About Raging Speedhorn
Raging Speedhorn are a British extreme metal band formed in Corby, Northamptonshire in 1998.
Raging Speedhorn were formed in August 1998 from the merging of the bands Soulcellar and Box. The band quickly established itself as a major presence within the UK's metal scene.
Raging Speedhorn featured two vocalists, a style largely inspired by the UK hardcore band Hard to Swallow . The band's first single, "Thumper" , was released in 2000 to significant critical acclaim. In 2001, they charted in the UK Singles Chart with "The Gush".
On early Raging Speedhorn recordings, the music can be characterised by pounding basslines, heavily distorted riff-thick guitarwork and subject content consisting generally of hedonism, drug use, violence, antipathy for major band labels and depression.
Before the Sea Was Built was the only album the band produced with Larry Hibbitt of Hundred Reasons. It was released on 11 September 2007 through Steamhammer, a subsidiary of SPV Records.
Tour dates were announced with Trophy Scars on 8 March 2008. Weeks later, on 25 March 2008, it was announced the band would split after a final tour. However, the tour was uncerimoniously canceled that same day reportedly due to an inability to confirm dates or properly promote. A "final" tour was eventually scheduled for October and November of 2008 with dates across the UK and Ireland and finishing in Japan. Members joined other bands elsewhere, including Cardiff, Wales, and Stockholm, Sweden. John Loughlin, Jay Thompson and Dave Thompson were in the metal band The Death of Us as of 2013.
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