18/09/2014

Banane Metalik - Requiem de la Dépravation (1994)




The french band BANANE METALIK has baptised their music « Gore'n'roll » and describes it as a mix of horror and rock'n'roll. Their lyrics are inspired by the horrifific culture, exploitation movies and revendicate the refusal of artistic conformity. Along with a go-gore dancer, their shows are real horror films : scenario, make-up, setting...In 1992, the release of « Sanglantes confessions » gives the band an international recognition, From then, the band started touring all around europe ( france, germany, england, spain, belgium...) and recorded their first album in 1994 
« Requiem de la dépravation», Because of its succes, the album was quiclky re edited and benefited from a large distribution, however, the band split up in 1995 and came back in 2005.
After which the band was solicited for a few gigs in France and abroad, banane metalik plays gigs after gigs with succes ( a lot of sold out dates) and decides to record a new album intitled «Sex, blood and gore'n'roll». The succes of the album confirmed the groups notority and re enforced their popularity.


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