Artist description Singer, songwriter, guitarist Michael Haaga was a founding member of dead horse. If you liked them you will want to check this out. The Demonseeds are a mixture of lots of different influences from death metal to classic rock and everything in between. If lyrics are important to you, you will likely find Michael Haaga's writing very interesting.

Music Style Rock, Metal? It's hard to say really. The group has successfully opened shows for heavy bands like The Misfits and Fear Factory, as well as rock legends ZZ Top and Lynyrd Skynyrd. You'll probably have to judge for yourself.

Musical Influences Everything from Black Sabbath to The Beatles with a just hint of Britney Spears (for the kids).

Similar Artists Don't really sound like dead horse Pantera SuperJoint Ritual Down EyeHateGod Exhorder Soilent Green Crowbar Skrew Rigor Mortis DRI Motorhead Misfits Metallica Danzig Rollins Slipknot Soulfly ZZ Top

Artist History Michael Haaga left his previous band (dead horse) in 1995. Joe Fazzio (former member of Stressball from NOLA) and Michael started jamming right away. While putting together the band both Joe and Michael took part in the Pantera side project Superjoint Ritual. Michael on bass and Joe on drums along with Phil Anselmo on vocals and guitar plus Jimmy Bower on guitar. Superjoint did a little touring and finally recorded a CD. It will be released in summer 2000. Meantime Demonseeds are promoting their Kneed Deep In Hell's Grasp CD (released in December '99).

Group Members Michael Haaga - Vocals / guitar..............Joseph Fazzio - drums.............Craig Cazubon - bass

Instruments drums bass vocal guitar

Albums Knee Deep In Hell's Grasp

Press Reviews The demonseeds' emergence couldn't be better timed. In an era when there seems to be no overlap between "alternative" posers, death-metal barbarians and rap-metal geeks, Haaga and company are dealing in something so fundamental it's almost new again: rock music, played at high volume and with lots of attitude.The CD's opening track, "Discorporate," is a prime example, a throwback to heavy rock without the overbearing purposefulness of stoner rock. "Fail," which follows right on its heels, is nearly bubblegum in its structure -- heavy pop indeed -- while "To the End" starts off at a typical metal gallop, but instead of turning into paint-by-numbers thrash soon becomes a pounding barroom anthem, power behind surface attitude.One wonders why it has taken the band so long to rise up."I'm just an idiot," says Haaga with a nearly audible slap to his forehead. "Because, as I've been putting out the reissues [deadhorse's 1989 debut, Horsecore: An Unrelated Story That's Time Consuming, and the 1992 follow-up, Peaceful Death and Pretty Flowers, which were both re-released by Relapse in September], I've been meaning to put this out, too. We went through some issues, deciding if we were going to keep the name, this and that, personnel changes, blah blah blah." .........Les Mixer / The Houston Press

Additional Info For Merchandise see demonseeds.com & horsecore.com

Location Houston, Tx - USA

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