Happy Face began life in February 2002 when long time friends Julien and David got together to create technical and chaotic grindcore. Initially with Julien on drums and electronics and David on guitar, the line-up was completed by Gilles and Greg, providing vocals and bass respectively.

The band recorded their first demo in 2002 titled "Histoire sans Paroles", blasting through twelve tracks in no more than fifteen minutes. The demo received great reviews and showed a band overflowing with potential. Happy Face quickly gained a strong reputation on the French underground scene following a series of fierce live performances, and recorded their second demo "Tah!!!" which was met with acclaim, even gaining them a host of fans as far spread as Japan.

Rather than just being a typical deathgrind band, Happy Face draw together a range of aggressive styles. With grindcore, hardcore and death metal merged with a variety of time signatures and discordance, and the vocals relying on phonetics rather than words, the Happy Face sound is varied but constantly heavy. Akin to Napalm Death or fellow countrymen Nostromo, the chug-chug groove of Eternal Suffering and the timing of Meshuggah - a malicious blend of groovy, crushing death!

In 2004 Happy Face signed a management deal with H.I.M. Media, and spent the summer recording their first full-length album entitled "Le Tigre" with Benoit Brionne at Newdream Studios in Descartes, France. At the end of the year the band secured a licensing deal with Anticulture Records, home of rising metal heroes Gutworm and Interlock. The album was released across the UK and France to critical acclaim;

"A grindcore monster that will eat you up and won't even spit out the bones" both brutal as fuck AND innovative" 8/10 - Terrorizer (UK)

"Happy Face's debut is a winner" 8/10 - Metal Hammer (UK)

4.5/5 - Hard'N'Heavy (FR)

Happy Face completed several tours in Europe promoting "Le Tigre" covering the UK, France, Belgium and Malta, playing with many great bands such as Deicide, Total Fucking Destruction, Cryptopsy, Dew Scented, Vomit Remnants and Visceral Bleeding!

Late 2005 saw the band's first line-up change, amicably parting ways with vocalist Gilles and finding a replacement in Guillaume. After landing on their feet and playing a string of dates across Malta and France with Gutworm and Slit, the band are preparing for their second full length album. In 2006 the tiger rage will be unleashed again, more powerful than ever!

Biography from their official label: Anticulture