This Is Menace
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This Is Menace was a British
metalcore supergroup
formed in 2004.
. The group released their limited EP, Collusion in 2005. Shortly after that the band released their debut album No End in Sight in 2005.
In 2007 the band released their second album, The Scene Is Dead
, along with the Emotion Sickness DVD, featuring live shows and a "making of" segment. In 2008, the project was terminated.
Guest vocalists
EP
DVD
United Kingdom
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metalcore supergroup
Supergroup (music)
In the late 1960s, the term supergroup was coined to describe "a rock music group whose performers are already famous from having performed individually or in other groups"....
formed in 2004.
History
The band was formed by bassist Mark Clayden and drummer Jason Bowld during the hiatus of their previous band, PitchshifterPitchshifter
Pitchshifter are a British five-piece electronic-metal band from Nottingham, United Kingdom formed in 1989. The band was started by bassist and vocalist Mark Clayden, lead guitarist and programmer Johnny A...
. The group released their limited EP, Collusion in 2005. Shortly after that the band released their debut album No End in Sight in 2005.
In 2007 the band released their second album, The Scene Is Dead
The Scene Is Dead
-This Is Menace:*Jason Bowld - drums, lead guitar, rhythm guitar*Mark Clayden - bass*Paul Fletcher - guitar*Gez Walton - guitar-Production:* Nigel Crane - photography* Dose-Productions - artwork* Rick Parkhouse - Producer...
, along with the Emotion Sickness DVD, featuring live shows and a "making of" segment. In 2008, the project was terminated.
Members
Last known line-up- Jason Bowld – 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 ....
, lead guitarLead guitarLead guitar is a guitar part which plays melody lines, instrumental fill passages, guitar solos, and occasionally, some riffs within a song structure...
, rhythm guitarRhythm guitarRhythm guitar is a technique and rôle that performs a combination of two functions: to provide all or part of the rhythmic pulse in conjunction with singers or other instruments; and to provide all or part of the harmony, ie. the chords, where a chord is a group of notes played together...
vocalsSingingSinging is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, and augments regular speech by the use of both tonality and rhythm. One who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music known as songs that can be sung either with or without accompaniment by musical instruments... - Mark Clayden – bassBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
, lead guitar, rhythm guitar, vocals - Lee Erinmez – bass
- Paul Fletcher – guitar
- Gerald Walton – guitar
- Owen Packard – guitar
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Discography
Studio albums- No End in Sight (2005)
- The Scene Is DeadThe Scene Is Dead-This Is Menace:*Jason Bowld - drums, lead guitar, rhythm guitar*Mark Clayden - bass*Paul Fletcher - guitar*Gez Walton - guitar-Production:* Nigel Crane - photography* Dose-Productions - artwork* Rick Parkhouse - Producer...
(2007)
EP
- CollusionCollusion (EP)-Track listing:# Sarcophagus# Predisposed To Sickness# Redisposed# Sarcophagus -Guest Vocalist:* B'Hellmouth of Send More Paramedics on Sarcophagus* J.S. Clayden of Pitchshifter on Predisposed To Sickness...
(2005)
DVD
- Emotion Sickness (2007)