History & Biography Formed by several known Montreal hardcore or metal musicians, Les Ékorchés is a hybrid and crossover band mixing cello with progressive tendencies as well as metal and hardcore. Glen Robinson produced the band’s debut. Brian Craig joined in time for the third record. The band played a concert in 2017 and disbanded.
The group featured artwork courtesy of Away of Voivod with a strong resemblance to the bigger band.
Reviews LES ÉKORCHÉS - IV DÉMONS - INDICA 
Quebec supergroup Les Ékorchés returns with its second record, one that continues with the band's acoustic metal/hardcore raison d'etre but also expands past the purely visceral aggression of the collective's debut. Featuring Michel "Away" Langevin (Voivod), Marc Vaillancourt (B.A.R.F.), Pat Gordon (Ghoulunatics) and Philippe Mius d'Entremont (Maruka), Les Ékorchés draws upon the combined experience of its members to create loud music that is unique its aforementioned acoustic capacity (and via the presence of d'Entremont's cello playing), but is also ready to infiltrate your brain: the songs on IV Démons, for all their bluster, never forget follow verse-chorus-verse and, as a result, get stuck in your head, willingly or not. Though a more dynamic and complex record than its adrenaline-junkie predecessor, IV Démons is still filled with enough fire to fulfill the awesome cover art's skull 'n' spikes mandate. Add the band's by-design, slang French lyrical approach, and IV Démons is as regionally authentic as it gets. - James Tape
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