Belgium

There are three artists with this name: 1. Abel is five-piece acoustic / pop band from Breda, The Netherlands.
2. Abel is also a four-piece indie rock band from Poughkeepsie, NY.
3. Abel is also the name of a Spanish jazz / funk band from San Francisco, CA.
1. Abel is a Dutch acoustic / pop band from the city of Breda. The band was formed in 1996 as a cover band called The Acting Crowd. After many line-up changes, the band now has 5 members: - Joris Rasenberg (Vocals)

In the summer of 2008 Poison My Blood recorded their first album 'Monuments' at the Rape Of Harmonies studios (Heaven Shall Burn, Misery Speaks, ...) in Germany. 'Monuments' was released worldwide on January 1st 2009 through Disobedience Distro and Tornado Music. This caused the band to do several tours and play hundreds of shows, making a name for themselves as a hardworking and vicious metallic hardcore band.

Leng Tch'e aka death by a thousand cuts, is an ancient Chinese torture ritual where the victim is being doped up and cut into bits. The victim doesn't feel any of this procedure until it is far too late and death is unavoidable. Leng Tch'e the band formed in early 2001, basing their own hybrid of grindcore on bands such as Regurgitate, Hemdale, Nasum and Blood Duster and mixing it all up with some stoner / rock / hardcore influences, the band baptized their own unique style, now known as 'razorgrind'.

It all started in summer 2003 with Bert and Laurens on vocals, Roel on bass, Joey on guitar, and Kris on drums. Some songs got written but things didn’t move on. After a while, Joey left the band because he didn’t feel happy with the musical directions PTF was heading to. After some looking around, Derwin was the best man to fill the empty spot. For some time, things went right, writing some more songs. When Laurens decided to quit the band, they just move on with the 4 remaining members. This line-up did his first show in summer 2004.