About Argus

There are at least eight bands which go by the name of Argus: 1: Argus is a doom/heavy metal band from Franklin, Pennsylvania, USA, who released their self-titled debut album, Argus, on Shadow Kingdom Records in May 2009. The band recorded a well-received demo in 2007 and maintains a page at http://www.myspace.com/theargus. In August 2010, Argus announced the title of their follow-up, sophomore album, Boldly Stride the Doomed, which was released in early 2011 via Cruz Del Sur Music. Argus is: Brian "Butch" Balich -- Vocals (formerly of Penance) Jason Mucio -- Guitar Erik Johnson -- Guitar Andy Ramage -- Bass Kevin Latchaw -- Drums 2: A Tasmanian psychedelic rock band who produced their first EP (as a three-piece outfit -- guitar, bass and drums) at the beginning of 2006, with three animated film clips on DVD. Shortly after, a keyboard player was added to the lineup. Argus' debut album Mighty Man was released through Warrior Records/UMGD in April 2009. 3: A Macedonian Heavy Metal band formed in 1987. 4: A power metal band from Mexico, which split up in 1992 after releasing two full-length albums -- "El Vigilante" (1990) and "Valle Azul" (1992). 5: A Medieval-themed black metal band from Romania, who released three demos and one full-length album, titled "Obscur si Etern" (2001), before changing their name to Argus Megere in 2005. 6: A heavy metal band from Florida, USA, who released a self-titled EP in 1983, and then promptly split up. 7: A New Wave of British Heavy Metal band (NWoBHM) from the UK, who are still listed as an active band in spite of their only release being the 1984 "Holocaust" single. 8: A hard rock band from the 1970s, which released one self-titled album. 9: A heavy metal band which released an album titled "Warrior of the World" in 1987 on Megaton Records.