it was quite impossible to pass die-hard thrashers CONTRADICTION within the past years: european tours with bands like Overkill or Sacred Reich, steady festival-appearances and relentless touring activities gained this four-piece the reputation of being a kick-ass liveband. In summer 2008 Contradiction were even honoured to become the first german metalband ever to completely tour Iceland(!). Celebrating their 20th anniversary CONTRADICTION will release their 6th studioalbum THE ESSENCE OF ANGER right in time, that will deliver everything a metalhead desires: aggressive, heavy but yet melodic tunes of metal.
The 89-founded band worked very hard to step ahead... it was release of the second demo tape "Old Demon" (1992) to finally put the booking agencies' focus of attention on the band. Shortly afterwards they started recording sessions for their first full length album "Rules Of Peace" (1993), of which approx. 1.200 copies could be sold very qickly, not least according to impressive criticism in media such as metal magazines and fanzines. Harvest of all that years of hard work were support-slots for famous bands such as ICED EARTH, MASSACRA, TANKARD, HOLY MOSES etc...
Release of the second CD "All we hate!" was a big advance in the bands' musical progress and opened the door to some renowned stages. Due to some line-up changes and similar bad circumstances a complete european tour had to be cancelled and it became quiet about Contradiction though the band always existed. During that period of time not many shows were played, until it was the year 2002, when the guys decided to come back massively... and they DID!
The following touring activities was giving the name of CONTRADICTION a steady circulation in magazines, liveschedules and so on. Having the name presented in media and on many stages, combined with release of 4th album THE VOICE OF HATRED, it lead to the support-slot for european tourdates of legendary OVERKILL (USA), to be followed by festival shows at WACKEN Open Air, Dong, Suffering Life, Thrash Till Death... to name a few. This also developed a demand for Contradiction in other countries and so the band also performed in Netherlands, Belgium, Denmark, Luxemburg, Switzerland, Austria, Czech Republic and Italy.
Right after release of 5th album „The Warchitect“ CONTRADICTION hit the road for a headling-tour through Germany, Benelux, Switzerland and Italy, which turned out as a great success: many people attended the shows and the tour was then followed-up by a strong festival-season, where Contradiction played some renowned stages such as RockHarz, Rockfalls, Suffering Life and more. Subsequently SACRED REICH have chosen Contradiction to be "special guest" on their european tourdates, where the band successfully performed in sold-out venues. In summer 2008 Contradiction were even honoured to become the first german metalband ever to completely tour Iceland(!), which turned out as a great success and the band gained a lot of new friends in the very north.
Early 2009 was specifically marked by studio-recordings of the new album "The Essence Of Anger". Again produced and first time mixed by singer/guitarist Oliver Lux and mastered by Tim Buktu (Massacra, Kind tot, Uncle Ho) "The Essence Of Anger" is an oustanding piece of Thrash Metal. Twelve tough-minded Thrash Metal grenades! Twelve tracks combining melody with concentrated aggression! Twelve songs played and sung with an attitude of anger! That's "The Essence Of Anger"! That's Thrash Metal of today! That's CONTRADICTION!!!
Inspite of the studio-sessions CONTRADICTION has not stopped to devastate clubs and festivals stages allover Europe and thrashed their audience in Malta, Italy, Switzerland, Netherlands and Germany. CONTRADICTION are on the road without respite in the metal world... to spread the essence of anger.
Join us out there.
1991 Deadly Games, Demotape
1992 Old Demon, Demotape
1993 Rules Of Peace, CD, self distributed
1996 All We Hate, CD, Rough Trade
1998 Good Company, MCD, self distributed
2001 Contraminated, CD, self distributed
2005 The Voice Of Hatred, CD, Armageddon/Soulfood
2006 The Warchitect, CD, Armageddon/Soulfood
NEW RECORD, release date Sept. 25th: 2009 The Essence Of Anger, CD, Limited Access/Intergroove
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Hi, thanks for the friendship and the support, it means a lot! Our NEW album A-LEX is out now, get it at your local record store or at Amazon! Enjoy A-LEX and spread the word, tell all your friends about our new album. We will be touring a lot this year so keep checking our page regularly for tour-dates and for news!
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Mahlzeit! es wäre grandios, wenn du dir 20 Sekunden Zeit nehmen könntest um uns ein bisschen zu unterstützen. Wir haben es nämlich in das Finale im Songcontest für die offizielle Hymne des ersten vollwertigen Heavy Metal Videospiels "Brütal Legend" geschafft. Das voting endet am 15.11. Bitte klick auf das Banner unten, mach deinen Haken bei Hatred und klicke "voten" Das war´s auch schon. vielen vielen Dank schonmal ach ja, ein Video zu dem Song gibts übrigens auch. Und zwar hier: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tCzICW0WNG0 Wenn du uns noch ein bisschen unterstützen willst, sag doch bitte deinen Freunden bescheid und schick ein Bulletin raus.
Moin, moin ....the new generation..... eine Stimme wie in "Whiskey"getrenkt.......seine erste show... und gerade mal ....18 jh. alt...
24.11.09 in der Altstadt-Schmiede in Recklinghausen um 20:00 Uhr zum "Ersten Mal" zu sehen und zu hören
sicher es ist ein Dienstagabend .... und mitten in der Woche.... aber wenn ihr ´bock auf ROCK habt und euch eine Stunde gute Laune holen wollt....dann schaut doch einfach bei unserem "Ersten Konzert" vorbei... rockt mit uns das haus .... Grüße von den ganz bösen Jungs Elefant Broad Tree
I like your music! I wish you best of luck for your future. Haha yeah a lot of people from Germany come to study English here =) anyway hopefully i'll see you live someday
Hey how were you doing all this time with out ToxicDose?!?!?! Haha! Thanks for the add I hope you checked us out. Let us know what you think. Make us happy 8-)
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