MARTYR is a progressive death metal band from Quebec, Canada. The band was created by founding members François and Daniel Mongrain in 1994. By 1995, MARTYR had already released their first demo tape.
In 1997, MARTYR released their debut album, "Hopeless Hopes". Later that year, drummer Patrice Hamelin joined the band after François Richard's departure. After two critically acclaimed albums, Pier-Luc Lampron left the group in 2002, only to be replaced by Martin Carbonneau.
MARTYR's music is highly influenced by that of ATHEIST and CYNIC, and specially, DEATH. Their style is highly technical death metal, which combines clean vocals with death-growling. In the lyrics department, MARTYR "explore the human psyche, mostly its darkest corners, giving the listener a cynical view of humanity in general". (From Wikipedia)
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