Hybrid (metal band)

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Hybrid
Background information
Origin	Madrid, Spain
Genre(s)	Extreme metal Mathcore Technical death metal Grindcore Avant garde metal
Years active	2004 – present
Label(s)	Eyesofsound
Associated acts	Wormed One Last Word Supra Fragments Unsane Crisis Human Mincer Another Kind Of Death
Website	myspace.com/hybridmetal
Members
Chus Maestro Rafa Fernández Antonio Sánchez Iván Durán
Former members
Unai García J. Oliver Miguel Kike Albano Fortes Iago Fuentes

Hybrid is an extreme metal band formed in 2004 by musicians from other Madrid acts.

Contents 1 Biography 2 Musical style 3 Lyrical content 4 Members 4.1 Past members 5 Discography 5.1 Studio albums 5.2 EPs 5.3 Compilations 6 References 7 External links

[edit] Biography

Hybrid was born in march 2004 when Chus Maestro (One Last Word, Supra and formerly in Another Kind Of Death) recruited members from Human Mincer and Wormed to set up an extreme music project that would break down the walls of mainstream music. With Kike and Unai García they began to write the songs they later recorded in June 2005 as the band’s debut album: Beyond Undeniable Entropy, a 6 song MCD of avant-garde, eclectic and math metal, which was released the following year by Deadwrong Records and received great reviews.^[1]

The band has been playing live with Tool and Deftones at the Festimad Sur'06, as well as with Cephalic Carnage, Textures, Misery Index Moho, Machetazo and Looking For An Answer between others.^[2]

In the beginning of 2007 Hybrid entered Sadman Studio to record their first full-length album: The 8th Plague, mastered by Alan Douches (Mastodon, The Dillinger Escape Plan) with artwork by Seldon Hunt (Isis, Neurosis). The 8th Plague was released by english label Eyesofsound in August 2008.^[3]

[edit] Musical style

Hybrid’s music starts from an technical death metal and mathcore in which they merge a big bunch of influences and nuances from diverse styles such as brutal death metal, mathcore, grindcore, black metal, doom, crust and also free jazz and Latin music.^[4]They normally use odd time signatures, dissonances, polyrhythms, stacatto riffing, blast beats, cuts, changes and contrasts that increase the unpredictableness of their music. Their composing method is based on the improvisation and the creative freedom.^[5] The band is also known for using different vocal ranges.

[edit] Lyrical content

Hybrid lyrics cover philosophical, sociological and spiritual themes from an apocalyptic, misanthropic and nihilistic point of view. The lyrics are written using metaphors and including references to The Bible, mythology, religion, mysticism, occultism, and psychology.^[6]

[edit] Members

• Chus Maestro - drums
• Rafa Fernández - vocals
• Antonio Sánchez - guitar
• Iván Durán - guitar

[edit] Past members

• Unai García - lead vocals (2004 - 2006)
• Albano Fortes - lead vocals (2007 - 2008)
• J. Oliver - guitar, vocals
• Miguel - guitar, vocals
• Kike - bass (2004 - 2008)
• Iago Fuentes - bass (2008 - 2009)

[edit] Discography

[edit] Studio albums

• The 8th Plague (2008)

[edit] EPs

• Beyond Undeniable Entropy (2006)

[edit] Compilations

• Antichristmass Fest 2005 - (Mondongo Caníbale, 2005)
• Xtreemities Vol. 6 - (Xtreem Music, 2006)
• Madtaste Vol. 3 - (Sur Music, 2006)
• 22 Dósis de Psicoactivación - (Rompiendo Records, 2007)
• Fear Candy Vol. 58 - (Terrorizer, 2008)
• Spain Kills. Vol 8 - (Xtreem Music, 2007)
• Various Sampler 2008 - (Eyesofsound, 2008)

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Hybrid at Myspace
• Hybrid official forum
• Eyesofsound label website