THORNAFIRE

Thornafire began in 1998 with the unique idea of playing Death Metal. By that time the line-up was with César Acuña (vocals), David Liempi and Víctor Mac-Namara (guitars), Alexis Muñoz (bass and vocals), and Víctor Vergara (drums).
One year later, two songs were recorded to be their first demo called "Granded for all Somberness". With that tape and a savage live show, the band started to achieve a strong name in the local scene.

After some line-up changes, in 2001 the MCD “Mortus Tenebrae Surrectus” was released which received many good reviews from the local and international metal media and with that, Thornafire became one of the most promising Chilean extreme metal acts.

That MCD contains six songs of annihilator Death Metal. It was distributed all over Chile as well as many trades were done with several labels and bands from South America, USA and Europe… now it’s almost sold out!

With Alexis Muñoz (bass and vocals), Eduardo Díaz (drums), Victor Mac-Namara and Germán Vazques (guitars), in early 2003 a tour through the north of Chile and Bolivia was booked. Then a show with Czech’s Pandemia in Santiago and new gigs in the south of the country. To finish an amazing year, more shows were played abroad … this time in Argentina.

In the middle of 2005 the band recorded their debut LP “Exacerbated Gnostic Manifestation”, a record that marks the debut of their new drummer Juan Pablo Donoso, known for his brutal work with Sadism. This record was a milestone in brutality, a masterpiece of hate.

Ibex Moon Records, the label created by INCANTATION mastermind John McEntee, has signed THORNAFIRE. The group's full-length debut "Exacerbated Gnostic Manifestation" was released in April 2007 through RED Distribution.

Thornafire released "Vorex Deconstrucción" on July 21th, 2009 through Ibex Moon Records. Two years in the works, the follow-up to "Exacerbated Gnostic Manifestation" is "sure to be another metal of death tour de force" according to a press release. "The act has captured the true spirit of a Southern American death metal style that worships at the altar of the ancient ones and takes its cues from the likes MORBID ANGEL, KRISIUN, (early) SEPULTURA, and PENTAGRAM (Chile), while putting its own unique spin on the genre."

In July 2010 Thornafire made their first tour through Europe, appearing in Austria, Germany, Slovakia and the Czech OBSCENE EXTREME Festival.

On June 2nd - 2011, THORNAFIRE have the distinct honor of warming up the stage for the almighty SLAYER when the thrash titans bring their World Painted Blood Tour to South America. Understandably, the band is marking this occasion as a huge moment in their career.

Now a new tour through Argentinal is expected and also Thornafire are focused on writing their third album.