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Artist
Estate
12+ albums
metalcorehardcorerockelectronicPower metal
about
There are two groups with the name ESTATE. Estate(1) was formed in the early months of the year 2001 in Linz/Austria and originally consisted of Michael Forstner (Drums), Josef "Zap" Mayer (Vocals), Paul Schausberger (Bass) and Armin Breuer (Guitar). Estate(2) is a synth-hop trio that consists of Dan Kramer, Josh Johnson, and Jessie LesMiester. The trio is based in Minneapolis, MN. 1. Their first album "Unsound" was released in April 2002 on the indie-label "Suspect Records". Directly after the release of "Unsound" the band went on a big tour, playing more than a hundred shows in Austria, Germany and Italy. On that tour ESTATE supported bands like CIV, Shelter, DRI, Snapcase, The Hope Conspiracy, Such A Surge, Waterdown, The Flaming Sideburns, Harmful, Readymade, Favez, In Extremo, 4LYN, Farmerboy and Ektomorf to only name a few. In 2003, now having more than 16 songs to choose for a second album, singer Zap decided to leave the band. He was replaced by Leo Pissenberger, at that time bass-player of Lawfoundguilt and Versus(=an Austrian band; don't mix up with the New Yorker band). In Febuary 2005 they recorded a 6-track EP called "Arson Architecture" that was produced all on their own. Early in 2006 they signed up with the Berlin-based label "Record of the Year" and started to work on a full-lenght album. Together with their new label, a second guitar-player joined them: Bernd, though not accepted by all of the fans he is an important part of the band. In September 2
