A Band of Orcs
Unleash the Chaos of Orc Death Metal
Welcome to digital Hirntodia, the realm of A Band of Orcs, where the thunderous roar of death metal meets the primal fury of the orcish Warchiefs. We have come to Earthrealm to usher in the Domination and make all mortals servants of the mighty Dragon of Chaos and Fire, Gzoroth. Experience the raw power of our orc-fueled death metal and let the chaos consume you.
Hail Gzoroth!
A 5-piece war machine, A Band of Orcs are made up of Gronk! Shaman on vocals, Oog Skullbasher on drums, Cretos Filgrinder on lead guitar, Ghazghul Coffinfeeder on rhythm guitar and Srig Foehammer on bass.
Three Inches of Blood, Master, Deicide - A Band of Orcs have shared the live audio-assault experience with some of the most brutal names in metal, including: Slayer, Slipknot, and Motorhead when the orcs won the Sumerian Stage Battle of the Bands for the Mayhem Festival 2012 at which they played at the Shoreline Amphitheatre in California. That same summer they raged with Cannibal Corpse, Goatwhore, Exhumed and Nekrogoblikon, among others, at the Summer Slaughter Tour stop in Pasadena, CA. In 2013, the WarChiefs embarked on the North American Madness at the Core of Time Tour with the Scumdogs of the Universe themselves, Gwar, which also featured White Chapel and Iron Reagan!
After that, war came to Hirntodia and A Band of Orcs disappeared from the earthrealm scene for many years to do battle with demonic invaders creeping into their homerealm from a darker dimension, which will be the subject of a forth-coming concept album.
The Warchiefs have lately returned to the Metalverse to reforge the sonic war machine. Two of the original WarChiefs have fallen in battle or left the Tribe. Hulg ElfR.I.P.per has met his final death after a series of zombie re-animations that always managed to go awry, while late bloviator and WarChief Gogog Bloodthroat has had the misfortune of seeing and embracing the Yellow Sign, which engulfed him in utter and irredeemable madness. This resulted in his disappearance through a wyrmhole back to the blasted wastes of Hirntodia, where it is rumored he screams in the wilderness hunting ghosts and demons in eternal rage.
Oog, Cretos, and Gronk! remain to carry the Metal banner of the Gore-Stained Axe Tribe. Gronk! has relinquished his sacred position as bass player to take on bardic vocal-telling and shamanic incantations in his new role as tribal front-orc; Oog lets loose with the tribal war drum beat downs; Cretos continues to grind filth as lead guitarist, while Srig Foehammer has been recruited to take over the bass playing thunder from Gronk! Shaman. The lastest addition to the band is Ghazghul Coffinfeeder, who has replaced Hulg as rhythm guitarist to complete the current line-up of the war machine that is A Band of Orcs.
Stay tuned for a rawer, more brutal form of tribal orc metal. Hail Gzoroth!!!