Pentagram (Chilean band)
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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 "Demoniac Possession 'a short life, its existence in the 80's was a support for the metal scene of the 1990 Chilean, as present in the new millennium. Were guests of honor at the Wacken Open Air
festival, and offers a variety of concerts in the old continent. They have been a major influence on Napalm Death, so much so that vocalist Mark "Barney" Greenway and Mitch Harris guitarist has stated that: "Pentagram was not only one of the best, but one of the most exclusive extreme bands of the late 80's, in my opinion, they were one of the best bands that have been ".
, Megadeth
, and Metallica
, as well as more raw-edged, dark and wild Slayer
, Possessed
, Kreator
and Venom
. At that time played with drummer Eduardo Topelberg. He still had his group Chronos and took a year to take the decision to become a stable member of Pentagram.
With this training, and Anton recorded the bass parts, Pentagram recorded the Demo 1, January 1987. One of the characteristics of the thrash scene, and in general around the metalhead under, at that time, was the exchange of demo tapes, which were traded among fans and reviewed in magazines and fanzines. In this way, Pentagram made his name in Chile and abroad.
Through the exchange postal, Reiseneger contacts the brothers Max and Igor Cavalera of Sepultura, those who receive it at home in Belo Horizonte. In those days the Brazilian group was launching her first album Morbid Visions. Anton remembers the whole family would gather Cavalera when passing a hard commercial on local television.
Now back to Chile, Pentagram consolidates a stable by signing bassist Alfredo Peña, the "Bey". 1987 was the year of Pentagram. The gigs were becoming more regular. They shared the bill with groups such as necrosis (band), Rust (later Warpath) and Chaos. These concerts were made mainly in gyms and Nathaniel Manuel Plaza de Santiago came more and more people. In September of that year they recorded the demo in February in which progress can be seen in the sound and quality of the compositions.
Thanks to the exchange system functioning in the community metalheads, Pentagram could edit a single seven-inch in Switzerland through the label Chainsaw Murder Records. This vinyl containing a demo themes "Fatal Predictions" and "Demoniac Possession" was managed by the owner of the label, a guy who called Dinosaur and had worked as a roadie for Celtic Frost.
Despite enjoying the recognition of the metal scene, members of Pentagram were discouraging to see that there was no interest from domestic and foreign stamps for hire. The public admired them, paradoxically, spitting in each of their performances, which was an incomprehensible and disgusting practice of those years. The discomfort that this caused, coupled with the immaturity of their own members, sealed the end of the group, who left in 1988 with a concert at Manuel Plaza at about two thousand people. Years later, on March 25, 1990 Alfredo Peña El Bey committed suicide, leaving a scar at Pentagram who could not close. Apart from providing the bass lines to the group, provided important part of the Temple Of Perdition composition that starts with a bass solo that we add the other instruments.
Anton Reisenegger reappeared four years later at the head of Criminal Topelberg while drummer Eduardo, who collaborated with Romance Back on disk, has remained tied to the music until now involved in a number of groups (Parkinson, Nex Mormex, La Dolce Vita , Arkham). In 1999, the name Pentagram acquired global stature when his song "Demoniac Possession" was covered by Napalm Death Leaders Not on your hard Followers.
The 2008 goes on sale Under The Spell Of digipack The Pentagram, which includes the first two albums reissued demos 2000 and the second is a DVD containing the concert Reborn 2001 and 3 presentations in 1987 Manuel gimnacion Plaza.
, Germany
. Opening for the year ending with Atomic Aggresor the British Venom on December 9 at the Teatro Caupolican.
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...
/Death
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....
from Chile
Chile
Chile ,officially the Republic of Chile , is a country in South America occupying a long, narrow coastal strip between the Andes mountains to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west. It borders Peru to the north, Bolivia to the northeast, Argentina to the east, and the Drake Passage in the far...
. Pentagram is still one of the most influential bands in the underground extreme metal world, being recognized by groups like Celtic Frost
Celtic Frost
Celtic Frost was a metal band from Zürich, Switzerland. They are known for their heavy influence on the extreme metal genres. The group was first active from 1984 to 1993, and re-formed in 2001. Following Tom Gabriel Fischer's departure in 2008, Celtic Frost decided to break up again...
, 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...
, 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...
, Dismember, 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 ...
and Avulsed
Avulsed
Avulsed is a death metal band from Spain, formed in summer 1991 in Madrid, Spain by Dave Rotten -Biography:...
that even the latest versions of your theme "Demoniac Possession 'a short life, its existence in the 80's was a support for the metal scene of the 1990 Chilean, as present in the new millennium. Were guests of honor at the Wacken Open Air
Wacken Open Air
Wacken Open Air is a summer open air heavy metal music festival. It takes place annually in the small town of Wacken in Schleswig-Holstein, northern Germany...
festival, and offers a variety of concerts in the old continent. They have been a major influence on Napalm Death, so much so that vocalist Mark "Barney" Greenway and Mitch Harris guitarist has stated that: "Pentagram was not only one of the best, but one of the most exclusive extreme bands of the late 80's, in my opinion, they were one of the best bands that have been ".
Early Years (1985 - 1992)
His first live performance was the December 28, 1985. The group then consisted Reisenegger Anton (vocals, guitar) and Juan Pablo Uribe (guitar), two heavy metal fans who succumbed to the influence of thrash of ExodusExodus (band)
Exodus is an American thrash metal band formed in 1980 in Richmond, California. Spanning a career of over 30 years, Exodus has gone through numerous lineup changes, two extended hiatuses, and the deaths of two former band members. Guitarist Gary Holt remains the only constant member of the band,...
