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Primary Slave
12+ albums
metalindustrial metalcrossoverindustrialIndustrial Death Metal
about
From beyond the abyss, from beyond the veil, Primary Slave are back from beyond the Grave..... PRIMARY SLAVE is a band that went through some turbulent times in their lifespan, culminating in the tragically early death of the Singer and guitarist Mark Giltrow, killed in an unexplained motorcycle accident aged just 31 on his way home during the recording of their second album- now aptly named in honour of his last legacy - 'Another Mark Is Drawn' released 2012. Originally founded as the "Lilith" project with Paul Allender, now back with Cradle of Filth again, the band have been dubbed as "Cyber-metal" by the press, their self recorded Debut album - (Data Plague)musically represented all that is dark and predatory and have been compared to bands such as Voivod and Strapping Young Lad was released in 2000 to high acclaim. After Marks death, Left on the ageing home studio computer were the hundreds of files that made up his second album. Determined for Mark's music not to be lost, Horace Martin (Data Plague producer) and Neale Dunham (Fifth Amendment guitarist) set about the task of finishing the album and getting as much of Mark's vision on to disc as possible. The computer however did not agree. It refused to cooperate and failed to boot up, the motherboard was defunct, the hard drives had scrambled, the fates were against us. Financed completely by friends and family, grabbing cheap or free studio time where and whenever possible, there is a sense that much time has been s
