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Meliah Rage

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{{Short description|American heavy metal band}}

{{Infobox musical artist

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| origin = Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.

| genre = Thrash metal, power metal

| years_active = 1986–2021 (hiatus)

| label = Sony, Metal on Metal

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| current_members =

  • Anthony Nichols
  • Jim Koury
  • Stu Dowie
  • Paul Souza
  • Darren Lourie

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Meliah Rage is an American heavy metal band from Boston, Massachusetts, formed in 1986{{Cite web |title=Meliah Rage Songs, Albums, Reviews, Bio & More |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mn0000340327 |access-date=2023-12-17 |website=AllMusic |language=en}} by guitarist/songwriter Anthony Nichols. They are characterized primarily as thrash metal with more classical metal melodies. The band has released 12 albums. Its current members include Anthony Nichols, Jim Koury, Darren Lourie, Paul Souza, and Stu Dowie. They at one time featured Godsmack frontman Sully Erna on drums, who appeared on the Unfinished Business album.

The band went on hiatus in January 2021.{{Cite web|url=https://bravewords.com/news/meliah-rage-officially-on-hiatus-the-candle-hit-the-water-says-leader-anthony-nichols|title=MELIAH RAGE Officially On Hiatus; "The Candle Hit The Water," Says Leader ANTHONY NICHOLS|website=Brave Words & Bloody Knuckles|access-date=January 7, 2021|date=January 6, 2021}}

Timeline

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Discography

  • Kill to Survive (1988, CBS/Epic Records)
  • Live Kill (1989, CBS/Epic Records)
  • Solitary Solitude (1990, CBS/Epic Records)
  • Death Valley Dream (1996, BSR/Locomotive Records)
  • Unfinished Business (2002, Screaming Ferret Wreckords; recorded 1992)
  • Barely Human (2004, Screaming Ferret Wreckords)
  • The Deep and Dreamless Sleep (2006, SFW/Universal Fontana)
  • Masquerade (2009, Metro City Records/SFW)
  • Dead to the World (2011, Metal on Metal Records){{Cite web |url=http://www.metalunderground.com/news/details.cfm?newsid=69674 |title=Archived copy |access-date=July 3, 2011 |archive-date=July 6, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706021941/http://www.metalunderground.com/news/details.cfm?newsid=69674 |url-status=dead }}
  • Warrior (2014, Metal on Metal Records){{Cite web|url=https://metalonmetalrecords.com/shop/|title=» SHOP / Metal on Metal Records|website=Metalonmetalrecords.com|accessdate=October 14, 2020}}
  • Before the Kill (compilation 2015, Metal on Metal Records)
  • Idol Hands (2018, Metal on Metal Records){{Cite web|url=https://metalonmetalrecords.bandcamp.com/album/meliah-rage-idol-hands|title=MELIAH RAGE "Idol Hands", by Metal On Metal Records|website=Metalonmetalrecords.bandcamp.com|access-date=January 8, 2019}}

References

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Further reading

:*{{cite magazine|title=Heavy Metal & Hard Rock '89: Buzz Bands: Who Will Bust Through in '89-'90?|author=Elianne Halbersberg|magazine=Billboard|volume=101|issue=18|date=May 6, 1989|pages=H6, H12}}

:*{{cite magazine|title=HEAVY METAL & HARD ROCK '89: THE MAJORS: Labels Deploy Raw-Metal Detectors to Seek and Sign More Men (and Women) of Steel|author=Elianne Halbersberg|magazine=Billboard|volume=101|issue=18|date=May 6, 1989|pages=H3, H23, H24, H26}}

:*{{cite magazine|title=INSIDE TRACK|editor=Irv Lichtman|magazine=Billboard|volume=101|issue=9|date=March 4, 1989|page=94}}

:*{{cite magazine|title=ALBUM RELEASES; Meliah Rage|magazine=Billboard|volume=100|issue=51|date=December 17, 1988|page=35}}

:*{{cite news|title=Heavy metal hacks way up charts|author=Morse, Steve|work=Chicago Tribune|date=June 30, 1988|page= E14}}

:*{{cite news|title=Pop Capsules: A Metal Church for Exclusive Worshiping|author=GARZA, JANISS|work=Los Angeles Times|date=March 20, 1989|page= E4}}

:*{{cite news|title=Epic releases U.S.-Soviet songwriting collaboration: New albums|author=Ham, Chris|work=Chicago Tribune|date=August 3, 1990|page=S}}

External links

  • [http://www.meliahrage.com/ Official website]
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Category:Musical groups from Boston

Category:Heavy metal musical groups from Massachusetts

Category:American power metal musical groups

Category:American thrash metal musical groups

Category:Musical groups established in 1987

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