Bloodshot

Bloodshot specialises in a metal influenced style of hardcore and saw the light in 1999. From day one they started composing their own songs, resulting in a DEMO CD (Carnal assault upon a godless world), focussing on the acts of serial killer Andrei Chikatilo and which was getting very positive reactions and allowed the band to play lots of shows!

From there on, ambitions were growing and a first full CD (A pestilence called humanity, dealing with the horrors of mass murderer David Berkowitz) was released in 2002 on Cartel records from Finland (www.cartelenterprises.com)! Again reactions were outstanding and concerts even increased in number! This time also playing on some bigger festivals (Dourfestival, Streetlive festival, Maximum hardcore festival, Akkerpop,…), allowing us to share the stage with wellknown hardcore and metal acts such as: Six Feet Under, Born From Pain, Angelcrew, Backfire, Gojira, Stamping Ground, Maximum Penalty, Fleshcrawl, Irate, Arkangel, Buzzcocks, Length Of Time, Deviate, Kickback, Settle The Score, Heaven Shall Burn, Caliban,…!

After 2 years of intensive live playing, hundreds of shows, Bloodshot decides to take a little break and starts composing songs for their second full CD which is recorded March 2005 at the CCR studio’s and which is intensively mixed in july and mastered by Alan Douches from West west side music (Hatebreed, God Forbid, Unearth, Sick of it all, Sepultura, Sworn Enemy,…). The CD contains 9 brand new, furious tracks: more agressive and powerful than before! Lyrics remaining influenced by yet another serial killer! This time: Jeffrey Dahmer. Entitled: Ultimate Hatred! The album is released by the Italian label: Scarlet records and is again received very well, increasing their live shows, allowing them to share the stage with bands as: Sworn Enemy, 100 Demons, Death Threat, Wisdom in Chains, Six ft Ditch, Clobberin Time, Bulldoze, 108, Knuckledust, Blacklisted, King Of Clubz, CDC, Cataract, 25 ta life and deadsoil… and this time resulting in a three weeks European tour together with Agents of Man (USA).

The band decides to work with ‘Trigger agency’, a well known booking agency which handles from now on their shows in the Benelux. The band also works with Belgian booking agency ‘Brimstone Tourbooking’ allowing them to play even more shows.

Anno 2007 the band is working hard on a new full CD which will be released again by Scarlet records and which will be entitled: ‘Murder the world’, again dealing with the acts of a serial killer; this time: Richard Ramirez! And a split CD will follow together with the Polish hardcore masters: ‘No Heaven Awaits Us’ on Shing records.

The band is ready to take their ambitions to the next level, playing and touring as much as possible, promoting the new CD’s in the most professional way, spreading the BLOODSHOT madness on crowds allover the world!!

In '93, the guitar player Didier Vancopenole (former singer of the hardcore band Brain Cancer and guitar player in the thrash band Necrosis) meets the drummer Bart Brion (drummer of Decadence) and they both decide to work together. They are rapidly joined by Alain Fabry on the bass-guitar (former bass-guitarist of Necrosis) and, later on, by Kalle Vanlint (former soloist guitar player of Cyclone and Decadence) and finally by Serge Van Bossele as singer. <br><br> After having written a complete set of songs, the band started playing its own compositions on stage in a style more hardcore, with a little thrash sound behind. <br><br> In 95 Bart leaves the band and is replaced by Pascal Haneuse. Later on, Serge also leaves to move to a more hardcore style. He will be replaced by Didier Meeus (former singer of the 70's influenced band Graal). <br><br> In '96, the band refines its compositions and records a "homemade" demo (Alone) on a 4-track recorder before performing its first concert. <br><br> The style evolves slowly toward a more thrash-oriented one and, at the end of '98, Trouble Agency records a second demo with 3 titles: Angry. <br><br> Shortly after the release of this demo, the band goes through a difficult period with a break-in on its premises and the drummer who decides to leave to dedicate all his energy and time to another music project he had on the go together with Trouble Agency. <br><br> At the end of 99, Jamal Obeidat alias Aladin, joins us. Aladin played as a drummer in several bands of varying styles (moving from Blues to metal playing jazz in passing) in Jordan and Germany. His style, more flexible and with more feeling than Pascals more technical and straightforward style, appeals to the band members. Six months later, the band is on the road again playing at concerts. <br><br> Trouble Agency records a new demo in 2002 in good working conditions. Bite Into Life (4 titles) is produced by Xavier Carrion (Ex-Channel Zero) in his home studio. This demo comes out in April, a few days before the first big stage of the band which assumes the first part of Immortal in La Loco in Paris. <br><br> February 2003. Kalle Vanlint decides first to make a break but announces in March that he leaves the band. The 4 remaining members will cope well with the next two concerts before they are joined by Larry (ex Brain Cancer, Decadence and Spanish Fly) in June. After 3 weeks of rehearsal, Larry appears already on stage, but the new line-up only gave its first real concert in December 2004 as an opening act for the band Peter Pan Speedrock. <br><br> As every other member of the band, Larry has brought his personal touch to the music of Trouble Agency. His concern for accuracy in arrangements and his novel ideas have greatly contributed to strengthening and developing a more personal style for Trouble Agency, mixing power and melody. <br><br> As the years have gone by, Trouble Agency has gained a certain maturity and experience of the stage. This has allowed the band to play the opening acts of bands such as Immortal, Hypocrisy, Macabre, Peter Pan, Destruction, etc. <br><br> In April 2005, the band performed its latest gig in the Metal Blast Festival at the Botanique in Brussels. The bands new album Moneycracy came out in 2006. <br><br>