Anton Reisenegger
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Georg Anton Reisenegger von Oepen |
| Also known as | "Behemoth» |
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January 21, 1969 Santiago, Chile |
| Genres | Thrash metal, death metal, heavy metal, extreme metal |
| Occupation(s) | Musician |
| Instruments | Guitar, Vocals |
| Years active | 1985–present |
| Associated acts |
Pentagram Criminal Lock Up Napalm Death Sepultura Fallout United Forces |
Anton Reisenegger von Oepen (born January 21, 1969) is the lead guitarist and vocalist of the Chilean Thrash/Death metal band Criminal. He is also the host of the Extreme metal radio show Disco Duro on Radio Futuro.
Anton is of German descent. At the age of 16 he took part in the creation of a new musical movement in Chile—Heavy metal. He started playing with friends and they decided to form what would become one of the leading global underground bands: Pentagram.
Pentagram was the first band in which Reisenegger performed as voice, guitar, and frontman. The group debuted on December 28, 1985 with the following lineup: Reisenegger (vocals and lead guitar), Juan Pablo Uribe (guitar), and Eduardo Topelberg (drums).
By 1987 the band recorded a demo (Demo I) in which Reisenegger improvised on bass guitar. Due to limited media coverage of the genre at the time, it was left for the fans to spread the albums of different bands. This was primarily accomplished by simply exchanging cassettes among fans and followers. This marketing method made Demo I quite popular within the extreme metal underground scene.
In September of that year, Pentagram released their second demo, called Demo II, which was well received. Thanks to internal distribution, the band was able to record a single in Switzerland, through the Chainsaw Murder Records label.
The loss of motivation of the group came from the national and international labels' disinterest in their music, which led to decreases in the quality and ingenuity of the music. All this, plus the immaturity of the members, led to the separation of the group.
Pentagram said goodbye to their public in 1988 at the Plaza Manuel Rodríguez before a crowd of 2,000 people.
On May 27, 2001 a packed Caupolicán theater witnessed the return of Pentagram to the stage, this time with both old and new fans.
Fallout was a fairly short-lived project, Reisenegger only lasted a year in the group and then withdrew. The style was more influenced by thrash and power metal, unlike his previous band that was clearly death metal.
They released two demos, which did not seem to gain much support.
Yet despite the limited success of the project, this was the beginnings of what would be his most ambitious and well-known product: Criminal.
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