Landmine Marathon
| Landmine Marathon | |
|---|---|
| Origin | Phoenix, Arizona, United States |
| Genres | Death metal |
| Years active | 2004–present |
| Labels | Deep Six Records |
| Associated acts | Impaled |
| Website | http://www.landminemarathon.com |
| Members | Krysta Martinez Ryan Butler Dylan Thomas Matt Martinez Raul Varela |
Landmine Marathon is an American death metal band from Phoenix, Arizona. Formed in 2004, the band was signed to Prosthetic Records, with Deep Six Records exclusively releasing the vinyl versions of their albums.
Landmine Marathon was founded in Phoenix, Arizona late 2004 by Perry and Martinez, with founding members Mike Waldron, Eric Saylor, Mike Pohlmeier and Nick Ziska. Originally, Landmine Marathon took much of its songwriting influence from Powerviolence and Scum era Napalm Death, with average song lengths under one minute.
In April 2005, Landmine Marathon entered Ryan Butler’s Arcane Digital Recording Studios to record a seven song demo that was self-released for a summer tour. Upon returning from their summer tour, the band parted ways with third guitarist Ziska and began to develop their sound, drawing influence from early European Death Metal bands. In late 2005, the band returned to Arcane Digital Recording Studios to record a four song demo. The second demo caught the attention of Greg Drudy, owner of Level Plane Records, who offered to release the band’s first full-length album “Wounded”.
“Wounded” was recorded by Ryan Butler at Arcane in March 2006, and it was released in July 2006. The band celebrated the release with its first full United States tour. Upon completion of their summer tour, Saylor left the band and was replaced by longtime friend and engineer Ryan Butler.
With the addition of Butler to Landmine Marathon’s lineup, songwriting evolved to include more structured songwriting and the use of guitar solos. February of 2007 saw the release of a split EP with Bay Area thrashers Scarecrow, which was released by Level Plane Records.
After an early 2008 West Coast Tour, Waldron left the band to return to college. He was replaced briefly by live guitarist Jeff Owens. With Butler now the primary songwriter, the band continued to write new songs which made up Landmine Marathon’s second full length album “Rusted Eyes Awake” which was released in October 2008 by Level Plane Records. “Rusted Eyes Awake” features guest vocals from Armageddon/ex-Nightrage vocalist Antony Hämäläinen and Job For A Cowboy vocalist Jonny Davy Shortly after the release of “Rusted Eyes Awake”, Owens was replaced by Dylan Thomas.
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