Massacration | |
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 The band performing in Fortaleza, 2017 | |
| Background information | |
| Origin | Fictional: United States Actual: Brazil |
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| Labels | Fictional: Shusi Records Actual: Deckdisc, EMI, Top Link Music, Shinigami Records |
| Members | Detonator (Bruno Sutter) Red Head Hammett (Franco Fanti) Metal Avenger (Marco Antônio Alves) Headmaster (Adriano Silva) Jimmy the Hammer (Felipe Torres) |
| Past members | Blondie Hammett (Fausto Fanti) |
| Website | massacration |
Massacration is a fictional American heavy metal band created by Brazilian humorists and musicians Bruno Sutter (as vocalist Detonator), Fausto Fanti (as lead guitarist Blondie Hammett), Marco Antônio Alves (as bassist Metal Avenger), Adriano Silva (as rhythm guitarist Headmaster) and Felipe Torres (as drummer Jimmy the Hammer), all of them part of the comedy troupe Hermes & Renato.[1] Heavily influenced by the similar semi-fictional metal act Spinal Tap and self-styled as "a banda da galera" (roughly translated into English as "the people's/crowd's band"), Massacration is a light-hearted parody of heavy metal subculture and "metalhead/headbanger" stereotypes, lampooning the music and aesthetics of such famous metal bands as Black Sabbath, Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, Manowar, Sepultura, Angra, among others.[2] The band's music features humorous lyrics written in a combination of intentionally broken English and Portuguese, sung in an exaggerated falsetto by Sutter.
Although Silva and Torres are credited as rhythm guitarist and drummer respectively and appear in the group's promotional materials, they are not musicians; rhythm guitar parts were handled by Fausto Fanti (and later, his brother Franco, who replaced him as "Red Head Hammett" following his 2014 death)[3] and drums have been recorded by guest musicians.
- ^ "'Maior banda de metal do mundo', Massacration anuncia turnê pelo Brasil". UOL (in Portuguese). April 10, 2017. Retrieved September 4, 2023.
- ^ Luciano Schneider (August 22, 2019). "Massacration: tosco, politicamente incorreto e absurdamente engraçado". Whiplash.net (in Portuguese). Retrieved March 22, 2021.
- ^ Marcelo Moreira (April 17, 2017). "Massacration está de volta: a piada é boa, mas é velha". Combate Rock (in Portuguese). Retrieved September 11, 2021.