John Dower - Vocals / Bass Paul Wilkinson - Guitar / Vocals Paul Tarbuck - Drums
Influences
Drawing in musical influences as diverse as, Killswitch Engage, Slayer, Strapping Young Lad, Queen, Machine Head, Throwdown, Hatebreed, Poison The Well, Black Label Society, Lamb Of God and Raging Speedhorn.
Sounds Like
Like having your brains smashed out by a gold brick with a slice of lemon wrapped round it!
Hailing from Manchester, England. Originally formed late 1999 as Sphere, the band faced many changes, until finally becoming Allerjen Mid-2002. The current line up has only been together since August 2003. After searching for the perfect fit, Paul Tarbuck, an old school and death metal fan was invited into the band. The final piece was in place and effectively a new band, Allerjen lost the “nu” from their genre and replaced it with hardcore. After almost scrapping all the old nu-metal material with a few of the heavier exceptions, Allerjen made a fresh start when Paul Tarbuck joined. With the plan to unleash the new chaotic, genre busting material on the masses, with influences drawn from Hardcore, Death Metal and even Classic Rock! They have taken a lot of time and effort into finding a unique sound which can be heard in any of their material.
Allerjen opened the main stage for the first ever Damnation Festival, Sunday 16th October 2005. Supporting the likes of Raging Speedhorn, Sikth, Entombed, Gorerotted, Gutworm and many more (www.damnationfestival.co.uk) Since Damnation, Allerjen have shared the stage with giants such as Sepultura, I-Remain, Amen, The Inbreds, Biomechanical, Profane, Skindred, Khanate, Omnium Gatherum, Evile, Man Must Die, Forever Never (Securing 7 dates in the North of England on FN’s UK tour). Allerjen’s have also self organised 4 tours in the UK, a 3 date mini tour in the South West of England 2005 and an 11 date UK tour with Subliminal Fear 2006, a 6 date tour in 2007 with Denounce and a 11 date North West tour of England with Jusure in 2007. Allerjen were also hand picked for Damnation’s first mini tour “Believe…..Chapter One” which consisted of London, Manchester and Glasgow, Allerjen’s first London and Scottish shows! The band have also been lucky enough to play Godless Festival twice, organised by Psychophonic Records in the Stoke area. Allerjen constantly look to tour and spread their name as far and wide as possible…..
The band’s creative spark and relentless energy can be seen in any of their performances. You can feel the passion and enthusiasm that is produced on stage by the band. Allerjen are proof that an unwavering dedication to craft, and a pure artistic vision can result in a powerful musical statement.
Allerjen have appeared 3 times in Terrorizer Magazine. Twice in Issue 138, as they were on the Cover CD “Fear Candy 22” and also reviewed for Damnation Festival 2005, then again in Issue 140 they were fortunate enough to be voted 6th BEST UNSIGNED UK ACT IN TERRORIZER MAGAZINE 2005 READER’S POLL
Allerjen have also appeared in Zero Tolerance magazine twice, once on the cover CD “ZTAudio14” in Issue 17 and a feature in the up and coming bands section “Rapid Fire” in Issue 18
ALLERJEN ALBUM ON THE SHELVES OF MY FAVORITE RECORD STORE! Nahhhhh! I'll get one directly from you boys! haha. Or have I already? Who knows such things ;) See you soon guys. Getting a bit daft since we last did show together! Really looking fwd to Barrow.
Nice one on the release guys cant wait to see you again to get a new copy of the album. My signed copy got stolen outa my car :( Love the video too guys nice 1 Stay heavy Davis.
Hey there, just a quick flyer post to let you know what we've got coming up at Devastator over the next few months. Plenty of lovely metal for you! Click the flyer for the Devastator page with more info about the gigs and the night.
Hello, my friends! We added our new 2 songs from our 1st full length album "SICKENED" to our page. Please check the trucks are called "Penetrated the Silence" and "Now I Can't Hate You". And, our 1st full length album "Sickened" out on April 30. We are selling it on our page by paypal, already. Please check it out too. Anyway, If you are Metal Heads, please feel "Extreme Melodic Death Metal". Stay in contact! Hope to hear from you soon!! Thanks for your support. Cheers from Japan. See ya.
Great video lads, just the 1 small problem. There seems to be a severe lack of Hawaian shirt action going on. I hope the wardrobe dept was all sacked! :-)
