thrash metal

The quintet -- Ted Poley (vocals), Andy Timmons (guitar), Bruno Ravel (bass), Steve West (drums), and Kasey Smith (keyboards) Landed a deal with Epic in 1989. The same year saw the release of the group's self-titled debut, spawning the single/video "Naughty Naughty," which enjoyed a few airings on MTV's Headbanger's Ball program. The album failed to break the group through to the big time, but the group stuck to their guns and issued further albums: 1992's Screw It, 1995's Dawn, 1998's Four the Hard Way, and 2000's Return of the Great Gildersleeves.

Face Down (formerly known as Machine God) is a post-thrash/death metal band from Sweden. It was founded in 1993, disbanded in 1999 and reformed in 2004. It currently features singer Marco Aro (formerly of The Haunted), drummer Christofer Barkensjö (formerly of Kaamos and Blackshine), guitarist Joacim Carlsson (formerly of Afflicted and General Surgery), and drummer Christofer Barkensjö (formerly of Construcdead). Their latest album, The Will to Power, was produced by Jocke Skog and was released in November 2005. It entered the Swedish hard rock chart at number 19.

Several groups by this name: 1. A new hardcore side project from Pennsylvania with members of Cold World, War Hungry, RZL DZL and the Rival Mob, in the vein of Leeway. www.myspace.com/pegasusisgrim 2. Catalan jazz-fusion group composed of Santi Arisa (drums, ex-Fusioon), Rafael Escoté (bass, ex-Gotic) and former Iceberg members Max Sunyer (guitar) and Josep "Kitflus" Mas (keyboards). Nine albums to date, starting with 1982's Nuevos Encuentros.

There are at least 6 groups called Pitch Black: 1) Pitch Black from Brooklyn, New York are a Rap/Hip-Hop group formed in 1994. 2) Pitch Black from Porto, Portugal are a Thrash Metal band formed in 1995. 3) Pitch Black from Auckland, New Zealand are a dub electronica group formed in 1997. 4) Pitch Black from Kastrup, Denmark are a Melodic Death Metal band formed in 2001. 5) Pitch Black from Oakland, California are a Punk/Hardcore band.