Infernus (band)
Infernus was a Kyrgyz death metal band from Bishkekthat was ACTIVE from 1995-2000. They were one of the first bands to play extreme metal in Central Asia, and were known for imagery with dead bodies spread on local media, brutality propaganda and promotion of [...] as 'the best national product'.
History
Early Years (1995-1998)
Infernus started as a university project under the name Family [...] Later the name was replaced with Infanticide, and later evolved to Infernus inspired by one of My Dying Bride tracks. The band MusicAL style was heavily influenced by Death Metal. The band appeared in some local newspapers in photographs with dead bodies. During these days the band only recorded one live demo tape, which later partly appeared on the internet.
Late phase(1999-2004)
Later the band converted into more metalcore sound under the influence of the band singer Bo. And recorded full-length album released in form of mp3 at one of the netlabels. .
2000s
In 2000 the band suffered from numerous changes in its members. The final record "One of the many nameless" was recorded with new guitarist, Andrew "Corpse", who later left the band to play in more experimental projects. At Koma Studio. Later, in 2003 Studio Koma organized a massive (for Central Asia scale) extreme music festival labeled "Koma 1", where Infernus hit the stage together with other local teams. Later Koma-1 disk was released featuring Infernus' "Defeating the Daemons". In the same year the band was nominated in 3 categories of "Zhivoe Elektrichestvo".
Past and Present Members
- Andrey "Bo" - Vocals (I'm Whole Green)
- Bob "Hairly" - Guitar, Backing Vocals
- Fyodor "Cadaver" - Guitar, Backing Vocals (Infanticide (Kgz))
- Rodion "Rudy" - Bass (Neocrima)
- Max "Butcher" - Drums
- Andrew "Corpse" - Guitars. (Nasha Muzika - Zames na Chuvstvakh)