Loudblast
{{Short description|French death/thrash metal band}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Loudblast
| image = Loudblast - Le Confort Moderne, Poitiers (2014-03-11 00.28.49 by Xi WEG).jpg
| caption = Loudblast performing at Le Confort Moderne in Poitiers, 2014
| image_size = 250
| background = group_or_band
| alias =
| origin = Villeneuve-d'Ascq, France
| genre = Death metal, thrash metal
| years_active = 1985–1999, 2000, 2002–present
| label = Semetary, Metal13, Listenable
| associated_acts = Death, Agressor
| website =
| current_members = Stéphane Buriez
Jérôme Point-Canovas
Frédéric Leclercq
Hervé Coquerel
| past_members = Drakhian
Alex Lenormand
François Jamin
Alex Colin-Tocquaine
Joris Terrier
Thierry Pinck
Nicolas Leclercq
Frank Casteleyn
Stephane Jobert
Patrick Evrard
}}
Loudblast is a French death/thrash metal band from Villeneuve-d'Ascq that pioneered the genres in France, and one of the most important French metal bands of the 1990s.
History
The band began in 1986 in the northern city of Lille. Its first recording was a split CD with the Nice-based band Agressor. They have released seven albums on the record labels Semetary/Fnac, Metal13, and Listenable. They began playing thrash metal influenced by the classic American bands such as Slayer. In 1991, they recorded the album "Disincarnate" in Morrisound Recording studios in Tampa, Florida, and the result was a pure death metal album. In the late 1990s, they incorporated more melody and groove in their music while maintaining a thrash/death aesthetic.
The band announced that they were splitting in 1999, but after a support concert to Death's late frontman Chuck Schuldiner in 2000, the band reformed with Agressor's Alex Colin-Tocquaine and released Planet Pandemonium in 2002. After a few years hiatus, Stéphane and Hervé announced in November 2009 a new line-up including Alex Lenormand (Locust) and Drakhian (Fornication, Black Dementia, Griffar).
In February 2017, Jérôme Point-Canovas replaced Drakhian as the band's guitarist during the "Sublime Dementia Tour", and he was officialised as permanent member in May.
The band's latest album, Manifesto, was released on November 6, 2020.{{cite web|url=https://www.metalforcesmagazine.com/site/news-loudblast-release-eighth-studio-album-manifesto/|title=LOUDBLAST To Release New Studio Album 'Manifesto' In November|publisher=Metal Forces|accessdate=October 5, 2020|date=July 30, 2020}}{{cite web|url=https://blabbermouth.net/news/loudblast-to-release-new-album-manifesto-in-november|title=LOUDBLAST To Release New Studio Album 'Manifesto' In November|publisher=Blabbermouth|accessdate=4 January 2025|date=July 30, 2020}}
Members
=Current members=
- Stéphane Buriez – vocals, guitar (1985–1999, 2000, 2002–present)
- Hervé Coquerel – drums (1992–1999, 2000, 2002–present)
- Frédéric Leclercq – bass (2016–present)
- Jérôme Point-Canovas – guitar (2017–present)
=Past members=
- Nicolas Leclercq – guitar (1985–1999)
- Joris Terrier – drums (1985–1990)
- Patrick Evrard – bass (1985–1986)
- François Jamin – bass (1986–1999, 2000, 2002–2003, died in 2024)
- Thierry Pinck – drums (1990–1992)
- Stephane Jobert – guitar (1994–1995)
- Alex Colin-Tocquaine – guitar (2002–2007)
- Alex Lenormand – bass (2003–2016)
- Drakhian – guitar (2008–2017)
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Discography
= Studio Albums =
- 1989 : {{lang|en|Sensorial Treatment}}
- 1991 : {{lang|en|Disincarnate}}
- 1993 : {{lang|en|Sublime Dementia}}
- 1998 : {{lang|en|Fragments}}
- 2004 : {{lang|en|Planet Pandemonium}}
- 2011 : {{lang|en|Frozen Moments Between Life And Death}}
- 2014 : {{lang|en|Burial Ground}}
- 2020 : {{lang|en|Manifesto}}
- 2024 : {{lang|en|Altering Fates and Destinies}}
= Demos =
- 1985 : {{lang|en|Beyond the dark mist}}
- 1986 : {{lang|en|Ultimate Violence}}
- 1987 : {{lang|en|Loudblast}}
- 1988 : {{lang|en|Bazooka Rehearsal}}
- 1989 : {{lang|en|Promo Tape}}
- 1995 : {{lang|en|Dementia Circle - The collector Tracks}}
= Split =
= Live =
- unknown Date : {{lang|en|Live History}}*, VHS, année inconnue)
- 1993 : {{lang|en|Live Marcq en Barœul}}, VHS
- 1994 : {{lang|en|Live Lyon}}, VHS
- 1997 : {{lang|en|The Time Keeper}}
- 1998 : {{lang|en|Submission Tour 98}}
- 1999 : {{lang|en|Legacy}}, VHS
- 2009 : {{lang|en|Loud, Live & Heavy}}, CD +DVD
- 2017 : {{lang|en|III Decades Live Ceremony}}, DVD
References
{{Reflist}}
- https://www.rockhard.de/band/loudblast_77667.html
- https://www.metal.de/bands/loudblast-99153/
External links
- [http://www.loudblast.org Loudblast Official Website]
- [http://www.myspace.com/loudblast MySpace]
{{Authority control}}
Category:Musical groups from Hauts-de-France
Category:French thrash metal musical groups
Category:French death metal musical groups
Category:Musical groups established in 1986