Biography
The Berzerker is an extreme metal band, formed in Melbourne, Australia in 1995.
Started as a speedcore one-man project of Luke Kenny, it later gathered attention through Deicide Once Upon the Cross and Morbid Angel Day of Suffering remixes, shifting the band's sound toward cybergrind and the addition of session musicians to the lineup, which changed with each album. The band split up in 2009 since Luke Kenny lost interest in the music industry, but reformed in 2026 with the release of the single "Shut The Fuck Up" a music video for The Deception, and their first show after 17 years at Necrosonic Festival.
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Current lineup:
Luke Kenny - The Vocalist;
Sam Bean - The Bassist;
Matt Wilcock - The Guitarist;
Todd Hansen - The Drummer.
Luke Kenny described the band's genre as industrial death metal.
The Berzerker have released five full-length albums:
The Berzerker (2000),
Dissimulate (2002),
World of Lies (2005),
Animosity (2007),
The Reawakening (2008, re-released in 2026).
Earache Records released albums throughout 2000-2007, except for The Reawakening, which was self-distributed through Berserker Industries.
Early in their career as a live act, band members were identified only as The Vocalist, The Guitarist, The Bassist, and The Drummer, distinguishable on stage only by the masks they wore. However, the group abandoned this approach after the masks became unhygienic with age, and to avoid comparisons with Slipknot.
Biography text from Last.fm, available under CC BY-SA.