15 Times Dead, Glasgow's self-proclaimed Godfathers of Girth Metal, formed in April 2004 and take their speed, power and melody from some of the major rock and metal bands of the past thirty years.
The Godfathers of Girth Metal arrived onto the local metal scene after reaching the Scottish Final of the global Emergenza Battle of the Bands at the start of 2005, playing to a packed O2 Academy in Glasgow with the judges calling them “A powerful act with a very distinct style and a lot of energy on stage”. Their performance on the night culminated in Andy winning the best bass player on the night out of the 30 bands performing.
From their first gig in Oct 2004 the band have cemented their place as one of the stalwarts of Glasgow metal, priding themselves on their explosive and entertaining live performances.
The band continued to grow in 2006 producing a four track demo while also taking their first trip outwith Scotland to play at the Godless Festival in Stoke, sharing the stage with other unsigned bands from across the UK.
Terrorizer listed them as one of the new wave of thrash bands to look out for in 2007/8 and the year culminated with the self produced digital single - Ride the Pain.
2008 continued the band's local success with key support slots with Panic Cell, Blitzkrieg and Blaze Bayley while also appearing as the main headline unsigned band at the inaugural Monsterz of Rock & Metal Festival in Dundee.
The band also won their way through to the UK Finals of Bloodstock Unsigned before taking an enforced hiatus in July 2008.
In May 2009 with Scotti now taking up guitar duties as well as sharing the vocals with Andy the lads returned to the studio to once again create their own personal brand of metal.
Since then they have been growing steadily stronger and finished 2010 by sharing the stage with the likes of UFO, Uriah Heep, Skid Row, Helloween, Saxon, MSG and their good mates Attica Rage with their first appearance at Hard Rock Hell IV.
2011 will see the 'Dead return to the studio to release their self produced debut album while continuing to bring Girth Metal to the Masses.
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