Lock Up (UK band)
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Lock Up is a deathgrind
side project originally formed by Shane Embury
(Napalm Death
, Venomous Concept
), Nicholas Barker
(ex-Cradle of Filth
, Dimmu Borgir
) and Jesse Pintado
(Napalm Death
, Terrorizer
). Lock Up was joined by Peter Tägtgren
(Hypocrisy
) for its debut album, 1999's Pleasures Pave Sewers
, and Tomas Lindberg
(At The Gates
, Disfear
) for 2002's Hate Breeds Suffering
and a Japanese tour.
The band was later joined by guitarist Anton Reisenegger
(Chile's Pentagram
and Criminal) in place of the late Pintado.
Lock Up have played very few live shows. In 2009, the band announced that they would play the Damnation Festival
that year. The line-up featured Embury, Barker, Lindberg and Reisenegger. It was touted as the band's last ever live show; however, they later booked more shows for 2010.
On December 3, 2010 Lock Up uploaded the first new piece of music in eight years, a track titled "Life of Devastation", to the band's official MySpace page. The song is set to appear on a split seven-inch single with Misery Index
in 2011.
The band's third studio album, Necropolis Transparent
, was recorded in November and December 2010 at HVR Studios in Ipswich
, England, and features guest appearances by Peter Tägtgren and Jeff Walker (Carcass
, Brujeria
). It will be released on July 1 in Europe and July 12 in North America by Nuclear Blast Records.
Past Members
Deathgrind
Deathgrind is a musical genre that fuses death metal and grindcore. The genre, along with pornogrind, is related to the goregrind subgenre...
side project originally formed by Shane Embury
Shane Embury
Shane Embury is a British bassist and member of Napalm Death.-Napalm Death:Embury is the only member left who has been in the band since the Scum tour, replacing previous bassist Jim Whitley in 1987...
(Napalm Death
Napalm Death
Napalm Death are a death metal band formed in Birmingham, England in 1981. While none of its original members remain in the group, the lineup of vocalist Mark "Barney" Greenway, bassist Shane Embury, guitarist Mitch Harris and drummer Danny Herrera has remained consistent for most of the band's ...
, Venomous Concept
Venomous Concept
Venomous Concept is a hardcore punk band; the name itself is a play on Poison Idea, in the style of name-mangling Japanese hardcore acts.-History:...
), Nicholas Barker
Nicholas Barker
Nicholas Howard Barker is an extreme metal drummer .- Biography :He was the original drummer for British metal band Cradle of Filth, playing on the first three albums. After leaving in 1999, he joined Norwegian symphonic black metal band Dimmu Borgir...
(ex-Cradle of Filth
Cradle of Filth
Cradle of Filth are an English extreme metal band, formed in Suffolk in 1991. The band's musical style evolved from black metal to a cleaner and more "produced" amalgam of gothic metal, symphonic black metal, and other extreme metal styles, while their lyrical themes and imagery are heavily...
, Dimmu Borgir
Dimmu Borgir
Dimmu Borgir is a Norwegian black metal band from Oslo, Norway, formed in 1993. Dimmu borgir means "dark cities" or "dark castles/fortresses" in Icelandic, Faroese and Old Norse. The name is derived from a volcanic formation in Iceland, Dimmuborgir...
) and Jesse Pintado
Jesse Pintado
Jesse Pintado was a lead guitar player born in Mexico who at an early age moved to the US. He started in the band Terrorizer where he recorded the grindcore album World Downfall, the first album to feature Pete Sandoval who would later leave the band to join Morbid Angel...
(Napalm Death
Napalm Death
Napalm Death are a death metal band formed in Birmingham, England in 1981. While none of its original members remain in the group, the lineup of vocalist Mark "Barney" Greenway, bassist Shane Embury, guitarist Mitch Harris and drummer Danny Herrera has remained consistent for most of the band's ...
, Terrorizer
Terrorizer
Terrorizer is an American grindcore and death metal band formed in 1986 in Los Angeles, California. After disbanding, its members gained recognition by playing in influential extreme metal bands, such as Morbid Angel , Napalm Death and Nausea...
). Lock Up was joined by Peter Tägtgren
Peter Tägtgren
Alf Peter Tägtgren is a Swedish musician and producer. He is the founder, main songwriter, lead vocalist, and guitarist of the death metal band Hypocrisy as well as the industrial metal band PAIN in which he is the only member....
(Hypocrisy
Hypocrisy (band)
Hypocrisy is a melodic death metal band from Sweden. It was formed in 1990 in Ludvika, Sweden by Peter Tägtgren.Musically, the band started off with a traditional death metal sound on their first albums, and soon drifted to become a melodic death metal band. The lyrics in their early stages -...
) for its debut album, 1999's Pleasures Pave Sewers
Pleasures Pave Sewers
Pleasures Pave Sewers is the debut album of grindcore band Lock Up, a side project of Napalm Death, featuring Peter Tägtgren on vocals.- Background :...
, and Tomas Lindberg
Tomas Lindberg
Tomas "Tompa" Lindberg is a Swedish musician who has fronted many heavy metal bands. He has been active as a musician and composer since the late 1980s. He teaches at a high school.-Career:...
(At The Gates
At the Gates
At the Gates is an extreme metal band from Gothenburg, Sweden, and a major progenitor of the Gothenburg death-metal sound. Their early albums lean towards a death metal sound, but later albums sound more like melodic death metal.Initially active from 1990 to 1996, the band reformed in 2007 for a...
, Disfear
Disfear
Disfear is a Swedish D-beat band that formed in the early 1990s. They have only recorded sporadically over the years. After releasing the albums Soul Scars in 1995 and Everyday Slaughter in 1997, the group did not release an album until 2003 with a 12 track album, Misanthropic Generation, featuring...
