Low Twelve - Biography
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Biography
Low Twelve began in basement on West Graham Street in Bloomington Illinois during the summer of 1998. The band was founded by bass player/singer Pete Altieri and guitarist Tim McCleland. Les Aldridge was added as a second lead guitarist in late 1998 before the band's first performance. Original drummer Steve Chestney was replaced by Wes Pollock in late 1999.
The band recorded two demos prior to their first full length, "Flesh of the Weak" in late 2000 when they supported Pro-Pain on the Round 6 tour. The track "Brutal World" was feauted on the horror movie soundtrack for "Jigsaw" and they received praise in the metal media for their debut release. They followed up with a double cd/dvd release "Maggot Ridden Rotting Movie" and "Unfit For Human Occupancy" that led to some legal troubles with a fan in the film. For those reasons, the "Maggot" dvd was removed from the package and they only sell the cd.
In 2004-2005, Low Twelve recorded their next full length release, "This Side Toward Enemy" and released it February 14, 2006 on Rotting Corpse Records. On 1/1/06, the band signed with Rotting Corpse out of Chicago. To date the CD has been selling very well in the US as well as Europe and Asia to legions of new Twelve Heads. The band played many shows in 2006/2007 in support of the release and continues to stomp ass without mercy. They had the honor to open for GWAR on October 24, 2007 at the Canopy Club in Urbana Illinois to a sold out house of nearly 1,500 metal freaks!
Les Aldridge decided to pack it in after 10 years on guitar duties, and so the band decided to return to the original two new guitar player concept. Meister, formerly of the Breed of Sedition/Human Hatemachine/Killborn has joined forces with the band. Soon after Meister was added, another fret-ripper - Dan Steinlicht (Zeroshift) was drafted and welcomed the challenge. Already the Low Twelve sound is changing - but even heavier than before with two guitar players in tow. In September 2008, the band will play it's 250th live show!
Currently the band is writing new material and plan to record a new CD "Splatter Pattern" sometime in late 2008/early 2009 now that the new lineup is set and ready to destroy.
(Source: http://www.myspace.com/lowtwelve)
The band recorded two demos prior to their first full length, "Flesh of the Weak" in late 2000 when they supported Pro-Pain on the Round 6 tour. The track "Brutal World" was feauted on the horror movie soundtrack for "Jigsaw" and they received praise in the metal media for their debut release. They followed up with a double cd/dvd release "Maggot Ridden Rotting Movie" and "Unfit For Human Occupancy" that led to some legal troubles with a fan in the film. For those reasons, the "Maggot" dvd was removed from the package and they only sell the cd.
In 2004-2005, Low Twelve recorded their next full length release, "This Side Toward Enemy" and released it February 14, 2006 on Rotting Corpse Records. On 1/1/06, the band signed with Rotting Corpse out of Chicago. To date the CD has been selling very well in the US as well as Europe and Asia to legions of new Twelve Heads. The band played many shows in 2006/2007 in support of the release and continues to stomp ass without mercy. They had the honor to open for GWAR on October 24, 2007 at the Canopy Club in Urbana Illinois to a sold out house of nearly 1,500 metal freaks!
Les Aldridge decided to pack it in after 10 years on guitar duties, and so the band decided to return to the original two new guitar player concept. Meister, formerly of the Breed of Sedition/Human Hatemachine/Killborn has joined forces with the band. Soon after Meister was added, another fret-ripper - Dan Steinlicht (Zeroshift) was drafted and welcomed the challenge. Already the Low Twelve sound is changing - but even heavier than before with two guitar players in tow. In September 2008, the band will play it's 250th live show!
Currently the band is writing new material and plan to record a new CD "Splatter Pattern" sometime in late 2008/early 2009 now that the new lineup is set and ready to destroy.
(Source: http://www.myspace.com/lowtwelve)