Yellow Machinegun

Over fifteen years of history and five albums endorse this curious japanese trio. Judging their promotional photos you would never imagine the music they do, and the anger transmitted by their thrash punk.

Country: Japan
History: 1993 – Currently
Status: Active
Style: Punk/Hardcore/Thrash Metal

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Biography:
Over fifteen years of history and five albums endorse this curious japanese trio. Judging their promotional photos you would never imagine the music they do, and the anger transmitted by their thrash punk.

They have shared the stage with Slayer and Motörhead, and have shared split with S.O.D. They were very prolific from 1996 to 2002, but since then they have not released anything else.

They haven’t updated their Myspace site since 2006, and the latest pictures found on the net date from 2005, suggesting that the band has entered an inactivity period.

Lineup:
Kaori Okumura – Bass, Vocals
Kyoko Moriya – Guitar
Tamami Okado – Drums

Discography:
1996, “Nunchaku / Yellow Machinegun” (Split)
1996, “Father’s Golden Fish” (LP)
1998, “Spot Remover” (LP)
1999, “S.O.D. / Yellow Machinegun” (Split)
1999, “Build & Destroy” (LP)
2000, “Abnormals / Yellow Machinegun” (Split)
2001, “Bean Ball” (LP)
2002, “Yellow Bucket” (LP)

Related links:
http://www.metal-archives.com/band.php?id=20192
http://homepage3.nifty.com/machinegun/
http://www.myspace.com/yellowmachinegun

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The Undertakers

The Undertakers were formed around September 2004, as a band that mixed horror punk and hardcore with small metal doses.

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Country: Mexico
History: 2004 – Currently
Status: Indefinite hiatus
Style: Death Metal

Biography:
The Undertakers were formed around September 2004, as a band that mixed horror punk and hardcore with small metal doses.

They started as a trio, but soon would come up changes. Switching drummers, from Lulu Arellano to Ana López Arellano, gave a new dimension to the music of The Undertakers, gaining skills and acquiring the desired sound by both the vocalist “Raven” and the bassist Lidia Serrano.

This sound is which we still listen nowadays, death metal which knows how to combine with aggression with emotion, with vocals ranging from death to black through melodic choruses.

The formation has acted in many performances, both as a duo and trio, sharing the stage in Texas and Mexico with bands like Misfits, Second Chance or Pirexia.

Some proposals for acting as openers of Scars of Tomorrow, Subzero, D.R.I,. In This Moment or Jacknife were rejected due to the refusal of the first band drummer.

Lidia Serrano left The Undertakers to focus on their studies, with The Undertakers remaining as a duo who are in an “indefinite hiatus”, since Priscilla left for Germany and is currently singing in the Berlin’s death metal band Sinners Bleed.

The drummer Ana remains in Mexico, as the band has entered inevitably the inactivity .

Lineup:
Priscila Serrano “Raven” – Vocals, guitar
Ana López – Drums

Former members:
Lidia Serrano – Bass
Lulú Arellano – Drums

Related links:
http://www.myspace.com/theundertakers
http://www.myspace.com/ravenschuldiner

Priscila Serrano “Raven” currently in Sinners Bleed

Infect

Infect was a brazillian band in 1998 by friends Estela and Inda. With their headquarters located in Sao Paulo, the formation was completed with another couple of friends, Tatiana Bianca and guitarist Juliana.

Country: Brazil
History: 1998 – 2003
Status: Inactive
Style: Hardcore / Grindcore

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Biography:
Infect was a brazillian band in 1998 by friends Estela and Inda. With their headquarters located in Sao Paulo, the formation was completed with another couple of friends, Tatiana Bianca and guitarist Juliana.

They released several demos, 7″ and the LP “Indelével”, after which they kicked numerous venues in Sao Paulo and southern Brazil.

Five years after its formation, Infect disbanded. Some of their components have continued in music as Juliana in War Inside (currently Sguardo Realta), Tatiana in No Violence and I Shot Cyrus, and Estela in Macedonia.

Their sound is a mix of hardcore, punk and grindcore, citing among its main influences Napalm Death, Bad Brains, Misfits and Suicidal Tendencies.

Lineup:
Indayara Moyano – Vocals
Estela Homem – Drums, vocals
Tatiana Sanson – Bass, vocals
Juliana Ferreira – Guitar, vocals
Bianca Ardanuy – Guitar, vocals

Ex-Componentes:
Pedro Carvalho – Guitar

Discography:
1999, “Infect” (7″)
2000, “Infect & Discarga” (Split)
2000, “Sendo Fogo” (Demo)
2001, “Estrépito” (7″)
2002, “Infect & Wrecker” (Split)
2003, “Indelével” (LP)

Related links:
http://www.xinfectx.cjb.net/
http://www.myspace.com/infectspbrazil
Myspace de Estela Homem
Myspace de Indayara Moyano
Myspace de Juliana Ferreira