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Green Death
12+ albums
thrash metalheavy metalmetalUSAiowa
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“This Des Moines outfit plays a classy brand of classic thrash a la Testament, Heathen and Pantera, with a little Type O Negative in there…” -Decibel Magazine The review above sums up Green Death’s sound precisely. Green Death mixes old school Thrash, Death Metal, Doom Metal, and more to create an interesting blend of Metal. In 1998, guitarist Erich Tran was in a band called W.A.D., while also working at Best Buy in Des Moines, IA. There he met 16 year old vocalist, Sol Bales. In August, 2001, Sol joined W.A.D., by early 2002 that band had disbanded. A few months later, following an audition for Downthesun, Erich realized he wanted to keep working with Sol on a new project. ONLY was formed with Sol and the original W.A.D. bass player. Mark Reinking (Sparky) joined ONLY as a rhythm guitarist in 2003. After a 10 year run of countless shows, several CD releases and many lineup changes, the core trio of Erich, Sol, and Sparky found themselves as the only remaining full-time members. Tired, burned out, and frustrated with the band’s inability to solidify the lineup, they even debated hanging it up permanently. They felt the last batch of unrecorded songs were really strong, however, and touched more on their musical roots – more in the thrash, death, and traditional heavy metal vein – than ONLY had. At this point in their lives they wanted to have those songs professionally recorded, just to have something to show for the last few years of work. In Sept 2012, they ultimate
