The Beginning
Concrete Coffin was formed in 2002 with Joe(vox), Tito(guitar), Aki(guitar),Ryu(bass), andAshwin(drums) in South San Francisco, CA. The band strives to create brutal and aggressiveBay Area Thrash that is true to its genre and fans. Armed with a 5 song demo and a handfulof local gigs the 'team of heavy' made an honorable impression among the Thrash communityboth in the Bay Area and worldwide, ultimately earning a spot in the first ever Thrash Metaldocumentary 'Get Thrashed' along side the best bands to ever come out of the Thrash era.
Baron, Eric join Concrete Coffin
Dueto personal circumstances Ryu(who is actually a guitarist that was filling inon bass) and Aki both had to part with the band before 2004, in early 2004 Eric joined theteam replacing Ryu on bass with authority, adding flavor with octaves and solid fingerpicking. From early 2004 until nearly summer of 2005, the team auditioned many guitarists,trying to find the right axeman who could replace master-soloist Aki, and finally cameacross Baron, who was hungry to play thrash again after years of grunge driven'metal'(nu-metal) bands looking for guitarists. Within a month, Concrete Coffin was gig readyagain, playing venues in the Bay Area regularly and opening for major acts.
Andras joins Concrete Coffin
Inthe summerof 2006 Ashwin decided to part ways with the team due to personal circumstances, and wasreplaced by local Hungarian drummer Andras, adding a slight European taste with lethal fills and a steady high paced meter. Ultimately deciding to pursue another direction at the end of 2007, Andras remains very close friends with the band and fills in regularly. He now pounds the skins for fellow local metalheads Tartarus in San Fransisco, and seems to have found the right fit for his style.
Tushar joins Concrete Coffin
Inthe summer of 2007, Concrete hired local drummer Tushar to lay down drum tracks for the current demo, showing so much interest in the band, delivering blistering double bass thrash beats, and due to the imminent departure of Andras, it was mutually decided that Tushar would join the band full time.
Never before has Concrete had such pounding, precise double bass, creating the thundering sound of today's Concrete Coffin. The team is mutually confident that it has reached it's potential of vintage Thrash sound, on record, as well as on stage.
