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eXPYRE

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eXPYRE is the Twin Cities based metal band determined on unleashing their own brand of dark, scathing, emotionally grinding music on the world. Comprised of soul wrenching vocals; punishing guitar; bludgeoning bass; and violent drum work.

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Expyre - From The Shadows Video

Expyre - Beaten up and Broken Down @ The Corner Saloon 3/27/08

Expyre- World of Sh*t Live @ Star Central-4/20/05

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Member Since: 24/05/2005
Band Website: http://www.geocities.com/expyreband
Band Members: Vocals

Pat"Flex"Young

Guitar

Jesse"Big Toke"Tolkkinen

Drums

Ryan"Zeus"Smith

Bass

Austin Larson

Influences: Slayer, Misfits, Machine Head, Sepultura, Fear Factory, S.O.D., Alice in Chains, Lamb of God, Testament, Hatebreed, Face Down, In Flames, Ministry, Children of Bodom, DeCemBer, Nailbomb, Pantera, Vader, Six Feet Under, The Crown, At the Gates, The Haunted, Nile, Anthrax, Overkill, Black Sabbath, Chimaira, Amon Amarth, Soilent Green, Goat Whore, Acid Bath, Hypocrisy, Cradle of Filth, Tool, God Forbid, Otep, Skinlab, Mortician, Helmet, Morbid Angel, Snot, White Zombie, Prong, Slipknot, Gwar, Suffocation, Bile, Nine Inch Nails, Pissing Razors, Static-X, Mastadon, Cannibal Corpse, Corporation 187, Shadows Fall, November 17, God Flesh, Black Dahlia Murder, Front Line Assembly, Black Flag, Mushroomhead, KMFDM, Samael, Type O Negative, Napalm Death, Deadlights, Pro-Pain, Dimmu Borgir, Hellshock, Venom, Death, Obituary, Macabre, Martyr A.D., American Head Charge, Vehemence, Unearth, Soilwork, My Ruin, Tura Satana, Manhole, Stone Temple Pilots, Crystal Method, Razed In Black, The Doors, Rage Against the Machine, Bad Religion, Faith No More, Mudvayne, Ramnstein, Pitchshifter.
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Record Label: Unsigned / Expyre Empyre records

My Blog

Our Review in The Diatribe

We got our first write up in the September issue of The Diatribe. For those of you that don't know, The Diatribe is a self published metal-zine done by Eric Freitag of Jaundice that covers the local ...
Posted by on Thu, 13 Sep 2007 13:15:00 GMT

Thanx to everyone for come out to the Friday the 13th show @ Station 4

Expyre would like thank everyone that came out to the show & afterparty on Friday Night! We were really surprised by the number people that stuck around to watch us play at 1am in the morining, thank ...
Posted by on Sun, 15 Apr 2007 11:15:00 GMT

**Attention Please Read** Expyre's New Music Store

We have decided to open our music store to help start funding for our full length studio release. Right now we have our last studio demo for $0.50 a song (that's a dollar for the whole E.P.) and we a...
Posted by on Fri, 12 Jan 2007 04:20:00 GMT

Bittersweet Anniversary

December 8, 2006 marks the Expyre's 2 year anniversary. December 8, 2004 was a very bittersweet day for us. We had been looking forward to that day for weeks. It was to be our first show as Expyre at ...
Posted by on Fri, 08 Dec 2006 16:20:00 GMT

Summer Rap Up

Autumn has now arrived and with the change in season, Expyre will now be taking some time off from the gigging circuit to plan and prepare for the future. It has been, to say the least, a very eventf...
Posted by on Sun, 08 Oct 2006 04:20:00 GMT

The Red Barn Metal Meltdown II

Wow! Im blown away by how awesome this Meltdown went! First off, Expyre wants to thank everyone that came to the show, helped with the show, and all the bands that played that made this show so freak...
Posted by on Wed, 24 May 2006 12:31:00 GMT

After Star Central

Well this show turned out how we expected for Star Central on a Thursday night. This was our second time playing Star Central, we played last April 20th with Serrated Edge and Stab Corp. (IA). Befor...
Posted by on Fri, 20 Jan 2006 18:24:00 GMT

Angela Mae Larson-Coleman - R.I.P.

A very good friend and fan of ours Angela Mae Larson-Coleman, 23, passed away early Sunday morning, January 15, 2006. She was survived by her husband our long time friend Leon Coleman. Angie was a s...
Posted by on Tue, 17 Jan 2006 17:53:00 GMT

After the Rock

So we finally got to play the Rock again after almost a year and I would have to say this Show went way better. We would really like to thank Sinis for putting the show together and inviting us to pl...
Posted by on Sun, 08 Jan 2006 16:33:00 GMT

After the Meltdown

What a Party! All of us at the Expyre camp would like thank everyone that came to the Show and helped make it a success. We all had a blast and all the bands that played were awesome. Setting up th...
Posted by on Mon, 07 Nov 2005 14:48:00 GMT