Onsetcold ; BIOGRAPHY, LOCATION, HISTORY & CONCEPT (In that order)
BIO:
Onsetcold
an extreme metal band from the UK who push the musical boundaries
beyond that of the more regimented forms of metal. Since their
inception in 2003 they have developed their distinctive sound through
actively self recording their material and taking time to create song
structures that naturally fit the meaning of each track, similar to
treating each song like an individual chapter of a book.
Onsetcold
have performed at a number of cities around the UK including, Glasgow,
Nottingham, Manchester & London and are renowned for their
aggressive and brutal stage assault.
Having been involved with
Terrorizer, Zero Tolerance magazine as well as promoters, venues and
booking agents from the early stages, Onsetcold were able to make
progress on the metal circuit and in doing so spread the name and
concept to as many people as possible, predominantly in the UK.
In
their 3rd year as a band, Onsetcold signed with "WORMHOLEDEATH" for and
together with them, successfully recorded the debut album in Bologna,
Italy (2007). The worldwide release of the album 'Onsetcold' came out
March 7th 2008 .
LOCATION:
Cheshire – England, UK.
Onsetcold are -
Shaq – Vocals/Guitar/Songwriter
Craig - Guitar
Dan - Drums
Brydie-keys
HISTORY
Onsetcold
formed in 2003 when Shaq set out to form a project that would create an
epic overall sound that would have absolutely no boundaries with
influences from all types of music.
Immediately guitarist Silz
was introduced and Ineal became involved after leaving his current
band-mates in 'Numb,' due to musical differences. The 4 piece spent the
Summer of 2003 practicing, recording and performing gigs with the self
release of their first demo EP.
There was a problem though, the
music just was not heavy enough, and so in 2005 the band stepped up
their music by recording more faster, intense music and incorporated
live keyboards by introducing new member Farley. Then the band self
released their second demo titled 'Pig' which was well received by fans
in the UK on the April 2005 tour, and was categorised as
death/spazzcore by one review.
During the summer of 2005
Onsetcold progressed to the next stage through writing the track 'State
Of Fear.' It was a solid metal tune that came naturally and became the
interest of the third demo. It served the band well and captured
interest from the metal world and was put on Terrorizer's unsigned fear
candy and later in Zero Tolerance's October issue.
The natural
progression was to continue to write new material and gig throughout
the Winter of 2005 gaining interest from fans and media, which is
exactly what happened. The band improved their profile by gigging at
better venues with signed bands and received label interest.
After
recording the 6 track mini album in February 2006 (which was to be
distributed on a UK label in June,) the band were not happy with the
overall sound of the production and knew that something was just not
right, therefore the material was never released and the tracks have
all been thrown out – to start from scratch.
Soon after the band
took a hit when guitarist Silz left in April 2006 for his own personal
reasons. But this made way for new guitarist Ben on guitar. The band
then began writing a new tune that is arguably the best yet,
'Masterdom!'
It has captured interest from the moment it was up
on the website and myspace page which included UK black metallers
Hecate Enthroned.
As a result Onsetcold were special guests on
the August tour which was a great experience for the band and has
gained them a reputation for delivering an energetic, powerful and
immense live show.
The start of 2007 was well received and
Onsetcold were firing on all cylinders, writing a whole new set-list
and finally capturing that sound that they were waiting for. During
this time, Carlo Berlotti from UK Division Records approached the band
after hearing 'Masterdom.' Within a month Onsetcold signed a deal for
the recording and distribution of the debut album. The recording
materialised in August 2007 when the band headed for the studio in
Bologna, Italy to record and mix the debut album in three weeks with
the team that Carlo had organised. The self titled album was released
in march 2008 and is now out for sale worldwide.
2009 Saw the
return of Shaq(Vocals/guitar/Songwriter) back doing )in Onsetcold with
new members , Craig(Guitar), Dan(Drums)Brydie(Keys)
We see the true spirit of onsetcold come back to light with demo tracks Mendes and Horus.
MEANING
Onset – Beginning, start of, commencement, launch, inception, creation.
Cold – Bitter, bleak, perish, raw, subdued, fear.
As
the dictionary extracts shown above define the two separate words onset
& cold, our intended meaning of Onsetcold is the inception of total
breakdown, fear and anxiety.
Simply put, it is the beginning of
the end, it is past all of the fire, anger and rage to when there is
nothing left to burn on earth and the natural progression is for all
lifeforms to shut down as the deadly cold sets in.
Emptiness, defenceless, nothing, the end.