Year of Desolation

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When a band calls Indiana home, its already got hurdles to climb. With a state best known for car racing and corn stalks as its stomping grounds, Year of Desolation is one of those bands that just has to let their music do the talking. No fashion, no dancing in the pit, and no singing, just playing music thats unabashedly metal, and can win fans over night after night on technicality and sheer musicianship alone. After forming in the hot, sticky Indiana summer of 2001, guitarist John Hehman and vocalist Chad Zimmerman set out to create a band that would trump all their previous time as members rotating through bands in the local Indianapolis scene. Now, years later with scores of live experience, a full-length record (2004s Your Blood, My Vendetta), and an unquenchable thirst to breath life into a scene overcrowded with bands only ripping off bands who were, in turn, already ripping off At The Gates, Year of Desolations mission is to re-inspire a whole slew of concertgoers who no longer have anyone original or innovate to inspire them. In a scene where paths are continually re-trodden, and real metal music has taken a backseat to fashion shows and pit dancing at concerts, Year of Desolation is here to prove that real metal hasnt died, its only waiting in the shallows for the right time to strike. And if the band has any say in it, now is as good a time as any. Where most modern metal bands pull inspiration from the mid- to late-90s death metal bands and hardcore crews alike

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Year of Desolation

Your Blood, My Vendetta

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Metal Hammer - The Prosthetic Records Sampler

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Your Blood My Vendetta

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MHR157CD2/10/06 The Prosthetic Records Sampler

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Prosthetic records

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KnuckleTracks 101

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Great Darkness Within 12

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(2007) Year of Desolation

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Year of Desolation CD

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Metal Hammer: Prosthetic Records Sampler

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The Prosthetic Records Sampler

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