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While listening to the new Atrox the contrast to old Atrox becomes quickly clear. When the band started out in 1988 at first under the name Suffocation and after 1990 as Atrox, the Norwegians were pursuing a different path. After a couple of demos ("Darkness", "Mind Shadow", "Dead Leaves", "The Granskogen Recordings" and playing live with bands like Equinox, Edge of Sanity, Conception, Witchhammer or Godsend the band finally released its debut-album "Mesmerized" (1997), which presented an atmospheric mix of death and doom metal. With album number two and three release on Season of Mist "Contentum" (1999) and "Terrestials" (2001) Atrox renewed its sound towards a more melodic and at the same time experimental direction and started to call the outcome schizo metal. This was also due to the intense and bizarre vocals of singer (and keyboard) Monika Edvardsen – the younger sister of Ann-Mari Edvardsen, who replaced Kari Rueslåtten in The 3rd And The Mortal. These legendary Norwegians could be called straightforward in comparison with Atrox, but on "Orgasm" (2003) the Trondheim band took a less avant-garde turn themselves, which appealed to a broader audience and let to invitations to Hole in the Sky and Southern Discomfort festivals with bands like Katatonia, Arcturus, Entombed, Danzig, Red Harvest, Madder Mortem or The Haunted.
Finally, Atrox are returning in a new incarnation with their fifth full-length album "Binocular" combining their past with present and future alike: Do not expect easy listening, expect a surprising experience of exciting new dimensions in metal sound and space!