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Metallica meets Parliament, it's King

Hell--epic defenders of metal and funk! With dual, dynamo front-men,

epic guitar, and earthquake inducing bass and drums, King Hell's classic

metal, old school funk and relentless live show come with a money-back

guarantee to tear the roof off the joint, burn the house down, and make

audiences dance 'round the flames. Their new CD Rhythm & Bruise



makes good on their sworn, solemn vow to deliver pure rock ecstasy wherever

it is needed.



Doc Thompson, co-vocalist Samwell, and guitarist Motherfokker began

playing as teenagers in Cambridge MA, sharing a strong affinity for

metal and early funk. "Initially, we bonded over Black Sabbath and

Metallica," relates Samwell. "Metal became an addiction. Then we

discovered Funkadelic's album Maggot Brain and The Meters. Funk was

a revelation. Experiencing groove for the first time blew our exceedingly

white minds." Excited to fuse both influences, the three found that

funk and metal dovetailed perfectly. "If you're banging your head

and shaking your ass, it's doubly devastating."



Relocating to New York, the members formed King Hell. "We were originally

called Longinus, but everyone thought that was a venereal disease, which

is metal but not in a good way." To complete the band, new drummer

Shille-Lee and bassist Zigabot were brought on board. While both were

well versed in funk, they also brought to King Hell experience with

different genres. Shille-Lee drummed for seminal '80s hardcore outfit

The Abused, and Zigabot had played in death metal bands. "They were

the perfect compliment. They could groove like demons, but when we wanted

to step on the gas they were capable of going absolutely ape shit."



Another significant addition to King Hell was the element of an electric,

theatrical stage show. "People long for bands like Queen and Kiss

because they were larger than life. Plugging into that was liberating.

At some point rock got really self-conscious. We're confident enough

in the quality of our music to embrace carnival." Drawing on their

love of comics, a concept for a rogue team of rock avengers emerged.

"It started under control, but by our second show Doc was in a zoot

suit waving a Tommy gun and I found myself standing on a horned anvil

in Batman's pants."



After releasing their debut EP in 2007 on Seventh Level Records, the

band began building a strong following throughout New York, quickly

branching out to play shows across New England and the Tri-State area.

A year and a half of steady gigging culminated in shared bills with

reunited schlock rockers Green Jelly and an opening spot on horror punk

legends The Misfits 30th anniversary show in front 2,000 people. Playing

with costumed bands became something of a theme. "If you look goofy,

we've probably played with you."



Towards the end of 2008, the band hunkered down to begin work on their

first full-length recording, Rhythm & Bruise, a 13 song maximum

effort due out in August of this year. "We pushed ourselves to write

songs that spanned everything we could do--then we reached beyond that

and cooked up stuff we didn't know we had in us. Plus we packed each

song as densely as superhumanly possible with hooks. There are no throwaways."



To capture the broad spirit of the new material, the band signed on

with engineer and co-producer Sal Mormando whose diverse resume spanned

work with hard rock bands like Clutch to a Grammy nominated CD by jazz

artist Raphael Cruz. "We didn't want every song to sound the same,

and we don't like the synthetic production value on most hard rock records

today. Sal got that, and managed to capture how we sound live. Also,

at no point in during the recording process did he shoot us, which was

a big plus."



King Hell will broaden their reach to play shows across the country

throughout the next year in support of Rhythm & Bruise. Look

for them in a club near you soon, and possibly under your bed.



Drinks all around! Big guitars and bigger vocals, lots of kick and

throbbing bass. what more could a girl ask for on a first date!



– Starr Tucker – New York Waste



The songs are really catchy and there are some great funky rhythms.

The songs have a metal side to them mixed with rhythm and blues. The

two vocalists sing with clear voices, so you can hear every lyric

properly and the lyrics roll along nicely into each other with a

chorus. This is a band that is very much a visual spectacle. really

great fun live!



- Joshua Johnson - Metal Mayhem UK