A Thousand Years Slavery

metalcore

A THOUSAND YEARS SLAVERY A Thousand Years Slavery is a Swiss band composed by five young musicians originating from the Montreux area, in the French speaking part of the country. They perform a hybrid style mixing both Scandinavian Death Metal influences and US Metalcore. Everything starts in 2004, when they gather after the downfall of each of their respective musical projects. In 2006, they record their first 3-track demo which will be heard online by thousands of Internet users. This same year, they have the chance to play live with the now legendary band Black Dahlia Murder, which of course remained a big day in their memory. In 2008, the band enters a studio to record their first EP “A Fury Named Spartan”. Produced by Vladimir Cochet (Mirrorthrone, Weeping Birth, Unholy Matrimony), this opus offers powerful and epic Metalcore, vastly tinged with Scandinavian Death Metal. The band is currently working hard on composing their first full-length album, which should see the light in the end of 2009. Lyrical themes: Subtle mix of mythical and epic poetry and personal experiences. INTERESTING FACTS A Thousand Years Slavery is composed by passionate musicians who keep on opening to new challenges. Therefore, they learnt on their own the recording technique and took care of the engineering of “A Fury Named Spartan” by themselves. They now share their experience with other friend bands and record their demos. A THOUSAND YEARS SLAVERY A Thousand Years Slavery est un groupe suisse composé de cinq jeunes musiciens de la région de Montreux. Ils officient dans un registre hybride, mélange de Death scandinave et de Metalcore U.S. Tout débute en 2004, lorsqu’ils se réunissent après la chute de leurs formations respectives. En 2006, ils enregistrent une première démo 3 titres qui sera écoutée par plusieurs milliers d’internautes. Cette même année, ils ont la chance de partager la scène avec les légendes de The Black Dahlia Murder et en gardent un souvenir particulièrement intense. En 2008, le groupe entre en studio pour enregistrer son premier EP nommé « A Fury Named Spartan ». Produit par Vladimir Cochet (Mirrorthrone, Weeping Birth, Unholy Matrimony…), cet opus nous délivre un Metalcore teinté de Deathsuédois qui résonne dans toute sa splendeur. Actuellement, le groupe travaille d’arrache-pied afin de composer suffisamment de matériel, dans l’optique de donner naissance à un full-length qui devrait voir le jou...