Loudblast

Loudblast
Loudblast
	Loudblast performing at Le Confort Moderne in Poitiers, 2014
Background information
Origin	Villeneuve-d'Ascq, France
Genres	Death metal, thrash metal
Years active	1985–1999, 2000, 2002–present
Labels	Semetary, Metal13, Listenable
Members	Stéphane Buriez; Jérôme Point-Canovas; Frédéric Leclercq; Hervé Coquerel
Past members	Drakhian; Alex Lenormand; François Jamin; Alex Colin-Tocquaine; Joris Terrier; Thierry Pinck; Nicolas Leclercq; Frank Casteleyn; Stephane Jobert; Patrick Evrard

Loudblast is a French death/thrash metal band from Villeneuve-d'Ascq that pioneered the genres in France, and one of the most important French metal bands of the 1990s.

History

The band began in 1986 in the northern city of Lille. Its first recording was a split CD with the Nice-based band Agressor. They have released seven albums on the record labels Semetary/Fnac, Metal13, and Listenable. They began playing thrash metal influenced by the classic American bands such as Slayer. In 1991, they recorded the album "Disincarnate" in Morrisound Recording studios in Tampa, Florida, and the result was a pure death metal album. In the late 1990s, they incorporated more melody and groove in their music while maintaining a thrash/death aesthetic.

The band announced that they were splitting in 1999, but after a support concert to Death's late frontman Chuck Schuldiner in 2000, the band reformed with Agressor's Alex Colin-Tocquaine and released Planet Pandemonium in 2002. After a few years hiatus, Stéphane and Hervé announced in November 2009 a new line-up including Alex Lenormand (Locust) and Drakhian (Fornication, Black Dementia, Griffar).

In February 2017, Jérôme Point-Canovas replaced Drakhian as the band's guitarist during the "Sublime Dementia Tour", and he was officialised as permanent member in May.

The band's latest album, Manifesto, was released on November 6, 2020.^[1]

Members

Current members

Stéphane Buriez – vocals, guitar (1985–1999, 2000, 2002–present)
Hervé Coquerel – drums (1992–1999, 2000, 2002–present)
Frédéric Leclercq – bass (2016–present)
Jérôme Point-Canovas – guitar (2017–present)

Past members

Nicolas Leclercq – guitar (1985–1999)
Joris Terrier – drums (1985–1990)
Patrick Evrard – bass (1985–1986)
François Jamin – bass (1986–1999, 2000, 2002–2003)
Thierry Pinck – drums (1990–1992)
Stephane Jobert – guitar (1994–1995)
Alex Colin-Tocquaine – guitar (2002–2007)
Alex Lenormand – bass (2003–2016)
Drakhian – guitar (2008–2017)

Timeline

Discography

Albums studio

1989 : Sensorial Treatment
1991 : Disincarnate
1993 : Sublime Dementia
1998 : Fragments
2004 : Planet Pandemonium
2011 : Frozen Moments Between Life And Death
2014 : Burial Ground
2020 : Manifesto
2024 : Altering Fates and Destinies

Demos

1985 : Beyond the dark mist
1986 : Ultimate Violence
1987 : Loudblast
1988 : Bazooka Rehearsal
1989 : Promo Tape
1995 : Dementia Circle - The collector Tracks

Split

1987 : Licensed to Thrash, split-cd (with Agressor)
1993 : Cross the Threshold, EP
2000 : A Taste of Death, compilation album

Live

unknown Date : Live History*, VHS, année inconnue)
1993 : Live Marcq en Barœul, VHS
1994 : Live Lyon, VHS
1997 : The Time Keeper
1998 : Submission Tour 98
1999 : Legacy, VHS
2009 : Loud, Live & Heavy, CD +DVD
2017 : III Decades Live Ceremony, DVD

References

^ "LOUDBLAST To Release New Studio Album 'Manifesto' In November". Metal Forces. July 30, 2020. Retrieved October 5, 2020.

External links

[1] "LOUDBLAST To Release New Studio Album 'Manifesto' In November". Metal Forces. July 30, 2020. Retrieved October 5, 2020.

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