) for 2002's Hate Breeds Suffering
Hate Breeds Suffering
Hate Breeds Suffering is the second album by Napalm Death grindcore side project Lock Up. It features Tomas Lindberg on vocals.-Track listing:# "Feeding on the Opiate" # "Castrate the Wreckage" # "Violent Reprisal"...
and a Japanese tour.
The band was later joined by guitarist Anton Reisenegger
Anton Reisenegger
Anton Reisenegger is the leader, guitarist and vocalist of the band Chilean Thrash/Death Metal, Criminal. It is also the host of the Extreme Metal Hard Drive Radio Future.- Race :...
(Chile's Pentagram
Pentagram (Chilean band)
Pentagram is a band of Thrash/Death from Chile. Pentagram is still one of the most influential bands in the underground extreme metal world, being recognized by groups like Celtic Frost, Sepultura, At The Gates, Dismember, Napalm Death and Avulsed that even the latest versions of your theme...
and Criminal) in place of the late Pintado.
Lock Up have played very few live shows. In 2009, the band announced that they would play the Damnation Festival
Damnation Festival
The Damnation Festival is a one day music festival currently held annually at Leeds University, Leeds, England and organised by Gavin McInally. The 2011 edition of the festival will be held on November 5...
that year. The line-up featured Embury, Barker, Lindberg and Reisenegger. It was touted as the band's last ever live show; however, they later booked more shows for 2010.
On December 3, 2010 Lock Up uploaded the first new piece of music in eight years, a track titled "Life of Devastation", to the band's official MySpace page. The song is set to appear on a split seven-inch single with Misery Index
Misery 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...
in 2011.
The band's third studio album, Necropolis Transparent
Necropolis Transparent
Necropolis Transparent' is the third studio album by British deathgrind band, Lock Up. It was released on July 1st, 2011 via Nuclear Blast.-Track listing:-Personnel:Lock Up*Tomas Lindberg - lead vocals*Anton Reisenegger - guitar...
, was recorded in November and December 2010 at HVR Studios in Ipswich
Ipswich
Ipswich is a large town and a non-metropolitan district. It is the county town of Suffolk, England. Ipswich is located on the estuary of the River Orwell...
, England, and features guest appearances by Peter Tägtgren and Jeff Walker (Carcass
Carcass (band)
Carcass are an extreme metal band from England, who formed in 1985 and disbanded in 1995. A reunion was enacted in 2008 without one of its original members, drummer Ken Owen, due to health reasons....
, Brujeria
Brujeria (band)
Brujeria is an extreme metal band formed in Tijuana, Mexico in 1989. Their name comes from the Spanish word for "witchcraft". Their songs, which are sung in Spanish, are focused on Satanism, anti-Christianity, sex, immigration, narcotics smuggling, politics....
). It will be released on July 1 in Europe and July 12 in North America by Nuclear Blast Records.
Band members
Current Members- Shane EmburyShane EmburyShane Embury is a British bassist and member of Napalm Death.-Napalm Death:Embury is the only member left who has been in the band since the Scum tour, replacing previous bassist Jim Whitley in 1987...
– bassBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
(1998–present) - Nicholas BarkerNicholas BarkerNicholas Howard Barker is an extreme metal drummer .- Biography :He was the original drummer for British metal band Cradle of Filth, playing on the first three albums. After leaving in 1999, he joined Norwegian symphonic black metal band Dimmu Borgir...
– drumsDrum kitA drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
(1998–present) - Tomas LindbergTomas LindbergTomas "Tompa" Lindberg is a Swedish musician who has fronted many heavy metal bands. He has been active as a musician and composer since the late 1980s. He teaches at a high school.-Career:...
– vocals (2002–present) - Anton Reisenegger – guitarElectric guitarAn electric guitar is a guitar that uses the principle of direct electromagnetic induction to convert vibrations of its metal strings into electric audio signals. The signal generated by an electric guitar is too weak to drive a loudspeaker, so it is amplified before sending it to a loudspeaker...
(2006–present)
Past Members
- Peter TägtgrenPeter TägtgrenAlf Peter Tägtgren is a Swedish musician and producer. He is the founder, main songwriter, lead vocalist, and guitarist of the death metal band Hypocrisy as well as the industrial metal band PAIN in which he is the only member....
– vocals (1998–2002) - Jesse PintadoJesse PintadoJesse Pintado was a lead guitar player born in Mexico who at an early age moved to the US. He started in the band Terrorizer where he recorded the grindcore album World Downfall, the first album to feature Pete Sandoval who would later leave the band to join Morbid Angel...
– guitar (1998–2006) - Barry Savage – live guitar
Discography
- Pleasures Pave SewersPleasures Pave SewersPleasures Pave Sewers is the debut album of grindcore band Lock Up, a side project of Napalm Death, featuring Peter Tägtgren on vocals.- Background :...
(1999) - Hate Breeds SufferingHate Breeds SufferingHate Breeds Suffering is the second album by Napalm Death grindcore side project Lock Up. It features Tomas Lindberg on vocals.-Track listing:# "Feeding on the Opiate" # "Castrate the Wreckage" # "Violent Reprisal"...
(2002) - Play Fast or Die: Live in Japan (2005, re-released 2007)
- Necropolis TransparentNecropolis TransparentNecropolis Transparent' is the third studio album by British deathgrind band, Lock Up. It was released on July 1st, 2011 via Nuclear Blast.-Track listing:-Personnel:Lock Up*Tomas Lindberg - lead vocals*Anton Reisenegger - guitar...
(2011)