Crisix | |
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 Crisix performing at the main stage of Resurrection Fest 2019 | |
| Background information | |
| Origin | Igualada |
| Genres | Thrash Metal |
| Years active | 2008-present |
| Labels | Listenable |
| Members |
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| Past members |
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| Website | www |
Crisix is a Catalonian Thrash metal band from Igualada, Barcelona. The band was formed in 2008 by drummer Javi «Carry» Carrión[1], guitarists Marc Busqué «BB Plaza»[2] and Albert Requena[3], bassist Marc Torras and singer Juli Baz «Bazooka»[4] who would come in to replace the first singer[5].
History
editThe menace - The early days
editCrisix started in Igualada, Spain on February of 2008 under the name of Crysys, as soon as the band became more notorious, Sony threatened them with a lawsuit because of copyright issues and had to change the bands name to Crisix [6][7][8].
«Dead by the fistful of violence» was their first demo song recorded at l'Akord's Studio in Igualada, which later was included in the compilation CD Spain Kills[9][10] and released under the record label Xtreem Music. In December of the same year, Crisix recorded two more songs, «Internal Pollution» and «Mummified by society» which ended being their first self-released demo tape, Demonsthrashion[11][12], which they submitted to the Wacken Open Air Metal Battle Spain 2009, winning[13] and making their way to Germany to play in the final contest of Wacken Open Air metal battle, where they competed along with 19 bands from around the globe and winning by the majority of votes from the jury[14][15]. The award was a record deal with Wackend records. The band played back again in Wacken Open Air 2010 at the Wet Stage.[16]
As result of winning the Wacken battle, in early 2010 Crisix started working with producer Waldemar Sorychta for pre-producing their first album that was recorded in Axtudio, Barcelona, and mixed and mastered at Borgentreich Stage One studio in Germany. They released their debut album "The Menace" in 2011. "Ultra thrash", the first single became a hit in the underground scene, where it reached over 3 million YouTube views really fast, resulting in one of their most demanded song in their shows. They started touring with Bonded by Blood, Warbringer and performed at Resurrection Fest festival for the first time.
Rise...Then Rest
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The band started recording their secon album "Rise...Then Rest" at Moontower studio in Barcelona with Javi Félez from Graveyard as producer and sound engineer. Audio mixing and mastering were done by Erik Rutan, (Cannibal Corpse, Agnostic Front), at Mana Studios in Florida. The first single of the album, «Bring 'em to the Pit», was published on 10th of April, 2013 in form of videoclip[17] and ranked 63 in Spain's Top 100 Album chart.
From Blue to Black
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In 2016 they returned to Axtudio in Barcelona and started recording. Same year Crisix signed with Master of metal management. Their third album ‘From Blue to Black’ was released in 2016 via Listenable records. ‘G.M.M.’ was the first single. Same year Crisix toured Europe with Suicidal Angels, Evil Invaders, and Skullfist, and Spain with Max&Iggor Cavalera Return to roots. They started to appear on major metal festivals including the famous German Summer Breeze, a festival in Casablanca, Morocco, and started to tour the world seriously. ‘The Menace’ album got its fifth-anniversary re-release with the bonus track Agents of Mosh.
Against the odds
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The next album was written on the road. Crisix was touring and recording at the same time. In 2018 ‘Against the odds’ was released. ‘Get out of my head’ was the first single. Pla Vinseiro became the official band member. Crisix were touring non-stop. They did Eastern European, German and French club tours. They played shows with Body Count, including legendary London’s Koko. They performed at festivals as Hellfest in France, Download in Madrid, Mise, Cmoa, Rude in Germany, Alcatraz in Belgium, prestigious Full Metal Cruise, Full Metal Holiday in Mallorca. The same year they headlined South American club tour ‘ Latin America in my head ‘ and played in Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, Colombia, Chile and Argentina.
Crisix sessions: #1 American thrash
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Between the tours, they recorded a cover album. In 2019, ‘Crisix sessions: #1 American thrash’ was released. A cover album with thrash metal classics. Exodus, ‘Toxic waltz’ and Vio-lence, ‘World in a world’ were the singles. Javi Carry struggled with tendinitis, a disease in his muscles. But anyhow, Crisix managed to play the European, Japanese, and North American tours. ‘The Menace’ and ‘Rise...Then Rest’ albums were released in Japan via Carnal Beast records. In 2019 Crisix played some of their biggest shows as Grasspop metal meeting in Belgium, Wacken Wasteland stage, and Spanish Resurrection main stage after Slipknot. Crisix headlined many European festivals as Iron fest, Wonnemond, Heavy Agger. They played with Testament and Iron Reagan and flew to America for a club show in Chicago and an exclusive performance at Full Terror assault festival in Ilinois. After that, they flew directly to Japan for 2 sold-out shows at Japanese Assault Fest in Tokyo with Exciter, Gama Bomb, Insanity Alert, and Xentrix. Then flew back to the USA for a headlining tour with New Jersey thrashers Paralysis as support. Crisix ended the year with a European tour and shows with Billy Milano’s M.O.D. Same time Crisix started producing its own ‘Ultra Thrash’ beer, which sold over 5000 liters in the first few months after the launch.
