BATTLERAGE is a true heavy metal band hailing from Santiago, Chile, born in 2002 from a personal project of the ex-STEELRAGE drummer, Francisco Vera, who wanted to play some tough and loud heavy metal. Vera left STEELRAGE and contacted Mauricio Cavalla (guitar, member of AFTERLIFE) to compose the first songs for this new-born band, and a few months later Christian Willembrinck (bass, ex-member of STEELRAGE) and Fox-Lin Torres (vocals, ex-DAMA NEGRA) joined Vera's project.
In February 2003, after the release of their first demo "Metal Slaughter", which got a very good reception among the fans of this genre, the band started to play some shows. A few months after the release of "Metal Slaughter" Alejandro Oliva (guitar, ex-member of AKRAMEN) joined BATTLERAGE and in December the same year recorded with the band their second demo "Return Of The Axeman".
2004 was a roller-coaster of good moments and line-up changes. The band signed a record deal with Highland Records/Octagon Music Group, but unfortunately Mauricio Cavalla had to leave BATTLERAGE due to personal reasons. Cavalla was replaced by Nicolás Arce before the recording of the debut full length, "Steel Supremacy" that was released in November 2004. This album, like the demo, got a great reception among the Chilean public. Not much later after this, another band member left. Alejandro Oliva parted ways with BATTLERAGE to work on his own project and was replaced by Daniel Roman (member of VALKIRIA).
Another good year for BATTLERAGE arrived in 2005. With many shows ahead and a new record coming, an EP called "Battlefield Belongs To Me" that is a sort of a "trailer" for a next full length album, their success in the Chilean metal scene was confirmed. Unfortunately this EP got delayed due to some label problems. Late in 2005, guitar player Nicolás Arce left the band to focus on his own band called LOST HIGHWAY (split in early 2006) and was replaced by Luis Arenas.
In May 2006 "Battlefield Belongs To Me" was finally released and gained many good critics again. Christian Willembrinck had to leave the band, being replaced later by Rodrigo de la Hoz (member of ABOHRRENT, ex-ANIMA IMMORTALIS).
Still in 2006 BATTLERAGE recorded what was to be their sophomore album, but sadly, due to the problems with their former label, this material has never seen the light of day.
The two demos from 2003 were limited to 200 copies and not available since a long time. Being the lucky ones who have had them, Metal On Metal Records thought it's a shame for these real heavy metal hymns not to be available for a wider audience and decided to reissue both demos on one CD in November 2008, remixed and remastered, under the title "The Slaughter Returns", with a new artwork, 20 pages booklet with lyrics and liner notes and with 2 additional songs.
2008 saw also the release of the limited audio tape "Living Slaughter" (Morbillus Records), containing live tracks from the band's show in February 2004 and in December 2006.
In fall 2008 BATTLERAGE entered the studio to record the songs from their never released second full-length once again. The fact that they had to do it, since they didn't own the rights to the old recordings, only worked in their advantage, because both the performance of the musicians and the sound improved. Meanwhile Rodrigo de la Hoz left the band.
Their long awaited new studio album "Blood Fire Steel" was finally released in September 2009 on Metal On Metal Records. Recorded, mixed, mastered and produced by Nicolás Arce who also played all bass on the this album, and adorned by a fitting artwork by Gonzalo Ordóñez, it sounds just like a real heavy metal album should sound like. The Axeman returned! This bludgeoning, epic slab of metal with slamming riffage, pounding drums, harsh vocals and shout-along choruses is bound to raise the fists of every true metal fan!
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Hello friends - Feel welcome - Thanks for the add !!! Finally our video is ready !!! Check it out - we did the best of ours and put our heart in it - and we're feeling very honoured to share it with you. Enjoy it !!!. Thanks a lot for the attention !!!. Confinement Band - BRAZIL “When horror takes place of reason, when there's a lack of respect and love to your brother, images like these you're gone to see in this video become very common. But if this video brings you a reflection or a positive attitude to that images like these will never happen again (even in ours worst nightmares) we'll feel that some of our aims in releasing this work and message were accomplished."
Es un agrado para nosotros contar con bandas de excelente nivel y permítannos felicitarlos por todo el trabajo que realizan a diario.
El motivo de este mensaje es para informar el estado actual de nuestra página.
-Estamos con el sitio en español funcionando, actualizando constantemente con entrevistas, noticias, reviews, etc. - También les informamos que hace tres meses subimos el sitio a la web y ya contamos con casi 6000 visitas, muchas bandas de Francia, noruega, Polonia, Eslovenia, Rusia, Colombia, Brasil, Italia, etc., nos han enviado información, discos, etc. Esto habla de nuestro compromiso con el metal.
-El sitio en ingles prontamente estará disponible y esperamos que lo puedan visitar.
Por otro lado, ofrecemos diversos servicios de diseños, tales como: arte del disco, diseños de myspace, logo, fotografía, entre otros..
Brothers and sisters... NEW SESTA MARCONI ALBUM IS OUT! "Where the devil dances" DOOM'N'ROLL VOODOO STYLE FROM ITALY! 7 Tracks for 55 minutes of doom, fun, spirituality, obscenity, lust, love and rage. Check the new songs on our space! REVOLUTION RESISTS... It's time to make your choice! Order your copy! sestamarconi@gmail.com www.myspace.com/metalonmetalrecords www.metalonmetalrecords.com
Hey Francisco and BATTLERAGE, we have posted a test mix (a teaser!) of THE ETHEREAL DREAM featuring former HELLOWEEN singer master Michael Kiske. It's not a heavy track.. but there are still some rocking parts with high vocals! Two different versions of this song will appear on our debut. The original is featuring the huge talent of Mike Gorham... while the 'Kiske-version' will be added as a bonus track". About "34613"; we're slowly but surely getting there! We only have 2 more songs left to record now. I'll keep you updated. Have a great remaining weekend. Best wishes from Sörvik "Rock" City and Northern Norway.. PS! What's up with your VS-cover? I've tried to get in contact with you over mail a few times, but no respond. Let me know if you're gonna finish this track or not.... Cheers!
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