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中 文 名 残酷真理
外 文 名 Brutal Truth
国 家 美国
风 格 碾核/死亡金属
艺人资料
Brutal Truth是一支非常著名的grindcore乐队,不过他们的音乐风格与来自欧洲的napalm death、carcass等经典grindcore乐队还是有一些明显的区别。主要原因是乐队的灵魂人物之一的Dan Lilker曾经是激流金属乐队nuclear assault的成员,因此乐队的音乐风格或多或少的带有激流金属的特点,结构比较完整,不象传统的grindcore那样狂乱而失控,但依然保持了非常激烈极端的气质。同时,乐队的另一位灵魂人物Kevin Sharp是一位前卫派的极端金属杂志记者,因此Brutal Truth的音乐也有着很强烈的实验色彩。总体上来讲,Brutal Truth无疑是一支出色的grindcore乐队,但更确切地说他们是一支带有美国味道和前卫风采的grindcore乐队。
1992年发行录音室专辑《Extreme Conditions Demand Extreme Responses》。
1993年发行录音室专辑《Birth of Ignorance》。
1994年发行录音室专辑《Need to Control》。
1996年发行录音室专辑《Kill Trend Suicide》。
1997年发行录音室专辑《Sounds of the Animal Kingdom》。
1999年发行精选集《Goodbye Cruel World!》。乐队在1999年解散。
2006年乐队重组。
2009年发行录音室专辑《Evolution Through Revolution》。12月发行现场专辑《Evolution in One Take: For Grindfreaks Only! Volume 2》。
2011年发行录音室专辑《End Time》。
2014年1月,成员Lilker宣布他将退出演艺事业。10月18日,也是他50岁的生日,在那天乐队又一次宣告解散。
Brutal Truth was an American grindcore band from Rochester, New York, formed by ex-Anthrax, Nuclear Assault, and Stormtroopers of Death bass guitarist Dan Lilker in 1990. The group disbanded in 1999, but reformed in 2006 and continued to release music until 2014.
Brutal Truth was formed in 1990 in Rochester. The band was originally signed to Earache Records, on which they released two albums, ‘Extreme Conditions Demand Extreme Responses’ and’ Need to Control’, as well as an EP entitled ‘Perpetual Conversion’, and 7" singles for the songs "Ill Neglect" and "Godplayer". During this time, music videos were made for the songs "Ill Neglect", "Collateral Damage" and "Godplayer". Brutal Truth were frustrated with Earache Records and switched to Relapse Records, known for its roster of grindcore acts, with whom they stayed until the band's demise.
With Relapse, they released the mini album ‘Kill Trend Suicide’, a full-length release entitled ‘Sounds of the Animal Kingdom’ and a double CD live album called ‘Goodbye Cruel World’. The band has also released many split 7" singles on smaller labels, with most of these being out of print and difficult to find. The songs from these 7" singles were collected on the second disc of ‘Goodbye Cruel World’.
In 2001, the ‘Guinness Book of Records’ awarded Brutal Truth the record for "shortest music video" for their video "Collateral Damage", which is 2.18 seconds long and consists of 48 still images in rapid succession followed by a clip of an explosion.
Drummer Richard Hoak also provides vocals and drums for a project titled Total Fucking Destruction. Kevin Sharp released an album with Venomous Concept in 2004, a hardcore punk band featuring members from The Melvins and Napalm Death.
Brutal Truth re-formed in 2006 with three-quarters of the final lineup returning (Lilker, Hoak and Sharp); Erik Burke (of Lethargy) replaced Brent McCarty on guitar.
On July 8, 2008, four new Brutal Truth tracks were released on the This Comp Kills Fascists compilation.
On January 21, 2009, it was announced that Brutal Truth had finished recording a new album, entitled ‘Evolution Through Revolution’.It was released on April 14 in North America, April 17 in Germany and on April 20 worldwide. The band have also made the entire album available via streaming from their website.A video for "Sugardaddy/Branded" was released on July 17, 2009.
On September 27, 2011, Brutal Truth released ‘End Time’ on Relapse. In 2012, the band participated in the Lausanne Underground Film and Music Festival, performing material composed by Robert Piotrowicz. In October 2012, Dan O'Hare took over guitar duties.Brutal Truth will release a split with Bastard Noise on November 11, 2013.
On January 10, 2014, Lilker announced that he would be retiring from being a full-time recording and touring musician on October 18, 2014, which was his 50th birthday. As a result, Brutal Truth disbanded on this day.