KROSSBREED

KROSSBREED stands for non-compromising metal. It's a mixture of 4 different minds and 4 different ideas about metal formed into one hard and heavy unit, in other words a crossbreed of their own creativity.
KROSSBREED was formed in 2003 in Antwerp, Belgium.
KROSSBREED has no real boundaries, what leads to a style of metal that is hard to name. But one thing we can agree on is that it's a band that will take you to every corner of the metal world. Going from fast ripping riffs to catchy mind breaking tempos, KROSSBREED has it all.
They released their first demo in 2004. This first demo was named "DOWN TO THE CORE" and showed that KROSSBREED was still trying to find its direction. "DOWN TO THE CORE" was a good first base for the band and it had a lot of the ingredients that KROSSBREED still has today: aggression, anger, …
Pushing further in finding their own style, KROSSBREED started writing new songs for their second demo called "ENJOY THE RAGE"."ENJOY THE RAGE" showed a band that played faster, mature and more technical metal. Being named "death core rage thrashers", KROSSBREED knew that they were on the right track in doing what they love, playing metal without a label on it. They began receiving attention from the media. Big and small radio stations from in- and outside Belgium gave KROSSBREED the airtime they deserved. Meta l magazines wrote good reviews of "ENJOY THE RAGE", like one of the big metal magazines in the Netherlands, AARDSCHOK, that wrote the following:
The Belgian band krossbreed has named their second demo ENJOY THE RAGE, and to tell you the truth I've really enjoyed it. Being formed in 2003 they started playing covers from Metallica and Sepultura and you can hear that these bands influence KROSSBREED. But I must say that they play more technical and rhythmic metal then the named bands.
This demo has 5 songs on it and a bonus video. They kick off with the solid song called AGAIN, a great trash song that reminds you of the glory days of Sepultura. The next one, called DOWN TO THE CORE is a heavy song that makes it hard to sit still, and so I let my neck do the work while listening to this one.



"True Identity", "Come Closer" and the last song "Bloodline" are each great trash songs that take you back to the good old Bay Area time. KROSSBREED does a real good job in giving the songs a whole new feel to them. The guys from KROSSBREED really know how to play their instrument and they do it with real convincing attitude.



In the spring of 2007 KROSSBREED entered a competition called "Belgian Wacken Open Air metal battle". The winner was given a chance to play at WACKEN OPEN AIR 2007 to represent Belgium in a metal battle with bands from all over the world. KROSSBREED convinced the jury and the audience that they were the only band that deserved this chance. And so in August they raged the stage of WACKEN OPEN AIR. They ended up 4th out of 15 bands that competed. This again shows that KROSSBREED is a band that is on the right track.



At the end of 2007 KROSSBREED started writing new songs for their MCD that would be given the name "CARVED IN STONE". "CARVED IN STONE" was recorded in January 2008 and showed KROSSBREED in its full metal glory.
In the summer of 2009 Michel entered a television show called The Block on VT4. This gave KROSSBREED a quiet summer and lots of time to work on new songs.
In january of 2010 KROSSBREED started recording the preproductions of their first full album. It became clear that they raised their technical level to new heights. They ended up with 11 new songs that would make it on the album. The album is called "3 cheers for the misery" and runs for 53 minutes of bone crushing metal. It will be released in august of 2010.