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Formed by five kids with a mutual interest in the extreme corners of metal and rock, Isle of Man started out in the summer of 2002. Influenced by the somewhat more extreme death metal, noise, math and grind- / hardcore bands they started jamming and writing songs and quickly found their own style. Their influences range from groundbreaking bands as The Dillinger Escape Plan, Cephalic Carnage, Cryptopsy and more hardcore oriented groups as Poison The Well and Martyr AD to the all time metal classics like Metallica, Slayer, Suffocation and Iron Maiden. After a year and a half a few shows were done and they entered the studio to record four songs for a promotional mini-CD in the beginning of 2004. This mini-CD was recorded with the intention to gain some attention from venues and record labels. The songs recorded are "Memphis Tennessee", "Daddy I want to be a rockstar", "24 hour armed response" and "Pigroast". These songs were recorded at the Excess Studios in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, where bands like Sinister, Pyeamia and Houwitser also recorded their material. In July 2004 Isle of Man recorded a fifth track, called "She was a". It will appear on the soundtrack of the Dutch horror-splatter movie called Horizonica. Remko, Isle of Man's bass-player, made a video-clip for the song Pigroast. And right now, they are trying to get it on national television. In October 2004 Isle of Man signed a distribution and promotion deal with Garden of Exile Records. The five tracks they re