all the piano and keyboards but also a part of guitars.
Members
- Alexis Damien - male vocals, guttural vocalsDeath growlA death growl, also known as death metal vocals, guttural vocals, death grunts, and harsh vocals among other names, is a vocalisation style usually employed by vocalists of the death metal and black metal music genre, but also used in a variety of heavy metal and hardcore punk subgenres.Death...
, guitars, bassBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
, drums (2006–present), keyboards, pianoPianoThe piano is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard. It is one of the most popular instruments in the world. Widely used in classical and jazz music for solo performances, ensemble use, chamber music and accompaniment, the piano is also very popular as an aid to composing and rehearsal...
(2006–2010) - Asphodel - female vocals (2006–present)
- Nicolas Damien - keyboards, piano, guitars (2010–present)