, Megadeth
Megadeth
Megadeth is an American heavy metal band from Los Angeles, California which was formed in 1983 by guitarist/vocalist Dave Mustaine, bassist Dave Ellefson and guitarist Greg Handevidt, following Mustaine's expulsion from Metallica. The band has since released 13 studio albums, three live albums, two...
, and Metallica
Metallica
Metallica is an American heavy metal band from Los Angeles, California. Formed in 1981 when James Hetfield responded to an advertisement that drummer Lars Ulrich had posted in a local newspaper. The current line-up features long-time lead guitarist Kirk Hammett and bassist Robert Trujillo ...
, as well as more raw-edged, dark and wild 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...
, Possessed
Possessed (band)
Possessed is an American death metal band, originally formed in 1983. Noted for their fast style of playing and Jeff Becerra's guttural vocals, they are routinely called the first band in the death metal genre...
, Kreator
Kreator
Kreator is a thrash metal band from Essen, Germany, formed in 1978, but formalized in 1982 under the name Tormentor. They originally performed a speed metal style with Venom influences. Their style of music is similar to their compatriots Destruction and Sodom, the other two big German thrash metal...
and Venom
Venom (band)
Venom are an English heavy metal band that formed in 1979 in Newcastle upon Tyne. Coming to prominence towards the end of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal, Venom's first two albums—Welcome to Hell and Black Metal —are considered a major influence on thrash metal and extreme metal in general...
. At that time played with drummer Eduardo Topelberg. He still had his group Chronos and took a year to take the decision to become a stable member of Pentagram.
With this training, and Anton recorded the bass parts, Pentagram recorded the Demo 1, January 1987. One of the characteristics of the thrash scene, and in general around the metalhead under, at that time, was the exchange of demo tapes, which were traded among fans and reviewed in magazines and fanzines. In this way, Pentagram made his name in Chile and abroad.
Through the exchange postal, Reiseneger contacts the brothers Max and Igor Cavalera of Sepultura, those who receive it at home in Belo Horizonte. In those days the Brazilian group was launching her first album Morbid Visions. Anton remembers the whole family would gather Cavalera when passing a hard commercial on local television.
Now back to Chile, Pentagram consolidates a stable by signing bassist Alfredo Peña, the "Bey". 1987 was the year of Pentagram. The gigs were becoming more regular. They shared the bill with groups such as necrosis (band), Rust (later Warpath) and Chaos. These concerts were made mainly in gyms and Nathaniel Manuel Plaza de Santiago came more and more people. In September of that year they recorded the demo in February in which progress can be seen in the sound and quality of the compositions.
Thanks to the exchange system functioning in the community metalheads, Pentagram could edit a single seven-inch in Switzerland through the label Chainsaw Murder Records. This vinyl containing a demo themes "Fatal Predictions" and "Demoniac Possession" was managed by the owner of the label, a guy who called Dinosaur and had worked as a roadie for Celtic Frost.
Despite enjoying the recognition of the metal scene, members of Pentagram were discouraging to see that there was no interest from domestic and foreign stamps for hire. The public admired them, paradoxically, spitting in each of their performances, which was an incomprehensible and disgusting practice of those years. The discomfort that this caused, coupled with the immaturity of their own members, sealed the end of the group, who left in 1988 with a concert at Manuel Plaza at about two thousand people. Years later, on March 25, 1990 Alfredo Peña El Bey committed suicide, leaving a scar at Pentagram who could not close. Apart from providing the bass lines to the group, provided important part of the Temple Of Perdition composition that starts with a bass solo that we add the other instruments.
Anton Reisenegger reappeared four years later at the head of Criminal Topelberg while drummer Eduardo, who collaborated with Romance Back on disk, has remained tied to the music until now involved in a number of groups (Parkinson, Nex Mormex, La Dolce Vita , Arkham). In 1999, the name Pentagram acquired global stature when his song "Demoniac Possession" was covered by Napalm Death Leaders Not on your hard Followers.
Pentagram Return (2007 - present)
In 2000, when Anton was already based in Europe, were reissued on CD Pentagram two demos plus a couple of live records in 1987. On May 27, 2001 was held back from Pentagram (or rather the dismissal), in a concert at a theater filled Providencia old and new fans of the group. On the occasion were three original members (Reisenegger, Topelberg and Uribe) as well as former Criminal bassist Juan Francisco Cueto Cato, who took over for the occasion because of the late Alfredo Peña. This concert included Pentagram issues, as well as covers of Slayer and Venom, was published under the title Reborn Pentagram 2001, making the necessary evidence of a flagship band of the genre metalhead in Chile and Latin America.The 2008 goes on sale Under The Spell Of digipack The Pentagram, which includes the first two albums reissued demos 2000 and the second is a DVD containing the concert Reborn 2001 and 3 presentations in 1987 Manuel gimnacion Plaza.
Pentagram On Big Stages Of Europe
Pentagram 2009 reforming the way in a first stage a national tour, which begins in the Chilean Metal Summit (June 14, Theatre Caupolicán) the second is the European tour that takes them to countries like Spain and Norway, ending in Wacken FestivalWacken Open Air
Wacken Open Air is a summer open air heavy metal music festival. It takes place annually in the small town of Wacken in Schleswig-Holstein, northern Germany...
, Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
. Opening for the year ending with Atomic Aggresor the British Venom on December 9 at the Teatro Caupolican.
The Great Return To The Recording Studios
In May 2010 they took out the songwriting sessions for the new album, which resulted in eight new songs, which should be recorded in October 2010.Live Albums
- Pentagram Reborn (2001)
- Pentagram: Live At Death Metal Holocaust Fest 1985 (2011)