Hatebreed

Members: Jamey Jasta, Sean Martin, Frank Novinec, Chris Beattie, Matt Byrne

Active: 1994-Present

Hatebreed is a moshcore band from Bridgeport and New Haven, Connecticut. The band was founded in November 1994 by original members Jamey Jasta, Dave Russo, Larry Dwyer and Chris Beattie. They quickly became one of the top bands in the genre due to their intense musical style and constant support and work for the scene. They quickly released a 3 song demo and then a split with New York's Neglect. They followed that up with a highly acclaimed EP called Under the Knife in 1996, and the following year released what many fans consider the definitive '90s album of the genre, Satisfaction is the Death of Desire on Victory Records, then the home of some of the biggest bands in metalcore. A constant touring schedule pushed them beyond the boundaries of the hardcore punk and metalcore scenes, and tours with national metal bands such as Slayer and Slipknot 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. The band still maintain tight connections to the hardcore and metalcore communities, evidenced by the lineup for the band's 10 year anniversary show toads place (25 and 26 November 2005 in New Haven), which includes Neglect, One 4 One, Irate, and reunions by All Out War and Skarhead.

Singer Jamey Jasta is the host of the MTV2 television program "Headbangers Ball", and runs Stillborn Records, home of Subzero, Full Blown Chaos, and Jasta's own side project with Skarhead's Lord Ezec called Icepick.

The band will release their next record, Supremacy in August 2006 through Roadrunner Records in which Jasta described as an "all-out onslaught of completely adrenaline-charged, in-your-face brutality."

The band will perform a a European tour in June 2006. Immediately following their European tour, Hatebreed will be playing the main stage at the 2006 Ozzfest.

ALBUMS

1995 - Split with Neglect

1996 - Under the Knife

1997 - Satisfaction is the Death of Desire

2002 - Perseverance

2003 - The Rise of Brutality

2006 - Supremacy (August 22, 2006)