Tension, Power/Speed/Thrash Metal (USA) Options

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Genre(s):
Power/Speed/Thrash Metal
Lyrical Theme(s):
N/A
Origin:
US (Baltimore, Maryland)
Formed In:
1984
Status:
Active
Current Line-Up:
Michael Francis - Bass (ex-Deuce)
Tim O'Connor - Bass (Ballistic, ex-Deuce)
Billy Giddings - Drums (ex-Deuce)
Tom Gattis - Vocals (Ballistic, ex-Deuce, ex-Wardog)
Petio Petev - Guitars (2011-) (Ballistic, ex-Mass of Virtue)
Former/Past Member(s):
Timmy Meadows - Guitars (ex-Deuce)

Additional Notes

Split-up in 1988 but reunited in 2011. They are supposed to play in the Keep It True Festival in Germany.

In October of 1985 band Deuce flew to Capital Records studio in L.A. to record their debut album. Problems arose when the equipment rented for the album sounded horrible, almost unplayable, but the band persisted and continued to record. At one session, the band received news that there was another band with a copyrighted name of DEUCE, so Billy suggested the bands’ name be changed to TENSION. The name seemed to fit perfectly at the time, so it stuck.

One year later, the LP "Breaking Point" was finally released to receive amazing reviews. Despite poor distribution, no promotion, and a lack of interest from the record company, the album was consistently one on playlists worldwide, especially throughout all of Europe and Germany. However the band was unhappy with the entire album; production, artwork, layout, etc..

The gigging continued mostly in their home area. They landed opening spots for Metal Church, Megadeth, Exciter, etc., but not much else was really happening. In 1987 they went into the studio and recorded a 3 song EP called "Epitome". This recording finally captured and contained the sound that they were searching for. The excitement and enthusiasm began to grow within the band again, but sadly that would not last too long as Torrid never released the EP.

Due to all of the frustration involved, broken promises and everything going wrong the band was at a crossroads. The members were losing interest, royalties weren’t being paid, and nobody wanted to continue. In 1988 Tom quit the band and moved to New Mexico to pursue a college education. TENSION was gone. In the years that followed to this date, the album "Breaking Point" has achieved the status of being a classic metal album, and has been a collectable in the underground metal scene for several years.

Not to be confused with Thrash/Death Metal band from Mexico & Progressive Metal/Rock band from Poland.

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Discography:
Tension - Demo '85 [demo] - 1985
Tension - Breaking Point [full-length] - 1986
Tension - Demo [demo] - 1987
Tension - Epitome [ep] - 1987
Tension - Epitaph [best of/compilation] - 1997

*****
Official Site:
Tension Homepage


This post has been edited by DarkHorde: Apr 1 2016, 13:21:25