DEFIANCE: Photos, Video Footage Of Mountain View In-Store Available
March 16, 2010Reunited Oakland, California thrashers DEFIANCE took part in a free in-store performance and signing session on March 12, 2010 at Rasputin Records in Mountain View, California.
Photos of the event are available at this location. Video footage can be seen below.
This show marked a new chapter in the history of DEFIANCE, as it was new drummer Burton Ortega's (KAOS) first show with the band, and only the second since 1994.
Next up for DEFIANCE is a show supporting WARBRINGER at the Whisky A Go-Go in Hollywood, California this Thursday, March 18. DEFIANCE has also started work on material for its next album. According to the band, "Shawn [Bozarth, guitar] and Keven [Albert, vocals] have come up with some crushing riffs that should please the most hard core of thrash metal fans."
DEFIANCE played its first show since 1994 on December 19, 2009 at Blake's on Telegraph in Berkeley, California.
Mark Hernandez (drums) and Steev Esquivel (vocals) left DEFIANCE last year to concentrate on their primary bands, FORBIDDEN and SKINLAB, respectively.
DEFIANCE's new album, "The Prophecy", was released on October 19, 2009 via Candlelight Records. The first collection of new music from DEFIANCE in over 15 years was recorded at Trident Studios and Greendot Studios in East Bay, California.
An e-card for "The Prophecy" can be accessed at this location.
Part of the so-called "second wave" of Bay Area thrash (which also included the likes of FORBIDDEN, VIO-LENCE, DEATH ANGEL, and TESTAMENT),DEFIANCE officially disbanded in 1993 after the departure of vocalist Steev Esquivel (who would go on to form SKINLAB, and later RE:IGNITION),while the remaining members, with the addition of vocalist Dave Godfrey White (HEATHEN),formed INNER THRESHOLD, which would also eventually disband.
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