Aftermath (American band)

Aftermath
L-R Chris Waldron, Ray Schmidt, Kyriakos (Charlie) Tsiolis, Steve Sacco, John Lovette
Background information
Origin	Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Genres	Heavy metal, thrash metal
Years active	1985–1996, 2014–present
Labels	Zoid Recordings Therometer Black Lotus Records Area Death Productions Shadow Kingdom Records Divebomb Records
Associated acts	mother god moviestar (Interscope) Stripping the Pistol
Members	Kyriakos Tsiolis Steve Sacco Ray Schmidt John Lovette
Past members	Adam Danny Vega Chris Waldron

Aftermath is a thrash band from Chicago formed in 1985. They have released two studio albums under two monikers and been involved in several compilation projects. They subsequently changed their name to Mother God Moviestar in 1998 after a trademark dispute with Dr. Dre in which the court found that both could use the name. The band reformed as Aftermath in 2015.

Aftermath was a Chicago-based thrash metal band during the 1980s and 1990s. Its demos landed them in metal magazines, including Kerrang ". , Metal Hammer ".,RIP Magazine ",Raw ". and Metal Forces ".

Its Words that Echo Fear demo was selected as one of Kerrang's Top 10 demos of 1990. The band's debut Eyes of Tomorrow has been released by multiple labels during the years and their demos continue to generate interest and fans around the world evidenced by the two reissues this year on Shadow Kingdom Records and Divebomb Records.

Having reunited in 2015 the band played the Ragnarokkr Metal Apocalypse festival in Chicago in May and Headbanger's Open Air festival in Hamburg, Germany in July. Celebrating 30 years since their formation, the band is reissuing their Eyes of Tomorrow debut cd on Shadow Kingdom Records on September 4, 2015. The remastered version by Paul Logus (Pantera, Anthrax) includes an expanded booklet and four bonus tracks. In October, Divebomb Records will reissue Killing the Future along with five bonus tracks and expanded booklet. Once again remastered by Paul Logus .

Chicago based Aftermath, fronted by the Greece born Kyriakos "Charlie" Tsiolis, formed in October 1985 when Charlie and his schoolmate Steve Sacco (Guitar) got together. This early incarnation with Adam (Bass) and Ray Schmidt (Drums) issued their first demo called 'Sentenced To Death' in 1986 featuring 'Sentenced to Death', 'Revenge', 'Shotgun' and 'The Aftermath'.

In 1987, they unleashed their second demo entitled ‘Killing The Future’ featuring the tracks ‘When Will You Die’, ‘Going No Place’, ‘Chaos’, ‘Meltdown’ and ‘War For Freedom’. The band pursued a mind blowing speed and technical brand of Thrash that soon set them apart from the pack.

The tracks "War For Freedom" & "When Will You Die" were both featured on the British ‘Metal Forces’ magazine compilation LP ‘Demolition: Scream Your Brains Out’ in 1988 Metal Forces. The LP featured tracks from Leviathan (Chris Barnes(Six Feet Under) on Vocals), Hobbs' Angel Of Death, Anacrusis & Atrophy. The appearance on the Metal Forces' compilation further expanded the band's international appeal.