The heavy metal group Metalsteel began playing in 2000 with four members; Beny Kic - guitar and vocal, Matej Sunik - bass guitar, Jaa Bizjak drums and Rok Tomic - guitar. The group first performed at the School`s Out festival in the town of Medvode, which is 13 kilometres northwest from the capital city of Slovenia, Ljubljana. The concert was taped on videocassette. Soon after, Alex kofjanec took over for Beny Kic on vocal, and the group followed by playing at numerous concerts around Slovenia. At the end of 2001 the group recorded their first demo track called Metalsteel 1 with five songs. The demo has been played at many clubs and festivals. Soon after US metal magazines Maniacs and Rockbottom published reviews of the demo. One year later the group stepped into a studio for the first time and recorded the song Novi Svet (New World). The song was placed on the SLO METAL VOL.1 compilation, which includes selections of the best Slovenian metal groups have to offer. After the compilation was launched Jaa Bizjak left the band due to disagreements, but soon after was replaced by Daa Trampu as the groups new drummer, recording a video for Novi Svet. After that the group had a tour at a bikers meetings. The climax of the tour occurred with appearances in Trbovlje at the Satan Brothers Biker's Meeting, the largest meeting of its kind. In 2003 the band once again stepped into a studio and recorded a new version of Novi Svet and also a new song called Sadist, which was placed on the Slovenian Play Rock compilation. After that the group played at many festivals, also playing at Rock Otocec, the main rock event in Slovenia. At the Rock Otocec event many famous foreign groups appeared, among them were metal groups PRIMAL FEAR and PAUL DI ANNO. After Rock Otocec the group took a short break, since the group was preparing for another run at the recording studio. In July the group finally recorded its first album, Usoda (Destiny), under label Play Records label. The album, which contains 13 songs, was followed by a few promotional concerts and a few with the famous Slovenian group REQUIEM. Further on followed a tour with groups OBIDIL and SARCASM, and a tour with NEGLIGENCE, SUPREMACY and OPHIDIAN. The tour ended with a concert at the Anti X-mas festival with NOCTIFERIO, PROSPECT and others. In 2004 the group recorded a video for the song Fobia (morbid dread), which was shown to the public in February in the Medvode cinema. The concert was recorded in DVD format, but was never officially launched. After this concert the group plays in several metal clubs. Season 2004 ends with a very important performance on METALCAMP 2004. The Band plays with metal giants like DANZIG, HYPOCRISY, DESTRUCTION,...
After this latest concert the group has taken a break because it is currently working on a new song for a second album, which is planned for end of this year (2005).
Beny Kic takes the vocal in newest album Taste the sin, which just arrived at store shelves, produced by Mark Lemer in RealTime studio.
www.metalsteel.ne
