About Barbarossa

There are at least three bands named 'Barbarossa': 1) A 4-piece Indie/Post-Rock band from Rochester, NY. Formed in 2012. Current Lineup: Kyle Waldron - Guitar/Vocals David Mistretta - Guitar/Vocals Gary Umstetter - Drums Andrew Benedict - Bass 2) Barbarossa was legendary Latvian death metal band from Liepāja, Latvia formed in year 1996 by members of such bands as Preceptory, At The Tomb, Anaesthesia. The middle age of band members was 20. In July 1996 was recorded first demo - "Dead Body River". This demo contains 20 min of brutal, fast and smashing death metal. Recorded on Yamaha MT 8 XII eight track cassette recorder. After the recording Barbarossa continued to play gigs in Latvia . Song " Before the Death" is included in Latvian metal complication tape "Melnā Piektdiena" and also reached the number 140 in "Latvian Music Chart 1997". The new song "Inferno Unleashed" was recorded in May of 1997 in M.V.Records in Liepāja, Latvia. After this recording the work in studio continues and the result of it is a new demo "Inferno Unleashed" which consists of 4 songs. The music of the band on this demo is more brutal, technical and more sound full. Band split up in year 1999 - after then bass guitarist Māris and guitarist Leonīds formed death metal / doom metal band called "Insane". The original lineup: Renārs Dradeiko - vocal Māris Norenbergs - guitar Leonīds Heidemanis - guitar Māris Stupelis - bass guitar Dmitrijs Bergs - drums Discography: 1996 || EP "Dead Body River" 1997 || EP "Inferno Unleashed" www.iclub.lv/zive/music/barbarossa www.myspace.com/barbarossadeathmetal Barbarossa / R.I.P. - 1999 3) Barbarossa ('Red Beard' in Italian) is the alter-ego of London based singer-songwriter James Mathe - a man blessed with an incredibly emotive voice, yet cursed with a (well-trimmed) fiery-ginger beard. Barbarossa first came to the attention of Fence Records in 2004, with a 3 track EP produced by ADEM (Domino Records) - and he has since released a mini-album (entitled Sea Like Blood) as part of the Collective's 'Picket Fence' series.