SUBLIMINAL, adj. Psychol. (of a stimulus etc.) below the threshold of sensation or consciousness. Etymology: SUB- + L limen -inis threshold
CRUSHER, ..Crush"er.. (-?r), n. One who, or that which, crushes.
(Oxford English Reference Dictionary )
The Subliminal Crusher project started in the winter of 2002, when Jerico (bass) and Rod (drums) decided to start working on a thrash metal project with english lyrics, along with their original italian-lyrics thrash metal band S.R.L..
After recruiting Elvys (Kerosene, Lizard) on guitars amd Tooz on vocals, they started writing their first songs. Soon after writing the lyrics, the band entered a local recording studio for their first EP: "LIFE DROUGHT", still hailed today as one of the most ferocious debut from an italian thrash band, thanks to songs like "History" and the title-track. The lineup was completed by the arrival of long-time friend Stefano "HwK", filling the 2nd guitar slot and promptly managing mixing and mastering duties for the EP.
After a devastating run of live dates (together with acts such as SADUS, DARKANE, DISMEMBER, ENTOMBED, NECRODEATH, THE DEFACED, SADIST, STORMLORD, NODE etc), on September 2005 Subliminal Crusher gave birth to their self-produced 1st full-length for NewLM Records, ANTITHESIS, distributed in Italy by Masterpiece, The album, whose tracks "Affection", "Technocratic", "Unfertile" and "I.R.A.Q." still form the backbone of every Subcrush live show, was once again mixed and mastered by HwK himself and received rave reviews all over Europe, elevating the band from the status of "best-kept secret of the underground" to the italian metal mainstream.
In the summer of 2008, after some lineup changes which brought Marco "Panda" (S.R.L., Light Silent Death guitarist) and Steph (Withate, Thin Wire Unlaced singer) into the band, Subliminal started recording the follow-up to Antithesis, choosing to once again let the mixing job into HwK's hands but pinning mastering guru Goran Finnberg (Opeth, The Haunted, Darkane and countless others) for the final touches to what was shaping up to be Subliminal Crusher's most violent and uncompromising record, "ENDVOLUTION" (Punishment18 Records). The album, hailed as one of 2008's best metal records by most of the media, was released on November 20th during an italian tour together with their friends and swedish thrash masters DARKANE (whose lead guitarist Christofer Malmstrom played a memorable solo on the Subliminal Crusher track "The Visionaire pt.1").
Subliminal Crusher's activities slowed down during spring/summer of 2009 due to joyful events in the SubCrush family (both Rod and Steph became fathers), but on 1st August the band got back on the road playing a massive show at the Armageddon metal Fest, which also worked as a (highly successful) testbed for the newest member of the Subcrush family, Andy (Withate, Stick it Out guitarist) replacing Panduk.
With renewed energies and ideas, the band has planned a huge list of live gigs and events for the winter season, while already hard at work on the follow-up to "Endvolution", tentatively out in the Summer of 2010.
Get ready to be crushed once again.
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