Browbeat

Country: Italy
Style: Grindcore

Line-up:
M.V. - Vocals
Luca Cocconi - Guitar/Choir
Mirco Bennati - Bass/Choir
Matteo Usberti - Guitar
Nicolas Badiali - Drums

Bio:
Based in a small town near Modena (Italy), BROWBEAT formed in early 1998 from the ashes of local hardcore and metal bands with the intention to create the most intense music possible fusing angst, heaviness and aggressive vocals.

Just after few months the band signs with top independent Italian label Vacation House Records and in May 1999 BROWBEAT starts the recording sessions for the debut album "No Salvation" (VH041) - out in April 2000. "A monument engraved on marble.." (Rumore Magazine), "..every sonorous portion is a hammer blow on the listener back causing multiple breaks.." (Psycho! Magazine). The record is unleashed to unanimous critical acclaim by the Italian press and the band is announced as one of the best acts in Italy. But it’s on the stage, when BROWBEAT starts touring all over Italy playing several headlining runs, where the band conquers the audience with powerful and enraged performances involving people in fearsome energy shows.

With the band writing new stuff, BROWBEAT gets in touch with British top-grade producer Dave Chang (Stampin’ Ground, Earthtone9) and in August 2002 the band heads into the studio to start the recordings of the second album "Audioviolence" (CSK017). The record is the synthesis of the band evolution blending haunting melodies, raged rapped vocal parts, throatripping growls, edged new school guitar riffs, paying also attention to the modern sounds of New Metal scene without loosing the sight of BROWBEAT roots. Chang captures the feelings and the attitude of the band and the result is due not only to the recording process but to Chang emotional involvement as well.

In late 2002 British Casket Music/Copro Records gets in touch with BROWBEAT and in January 2003 the band flies to UK to ink a worldwide deal for the second album release "Audioviolence" (CSK017) out in April 2003. BROWBEAT toured Europe extensively both headlining and as support, like the UK tour with Skindred. They also supported with 50+ shows and countless other appearances with hardcore legends RAW POWER. In 2017, BROWBEAT announced their return after disbanding 10 years earlier, releasing the new album "Remove the Control". After the reunion the band played with Slapshot, First Blood, Sheer Terror, and in other headlining shows.

During the pandemic, the band begins writing new material and enters the studio to record "The Showdown", a self-produced five-track EP released in January 2022.

Discography:

No Salvation (Vacation House Rec.) 2000
Audioviolence (Casket/Copro Rec.) 2003
Remove the Control (Indelirium Records) 2019
The Showdown (Self-Produced) 2022
Unbreakable (Time To Kill Records - March 22, 2024)

 

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