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Condemned are a death metal

Death metal

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/ deathgrind

Deathgrind

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band from Belfast

Belfast

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, Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland

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Biography

The band was started by drummer Willy Taylor and Davey Foster in 1993, but Willy has remained constant throughout the different line-ups the band has had over the years. Guitarist Steve Moore joined the band shortly after its conception. The band, starting out as a heavy-metal band, have developed their sound over the years including influences from old-school death metal, heavy metal, technical death metal, funk, grind and bizarrely for the genre, dance music.

Since the release of their CDs Prelude and Somebody Stop... the band played a number of gigs overseas including shows with Napalm Death

Napalm Death

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, Extreme Noise Terror

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and Desecration

Desecration (band)

Desecration is a British death metal band formed in Newport, south Wales in 1992.-Background:Formed in 1992, and releasing their first demo in 1993, the band caused controversy in 1995 when their debut album Gore and Perversion was infamously seized and incinerated by the local police due to the...

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On 4 July 2003 the band was included as part of Terrorizer magazine's Northern Irish scene report.

After some problems with the line-up and the loss of two consecutive practice areas around 2004, Michael Ardill was recruited on bass duties. The band decided to stay as a four-piece and the album, ...And That’s How I Found Them, was recorded between February and March 2005. After the recording, the band embarked upon a full UK tour as main support alongside England's Nailed with Sweden's Visceral Bleeding

Visceral Bleeding

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. The band has also played support slots throughout the UK and Ireland for bands such as Obituary

Obituary (band)

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, Cannibal Corpse

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, Necrophagist

Necrophagist

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, Desecration

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and Pungent Stench

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Some other notable bands Condemned have shared a stage with include: Abaddon Incarnate

Abaddon Incarnate

Abaddon Incarnate are an Irish blackened deathgrind band.-History:Abaddon Incarnate was formed in Dublin in 1991, playing fast death metal with grindcore elements. Under the name Bereaved the band released two demo cassette tapes, Signs of Death in 1992 and Tortured Souls in 1994...

, Alarum

Alarum

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, Cannibal Corpse

Cannibal Corpse

Cannibal Corpse is an American death metal band from Buffalo, New York. Formed in 1988, the band has released eleven studio albums, one box set, and one live album...

, Mass Extinction, Nile, Incantation

Incantation (band)

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, Primordial

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, Prostitute Disfigurement

Prostitute Disfigurement

- Biography :Prostitute Disfigurement started out as a 3-piece near the end of 2000, under the name of Disfigure. They were joined by Roel van Kruysdijk on guitars, just before making their demo recordings...

, and Vomitory

Vomitory (band)

Vomitory is a Swedish brutal death metal band formed in 1989 by guitarist Urban Gustafsson and bassist Ronnie Olson. The band has released a total of eight albums, and are currently signed to Metal Blade Records.-Current members:...

Discography

Demo (1993, self-released)
Prelude (2000, Rundown Records)
Somebody Stop... EP (2001, Rundown Records))
...And That's How I Found Them EP (2005, Rundown Records))

Current members

Willy Taylor - drums - (1993 - present)
Steve (aka "Chipie") Moore - guitar, backing vocals - (1995 - present)
Peter Clarke - vocals - (2000 - present)
Michael Ardill - bass guitar - (2004 - present)

Former members

Graeme (aka "Skippy") Young - guitars - (1994 - 2004)
Darren Lavery - bass guitar - (1998 - 2004)
Adam Reid - bass guitar
Fred Turkington - bass guitar
Stewart Harland - vocals
Davey Foster - vocals

Reviews

MetalIreland.com review of Somebody Stop
MetalIreland.com review of ...And That's How I Found Them
Metal Perspective review of ...And That's How I Found Them
Blistering review of ...And That's How I Found Them
Possessed.de review of ...And That's How I Found Them (in German)

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