John Dower - Vocals / Bass Paul Wilkinson - Guitar / Vocals Paul Tarbuck - Drums Van Homme - Lead Cowbell
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.
As you may or may not be aware SoundARC hold a charity gig every year at Club 85 in Hitchin in aid of the Garden House Hospice in Letchworth, and this year we are going to try something a little different from previous years.
This year we are going to take over the club and host 37 acts in one weekend putting full bands upstairs and acoustic acts downstairs in an event that we are calling ARCfest!
It all starts on Friday 4th December at 7pm and then continues on through Saturday 5th and Sunday 6th from 12pm-11pm
As well as raising money for the Garden House Hospice in Letchworth, ARCfest will showcase all the different genres of bands that we at SoundARC have come across over the last 4 and a half years. Over this weekend a lot of the acts that you will see don’t get a chance to play a great local venue like Club 85, So as well as hearing new music you will see all manors of genres and styles from acoustic - Metal - Indie - Rock - Punk - Electro - Ska - Funk - Hip Hop/Rap - Alternative - Rhythm & Blues - Reggae - Grunge and loads more that I cant remember!
The TGM Awards 2009 is coming! The nominations have been announced for the sixth annual awards and we can confirm that Allerjen have 1 nomination, for:
* Best Gig (w/Jusure @ Barrow - Jan 09)
The poll opens on Friday 20th November 2009 and will close on Friday 18th December 2009.
KATAKLYSM EUROPEAN HEADLINING TOUR 2010 w/ BELPHEGOR, DARKEST HOUR, SUICIDAL ANGELS, RESISTANCE 7 Jan 2010 Batschkapp Frankfurt 8 Jan 2010 Roxy Saarbrücken 9 Jan 2010 Atak Enschede 10 Jan 2010 Biebob Vosselaar 11 Jan 2010 Academy Islington London 12 Jan 2010 La Locomotive Paris 13 Jan 2010 Live Music Hall Cologne 14 Jan 2010 Backstage Munich 15 Jan 2010 Arena Vienna 16 Jan 2010 Posthof Linz 17 Jan 2010 MOR Cafe Zlin 18 Jan 2010 TBA Ljubljana 19 Jan 2010 Estragon Bologna 20 Jan 2010 Matrix Bochum 21 Jan 2010 Z7 Pratteln 22 Jan 2010 LKA Longhorn Stuttgart 23 Jan 2010 Hellraiser Leipzig 24 Jan 2010 Postbahnhof Berlin 25 Jan 2010 Markthalle Hamburg
Holaaa hope all is well and your mission is going swimmingly :)
Its a Fishy world out there....DO YOU HAVE FISH IN YOUR BONES? To maintain a balenced diet we have added 3 new essentail vitamins to our myspace...of which you can sample on our site with a added bonus of a whacky video...loosely based on TERMINATOR 2, new pics and a whole new look and feel...ITS altogether more Fishy.
....thanks loads hopefully we will cross over along the way, have a good one...any comments would be lovely and feel free to to promote your stuff on our site. Cheers JFF
Spend the night with Mistress Juliya and Cirka:sik! You can buy tix the easy way by going to cirkasik.com, and getting them sent to you! It's our first show with our new madman on guitar; Ivyn Vylent! Come down and support your local scene and the Villains!
Evolution A life, death, and rebirth of all things. A constant creation and destruction of Suns, Worlds, and Galaxies....
All of Manifested Creation goes Divineward as the INFINITE MIND wills that all of Life should evolve upward and onward along the scale of Life, a Spiritward Journey of all things.
May Darkness Embrace Your Sacred Path Forever And Beyond.
You Truly Are A God Welded Between The Barrier Of This Paradox!!!!!!!!!!!! Enjoy The Musick.
cheers! if u like killswitch engage or parkway drive then u might like our demo ;) it would mean alot if u could give it a listen and tell us wht u think its only a rough demo but still it would be kl to get feedback , if you do like us we would be greatful if you could speard the word about us thanks;)