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BRAINCHOKE

'Introspective'

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BRAINCHOKE

'Migraine Music'

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BRAINCHOKE

logo t-shirt

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available in S,M,L,M,XL,XXL or girlie shirts in S,M,L and XL.

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PACKAGE DEAL 1

'Introspective' + T-Shirt

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PACKAGE DEAL 2

'Introspective' + 'Migraine Music' + T-Shirt

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Brainchoke was formed in January 2000. Former members of Suffering and Inimenter joined forces with other musicians with an equally extreme taste in music to form what was described as "England's new force in cool grind/death metal".

The line up of Simon (drums), Mark (vocals), Kieran, Paul (guitars), and Dave (bass) spent the first eight months of the bands existence writing material which evolved into the debut album, "Migraine Music".

"Migraine Music" was released through the band's own imprint, MBTC Productions, in November 2000 to a very warm reception from the underground music scene. Excellent reviews followed and gigs were lined up to support the release.

Positive feedback from those gigs prompted the release of "Mental Clarity", a six track EP used by the band to show off the progressive writing style, increased depth and song structure and also the fact that they were speeding up - the EP included re-recorded versions of two songs from the "Migraine Music" sessions played faster than ever before!

Brainchoke were voted number ten in the "Best unsigned band" category of Terrorizer magazine's 2001 readers' poll. To capitalise on this success, they appeared on the cover-mount CD of the March 2001 issue. Two new tracks were recorded for the occasion and one from the EP was re-mastered to combine into a "medley" lasting around four minutes. A mention in Kerrang! magazine and appearances on various compilation CD's has helped to increase the band's profile.

In the autumn of 2003, "Microchipped and Mindcontrolled" was released as a split CD with U.S. band Fetus Eaters through the U.K. label, Grindethic Records. The whole batch of CD's pressed sold out completely within eight months.

Also in 2003, Brainchoke recorded a five-track "demo", which was self-released as a stop gap until the next album. After an unexpectedly long hiatus, 2005 saw both Simon and Kieran leave the band to concentrate their efforts on other things. Within a week, the band recruited Mike, a long time friend, on drums.

The band then set about preparing their most recent, full length release, "Introspective". This was released on 7th July 2008 and is distributed through Grindethic Records/ Code 7. Favourable reviews continue to surface from both the underground scene from which the band sprung and also the mainstream metal media.

In January 2009, after over three years Mike left the band for pastures gayer only to be replaced by original drummer, Simon. In May, Brainchoke had an mp3 included on the Terrorizer magazine covermount Cd.

If you're one of the hundreds of people that have illegally downloaded the Introspective album, let us know what you think of it. We know we can't stop you doing it and won't waste time trying but please communicate with us!

The band will begin work soon begin working on new material.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 07/02/2006
Band Website: Designer required, please message us!
Band Members: Mark - Vocals Paul - Guitar Pondlife - Bass Simon - Drums- photo coming soon!p
Influences: Nasum, Brutal Truth, Deftones, Napalm Death, Dimmu Borgir, Slayer, Fantomas, Naked City, Blood Brothers, Cephalic Carnage, Rotten Sound, NIN, Slipknot, Ved buens ende, Shining, Pig Destroyer, Abba.
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Type of Label: Major

My Blog

The End?

Due to many things, I think that'll be all from us!  Bye for an amount of time!The well overdue revamped website will appear soon!www.brainchoke.co.uk
Posted by on Thu, 29 Apr 2010 14:53:00 GMT

Cd on Ebay!

I have gone nuts and put the Introspective cd on ebay with no reserve!
Posted by on Tue, 09 Feb 2010 16:10:00 GMT

2000-2010

To "celebrate"  the 10th anniversay of the band, Brainchoke's original line-up reunited to blast through the early material last week.A lot of questions remain unanswered.It was wierd!
Posted by on Mon, 08 Feb 2010 01:43:00 GMT

Free album downloads.

We know for a fact that the Introspective album has been downloaded hundreds of times. We can not do anything about this and don't have any intention of trying. We would, however, like to know what ...
Posted by on Sun, 25 Oct 2009 10:26:00 GMT

Graspop 2009

I hope that the people that got given the cd like it!  Let us know, innit! 
Posted by on Tue, 30 Jun 2009 14:47:00 GMT

The blue towel returns!

After the departure of Mike "infidel" Carrington (ward 23, if anyone is passing by broomfield hospital), we can announce that original Brainchoke drummer Simon, along with his blue towel, will be hand...
Posted by on Thu, 26 Mar 2009 12:57:00 GMT

Mike leaves Brainchoke!

After about three years (or something like that), Mike has decided to leave Brainchoke. His departure is totally amicable and the fact that his motorbike is suddenly leaking brake fluid is totally co...
Posted by on Mon, 23 Mar 2009 13:07:00 GMT

Vote for us!!!

Introspective has been nominated as one of the best Grindcore albums of 2008 by Metal Storm webzine! Please vote for us here:http://www.metalstorm.ee/awards/categories.php?cat_id=9 We're up against so...
Posted by on Thu, 19 Feb 2009 10:21:00 GMT

Zero Tolerance Giveaway!

Zero Tolerance magazine will soon be giving a copy of our "Introspective" cd away to new subscribers.For more information about Zero Tolerance magazine go to:www.myspace.com/ztmag
Posted by on Mon, 22 Dec 2008 02:29:00 GMT

What are we?

It seems that we don't musically fit anywhere!!!What do you guys and gals think we are? Death, Grind, Black, Psychadelic jazz with a hint of R+B?Help!BTW- We're now taking bookings for 2009 so get us...
Posted by on Sun, 23 Nov 2008 14:43:00 GMT