Tantara

Tantara is a thrash metal band from Hamar, Norway, formed in 2009. They play a style of thrash metal influenced by bands such as Heathen, Vio-Lence, and Metallica. The band recorded their debut album, Based on Evil in the summer of 2011 with former Metallica producer Flemming Rasmussen, and the album was released in August of 2012 on Indie Recordings ^[1][2]

History

Tantara was formed in October of 2009 by rhythm guitarist and singer Fredrik Bjerkø, drummer Stian Sannerud, and lead guitarist Per Semb. They immediately started to record demos of songs, and released the Human Mutation EP in December of 2010. By this time, the band had recruited Danish bassist Bjarke Haakenstad to join the band. Haakenstad left the band in spring 2011, and was replaced on bass by Max Warnby, who had done the artwork for Human Mutation. The band entered the studio in July 2011 with producer Flemming Rasmussen to record their debut album. When the March 23rd, 2012 release date for the album, Based on Evil, arrived, the record was nowhere to be found. The band's record label, Ultimhate Records, had failed to release the album. The label and band soon parted ways, and Tantara signed with Norway's Indie Recordings. Based on Evil was finally released on August 24th, 2012. After much touring, Warnby left the group in February of 2013, citing his focus on his artwork. ^[3] In April of that year, the band announced via their Facebook page that their new bassist would be Emil Sigstad Moen.^[4] 2 months later, Semb announced that he would be leaving the band due to his lack of interest in a touring-heavy lifestyle. In late August of that year, Semb was replaced by guitarist Isak Rosemarin of the Swedish thrash band Conflagrator.

Discography

• Human Mutation (EP) (2010)
• Based on Evil (2012)

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