Hirax: Американдық трэш-метал тобының тарихы

American thrash metal band
the band Hirax

Hirax (often stylized as HIRAX) is an American thrash metal band from Cypress, California. Starting in 1984 yet inspired by cross genre influences including blues vocalist Sam Cooke, who De Pena once cited as "the greatest vocalist [De Pena] has ever heard."

After releasing some demos, Hirax signed with Metal Blade and debuted with their first full length, Raging Violence, in 1985. After the change, they released their second album, Hate, Fear and Power, In 2003, the band played in Bang Your Head Festival, in Germany. The lineup completely changed, and Hirax released the album Barrage of Noise in 2001 with James Joseph Hubler, Justin Lent (Clusterfux), and Nick Sellinger. This lineup was brief as well. In 2003, De Pena recruited an entirely new lineup again, and released the album The New Age of Terror in 2004 with guitarists Dave Watson and Glenn Rogers (formerly of Deliverance), bassist Angelo Espino, and drummer Jorge Iacobellis. The lineup was also short lived due to irreconcilable differences. The band released their fourth studio album, El Rostro de la Muerte, in the spring of 2009. On July 20, 2013, Hirax performed at the International Festival Convivencia Rock 2013 that took place in Pereira, Colombia. Thirty six bands played in the three day festival and 10,000 people gathered each day of the event. On February 24, 2014, the band released their latest album titled Immortal Legacy, courtesy of Steamhammer Records. March 2015 saw the band play in the UK for the first time in their history, beginning with an appearance at Hammerfest in Gwynedd, Wales. Hirax still performs regularly to this day, and their latest album (and first in ten years) Faster Than Death is due sometime in 2024.