Animosity (band)

Animosity formed in 2000 in San Francisco, California. They released their debut album, Shut It Down, on Tribunal Records in 2003, which was recorded when the members of the band were 16 and 17 years old. In 2005, they released their second disc, Empires, on Black Market Activities (with distribution through Metal Blade Records) and toured the United States with Origin and Malevolent Creation. Their third album, Animal, was produced by Kurt Ballou of Converge and released in October 2007. They have also toured Europe with Converge and Belgian hardcore/punk band Rise and Fall. Animosity disbanded officially after nearly a year of non-activity in October 2009. The band's frontman Leo Miller stated that their "musical and experiential goals have been exceeded" and: "If you haven't gotten enough of Animosity, please rest assured that we have." ==Musical style==

According to Blabbermouth.net, on their debut album, Shut It Down, Animosity "mixed a death metal based sound with thrash and hardcore, (...) incorporating the brutal aspects of [these] styles with accomplished musicianship and little concern for mass appeal", while their following album, Empires, went into an even more death metal-oriented direction. ==Members==

Final lineup • Chase Fraser – guitar (2000–2009) (now in Conflux, Continuum, Scour, ex-Decrepit Birth, ex-Son of Aurelius, ex-The Taste of Blood) • Leo Miller – vocals (2000–2009) (ex-Drumcorps) • Frank Costa – lead and rhythm guitar (2000–2009) (now in Realms of Vision, ex-Entheos) • Navene Koperweis – drums (2003–2009) (now in Entheos, Fleshwrought, ex-The Faceless, ex-Animals as Leaders) • Evan Brewer – bass (2006–2009) (Fallujah, ex-Entheos, ex-The Faceless, ex-Lillake, ex-Reflux) Earlier members • Lucas Tsubota – drums (2000–2003) • Nick Lazaro – bass, guitar (2000–2004) • Sean Koperweis – bass (2002–2004) • Dan Kenny – bass (2004–2006) (now in Suicide Silence, ex-Carnivorous, ex-Light This City) Timeline ImageSize =width:800 height:auto barincrement:20 PlotArea =left:100 bottom:60 top:10 right:20 Alignbars =justify DateFormat =mm/dd/yyyy Period =from:01/01/2000 till:10/01/2009 ScaleMajor = increment:1 start:2000 TimeAxis =orientation:horizontal format:yyyy Legend =orientation:horizontal position:bottom Colors= id:vocals value:red legend:Vocals id:guitar value:green legend:Guitar id:bass value:blue legend:Bass id:drums value:orange legend:Drums id:studio value:black legend:Studio_album id:other value:gray(0.5) legend:Other_release id:bars value:gray(0.95) LineData= layer:back color:studio at:06/17/2003 at:08/23/2005 at:10/02/2007 color:other at:01/01/2002 at:08/15/2008 BackgroundColors= bars:bars BarData= bar:Leo text:"Leo Miller" bar:Frank text:"Frank Costa" bar:Chase text:"Chase Fraser" bar:Nick text:"Nick Lazaro" bar:Sean text:"Sean Koperweis" bar:Dan text:"Dan Kenny" bar:Evan text:"Evan Brewer" bar:Lucas text:"Lucas Tsubota" bar:Navene text:"Navene Koperweis" PlotData = width:11 textcolor:black align:left anchor:from shift:(11,-4) bar:Leo from:01/01/2000 till:end color:vocals bar:Frank from:01/01/2000 till:end color:guitar bar:Nick from:04/10/2002 till:01/01/2004 color:guitar bar:Nick from:01/01/2000 till:04/10/2002 color:bass bar:Chase from:01/01/2000 till:end color:guitar bar:Sean from:04/10/2002 till:01/01/2004 color:bass bar:Dan from:01/01/2004 till:01/01/2006 color:bass bar:Evan from:01/01/2006 till:end color:bass bar:Lucas from:01/01/2000 till:06/01/2002 color:drums bar:Navene from:06/01/2002 till:end color:drums ==Discography==

Studio albums • Shut It Down (2003) • Empires (2005) • Animal (2007) Other • Hellraiser Demo (2001) • Altered Beast (2008, Aaron Spectre remixes) ==References==