Massacration

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Massacration

Origin	Petrópolis, Brazil
Years active	2002–present
Genres	"True" heavy metal
Labels	Deckdisc
Members	Detonator (Bruno Sutter, Vocal) Blondie Hammet (Fausto Fanti, Lead Guitar) Headmaster (Adriano Pereira, Rhythm Guitar) Metal Avenger (Marco Antônio Silva, Bass) Jimmy "The Hammer" (Felipe Torres, Drums)

Massacration is a brazilian humorous heavy metal band, the self-proclaimed "greatest and most classic heavy metal band, the inspiration behind most heavy bands since 1985, whose members' hairdos and posing influenced the whole heavy metal culture". The classical line-up consists of Detonator (a castratto vocalist, Bruno Sutter), Blond Hammet (lead guitar, Fausto Fanti), Jimmy "The Hammer" (drums, Felipe Torres), Headmaster (rhythm guitar, Adriano Pereira) and Metal Avenger (bass, Marco Antônio Silva).

Massacration was created in the sketch comedy show Hermes & Renato along with other fake bands like samba school "Unidos do Caralho a Quatro" or the axé band "Coração Melão" (Melon Heart). But, like The Monkees, Massacration became a huge success, and a real band.

1 History
2 Discography
- 2.1 Gates Of Metal Fried Chicken Of Death
3 Trivia
4 See also
5 External links

[edit] History

[edit] Origin

According to a mockumentary shown in MTV in December 2004, the band began when a young delinquent called John Hammet was directed by the sixth time to a unit for infractors. There, Hammet played guitar as his only hobby, thus calling the attention David Sutter, committed for trafficking quails. They had become very close friends. After being released from detention, they approached Donald Polai and formed a band called Death Mania. Unfortunately, the band lasted nothing but a couple of minutes after their first gig when Polai, influenced by the name, committed suicide.

Hammet and Sutter then went on to work in a pasta restaurant, named "Massas Crezio" (Crezio's Pasta). In order to return to musical career, they decided to put an ad in a local newspaper looking for a drummer, a rhythm guitarist and a bassist. The three candidates who filled these spots were, respectively, Jimmy "The Hammer" Lombardo, Rick Banday and Klaus Bisonnette. The band was formed again. In homage to Crezio, the owner of the ristorante where Hammet and Sutter worked, the band was rebaptized as MASSASCREZIO. The name later on suffered a series of mutations: MASSACREZIO, MASSACRETION, and finally MASSACRATION .

Since then, the band had achieved sixfold diamond records with their hit single "Metal Milk Shake", that sold 12 billion copies. After that, they were heralded with the Nobel Prize of Music.

[edit] Biography

The band was idealized by and composed of members of the Brazilian comedy act Hermes & Renato that aired on MTV circa 2002.

Massacration

After the making of the song (and video) "Metal Massacre Attack", the video began airing not only on the Hermes e Renato comedy show, but also on the MTV regular rotation videos. The promo video was such a success that the crew was forced to make more songs and videos. "Metal Bucetation" followed "Metal Massacre Attack".

In 2005 they finally finished their first album, Gates of Metal Fried Chicken of Death, produced by João Gordo, lead singer of Ratos de Porão, a reputed hardcore punk Brazilian band. The first single was Metal is the Law.

They have been requested to perform live their songs, and have so far appeared in the Abril Pro Rock Festival and Brasil Metal Union (the latter an all-heavy metal festival). Most of the humour effect of the band relies on its use of a fake English (mocking the fact that many Brazilians prefer foreign music despite being unable to understand it), exaggerate posing, outrageous clothes and gear.

The success they achieved was so high, they even have their own MTV show, where only heavy metal videos are broadcasted (which, to some, is surprising, considering the pop-oriented nature of MTV).

It is rumored that their tour drummer is Igor Cavalera, former member of Sepultura. Massacration actually opened some venues for Sepultura during the course of 2005, and Cavalera actually played with them in some venues, under the alias "El Covero" (Spanish for the gravedigger).

Massacration debuted in 2006 in Rockgol, a Brazilian MTV show, in the Pirulândia team, along with Supla, Falamansa, Sonic Jr. and Lucas Santtana.

[edit] Style

Their music is heavily influenced by popular brazilian "Englishization" of words, incorporating elements such as:

Adding the suffix "-ation"(e.g. creation, innovation) to common Portuguese words, one such word being their own band name, with the word "massacre" (which means the same as its English homonym) plus the unnecessary suffix, whereas massacre would mean the same thing;
Their long and nonsensical "metal-influenced" album and song titles with evil and death themes;
Occasional use of downright gibberish;

[edit] Discography

Cover Of The Album

Gates Of Metal Fried Chicken Of Death

[edit] Gates Of Metal Fried Chicken Of Death

Intro† audio
Metal Is The Law audio
Evil Papagali audio
Metal Massacre Attack (Aruê Aruô) audio
Feel The Fire From Barbecue audio
Metal Milkshake audio
The God Master‡ audio
Cereal Metal audio
Metal Dental Destruction audio
Lets Ride To Metal Land (The Passage Is R$1,00) audio
Metal Glu Glu (With Sérgio Mallandro) ‡‡ audio
Away Doom†† audio
Metal Bucetation audio
Bonus

† The recipe for a cake read in a deep voice while macabre sounds are heard in the background.

‡ Jokes of the Brazilian comedian known as Costinha told (by himself) in a riff of guitar.

‡‡ An homage to a trash pop hit of the 80s that is widely considered (by Brazilians) one of the worst songs ever recorded (and which, even back then, was seen as something shameful to be caught listening).

†† A recording of an exorcism session with the band.

[edit] Trivia

Jimmy Hammer and Headmaster, before being part of Massacration, played in a now defunct band named M.M.U.S! (Metal Makes Us Strong!)

Jimmy "The Hammer", Blondie Hammet, Detonator, Headmaster And Metal Avenger

The Manowar song "Kill With Power" was written by Massacration at Eric Adams' request. Later on, Manowar insert some "little fag solos" (according to Detonator) and began to play it as if it was their own song, including it in their third studio album, Hail to England.

Because of their incredible sales, Massacration have a Triple-Radioactive-Plutonium Disc.

Blondie Hammet explained once that most of their lyrics are in English because "If God is Brazilian, the Devil surely is American, and because of this we write our lyrics in English".

Their motto is: “DEATH TO ALL THOSE WHO PLAYS FALSE METAL”.

Detonator let his hair grow since he was nine years old because, according to him, his father doctrined him in the ways of metal. Blondie Hammet and Headmaster admittedly wear wigs. Metal Avenger has naturally long hair but never washes it and Jimmy "The Hammer"' hair is taken care of by his boyfriend.