#1: “A bag full of memories”
– BREACH -4

This is my first article for CVLT Nation. I’m stoked to be part of this now. As a European citizen I will try to bring articles on European bands that deserve attention. Not only brand new ones, but the essential ones. This is a very subjective matter, but maybe I match your taste at some point. Who knows. In case you don’t know: my name is Ralph and I sing and play guitar in a band called PLANKS. This very band has been compared to a bunch of others. Some of them actually were some sort of influence on our work, others weren’t. The one that matters most and thankfully a bunch of people could hear that: BREACH. And yes, to me, they are indeed THE most important and influential heavy band of all times.

Founded in Luleå, Sweden in 1993, they started out as a regular hardcore band playing a mix of old-school and the soon to be popular new-school/mosh hardcore. They joined the roster of BURNING HEART records along with bands such as MILLENCOLIN, SATANIC SURFERS, REFUSED, ABHINANDA etc. By that time, bands on the label either sounded like Sick Of It All or NoFX. You could already hear what later on in their career became a trademark of Breach-sound: the bass as the most significant instrument alongside the significant vocals.
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