Hatebreed

Hatebreed was formed in 1994 in Connecticut. They began by recording a three song demo and selling it at local shows. Two of those three songs would eventually be released on a split seven inch with New York's Neglect in 1995. They followed that up with the highly acclaimed 7"/cassette EP "Under the Knife" in 1996 and went out on tour around the east coast/midwest with the UKHC band Voorhees. The following year (1997) they released Satisfaction is the Death of Desire on Victory Records, then the home of some of the biggest bands in hardcore. Satisfaction sold more copies than any other debut in the history of the record company.

Tours with national hard rock & metal bands such as Motorhead, Danzig, Slayer, Deftones, Entombed and Sepultura influenced their music and brought them to the attention of many non-hardcore/metalcore fans. These influences were apparent on the band's next two releases, 2002's Perseverance, and especially 2003's The Rise of Brutality.

After the release of The Rise of Brutality, the band took part in the 2004 Unholy Alliance tour in Europe with Slayer, Slipknot and Mastodon. In 2005 they continued to tour and In June, 2006, Hatebreed went on an extensive European tour which included a performance at the Download Festival in Donnington, UK. Immediately following this European tour, they played the main stage at Ozzfest 2006 alongside DragonForce, Lacuna Coil, Avenged Sevenfold, Disturbed, and co-headliners System of a Down.

The band's fourth album, Supremacy, was released in August, 2006, their first through Roadrunner Records, featuring new guitarist Frank Novinec (who had previously spent time playing with Ringworm, Terror and Integrity). Jasta described it as an "all-out onslaught of completely adrenaline-charged, in-your-face brutality".

On September 13, 2006, former guitarist Lou "Boulder" Richards committed suicide at the age of 35; he had played on 1997's Satisfaction Is The Death Of Desire and left the band in 2002.

In 2007 Hatebreed headlined the second stage on the Ozzfest tour and continued to tour the Supremacy album taking Black Dahlia Murder, Exodus, Napalm Death, The Acacia strain and many others as support bands. Hatebreed appeared at Wacken Open Air festival in 2008 alongside Iron Maiden, Children of Bodom, and Avantasia. In April 2008, Hatebreed signed a worldwide deal with E1/Koch Records for the release of their live DVD, a live album, and a covers album entitled "For The Lions". On September 2, 2008 they released their concert DVD, entitled "Live Dominance" which went #1 on the billboard chart.

"For The Lions" which was released on May 5 2009. Artists covered included Metallica, D.R.I., Crowbar, The Cro-Mags and more.

On February 9, 2009 Guitarist Sean Martin quit the band. Sean quit the band to pursue other interests in music that are more studio-related. However, Sean remains close to and in contact with Hatebreed members.

Hatebreed's fifth studio album, entitled Hatebreed, has been released September 29, 2009 and included original guitar player Wayne Lozinak.

In 2010, Hatebreed headlined the jager stage at the third annual Mayhem Festival, alongside Atreyu, Chimaira, 3 Inches of Blood, Shadows Fall, and other bands. On February 17, 2011, it was announced that Hatebreed would partake in the fourth annual Mayhem Festival to yet again headline the Jägermeister stage but for 3 dates only.

In 2011 Hatebreed embarked on a 9 week tour of arenas, large clubs & theaters with Five Finger Death Punch & All That Remains.

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