Dance Club Massacre

 
       

Genres: Metal / Experimental / Hardcore

Location: Chicago, IL

Stats: 2,105 fans / 58,866 plays / 4 plays today

Members: Nick, Chris, Jon, Mitch, Matt

 

MERCH: indiemerchstore.com/danceclub
TOUR DATES: myspace.com/danceclubmassacre

Brutality, board games, beer, babes and body slams sound more like interests for a personal advertisement, but for Chicago metal band Dance Club Massacre, the five B's are more like its lifeline. Despite appearances – and numerous MySpace photos – Dance Club Massacre's party-hard mentality isn't limited to the fun-loving drunkfest that lies on the surface. The band's second album, "Circle of Death," highlights Dance Club Massacre's abilities as serious musicians by drawing more influence from pioneers of black metal, Dimmu Borgir and Cradle of Filth, and bringing more intense riffage and intricate layers of keyboards than previous releases.

Recorded by Jason "Jocko" Randall (From a Second Story Window, Ed Gein) at More Sound Studios in Syracuse, NY, "Circle of Death" is the result of a structured writing and recording process, a concept new to the band. "Jocko really pushed us to be better musicians. The songs were dissected and put back together again with a lot of attention to detail," comments guitarist Mitch Hein. "With 'Circle of Death,' we want to show how we have progressed as a band." But “Circle of Death” isn't only a compilation of Norwegian influenced, stiff upper lip metal. The album is named after the band’s favorite drinking game and delivers an equal amount of absurdity to complement its ear-numbing brutality. "We want to thrash the faces of everyone we come into contact with..." said vocalist Nick Seger, "and, we want them to know how much we love wrestling."

Calling on Chad Lenjer of Discordant Art (Job For a Cowboy, Arsonists Get All the Girls) to pick up the art duties, "Circle of Death" contains metal imagery and light-hearted colors that truly represent the combined efforts of raging tunes and wackiness that is Dance Club Massacre.

Starting as a project between Nick Seger and Kurt Latos in October 2004 that quickly developed into a full time band, Dance Club Massacre first brought their "Halloween-core" metal to the public with a self released demo recorded by Erik Butkus (Tower of Rome, Pedro the Lion) at Blam Recording in Chicago. With sales of the demo surpassing even the band's expectations, Dance Club Massacre headed back into the studio with Butkus, now at Evil Plan to Record the World Studios, to record their second self-released album "Feast of the Blood Monsters." "Feast of the Blood Monsters" quickly broke into the "50 Top Selling Items" on Interpunk.com and blasted through all 1100 copies of the original pressing. Shortly after the release of "Feast of the Blood Monsters," Dance Club Massacre inked a deal with Black Market Activities, bringing the remastered/remixed release to the masses.

 

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  • rahrah sunday. said:
    lovelovelove Oct 03
  • MissBrit said:
    ifly so much Sep 01
  • Ryleeann(: said:
    hey im from chicago too! and i atcually think ive seen you guys around. Aug 31
  • nathan said:
    ifly :) Aug 14
  • Snuggleblade said:
    purevolume.com/snuggleblade Jun 22
  • SkitzoNecrophyliac™ said:
    Rawr. :] Jun 08
  • Ellyssa said:
    May 15
  • MaRy MaRiE MurDeR- Voorhees said:
    i love u guys!!! May 15
  • shaun said:
    "KILL RAP HATH NO FEAR" -KING SHAUN Apr 08
  • shaun said:
    AFRICA... shall be tamed! land of the prosecuted for animal skins... we shall find them on our own time of mind! Apr 08
  • shaun said:
    u must have had dreams about me, my prayers were made about, peace and no guilt came. tell them i got them teeth from a king of the primate land Apr 08
  • XxAllyValleyxX said:
    teehee ^^ Apr 01
  • shaun said:
    falling in love pathetically.. i hope for a real one 1 day.. a club massacre.. hopefully i wont be visiting for one of the captain-like adventures.. sorry gentlemen; conspider me a spy.. if u must; Mar 07
  • ChaRLie said:
    to SonofOdin: COF and DCM are two different styles of metal. Comparing the two honestly makes you look like you have NO IDEA what the hell it is your talking about.....So maybe you should be doing the hanging? :O Feb 25
  • SonofOdin said:
    seriously, what the hell? you guys sound like your trying to rip off Cradle of Filth. its cool to gain inspiration frmo a band but leave it at that, go hang urself. Feb 18
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Circle of Death

Nov 11, 2008

Feast of the Blood Monsters

Jul 10, 2007

demo EP

Oct 30, 2005
 
 

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