Hybrid (Spanish band)

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Hybrid
Origin Madrid, Spain
Genres Avant-garde metal
Extreme metal
Progressive metal
Technical death metal
Years active2004-2013
LabelsEyesofsound
MembersChus Maestro
Antonio Sánchez
Iván Durán
Past membersUnai García
J. Oliver
Miguel
Kike
Albano Fortes
Iago Fuentes
Rafa Fernández
Website myspace.com/hybridmetal

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

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Biography

Hybrid was formed 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 songs they later recorded in June 2005 as the band's debut EP: Beyond Undeniable Entropy , a 6-song MCD of avant-garde, eclectic math metal, which was released the following year by Deadwrong Records. [1]

The band has been playing live with Tool and Deftones at the Festimad Sur'06, as well as with Napalm Death, 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]

Recently the band has been writing new material and is planning a new release scheduled for 2012. A live version of one of the songs to be released was added to YouTube on March 28, 2011.

Musical style

Hybrid's music starts from a combination of technical death metal and avant-garde extreme metal in which they merge a big bunch of influences and nuances from diverse styles such as mathcore, grindcore, black metal, doom, crust and also free jazz and Latin music. [4] They normally use odd time signatures, dissonances, polyrhythms, staccato 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.

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]

Members

Past members

Discography

Studio albums

EPs

Compilations

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References

  1. ↑ "Hybrid Biography". Myspace . Retrieved 2008-06-06.
  2. ↑ "Xtreemmusic interview". Xtreem Music. Archived from the original on 2011-07-18. Retrieved 2008-06-17.
  3. ↑ "Blabbermouth news archive". Blabbermouth . Retrieved 2008-06-17.[ permanent dead link ]
  4. ↑ "Hybrid profile at Eyesofsound". Eyesofsound. Archived from the original on 2011-07-10. Retrieved 2008-06-06.
  5. ↑ "Hybrid interview". friedhof-magazine.com. Archived from the original on 2007-12-06. Retrieved 2008-06-06.
  6. ↑ "Hybrid interview". pitchline-zine.com. Archived from the original on 2011-07-15. Retrieved 2008-06-06.
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