A Danish thrash band that kept playing through lineup changes and death.
If you want to hear what they sounded like at their peak, 'Razamanaz' from 1989 is the one. For something later, try 'Welcome To The Mindfactory' or 'The Cure' from their top songs list.
Artillery's 1985 debut 'Fear of Tomorrow' gave European metal a fast, melodic thrash sound that felt different from the American scene. Their 1989 track 'Razamanaz' became their most recognizable song, and they've kept recording material like 'Welcome To The Mindfactory' and 'The Cure' through decades of member shifts. The band matters because they never really stopped, even when original drummer Carsten Nielsen died in 2010.
They formed in Denmark in 1982 and released 'Fear of Tomorrow' in 1985. By 1989 they had 'By Inheritance' with 'Razamanaz' on it, but lineup changes became constant, vocalist Flemming Rønsdorf left in the early 1990s, guitarist Michael Stützer left in 1999, and they brought in new members like Søren Adamsen to keep going.
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