Deadly Apples

Deadly Apples
Deadly Apples 2009
Background information
Origin	Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Years active	2002 – 2011
Associated acts	Korn, Nine Inch Nails, Massive Attack
Website	deadlyapples.com
Members	Alex Martel, Antoine Lamothe, Gabriel Maurice, Daniel Pelletier

Deadly Apples is a Canadian post-industrial and industrial rock act, founded in 2002 by Alex Martel (sometimes referred to as Freak) in Montreal, Quebec. Martel is the only original member of Deadly Apples and serves as its frontman, producer, art director, songwriter and instrumentalist along with bandmates Antoine Lamothe and Daniel Pelletier. Underground metal audiences in Canada warmly received Deadly Apples in its early years while the music was mainly influenced by alternative metal. The band gained a larger audience throughout the years as the music shifted to a more accessible industrial rock sound, resulting in moderate success.

Deadly Apples released two EPs, Metamorphosis Has Begun in 2005 and Infected in 2008, both produced and recorded by Martel with different producers. Although the recording and touring band featured a revolving lineup over the years, it currently consists of Martel on vocals, keyboards, sampling, guitars and tambourine; Lamothe on drums, keyboards and piano; Pelletier on guitars and keyboards; Gabriel Maurice on bass and piano. On stage, Deadly Apples usually gives harsh performances that frequently culminate with the band destroying their instruments, among various other stage antics by Martel that garnered some controversy. The band toured Canada and the U.S. many times since 2004, but has yet to do a full-scale U.S. tour.

In 2002, Alex Martel started playing with fellow students at his high school in Quebec. He had no musical knowledge and didn't own a microphone or any instrument. He taught himself how to sing. The initial sound was mostly influenced by alternative metal. In 2003, the name Deadly Apples was chosen and a revolving lineup of musicians accompanied Martel.

By early 2004, Martel had teamed up with Karl St-Pierre on guitars. St-Pierre's heavy metal influences, along with the emotional and melancoly music Martel was writing, defined the early sound of Deadly Apples that appealed to underground rock and metal audiences. Accompanied by Gabriel Maurice on bass, Mathieu Raby on drums and Melissa Lord on keyboards, Deadly Apples toured extensively in 2004 and 2005 through Canada.

The band's first EP, Metamorphosis Has Begun, was recorded over a weekend at a studio in Montebello, Quebec in 2005. It was produced by Martel and Jean-Guy Bruneau. Despite its raw sound, it gained many positive reviews in magazines across the world. The album mixed metal riffs, melodic piano, ambient keyboards, emotional vocals and growls. Some critics classified Metamorphosis as alternative metal, gothic rock and doom metal. MetalUniverse.net defined the music as psychotic metal.