Cyclone Temple, Thrash Metal Options

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Genre(s):
Thrash Metal
Lyrical Theme(s):
Racism, Life Problems, Problems with Religion
Origin:
USA (Chicago, Illinois)
Formed In:
1989
Status:
Split-up
Last Known Line-Up:
Sonny DeLuca - Vocals
Greg Fulton - Guitar (Znöwhite)
Scott Schafer - Bass (Znöwhite)
John Slattery - Drums (Znöwhite)
Former/Past Member(s):
Vocals:
Marco Salinas
Brian Troch (Hammeron (USA), The Reign of Terror, Shooting Hemlock, Znöwhite)

Additional Notes

After Znöwhite broke up, Fulton, Slaterry and Schafer formed Cyclone Temple. Their vocalist Debbie Gunn went to Sentinel Beast.

Sony Music bought out Relativity Records in the early 90's and shortly thereafter shut down the Combat label, kicking all of the acts still on the brand - including Cyclone Temple - to the curb. Worse yet, the early 90's saw the popularity explosion of Nirvana and the "grunge" scene. Popular opinion, fickle beast that it is, declared metal...especially thrash metal..."dead," partly due to the growing wave of grunge and partly due to the backlash against the glut of mediocre sound-alike thrash bands who had infested the mid-to-late 80's. Cyclone Temple was caught in the wave of negative opinion towards the style, and faltered as a result.

The group fought on as best they could, touring whenever and with whoever possible. Troch left in 1992, replaced by the more aggressive-sounding Marco Salinas, and the band managed to sign a deal with Polydisc / Progressive International, which led to the Medical Records Studio recording and release of the six-song 1993 EP BUILDING ERRORS IN THE MACHINE. The EP, though consisting of five well-written thrashy numbers...and a pointed stab at their former label of a bonus track entitled "The Law Of Relativity" which blended thrash riffs with rap-style verse vocals...was not as well produced as its predecessor and never saw widespread distribution or support. Before long, the group was on the hunt for another label amidst their continual touring.

Monsterdisc picked them up in late 1993 and the band recorded a full-length 1994 album at Jay's Garage Studio in Chicago entitled MY FRIEND LONELY. This album featured three new tracks and re-recorded versions of five of the six songs from the "Building Errors" EP (Greg explained in the liner notes the difficulty in obtaining the already out-of-print BUILDING ERRORS EP was the reason for the re-recordings. The original version of "The Law Of Relativity" was also included as a "hidden track") with yet another new vocalist, the significantly more soulful-sounding Sonny DeLuca. The new songs showed growth in their style, for they incorporated more experimental forays - a hint of groove here and there, a touch of reggae, a smattering of hip-hop, all wrapped in tasty thrash riffs. Yet again, there was little label support, and it wasn't long before the band had finally had enough, realizing they could go no further. Cyclone Temple split up for good in 1994.

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Discography:
Cyclone Temple - I Hate Therefore I Am [full-length] - 1991
Cyclone Temple - Words Are Just Words (edit) / Why [single] - 1991
Cyclone Temple - Building Errors In The Machine [ep] - 1993
Cyclone Temple - My Friend Lonely [full-length] - 1994
Cyclone Temple - Land Of The Greed, Home Of The Depraved [compilation] - 2017

*****
Official Site:
Cyclone Temple @ Myspace

This post has been edited by DarkHorde: Jan 11 2017, 07:06:29