History & Biography Steve Minelli founded the band in 1994. Gary D'Eramo joined on vocals and guitar a year later, but departed in 1997. Minelli himself departed in 1999 and Gary D'Eramo rejoined the fold, but only on guitar allowing Daniel Botti to remain the full-time singer. Klaus Mariani continued on bass until 2009. John Manti was the early drummer, but did not last. Steve Minelli issued the 1994 demo Grind Revolution In Mass Evolution. Lucretia Records issued the 1995 EP, Ask. It was actually a band demo. It was three years before the label released the group’s full-length. The group opened for Anthrax in 2003. Das Kapital was supported by a tour with Lacuna Coil in Italy. The group toured with Withering Surface and HateSphere in 2004. As God Kills was self-recorded and issued by Massacre Records. The group toured with lacuna Coil again. The In The End album is again on Scarlet and featured Marco Rebecai on session bass now that Mariani had left. The band played at Rock In Park in 2016. D’Eramo abdicated from the microphone in 2018 and picked up the bass as well as the guitar. Gabriele Ghezzi joined on guitar in 2018. Aside from D’Eramo the line-up has wholly changed again. As God Kills 15th Anniversary - Live At Slaughter Club 2021 was taped in Milan, Italy in 2021 and released in 2022.
CN Sid left in 2022. He cited health problems as the reason. The band had already begun recording a new album with him. New vocalist was Last Rites' Davide “Dave” Arri. Node uploaded a lyric video for the song iGod, which featured the new vocalist. More follow-up tracks were promised, which would be united by a concept devised by bassist Gary D'Eramo, the band's founder.
Node began life death grinding before drifting to the more thrashy side of extremity.
Reviews NODE - TECHNICAL CRIME - LUCRETIA
Node is an Italian band composed of current and former members of Death SS, Sadist and others. Album number one, while certainly nothing to rave about, has several good qualities about it. As soon as As God Wills kicks in the foursome displays a certain naive hardcore element which forms the band's basis. While, as the intricate solos attest, this is mostly metal, the simple and straightforward riffs displace Node into a mixed environment. It is not DRI exactly, but it is not Cannibal Corpse either. Also included is the oddball old recording updates (Ask 1997), a sordid quasi-industrial run for MTV recognition (Ironic Prophecy) and a 1971 cover version called Hymn 43. In Sum, Node has enough energy and material to warrant its album and the subsequent publicity. - Ali "The Metallian"
NODE - DAS KAPITAL - SCARLET
Node is an Italian thrash metal band that is influenced by the Gothenburg sound, but Das Kapital is a great album nonetheless. The key here is that there is so much more to Node and Das Kapital. The album positively grows on the listener as its many intricacies come to light.
Node's third album is a concept album dealing with the events of the twentieth century. The album kicks off with War Goes On which deals with World War I and flies through tracks like The East-Ghost, Retreat '42 and The Plot Sickens. Each song takes a critical look at war, money and power as one quickly discovers that it is no coincidence the album's title is inspired by the book of Karl Marx. The band does not shy away from controversy and does with its lyrics as extreme music does, namely includes a Soviet military anthem, a clip from Goebbels, the Nazi minister for propaganda, and even tags an aggressive version of Queensrÿche's Empire onto the album.
A thinking man's album? Perhaps, but the band's At The Gates, Dark Tranquility, Sadist and Kreator-influenced metal is both swift and controlled and above all great listen. The band's singer is powerful, the guitarist breakneck, the solos inspiring - especially the one on War Goes On - and the sound precise and strong. There are many interesting details one can mention - like the bass sound at the end of Outpost or the hardcore beginning to The East-Ghost, not to mention the lyrics - but it is safe to say that Node's newest is a real sneaker of an album. It would be nigh on perfect were it not for the isolated synthesizer effect or clean vocal. Play tip: One Way Media. - Ali "The Metallian"
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