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Overview

Corrupt Absolute- originally formed as Machine in 1993, then changed to 8mm Overdose in 2000. With over 10 years of live shows, 4 previous CD releases, an impressive list of corporate sponsors and the distinction of being the only American heavy metal

Heavy metal music

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band ever to extensively tour mainland China

China

Chinese civilization may refer to:* China for more general discussion of the country.* Chinese culture* Greater China, the transnational community of ethnic Chinese.* History of China* Sinosphere, the area historically affected by Chinese culture...

, Corrupt Absolute continues to perform to audiences worldwide without any hint of slowing down. For years, the band has accomplished what few have done without the support of a record label. Corrupt Absolute has built on their touring musical success with unconventional methods and the use of sponsors. Since their inception in 1993 (then known as MACHINE), the band has persisted with a vengeance in maintaining their old-school roots. Critics have long hailed the band's musical assault as a "blazing wall of sound", mixing the simplicity and brutal riffs of the early 80's hardcore

Hardcore punk

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sound with percussion and vocals of thrash metal

Thrash metal

Thrash metal is a subgenre of heavy metal that is characterized usually by its fast tempo and aggression. Songs of the genre typically use fast percussive and low-register guitar riffs, overlaid with shredding-style lead work...

.

Throughout the years, Corrupt Absolute has shared the stage with icons such as Sepultura

Sepultura

Sepultura is a Brazilian heavy metal band from Belo Horizonte, formed in 1984. The band was a major force in the death metal, thrash metal and ultimately groove metal realms during the late 1980s and early 1990s, with their later experiments melding nu metal, hardcore punk and industrial.Sepultura...

, Suicidal Tendencies

Suicidal Tendencies

Suicidal Tendencies is a U.S. crossover thrash band founded in 1981 in Venice, Los Angeles, California by Mike Muir, its leader and only permanent member. The band is sometimes credited as one of "the fathers of crossover thrash"...

, Pennywise

Pennywise (band)

Pennywise is a Californian punk rock band from Hermosa Beach, California, formed in 1988. The name is derived from the monster, It, from the Stephen King novel of the same title....

, the Deftones, Mastodon, Mortician, Flotsam & Jetsam, Ill Repute

Ill Repute

Ill Repute is an American hardcore punk band from Oxnard, California, formed in 1981. They are noted for popularizing the "Nardcore" sound in the mid-1980s hardcore punk scene, and recorded for Mystic Records....

, Deceased and most notably with Slayer

Slayer

Slayer is an American thrash metal band formed in Huntington Park, California, in 1981 by guitarists Jeff Hanneman and Kerry King. Slayer rose to fame with their 1986 release, Reign in Blood, and is credited as one of the "Big Four" thrash metal acts, along with Metallica, Megadeth and...

on the 2004 Jägermeister

Jägermeister

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Music Tour . In addition, working closely on film/soundtrack projects with adult film maker Max Hardcore

Max Hardcore

Max Hardcore is a male pornographic actor, producer and director, who rose to prominence in 1992 with the film series Anal Adventures of Max Hardcore. His work has been classified as gonzo pornography and described as "testing the limits of acceptability"...

in his "Harder Than Hardcore" series of films has opened doors previously unavailable to bands of this genre. While songs such as "Fister" are potentially unsettling, the honesty and real life rawness of the band and their subject matter has attracted companies such as Metal Mulisha, Transworld Productions, Board Stories, Hawaii Extreme Sports and countless other extreme sporting movies and TV shows that have also licensed the use of their music.

The bands 2006 China

China

tour crossed 5000 miles of Mainland China. The tour was in conjunction with a Chinese punk band called 'The Believers' and was caught on film the by the Ali Brothers (AliFilms) for their upcoming documentary about the tour called "Open the Sky". The bands 2007 China tour consisted of 6 Concerts in Shanghai

Shanghai

Shanghai is the largest city by population in China and the largest city proper in the world. It is one of the four province-level municipalities in the People's Republic of China, with a total population of over 23 million as of 2010...

& Beijing & climaxed at The 8th Annual Midi Modern Music Festival

Midi Modern Music Festival

Midi Modern Music Festival is China's largest rock music festival. Since its inauguration in 1997 it has been held each year in Beijing during the May holiday , with some breaks in 2003, 2004 and 2008...

in Beijing

Beijing

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. After playing their set on the Gibson Guitars sponsonsored stage at MIDI 2007, the band participated in a photo shoot at the Gibson booth and subsequently, the band's photo was featured on the Gibson website in May '07 in an article about the festival.

Current

As of July 2007, the band is currently in the process of a complete name change from "8mm Overdose" to "Corrupt Absolute". 2008 will see the release of "Execution Style", the band's third full length CD. In conjunction with the CD release, tours of China, Japan, Europe and the Mainland USA are currently being planned. Corrupt Absolute is currently ranked #1 on the www.myspace.com (Hawaii

Hawaii

Hawaii is the newest of the 50 U.S. states , and is the only U.S. state made up entirely of islands. It is the northernmost island group in Polynesia, occupying most of an archipelago in the central Pacific Ocean, southwest of the continental United States, southeast of Japan, and northeast of...

) metal charts and holding steady.

Discography

1996: White Knuckled Embryo (released as "Machine")
1998: Evil Gods (Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

only- released as "Machine")
2000: Harder than Hardcore (CD released as "8mm Overdose")
2001: Harder than Hardcore (video soundtrack released as "8mm Overdose")
2004: Execution Style (EP- "European Tour" pre- release as "8mm Overdose")
2004: Harder than Hardcore 2 (video soundtrack released as "8mm Overdose")
Upcoming in 2008: Execution Style (CD)

External links

Sources

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