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UnderThreat
12+ albums
Melodic Death Metaldeath metalColombiametalcolombian
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Under Threat are a melodic death metal band hailing from Bogotá, Colombia South America. The band was formed in 1997 by Nicolas Bermudez (guitars), David Bermudez (bass), Alejandro Rojas (drums) and John Perez (vocals), originally under the name of "Skulptor". In the middle of 1999, and after several conceptual changes, the name was changed to UnderThreat. The band entered the studio to record their first album release. "Hipostasis" was released at the end of 1999 on Transilvania Music, an independent Colombian record label, this first release was extremely well received in the Colombian and South American metal scene. Upon the release of Hipostasis, Carlos Venegas joined UnderThreat and the band played numerous shows around Colombia gaining a great following. In 2001 the band moved to the US except for Carlos who decided to stay in Colombia for personal reasons. In December of the same year UnderThreat entered "Studio One" in Racine, Wisconsin and recorded "Behind Mankind's Disguise", their first album under an American label (Conquest Music), During 2002 UnderThreat toured with Monstrosity, Dark Faith and Blood Stained Dusk and they also played at the 2002 Milwaukee Metal festival. When the second album was released in march 2003, Erick Leider from Wisconsin joined as the second guitarist. The band then participated in several compilations along side the likes of Satyricon, Angel Corpse, Impaled Nazarene Exhumed and Jag Panzer and played shows with bands such as Dest
