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  • Genre: Metal / Punk / Thrash

    Location EUGENE, Oregon, Un

    Profile Views: 138990

    Last Login: 6/13/2011

    Member Since 5/28/2005

    Website http://www.msplinks.com/MDFodHRwOi8vbW9iaWxlc3RhZ2Uud29yZHByZXNzLmNvbQ==

    Type of Label Unsigned

  • Bio

    BIO Hailing from Eugene, Oregon drummer Dano and guitarist/vocalist Aaron Tunnell are the two-piece madness that is The Athiarchists. They became popular locally with their DIY attitude, exposure on KFLY Radio, and the release of their raw tour footage known as "Athiarchist TV." Even more of a buzz got started when they began randomly showing up at major festivals and raging it in the parking lot. Their Mobile Music Adventure Stage is an overhauled U-haul with a 12,500 watt generator, full PA, stage & lighting, gear storage, and sleeping bunks. They have played the parking lot at events such as the Van's Warped Tour, Jagermeister music tour, and most recently three years of Rockstar Mayhem tours before finally getting official permission to play the show this year. They started the tour playing the parking lots but after the staunch support of the other bands, and people seen everywhere with shirts and picket signs that read “I support the Athiarchists – Let Them Play!” they were invited to play inside the venue to fill in for Shadows Fall after a bus mishap. They were a huge hit with the bands, crew and crowds on Mayhem Fest and were invited to continue their tour immediately with the Rockstar Uproar Festival that featured HellYeah, Disturbed, Avenged Sevenfold and Stone Sour. Their sound is a violent blend of Punk, Metal, and the new breed of Thrash, their music itself defies definition. Tunnell says it best “It’s music about life and reality and being true to yourself, I can’t explain it, listen and decide for yourself.” They are notorious for shutting down the night with so much energy that the fans wrap around the block trying to see inside the stage and huge pits form on the sidewalk. The energy and passion released from this twosome has made them one of the most sought after bands on the West Coast. The Athiarchists are self- managed, produced, marketed, and distributed, although national distribution is in their near future. Hardcore metal with a hefty dose of thrash and punk, this band denies genre specification and has played with a wide range of bands, having proudly shared the stage with 3 Inches of blood, Hatebreed, Pro-Pain, Devil Driver, Snot, Sworn Enemy, Mobile Deathcamp, God Forbid, Daath, and Prong as well as Better Left Unsaid, Straight Line Stitch, Hemlock, and many others. They have a Live CD recorded at Eugene's Black Forest being released very soon. The Athiarchists theathiarchists@gmail.com mobilestage.wordpress.com facebook.com/theathiarchists youtube.com/fissionfilms twitter.com/theathiarchists myspace.com/theathiarchists
  • Members

    Aaron Tunnell (Guitar/Bass, Vocals) The Myrmidon/Animal (Drums, Vocals)
  • Influences

    The Athiarchists have shared the stage with: HATEBREED, PRO-PAIN, DEVILDRIVER, SNOT, SWORN ENEMY, 3 INCHES OF BLOOD, TOXIC HOLLOCAUST, MOBILE DEATHCAMP, STRAIGHT LINE STITCH, BETTER LEFT UNSAID, Cattle Decapitation, Havoc, Nihlist, Witchaven, Mantic Ritual, Instinct of Aggression, God Forbid, Daath, Hemlock, Goatwhore, Legacy of Pain, Burn in Silence, Antagonist, The Human Abstract, Arsis, Mnemic, Mower, Prong, Oblige, Stick to Your Guns, Rikets, The Ghost Inside, Apiary, Veil of Maya.... Now here is the section that not a lot of bands have, kind of a different category, these are our parking lot shows, and you can see the proof of it at www.youtube.com/fissionfilms or www.myspace.com/fissionfilms. THE ATHIARCHISTS HAVE SHARED THE PARKING LOT WTIH: Hatebreed, Stone Sour, Disturbed, Avenged Sevenfold, Hellyeah, Airbourne, Shadows Fall, Chimaira, In This Moment, Atreyu, Norma Jean, Winds of Plague, Rob Zombie, Korn, 5 Finger Deathpunch, Lamb of God, Type O Negative, Slipknot, Slayer, Marylyn Manson, Bullet For My Valentine, Disturbed, Dragonforce, Rob Dyrdek, Mastodon, Machine Head, Walls of Jericho, Suicide Silence, The Red Chord, Black tide, 36 Crazyfists, 5 Finger Death Punch, Whitechapel, The Black Dahlia Murder, Job For a Cowboy, Behemoth, Cannibal Corpse, Trivium, All That Remains, 3OH!3, A Day to Remember, A Skylit Drive Alexisonfire Anti-Flag Bad Religion Bayside Big D and the Kids Table Black Tide Bouncing Souls Breathe Carolina Brokencyde Cash Cash Chiodos Dance Gavin Dance Dear and the Headlights Dirty Heads Escape the Fate Every Avenue Flogging Molly Gallows Hit the Lights I Set My Friends on Fire Jeffree Star Less Than Jake Lights Meg & Dia Millionaires NOFX Outernational P.O.S. Saosin Scary Kids Scaring Kids Senses Fail Shad Silverstein Sing it Loud Streetlight Manifesto Tat The A.K.A.s The Architects The Ataris The Devil Wears Prada The Maine The White Tie Affair There For Tomorrow Therefore I Am Thrice TV/TV Underoath Valencia Westbound Train In other words, the 2008 Mayhem Tour, the 2009 Mayhem Tour, the 2010 Mayhem Tour, the 2010 Uproar Festival, the 2009 Warped Tour, the 2008 Jagermeister Music tour with Hatebreed/type o/3iob, and in front of Rob Dyrdek's Fantasy Factory ....now onto our influences: Local bands that act like rockstar pricks, The government, organized religion, The Eugene Police Department, the seatbelt law, not being able to pump your own gas in Oregon, other bands that have to act like they are so cool and cant go on first, other bands that use your PA and don't even say thanks, narcs, stupid motherfuckers that steal shit, tweekers, stupid people, tow truck drivers, bill collectors, straight edge pricks(not saying straight edge people are pricks, we are talking about the straight edge pricks), petifiles, running out of beer, having nothing to smoke, people that owe money to other people and don't even try to pay it back, people that owe money, people that are never going to pay you back, deadbeats, people who owe people money and spend all the money they could pay you back with on drugs, people who owe you money and try and steal your drumkit, people who owe you money and say they are going to pay you back but dont, deadbeats.
  • Sounds Like

    A powerful blast of anthemic 2 piece hardcore thrash metal. Marathon sets, when its over, you feel the energy, you might also see either one of us puking in a bucket from over exertion, we live for music We used to put up all the shows we have ever played on our myspace page, but there are way too many now and it is fucking up the layout of our page. We will put them all up on our real website someday soon. Instead we are just going to give you a number that we will update once a year. The Athiarchists have played a total of 1200 shows as of 10/16/10, since 5/1/06.

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