BLOCKHEAD BAND PAGE
 BLOCKHEAD
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CURRENT NAME
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Blockhead |
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FORMER NAMES
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- |
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ORIGIN
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Sweden |
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STATUS
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Active |
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FORMED IN
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LABEL
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Wet Paint Music |
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GENRE
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Hardcore; Metal |
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STYLE
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LYRICAL THEME
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- |
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BAND ADDED
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2004-06-20, 00:00 |
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LAST UPDATE
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2010-09-12, 04:29 |
Blockhead is a Swedish Powercore band from Enköping (80 km
west of Stockholm).
Powercore is a concept that fits this style of metal which is like a
mix between the melodic groove and heaviness of Powergroove (Pantera /
Machine Head) and the brutality and aggression of Hardcore (Pro-pain /
Biohazard).
1992 - The band was formed, at first with 5 members, but the original
bass player left for studies in 1994. After trying out a few people,
the members decided that one of the guitarists would take over the bass.
It took 3 demos and plenty of gigs before an actual opportunity finally
came. After a gig in March 1996 in Norrköping (90 km south of
Stockholm) the band did an interview with the local metal radio station, which
had contacts with a record label called Wet Paint Music*. Blockhead
presented one of the demos at that time called BLOCKHEAD…SUCKS.
1996 - WPM* signs with Blockhead to start recording the first promo CD.
1997 - USELESS is released, which only contains 3 songs, (Useless, The
breathing and White lines). Thanks to the mastering skills of Peter In
De Betou at Cutting room in Stockholm this release had an excellent
sound.
1998 - was a bad year. The first album was supposed to be released but
at the end of the recordings the studio was burgled and the master
tapes of CRAWL THROUGH THE DIRT got stolen, along with all the studio
equipment. After long discussions, the only thing that felt right at that
time was to start over with new fresh material.
2001 - Blockhead writes and records the self-titled DEBUT CD which was
released through WPM* and Plata / Warner Chappell during the fall of
2003 and mastered by Peter In de Betou. (Opeth, Meshuggah, Strapping
young lad, Dismember, In Flames, …).
| Session musicians Add - Fetch |
| Unknown / none |
