| Sadistic Intent | |
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Sadistic Intent at Jalometalli Metal Music Festival in Oulu, 2008 |
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| Background information | |
| Origin | Los Angeles, California |
| Genres | Death metal |
| Years active | 1987-present |
| Labels | Dark Realm Records |
Sadistic Intent is a death metal band from Los Angeles, California.[1]
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Sadistic Intent formed in 1987. Two years later they released a small run of demo cassettes, called Conflict Within, followed by the release of a few rehearsal tapes and demos. Eventually Sadistic Intent signed with a rising label, Wild Rags Records. In 1990 the 'Impending Doom' EP was released and a few tours followed in Mexico as well as the United States. The following year, after bitter disputes with the label, they moved on and self-released a limited edition (1,000 copies) 7" EP A Calm Before The Storm. Due to line-up problems, the band would not release any material until late 1993.
In 1994 Sadistic Intent released the Resurrection MCD, bassist Bay Cortez singing for the first time. After sorting out another line-up problem in 1995, they released Ancient Black Earth as a limited edition (500 hand-numbered copies) MCD through their own record label, Dark Realm Records. Sadistic Intent also recorded a tribute song to Celtic Frost for Dwell Records. In 1998, a split 7" EP with the German Black metal group Ungod was released through the German label Merciless Records. 1999 saw more tribute recordings and releases from Sadistic Intent. One was for California's legendary Possessed, which featured original Possessed front man Jeff Becerra on vocals; in 2007 Sadistic Intent played back-up at the reforming of Possessed. The other tribute song was for a Dwell Recordstribute to legendary Los Angeles metal band Slayer.
Their career spans two decades, earning them a respected place in the local Los Angeles thrash/death/black metal community as well as in the international underground scene.
Sadistic Intent is linked to the record label and record store Dark Realm Records in Downey, California, since the owners of the store, Bay Cortez and Rick Cortez, are both Sadistic Intent members. The store has been compared to the infamous black metal gathering site and record store Helvete in Norway. The record label of the same name has released Sadistic Intent's albums, as well as albums by Dark Angel, Pentacle, Witchmaster, and Draconis.