OUTCAST

First Call /Last Warning

After starting out in 1998 as “Overlander”, it is in the year 2002 that the Parisian band Outcast really launched its career with the release of its first proper 4 track CD "The Source Of All Creation" which gave the band its tone and musical direction: Thrash tinted with Death Metal. The MCD received an excellent reception from the specialized media, and in only a few months enabled the band to make a name for itself on the French underground scene.  Back then, the band members were Wilfried (rhythm guitar and vocals), Clément (bass guitar), Romuald (solo guitar) and Mathieu (drums). At the beginning of 2003, the band recruited Guillaume and Gregory, 2 guitar players to replace Romuald and Wilfried who is now only a vocalist.  This enabled the group to produce more technical compositions. During that year, Outcast gave a series of concerts and shared the stage with more and more important bands while preparing their next full length album. In February 2004, Gregory left the band to be replaced in July after several months of auditions by Nicolas (also a guitarist in Symbyosis and Reason Sleeps).

During the same period, Outcast signed a licence agreement with the French label Thundering Records, distributed by Socadisc. "First Call/Last Warning" was released on 7th March 2005 and includes 10 tracks which combine the power of Swedish Thrash Metal with the intensity of Death Metal, but also featuring great melodies.

The text above says it all about this fine outfit. This is not the first time I’ve reviewed a young and upcoming death band, but it’s the first time I’ve seen and listened to a band, with such authority and level of skill so early in their career. Outcast has left me with a great impression of a band, which undoubtedly has a great future ahead of them. If they keep up the good work they’ve done so far, there’s no way of saying, where this will end or how far they will go. It wouldn’t surprise me if they someday appear at Wacken, Up from the Ground or a similar festival.

Additional info on the band at http://www.outcast.fr.tc/