Hellfest From Home, A great Wacken Crisix story, This is Resurrection fest
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Crisix were among the most active bands during the pandemic. They started 2020 with Underground tour in Spain with 16 sold-out shows. After that, they announced many tours and festivals including European tours with Destruction, Warbringer, Suicidal Angels, Asian, American, European tours, and festivals that were all canceled due to the pandemic. Crisix collaborated in festival streamings as ‘Wacken from home’ for which they recorded 3 songs in a studio in Girona. For Resurrection streaming edition Crisix recorded a festival anthem ‘This is Resurrection Fest’ as a gift for the festival’s 15th anniversary. The same year they participated in a Powertrip tribute song, released a documentary ‘A Great Crisix Wacken Story’, and re-released ‘The Menace’ album for its tenth anniversary. In April 2021 Crisix performed a special show for ‘Hellfest From Home’ in Clisson, France, recorded and aired by Arte TV. They premiered two new songs from ‘The Pizza EP’, ‘World needs mosh’ and ‘No Tip for the Kid’. In the summer Crisix played Resurrection fest mini edition with Jinjer and Eluvetie, and the first nonrestricted open-air festival Metal Paradise with Kreator and Jinjer.
The Pizza EP
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In September 2021 Crisix released ‘The Pizza EP’. ‘World Needs Mosh‘ was the first video single. It was followed by ‘Crisix The Pizza EP Full video experience’ made of 4 videos, connecting all the songs from the EP in an entertaining story. Premieres with special band stand-up comedy shows took place in cinemas in Madrid and Barcelona. Crisix launched its first band-licensed pizzas with chain restaurants Can pizza in Catalunya and Galipizza in Galicia. The band members personally delivered pizzas and ‘The Pizza EP’ to selected customers. They also released licensed Crisix Hot sauce ‘Raptors in the kitchen' and ‘World needs mosh’ sauce and pizza spices. ‘Crisix game’ for computers and mobiles based on BB Plaza’s pizza delivery and the first band-written cookbook ‘Speed metal kitchen of doom’ followed. Crisix successfully finished the first part of 10 days headling ‘World needs mosh’ European tour with Insanity Alert. In November they continued with the second part of the tour and played at In Your Face festival in France. In Europe, Crisix was among very few bands touring internationally in these difficult times.
Full HD
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"Full HD" was recorded in Barcelona and mixed and mastered in the USA by Pete Rutcho (Havok, Revocation). The album cover was done by Joel Abad in a special 3D Anaglyph technique. ‘Full HD’ release date is set for 15th April 2022. Crisix will promote it with the third part of ‘World needs mosh’ tour with Insanity Alert in March 2022 in Austria, Germany, Belgium, and the Netherlands. In Spain the release of the new album will be celebrated with three ‘World needs Mosh’ festival dates with special guests Evile and Dust Bolt. After that Crisix will embark on 20 dates Hellfest Warm Up tour with Tagada Jones in France. In summer Crisix will perform at selected festivals as Summer Breeze, Obscene Extreme. On June 24th, 2022 Crisix will perform at the Main Stage of already sold out Hellfest with Kreator and Megadeth. ‘W.N.M. United’, the first video single is a newly recorded version of the song ‘World needs mosh’. This time the song features singer guest appearances from friends Dust Bolt, Insanity Alert, Angelus Apatrida, Warbringer, Violator, Suicidal Angels, Fueled by Fire, Gama Bomb, Bonded by Blood, and Nervosa. Chuck Billy of Testament is acting in the video.
Discography
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References
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- ^ "Marc Busqué "Busi" - Encyclopaedia Metallum: The Metal Archives". www.metal-archives.com. Retrieved 2022-02-27.
- ^ Albert Requena
- ^ "Julián Baz - Encyclopaedia Metallum: The Metal Archives". www.metal-archives.com. Retrieved 2022-02-27.
- ^ Enderrock.cat. "La revolució mètal de Crisix | Enderrock.cat". www.enderrock.cat (in Catalan). Retrieved 2022-02-27.
- ^ "Crysys - Encyclopaedia Metallum: The Metal Archives". www.metal-archives.com. Retrieved 2022-02-27.
- ^ "Boiling Metal noticias de metal - Entrevista concedida por Crisix en 2012 - Entrevistas - CRISIX (2012)". web.archive.org. 2014-10-31. Retrieved 2022-02-27.
- ^ "The BNR Metal Pages - Crisix". www.bnrmetal.com. Retrieved 2022-02-27.
- ^ Spain Kills: Vol. 05, Part 1: Thrash Metal, 2009-10-15, retrieved 2022-02-28
- ^ Spain Kills: Vol. 05, Part 1: Thrash Metal de Varios Artistas (in Mexican Spanish), 2009-10-15, retrieved 2022-02-28
- ^ "Crisix - Demonsthrashion lyrics". Metal Storm. Retrieved 2022-02-28.
- ^ "Demonsthrashion Arquivos". The Black Planet. Retrieved 2022-02-28.
- ^ "Crisix - Demonsthrashion review - Metal Storm". Retrieved 2021-05-02.
- ^ "Wacken Open Air 2009 – 1/08/2009 – crónica | METALTRIP". 2013-05-16. Retrieved 2021-05-02.
- ^ "Wacken Open Air 2009 (II) – Julio/Agosto'09 – Wacken ( Alemania )". Metal Symphony (in Spanish). Retrieved 2022-02-28.
- ^ "Interview: Crisix". The Black Planet. 2017-08-29. Retrieved 2022-02-28.
- ^ "CRISIX: Nuevo vídeo promocional 'Bring 'em to the Pit' ~ El Cuartel del Metal". web.archive.org. 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2022-02-28.
- ^ "Con el tiempo nos hemos vuelto más serios". Mondo Sonoro (in Spanish). 2016-08-04. Retrieved 2022-02-28.
- ^ "Crisix - Against the Odds". Science of Noise. 2018-03-21. Retrieved 2019-08-01.
- ^ "CRISIX: Portada y canciones de "The Pizza EP"". Hellpress (in Spanish). 2021-06-18. Retrieved 2021-08-10.