he Berzerker was an extreme metal band from Melbourne, Australia and was formed in 1995. The bands music, heavily influenced by older death metal and grindcore, can be characterized as a fusion of these with speedcore, and gabber.[1] The bands founding member Luke Kenny described the bands style as industrial death metal.[2] The Berzerker has produced five full length albums, The Berzerker (2000), Dissimulate (2002), World of Lies (2005), Animosity (2007) and The Reawakening (2008). These were released through Earache Records, with the exception of the last album, which was self-released through Berserker Industries. During the early part of their career as a live act, band members were identified only as The Vocalist, The Guitarist, The Bassist and The Drummer, distinguishable on stage only by the masks they wore. However, the group eventually abandoned this device, after the masks became unhygienic with age, and to avoid unfavorable comparisons with Slipknot.[2] A DVD documentary, The Principles and Practices of The Berzerker (2004), includes several hours of live concert footage, as well as the first public images of the band members without their masks. Most of the bands music videos have been banned from broadcast for reasons such as the possible epileptic fit-inducing imagery contained in the video Forever, and the horrific imagery of Reality.[3] The latter features graphic images of cadavers and body parts.
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