Brodequin
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Brodequin is a death metal
band from Knoxville, Tennessee
. Formed in 1998 by brothers Mike and Jamie Bailey, the band has released three full-length albums to date.
Death metal
Death metal is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal. It typically employs heavily distorted guitars, tremolo picking, deep growling vocals, blast beat drumming, minor keys or atonality, and complex song structures with multiple tempo changes....
band from Knoxville, Tennessee
Knoxville, Tennessee
Founded in 1786, Knoxville is the third-largest city in the U.S. state of Tennessee, U.S.A., behind Memphis and Nashville, and is the county seat of Knox County. It is the largest city in East Tennessee, and the second-largest city in the Appalachia region...
. Formed in 1998 by brothers Mike and Jamie Bailey, the band has released three full-length albums to date.
The band's music
The name Brodequin was originally chosen by Jamie Bailey to sum up the group and their content. In Bailey's own words, "The brodequin was an instrument of torture designed to destroy the victim's legs by hammering wedges of wood or metal between the legs and boards tied tightly around them. In some cases the damage was so severe the marrow of the bones would flow freely from the wounds." The group's lyrical content holds close to its name, often referring to torture devices through time. Their lyrics are typical for the death metal scene overall, with the frequent references to death, dismemberment, torture, murder and sexual abuse that characterize the genre. The group would intend, however, to give far more of a historical basis for its lyrics than other bands. Jamie Bailey is himself a history graduate, and most of his lyrics are based upon real historical events and implements.Discography
- 1998 - Untitled 4-song recording (Demo)
- 2000 - Instruments of TortureInstruments of TortureInstruments of Torture was the first full length album by the brutal death metal band Brodequin.-Track listing:# "Spinning In Agony" - 02:35# "Soothsayer" - 02:33# "Ambrosia" - 02:01# "The Virgin Of Nuremberg" - 03:40# "Duke Of Exeter" - 02:30...
(Full length) - 2002 - Created To Kill (Split vs Drowning & AbortedAbortedAborted is a Belgian death metal band formed in Waregem, Belgium in 1995. The group comprises vocalist and founder Sven de Caluwé, guitarists Eran Segal and Mike Wilson, bassist J.B. Van Der Wal, and drummer Ken Bedene. The band members of Aborted are from Belgium, France, Israel, United Kingdom,...
& Misery IndexMisery Index (band)Misery Index is an American deathgrind band formed in 2001 in Baltimore, Maryland, United States, by Jason Netherton on vocals and bass guitar, Mike Harrison on vocals and guitar, and Kevin Talley on drums. From 2006-2010, its line-up consisted of Netherton on vocals and bass guitar, Sparky Voyles...
) - 2002 - Festival of DeathFestival of Death (Brodequin album)Festival of Death was the second full length album by Brodequin. The album is considered to be of the brutal death metal genre.-Track listing:# "Mazzatello" - 02:30# "Judas Cradle" - 02:12# "Trail By Ordeal" - 02:48# "Torches Of Nero" - 01:54...
(Full length) - 2003 - Prelude to Execution (EPExtended playAn EP is a musical recording which contains more music than a single, but is too short to qualify as a full album or LP. The term EP originally referred only to specific types of vinyl records other than 78 rpm standard play records and LP records, but it is now applied to mid-length Compact...
) - 2004 - Methods of ExecutionMethods of ExecutionMethods of Execution is the third and latest full length album by Brodequin. The album is of the brutal death metal genre.-Track listing:# "Slaves to the Pyre"# "The Gridiron"# "The Red Theatre"# "Pressing to Plead"# "Tyburn Field"# "Durance Vile"...
(Full length)
Interviews
- 2005 Interview at Vampire Magazine
- 2003 Interview with band on Tarterean Desire Webzine
- 2003 Interview with Chad Walls, former drummer
- 2002 Interview on Lords of Metal
- Geocities interview with Jamie Bailey