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From their MySpace page at http://www.myspace.com/totaloathe
Not a band that minces its words, Loathe is now on the threshold of a new era. Having released three EPs over the last 5 years, their new, full length album, entitled ‘Despondent By Design’, was released on the UK's Casket Records on the 23rd of July 2010 to great critical acclaim.


Loathe has been around for 8 years and has released a spate of EPs and criss-crossed the UK repeatedly since then.  2009 saw Loathe record their debut full length album, Despondent By Design, due to be released in early 2010.  Loathe has shared stages with a few remarkable bands such as Sabbat, Detonation, Let ‘Em Bürn, SLAB, SevenYearsDead and K.O.Kaine, apart from local heavyweights SLIT, Beheaded, ItEM and Abysmal Torment.
On the live circuit, Loathe are a constant appearance. The band has toured the UK many times over and shared stages with bands such as Evile, Detonation, Sabbat, K.O.Kaine, SevenYearsDead, Let ‘Em Bürn, SLAB, Morgue Orgy and Trigger the Bloodshed, apart from local heavyweights SLIT, Beheaded, ItEM and Abysmal Torment.  


The band plays a fiery brand of metal which fuses elements from the thrash and hardcore movements with the brutality of contemporary death metal.  Loathe has been praised extensively in the press. This is what was about their 2007 MCD Darkest Night Of The Soul:
Locally, on their island of Malta, the band is known as a heavyweight among the metal bands and has played a number of legendary gigs, including 2 headlining spots in the famed Extreme Maltese Metal summer festival, as well as 2010 edition of this festival, entitled Xtreme Metal Assault.


“…….With this release Loathe should be brought to the attentions of labels rapidly, mostly owing to the material and the brutality of the mix that leaves no question as to the power of the songs…….”
Freshly signed to Casket Records and putting all their weight behind the new album, Loathe are raring to go. 'Despondent By Design' has been received extremely well in all quarters. Loathe has also been featured and praised extensively in the press, including appearances on the Times and Sunday Times, Maltatoday, Manic Magazine, In-Nazzjon, Tune-In, L-Orizzont and many more. During the 2009 Dark Design Tour Loathe was interviewed by Kerrang! Radio in Birmingham.
[www.metal-observer.com]


“…….When they get it right, they get it spectacularly right…….”
The band can be found on [http://www.loatheonline.com/], [https://www.facebook.com/loathe], [http://twitter.com/loathetheband] and [http://www.myspace.com/totaloathe]
[www.live4metal.com]


“…….the professionalism and talent displayed in the four tracks portrays a group taking their first steps towards an interesting career…….”
[www.ultimatemetal.com]


“…….Tight as ever and with murky melodic twists planted deep inside the blend of grating riffage…….”
[www.lib66.tk]


“…….A hard sledgehammer blow of thrashes and doom metal goodness…….”
Line-Up
[www.raised-horns.co.uk]
 
The Dark By Design Tour kicked off on Saturday the 24th of October 2009 and saw Loathe and SLAB go across the UK in 10 days. During this tour Loathe was interviewed by Kerrang! Radio.


*Mark Debono - bass
*Mark Debono - bass

Revision as of 11:48, 2 September 2010

Not a band that minces its words, Loathe is now on the threshold of a new era. Having released three EPs over the last 5 years, their new, full length album, entitled ‘Despondent By Design’, was released on the UK's Casket Records on the 23rd of July 2010 to great critical acclaim.

On the live circuit, Loathe are a constant appearance. The band has toured the UK many times over and shared stages with bands such as Evile, Detonation, Sabbat, K.O.Kaine, SevenYearsDead, Let ‘Em Bürn, SLAB, Morgue Orgy and Trigger the Bloodshed, apart from local heavyweights SLIT, Beheaded, ItEM and Abysmal Torment.

Locally, on their island of Malta, the band is known as a heavyweight among the metal bands and has played a number of legendary gigs, including 2 headlining spots in the famed Extreme Maltese Metal summer festival, as well as 2010 edition of this festival, entitled Xtreme Metal Assault.

Freshly signed to Casket Records and putting all their weight behind the new album, Loathe are raring to go. 'Despondent By Design' has been received extremely well in all quarters. Loathe has also been featured and praised extensively in the press, including appearances on the Times and Sunday Times, Maltatoday, Manic Magazine, In-Nazzjon, Tune-In, L-Orizzont and many more. During the 2009 Dark Design Tour Loathe was interviewed by Kerrang! Radio in Birmingham.

The band can be found on [1], [2], [3] and [4]


Line-Up

  • Mark Debono - bass
  • Alan Chetcuti - drums
  • Karl Cachia - guitar
  • Kurt Pace - guitar
  • David Fenech - vocals
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