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DEATH THRASH METAL
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The story starts out in a small town south of Copenhagen, Køge. The band was first formed under the name of Vicious Circle in November of ´89, but had to undergo several changes before finally settling on the name Konkhra in 1990. Released 2 demos "Vicious Circle", in 1990 and "Malgrowth" in 1992. Quickly established as Denmarks premier Death/Thrash act and signed to Progress for a multi album deal.
Following the release of the MCD "Stranded" in 1992, Konkhra released debut "S.A.D." in 1993 to world wide acclaim,
laying the foundation for the Heavy Metal subterm Death´n´roll, and touring extensively in Europe and in the States.
Record second album "Spit Or Swallow" in 1994, with 4 songs released in december as a MCD, "The Facelift EP", which breaks in the danish singles chart at number 42, being first ever extreme metal release featured on the list to this day. "Spit Or Swallow" released in April 1995, followed by festival appearances including Roskilde Festival in June, where the band performed in front of 12000 raving metal heads, and recorded the performance for the first ever Death´n´roll live album "Live Eraser". Released 1996.
After extensively touring for "Spit Or Swallow", the band broke in half with Johnny Nielsen and Kim Mathiesen breaking out to form FACELIFT, and Anders Lundemark and Thomas Christensen continuing KONKHRA with hired help.
Chris Kontos and James Murphy joins the ranks and in 1997 " Weed Out The Weak" is released and quickly becomes Diehard Records best selling album, a record that stands to this day. Festivals and tours followed peaked by the bands performance at Roskilde Festival in 1997 in front of 18000 people. Chris is replaced by ex-Invocator drummer Per M. Jensen and his involvement marked the start of Konkhras experimental period.
The Death/Thrash influences were shelved for the recording of 1999´s "Come Down Cold", an eloboration of Konkhras sound into a more subtle direction. International touring followed, and also the completion of the contractual obligations with Diehard Records. Per M. Jensen left to join a band called The Haunted, and Anders decided to end the years of confusion and gave Johnny a call to see if it was time to reform the band in its original and most cheered shape. Some touring for CDC was finished, including 1 month supporting King Diamond in 2001, with the original line-up
intact. In 2002 the bands fifth album "Reality Check" was recorded at Anders´ studio Starstruck in Copenhagen, months were spent prepping the album and no outside influence was allowed, the album is featured on the bands own
Chopshop Records imprint and licensed to a world wide release through code666 Records. International touring followed, kicking off in Tel Aviv, Israel. |
Sexual Affective Disorder
1. Center Of The Flesh 04:18
2. Seasonal Affective Disorder 05:09
3. The Dying Art 04:43
4. Visually Intact 04:09
5. Evilution 03:47
6. Lucid Dreams 03:43
7. Blindfolded 05:24
8. Thoughts Abandoned 04:32
9. Chaos To Climb 02:55
10. Empty Frames 05:10
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Full-length, Progress Red Labels
June 1993 |
