The Berzerker: Biography

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Formed:

Jan 1, 1995 in Melbourne, Australia

Genres:

Rock Music, Industrial Rock Music, Metal Rock Music

Decades Active:

1990's|2000's

The Berzerker unleashes intense, death-grind metal music that thrashes everything in its path with a mix of industrial, noise and unstoppably heavy riffs.

The misanthropic Australian band that prefers to remain shrouded in mystery and beneath mutant masks, began as a studio solo project in Melbourne in 1995. In 1998, the Berzerker signed with Earache Records and in 2000 they released their monstrous, self-titled debut. The band's first video for the track “Reality" was banned by MTV for its horrific and epilepsy-inducing imagery.

After touring the United States with Dying Fetus, Gorguts and Skinless, the Berzerker went into the studio to record their follow-up. Dissimulate, even more extreme than their first album, was released in 2002. With a cover of the Carcass' “Corporal Jigsore Quandary", the record proved the Berzerker a frightening power in the world of metal, easily outdoing Gwar at their own game while playing technically gifted music and remaining serious enough to be downright scary.

- Charles Spano, All Music Guide