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Death Angel

US metal

Formed in 1982

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Fri Dec 18 San Francisco, United States · The Fillmore Tickets
Sun Jan 31 Perth, Australia · Magnet House Tickets
Wed Feb 3 Melbourne, Australia · Max Watts Melbourne Tickets
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Fri Feb 5 Fortitude Valley, Australia · Crowbar Brisbane Tickets

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About

Death Angel is a Filipino-American thrash metal band from San Francisco, California active from 1982 to 1991 and again since 2001. They have released nine studio albums, two demo tapes, one box set, and three live albums. The band has gone through several lineup changes. Guitarist Rob Cavestany is the only constant member. He and vocalist Mark Osegueda, who joined in 1984, are the only ones to appear on all their studio albums.

Death Angel was a popular Bay Area thrash metal band in the 1980s, opening for Megadeth, Metallica, Slayer, Exodus, Testament, Overkill, D.R.I., Mercyful Fate and Possessed. They are credited as a leader of the second wave of thrash metal from the 1980s, and considered one of the genre's "Big Eight", along with Metallica, Megadeth, Slayer, Anthrax, Testament, Exodus and Overkill. Following the underground success of their first two studio albums, The Ultra-Violence (1987) and Frolic Through the Park (1988), Death Angel signed to Geffen Records in 1989, and released its only album for the label, Act III, the following year.

While touring in support of Act III, then-drummer Andy Galeon was injured in a bus accident and took over a year to recover. This resulted in the band's breakup in 1991. Death Angel reformed in 2001 without original rhythm guitarist Gus Pepa at the Thrash of the Titans benefit concert for Testament frontman Chuck Billy. The band has since released six more albums, including Humanicide (2019), whose title track was nominated for a Grammy Award. They are currently working on their tenth studio album, tentatively due in 2026 or 2027. The band holds a semi-regular Christmas concert.

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Death Angel est un groupe de thrash metal américain, originaire de San Francisco, en Californie. Il est associé aux groupes de la Bay Area. Le groupe compte au total dix albums depuis The Ultra-Violence en 1987 jusqu'à The Evil Divide en 2016. Entre 1991 et 1995, Dennis Pepa, Andy Galeon, Gus Pepa et Rob Cavestany sortent deux albums sous le nom de groupe de The Organization. Ils participent avec ce groupe à deux éditions du Dynamo Open Air et ouvrent pour Fight sur leur tournée européenne de 1993.

Leur premier album The Ultra-Violence s'est vendu à plus de quarante mille exemplaires en moins de quatre mois. Lors de la tournée accompagnant la sortie d’Act III, le groupe subit un grave accident de bus, dans lequel Andy Galeon fut gravement blessé. Death Angel doit cesser toute activité durant la convalescence de son jeune batteur. Au cours de cette période, Mark Osegueda quitta le groupe, qui se sépara pour ne se reformer qu’en 2001, sans Gus Pepa, pour un concert de soutien à Chuck Billy de Testament puis participe au Hellfest 2012 en France.

Death Angel se caractérisait par des musiciens extrêmement jeunes avec par exemple Andy Galeon le batteur qui avait tout juste 14 ans en 1987 pour le premier album. Leurs qualités musicales leur ont valu d'être repérés par Kirk Hammett qui a produit leur démo Kill as One.

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