Low Twelve began in basement on West Graham Street in Bloomington Illinois during the summer of 1998. The band was founded by bass player/singer Pete Altieri and guitarist Tim McCleland. Les Aldridge was added as a second lead guitarist in late 1998 before the band's first performance. Original drummer Steve Chestney was replaced by Wes Pollock in late 1999.
The band recorded two demos prior to their first full length, "Flesh of the Weak" in late 2000 when they supported Pro-Pain on the Round 6 tour. The track "Brutal World" was feauted on the horror movie soundtrack for "Jigsaw" and they received praise in the metal media for their debut release. They followed up with a double cd/dvd release "Maggot Ridden Rotting Movie" and "Unfit For Human Occupancy" that led to some legal troubles with a fan in the film. For those reasons, the "Maggot" dvd was removed from the package and they only sell the cd.
In 2004-2005, Low Twelve recorded their next full length release, "This Side Toward Enemy" and released it February 14, 2006 on Rotting Corpse Records. On 1/1/06, the band signed with Rotting Corpse out of Chicago. To date the CD has been selling very well in the US as well as Europe and Asia to legions of new Twelve Heads. The band played many shows in 2006/2007 in support of the release and continues to stomp ass without mercy. They had the honor to open for GWAR on October 24, 2007 at the Canopy Club in Urbana Illinois to a sold out house of nearly 1,500 metal freaks! Low Twelve has slammed over 250 live shows in their 10-plus years of brutality on this planet.
Les Aldridge decided to pack it in after 10 years on guitar duties in March of 2008, and so the band decided to return to the original two new guitar player concept. Meister, formerly of the Breed of Sedition/Human Hatemachine/Killborn has joined forces with the band. Soon after Meister was added, another fret-ripper - Dan Steinlicht (Zeroshift) was drafted and welcomed the challenge. Already the Low Twelve sound is changing - but even heavier than before with two guitar players in tow.
The band has written 12 new songs and began recording a new CD - "Splatter Pattern" - in April 2009. They will release the new songs plus they will record a "secret" older Low Twelve song as a special treat to the devoted Twelve Heads that have been following their brutal career to date. This new CD will feature killer artwork from world renown artist Jeff Gaither, who did the art for "This Side Toward Enemy" as well as all the Heavycore CD and DVD releases to date. The band expects to release "Splatter Pattern" sometime in late 2009.
Low Twelve are proud members of Heavycore www.heavycore.net and wave the metal banner high and proud!
The Autopsy Report Metal Radio Show 6th - 12th July 2009
Despite a heatwave hitting the UK with temperatures way up in the 80's (yes that's hot for the UK) and steam jetting out of Gramie's ears and other orifices, he has solved the problem by presenting the show naked (deal with it ladies) and smothered in combustion engine liquid coolant. Hmmm that stuff burns. Tune in.
This week's playlist featuring Low Twelve:
Tyr - Into The Storm April Gunn - Shall not Live Serpent Underground - Your Sin The Fury - The Fall Becoming - End Of Days Low Twelve - Kill Everything Scarlet Sins - Let Go Vanity - Guile Powerage - Medicine Woman King Diamond - The Puppet Master
I've
just completed the June 2009 edition of the Heavycore Chopping Block
Show, where we continue spinning the most brutal metal on the planet.
You can hear the show at www.ChoppingBlockShow.com
so spread the word to other metal freaks you know, your fans, and that
sort of thing. We also have a myspace page if you want to sign up as a
friend it's www.myspace.com/choppingblockshow
Here's the playlist:
part 1 Jungle Rot - Circle of Death Testament - Over the Wall King Diamond - Shrine Low Twelve - Your God Kataklysm - As Death Lingers Nominon - Submit to Evil Chrome Division - Booze, Broads & Beelzebub Thinline - Until When
part 2 Bloodbath - So You Die (live) Cannibal Corpse - Gallery of Suicide Death - Born Dead Psycroptic - Immortal Army of One SOD - Bigger Than the Devil Six Feet Under - Mass Murder Rampage Malicious Damage - Bear the Cross Skeptik - Rebirth
Send your CD's to me for consideration to play on the show (if you are a Heavycore member that is) to:
Heavycore Chopping Block Show PO Box 554 Heyworth IL 61745
Core Til Death,
Pete Altieri - Founder & Chief Disposer of Posers Heavycore www.heavycore.net
YES EVERYONE! OMINOUS WILL BE FILMING THERE SECOND MUSIC VIDEO THIS JULY/AUGUST FOR THERE NEW SONG, YOU CREATED TRAGEDY, THE SINGLE TO AND TITLE TRACK TO THERE UPCOMING 2ND CD, THIS VIDEO WILL BE SHOT IN NEW JERSEY, SO THEY ARE LOOKING FOR A FEMALE FROM EITHER NEW JERSEY, NEW YORK, OR ANY SURROUNDING STATES OR AREA WILLING TO DRIVE. THE FEMALE WILL BE PLAYING THE ROLL OF VIC'S (VOCALS/GUITARS) LOVE INTEREST IN THE VIDEO. ANYONE INTERESTED PLEASE JUST SHOOT AN EMAIL HERE TO THE BANDS MYSPACE PAGE OR TO THERE AGENTS PAGE AT WWW.MYSPACE.COM/OMINOUSBOOKINGS
