Low Twelve

Low Twelve began in a basement on West Graham Street in Bloomington Illinois during the summer of 1998. The band was founded by bass player/singer Pete Altieri and guitarist Tim McCleland. Les Aldridge was added as a second lead guitarist in late 1998 before the band's first performance. Original drummer Steve Chestney was replaced by Wes Pollock in late 1999.



The band recorded two demos prior to their first full length, "Flesh of the Weak" in late 2000 when they supported Pro-Pain on the Round 6 tour. The track "Brutal World" was feauted on the horror movie soundtrack for "Jigsaw" and they received praise in the metal media for their debut release. They followed up with a double cd/dvd release "Maggot Ridden Rotting Movie" and "Unfit For Human Occupancy" that led to some legal troubles with a fan in the film. For those reasons, the "Maggot" dvd was removed from the package and they only sell the cd.



In 2004-2005, Low Twelve recorded their next full length release, "This Side Toward Enemy" and released it February 14, 2006 on Rotting Corpse Records. On 1/1/06, the band signed with Rotting Corpse out of Chicago. To date the CD has been selling very well in the US as well as Europe and Asia to legions of new Twelve Heads. The band played many shows in 2006/2007 in support of the release and continues to stomp ass without mercy. They had the honor to open for GWAR on October 24, 2007 at the Canopy Club in Urbana Illinois to a sold out house of nearly 1,500 metal freaks! Low Twelve has slammed over 250 live shows in their 10-plus years of brutality on this planet.



Les Aldridge decided to pack it in after 10 years on guitar duties in March of 2008, and so the band decided to return to the original two new guitar player concept. Meister, formerly of the Breed of Sedition/Human Hatemachine/Killborn has joined forces with the band. Soon after Meister was added, another fret-ripper - Dan Steinlicht (Zeroshift) was drafted and welcomed the challenge. Already the Low Twelve sound is changing - but even heavier than before with two guitar players in tow.



In July of 2009, the band regretfully parted ways with guitarist Dan Steinlicht. Low Twelve continued to record their new CD, "Splatter Pattern", and in late August 2009 asked Les Aldridge if he wanted to come back and play guitar again. Les accepted the offer and now is back in the lineup along with Meister, Pete, and Wes.



The recording of "Splatter Pattern" began in April 2009 with basic tracks. They will release the new songs plus they will record a "secret" older Low Twelve song as a special treat to the devoted Twelve Heads that have been following their brutal career to date. This new CD will feature killer artwork from world renown artist Jeff Gaither, who did the art for "This Side Toward Enemy" as well as all the Heavycore CD and DVD releases to date. The band released "Splatter Pattern" on May 18, 2010 on their own label - DBC Records.



In October 2009 Low Twelve filmed a video for "Bodies In My Pocket", one of the songs from the "Splatter Pattern" CD. This will be the first of several videos the band plans to shoot to support the new CD.



On November 20, 2010 long-time drummer, Wes Pollock, played his last show with the band. Deciding to pursue a career in audio engineering, Wes decided to step down off the drum riser after 11 years of brutal service to Low Twelve. He was promptly replaced with close friend of the band - Travis Waterman. Travis had previously played in bands with guitarist Meister for more than 10 years, so the chemistry with him has been instant.



Low Twelve are proud members of Heavycore www.heavycore.net and wave the metal banner high and proud!



LOW TWELVE RECORDING "SPLATTER PATTERN"