Heavy hitting Thrashers, Insurgency, will have you thinking Lancaster is a city in Germany with their incredible Teutonic Thrash sound. The sort of band that would sound in their element opening for the likes of early Destuction, Sodom and Kreator. Insurgency take all the best elements of the old school, and leave the softer elements to rot. Uncompromising riffs, vocals, battery and brutality!
Starting just 2 years ago the 3-piece came to be from a mutual love of old school metal, and quickly found a sound akin to it. Using the tried and tested setup of single guitar, bass, vocals and drums, the band don't mess about delivering the goods of devastatingly powerful riffs and driving rythmn section.
First starting with demos straight from the off, the band posted a good few of their practice sessions on to SoundCloud, already having another for a solid demo down. Their first song properly recorded was 'Tunguska' which showcases the band overlying theme of warfare lyrics and chainsaw riffing.
Playing their first show in the September of 2012, the band bring it all to life when playing live. A brutal wall of sound brought about by the thick and quick Thrash assault is something to behold. And really pervays the sense of outright aggression that the band is all about. A good mix of the bands own songs and some covers of the afformentioned Teutonic greats make for an interesting and all powerful playlist, with no relenting from start to finish.
Their only release to date is the 'Live Insurgency Demo' a live recorded demo of three of their own tracks; Pan Arabic Attack, Beghazi and Desert Holocaust. The songs on the demo really take you back to the 80's incarnation of the more heavy styled Thrash giants such as Kreator, Exodus and Possesed. The harsh vocals, aggressive guitar , thunderous bass and blasting drums. All boxes of Thrash purity ticked.
The demo is currently on SoundCloud only, with a few CD promo copies floating about. Although reliable sources (totally not myself) know there may be a limited tape run of the demo too come. You'll have to keep your eyes out for that yourselves though!
The band are currently looking to release their debut before the year is out, with artwork already complete, and 'Desert Holocaust' released in anticipation for its release. Tracklisting is currently yet to be announced along with a date, but should not be all too far away. The band are also going to be playing a number of shows in the UK, including the fantastic Thrashoholic Fest. Full dates are shown below, as always check to see if they're in you town and get down to the show!
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| Artwork by Alice Biddau |
18th Jul - The Boulevard, Wigan w/ Mower/Bastard of the Skiies
23rd Jul - Liverpool w/ Coltsblood/ Corrupt Mortal Altar/ Dismal
25th Jul - Royal British Legion, Newcastle - Stuart Bartlett's birthday w/ Wraith of Satan +1 more
16th Aug - Wharf Chambers, Leeds - Thrashoholic Fest.
13th Dec - Bannermans Bar, Edinburgh, Scotland - w/ Evil Blood, Exxxekutioner, NNGNN
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| [L-R] Malek Baali (Drums), Andrew Shackleton (Vocals, Guitar) Will Anderson (Bass, Backing Vocals) |
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