Members: Nuno Evaristo - Nuclear Guitars, Neil Armstrong - Bestial Bass & Vocals, Blake MacReady - Zombie Drum Invasion
BIOGRAPHY:
Adrenicide is most definately, and arguably, one of Britain's top crossover bands. Formed in January 2002 by guitarist N. Evaristo. The band's first line-up consisted of Nuno Evaristo (guitar/bass/backing vocals) and N. Armstrong (vocals) two old school fuck heads, on a mission to make pure 80's thrash/crossover. With absolutely no consideration for modern trends and with heads full of dumb-ass riffs, Adrenicide unleashed their first demo "Impropaganda" in January 2003. The demo is brutal & primitive! certaintly, but it has the key ingredient missing today - memorable sing along songs that you can fuckin' headbang, mosh and form a circle to.
The fall of 2004 saw the release of "All Went Black" - an album full of aggression and superior in both songwriting and production, it spawned instant classics such as "Death From Above", "Murder Machine", and the crowds favourite "All Went Black". In April of 2005 the EP - "We Are Not Afraid" was released , a collection of old & unreleashed songs from the Adren - archives, along-side some covers of old shit like "Milk" by S.O.D., "Condemned System" by Terrorizer and others.
On a steady diet of beer, "D.R.I." and "Wehrmacht" albums, the band set about recording and producing the songs for the second full-length album - "Drunk With Power" released in November 2006. The response in the global metal underground scene was unanimously positive prompting âLords of Metalâ webzine to say: âthrashers, moshers & crossover freaks pay attention now, because Iâm pretty sure Adrenicide will fuck you upâ¦â. "A+â reviews from all over the world, were hailing Adrenicide as true possessors of the 80âs vibe: âNeo-zineâ saying: âI havenât heard anything that made me want to dominate the circle/pit like this in a very long timeâ. "E-Metal Reviews" continued, exclaiming: âGoddamn-It feels like I just got my ass handed to me in the pitâ. Bigger zines also started to take notice. "Zero Tolerance Magazine" stating: âFantastic fun and pretty damn good as well. This is a real rush full of short, sharp, adrenaline injectionsâ¦â
Through mid 2007,with the help of friend N. Skidmore the band started rehearsing and jamminâ the ruff tracks that would later become the next CD. Again elements of hardcore, punk & thrash were thrown into the mix. The resulting monster was âRaging Full Onâ. With lyrics covering topics like : war, violence, injustice & murder to alcoholism, pollution, religion etc... On "R.F.O" youâll hear a band sometimes deadly serious lyrically, yet still retained the sense of being dumb-asses and have fun.
The reviews that followed were once again, almost all shouting the same slogan, âAdrenicide will kick your ass!â magazines as diverse as âOrgan Magazineâ and âTerrorizer Magazine, unanimous in their praise: âOrgan Magazineâ stating: âThey got it nailed down and they got it nailed down goodâ. âTerrorizerâ proclaiming: âThe songs are very short, very sweet & shamelessly old schoolâ¦Adrenicideâs material is specifically designed to whip up a circle pit frenzy.â Perhaps âUndbound zineâ hit the nail on the head by claiming âRaging Full Onâ could have easily been released in the 80âsâ¦â. âProfane Existence Magazineâ echoed these sentiments: âAdrenicide maybe the U.K.âs best kept secretâ¦Like a flashback to â86.â Arguably the greatest comment a band could be given. '86?. High praise indeed!
Around this time Blake MacReady (Nick Skidmore) became more of a permanent fixture in the band and joined full time in May 2008. More rehearsing, more writing, more influences, more fighting and yet more Beer. Which of these factors was the most important is debatable, but something which was added to the mix, resulted in Adrenicide writing songs like: âCelebrate The Bladeâ, âFed To The Sharks", "Born Drunk" and "Primitive Logicâ¦" - Legislating for the usual chaos (arguments and labels taking the piss, etcâ¦), âNatural Born Thrashersâ was finally released in October 2008. And on December the same year the band enter the studio to record the first full-length video, for the song "Primitive Logic..." - with Blake MacReady sitting his ass down firmly on the drum-stool. The video was recorded and produced by long time friends Phil Ray and Madz, and co-produced by Adrenicide in (Windsor/England).
In early March 2009 the psychos from Slough began writing & recording the tracks that would eventually metal-morphosise into the next album; "Kill". The songs this time around were allowed more time to develop. Not that the band abandoned the short, 1000 m.p.h blasters: there are still songs like: "Ravenous Metal" and "No Plan-B" they are short, not-so-sweet, and fuckin' brutal! "Kill" was also re-released in a different package for the central and south American market via EBM Records (Mexico) where Adrenicide's brand of crossover is striking a mighty chord with the thrashers over there. "Try and grab a copy, if you can, as im sure at some point it may become a collectors item".
In october 2009 the band had the pleasure head-ache of trying to pick out tracks for the "compilation/best of" album titled "Pioneers in The Land of the Mad" released by Denim & Leather Records (U.K). It includes old favourites/classics like "All Went Black", "Ward 13", "Form A Circle", "Drown In Beer", "Justice?","Celebrate The Blade", "Primitive Logic..." and many more. There are 26 tracks in total, and over an hour of face ripping, moshin' and beer drinkin' music.
In June 2010 Neil Armstrong parted ways with Adrenicide due to unresolved issues and commitment with the band. "We wish him the best of luck for all future endeavours.". Nuno Evaristo has taken over the vocal duties. "War Begs No Mercy" was released by Slaney Records (Ireland) in November 2010.
Thrashers, punks, moshers and drunks - unite and letâs all shout the same fuckinâ thing: âTHRASH ISNâT BACK: IT NEVER FUCKINâ WENT AWAY!.â Stay true.
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