Kill II This
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Kill II This were a metal
Heavy metal music
Heavy metal is a genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, largely in the Midlands of the United Kingdom and the United States...

 band from Manchester, England.

Kill II This achieved some minor cult popularity during their existence. The band emerged from the ashes of China Beach, who split up in late 1994 after one EP and one album at the end of a tour with German Band Running Wild
Running Wild (band)
Running Wild is a German heavy metal band, formed in 1976 in Hamburg. They were part of the German heavy/speed/power metal scene to emerge in the early to mid 1980s. The band has carved its niche in the metal world as the first "pirate metal" band, a theme which took off with the release of Under...

. By the time of their fourth and last album, 2003's mass.(down.)-sin.(drone)
Mass.(down.)-sin.(drone)
Mass.-sin. is the last album to be released by British Heavy metal band Kill II This before they split in 2003.-Track listing:#Truth...and Other Lies#Frame By Frame#Universe In A Nutshell#Circles#Gender Reassignment#Winter Green...

, the band had gone through two member overhauls, guitarist Mark Mynett being the sole original member. Eventually the band broke up, with Mynett, along with several other British musicians in a new band called City Of God.

Mark Mynett is now a Senior Lecturer in Music Technology & Production at the University of Huddersfield and currently resides in Stockport, England with his pet dog Lucy. Mynett has recently had the cover feature published in November 2009's issue of Sound on Sound magazine where he discusses 'Extreme Metal Production'. Mynett still actively produces albums from his studio in Huddersfield, England.

Lineup

Last members:
  • Phillip Bretnall - vocals
    Singing
    Singing is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, and augments regular speech by the use of both tonality and rhythm. One who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music known as songs that can be sung either with or without accompaniment by musical instruments...

  • Mark Mynett - Guitar
    Guitar
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  • Pete Stone - Bass
    Bass guitar
    The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....

  • Steve Rooney - drums
    Drum kit
    A drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....



Previous members:
  • Nick Arlea - vocals
    Singing
    Singing is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, and augments regular speech by the use of both tonality and rhythm. One who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music known as songs that can be sung either with or without accompaniment by musical instruments...

  • Matt Pollock - vocals
    Singing
    Singing is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, and augments regular speech by the use of both tonality and rhythm. One who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music known as songs that can be sung either with or without accompaniment by musical instruments...

  • Caroline Campbell - Bass
    Bass guitar
    The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....

  • Jeff Singer
    Jeff Singer
    Jeff Singer is a British musician and former drummer of Paradise Lost.Singer has recorded three albums with Blaze...

     - drums
    Drum kit
    A drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....

  • Ben Calvert - drums
    Drum kit
    A drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....


Discography

  • 1996: Another Cross II Bare
  • 1998: Deviate
    Deviate (Kill II This album)
    Deviate is a 1998 album from British Heavy metal band Kill II This.-Track listing:# Soundtrack To Murder# Kill Your Gods# Freedom Of Speech# The Flood# Generation Pain# Funeral Around My Heart# This World# Mourning Sickness# Crucified...

  • 2001: Trinity
  • 2003: mass.(down.)-sin.(drone)
    Mass.(down.)-sin.(drone)
    Mass.-sin. is the last album to be released by British Heavy metal band Kill II This before they split in 2003.-Track listing:#Truth...and Other Lies#Frame By Frame#Universe In A Nutshell#Circles#Gender Reassignment#Winter Green...


External links

  • Fan Page @ Myspace
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  • Band Info @ Metal Storm
  • Band Info @ BNR Metal Pages Band Info
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