Refused Records

Sankt Poelten, capital of Lower Austria, not only gives shelter to the metalband EPSILON, but also enough stages to enter, a scene full of frantic metalheads essential for the band to develop and to find themselves over the years since their formation in 2003.

Primarily conceived to play Thrash-Metal with HipHop-vocals, they recorded their first EP entitled „Simple Life“ in 2006. Several changes in the line-up led to a big alteration of the musical concept and expressional attributes, whereby their current style can be assumed to be “Fucking Thrash ‘n’ Death Metal”.

In the following two years, dozens of gigs at the most different locations were performed, from village taverns to international metal-festivals, from whorehouses to established metal venues to support bands like OBITUARY, BENEDICTION, BIOHAZARD and many others. They are favoured by the crowd due to their „we take no slaves – schutt und asche“-mentality.

After constant and high-energetic live-presence, the five pussies went back to the studio to record their EP – „From This Pain“ (2008). With a more diversified and sophisticated approach to composing, the songs were nailed on tape. The press reactions have been very differently concerning the new material reached from „love it, it’s a fist in your face!“ to „marginal shit; push it into your asses, there it fits best“ FAZIT: love it or hate it.

Due to positive resonance on their live shows, the band got more independent and much more self-confident to proceed in making wide-based metal music with a broad range of musical influences and accentuated varying stylistic facets and characters.

Live they are best served and consumed before main meals like ILLDISPOSED, SIX FEET UNDER, HYPOCRISY, (old) DARK TRANQUILLITY and similar. But based on their musical variety, openess and uncomplicated companionableness backstage, they fit to most bands of other artistic rock- and metalstyles as well, sometimes even to straight-edged Hardcore-Acts. If on tour or on festivals like Metalcamp, Kaltenbach, STP Metal Weekend and others, EPSILON are always pushing the limits.

Throughout the years, Epsilon grew a considerable fanbase. With some of the most dedicated and loyal fans, who love them for their ironical „gay music for gay people, but with the bollocks of elephants“. Hell yeah! As long as these people are coming to the shows, rockin’ the crowd, keep freaking out and do crazy stuff, the EPSILON-Polonaise will roll on.

With “Truly Yours And In Love”, which will be released in May 2011 on REFUSED RECORDS, EPSILON are celebrating “straight in your face Death Metal” that kicks ass.