Coroner (Band)
Coroner was a Swiss thrash metal band from Zurich, which was from 1984 to 1995. Coroner are especially known for their progressive, jazz -influenced style and guitar playing Tommy Vetterlis, although at the time of its existence, failed to commercial success. Coroner always played to its end in the same occupation.
History
Coroner were founded in Zurich in 1984. To a first incarnation of the band included bassist Ron Broder next to guitarist Oliver Amberg, who joined Celtic Frost later. With just that also originating from Zurich band Coroner connects especially at the beginning of her career a lot. So took over Celtic Frost vocalist Thomas Gabriel Fischer appeared on the 1986 Coroner - Death Cult demo the song, at which time the members of both bands were good friends for several years; Amberg replaced with guitarist Tommy Vetterli Coroner and drummer Marky Edelmann in turn were as roadies with Celtic Frost on tour. Early in her career, the musicians operating under the pseudonyms. Vocalist / bassist Ron Broder called Ron Royce, guitarist Tommy Vetterli traded as Tommy T. Baron and drummer Marky Edelmann called Marquis Marky.
As Celtic Frost were taken mid-1980s by the German label Noise Records, Coroner. The first album R.I.P. appeared in 1987. The album received rave reviews and sold in Europe more than 50,000 times. In addition to the progressive tendencies influenced by jazz and classical music style itself coroner recorded from the start by a concise album concept, which determines the basic appearance of all Coroner albums. A planned European tour as the opening act for MOD however, was canceled. The second LP Punishment for Decadence appeared a year after the debut and has with an idiosyncratic interpretation of the Jimi Hendrix song Purple Haze first time a cover on. A planned U.S. tour with Sabbath and Rage was canceled at the last moment and concerts in England were postponed because of an issued work permit for the musicians. Later that year, the band played the opening act for Sacred Reich.
After the third album No More Color, the band completed a first headlining tour through Europe and was supported by Watchtower. Is generally regarded as the reference work of the band Mental Vortex in 1991. The album was recorded in the studio in Berlin Sky Trak and mixed Morrisound studio in Tampa, Florida by Tom Morris. With I Want You ( She's So Heavy) an idiosyncratic cover version is again represented in the original by The Beatles. In 1993, the band released the studio album Grin, which continued the path of its predecessor consistently. Again, the album was mixed by Tom Morris. A European tour opening for Annihilator followed.
In 1995, the band released the best-of album Coroner. On three new songs for the album can be heard on drums Peter Haas (ex - Krokus, Calhoun Conquer, Mekong Delta ). At the beginning of 1996 completed a Coroner " Farewell " tour in France and Switzerland. At these concerts, an audio cassette called The Unknown Unreleased Tracks was sold from 1985 to 1995. In the same year the band was dissolved. Vetterli then founded the band Clockwork, which was disbanded in 1996. Edelmann joined in 1997 as part of Thomas Gabriel Fischer's new band Apollyon Sun in action and can be heard on the album will be released in 2000, Sub, also he engaged in the electronic field of music. Broder was no longer active in the music business.
2005 fueling rumors about a possible reunion, but were denied after a meeting of the band with a press release. In 2010 the band decided next year together performing and rehearsing it. There were concerts in Lausanne, Maryland Deathfest, Hellfest Summer Open Air, Bloodstock Open Air, and in 2012 on the 70000 Tons of Metal posted on the. In an interview Tommy Vetterli spoke on the one hand from the fact that that this constitutes not a revival of the group, but that they would only play a few concerts together. On the other hand, he closed the production of a new album does not categorically.
Music style
Classic Thrash referred to coroner as " undoubtedly one of the better technical Speed-/Thrash-Metal-Bands ". The characteristic sound of the band, which from the first album RIP to has been maintained, is "very difficult, not just the fastest, but more technical than the average band "; nevertheless the result blade " mostly pretty interesting and fresh ." The second album Punishment for Decadence is more consistent than the debut, but he lacked the energy. On their third album No More Color, with whom she moved away from conventional thrash metal, the band sounded despite the technical aspect and the variation " devastating hard and focused "; it was the " most difficult and probably the best early albums of Coroners '.