The Venting Machine

Alameda, CA Metal / Heavy Metal / Thrash

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- A Place For A Crow Pre-Producti...
- Devil's Mouthwash
- Mr. Shaker
- Greed Empire
- The Big Nothing
- Thinker
- TVM @ The Pound!!!
- TVM @ The Roadhouse
- Friends On Fire
- Jacqueline

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Bringing in the clean up crew ~ Metal!

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Artist Info

Members: Ben Pena - Vocals, Chad Murphy - Bass, Jeremy Epp - Guitar, Joe Tobin - Drums

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Managers: Bermuda Promotions, Raginpit Presents

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Bio

Most of TVM have been close friends since the early 90's and grew up around music in their families. The band was drawn together by similar influences such as Megadeth, Prong, Sepultura, Pantera, and early Metallica. In 1998 the four members began to write and record their first original songs and once the band had enough material to perform, they immediately hit the local club circuit.

Since 1998 The Venting Machine has performed a few thousand live shows sharing the same stage with bands such as Crematorium, Flaw, All Shall Perish, Light This City, Chimaira, Better Left Unsaid, Dublin Death Patrol and some we may have forgotten about but not with intention.

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ABOUT//THE VENTING MACHINE//

The Venting Machine has built a solid reputation and successfully carved their own metallic niche in the Nor-Cal underground metal scene.

In July of 2001, the band independently produced and released a twelve-song demo titled "Diablo Demo". Selling over 300 units in the first two weeks, "Diablo" received rave reviews from webzines, garageband.com, and local radio stations all over the world. It had also earned the band several awards and a few opening slots for national acts like Chimaira, Systematic, All Shall Perish, Crematorium, and Divine Heresy.

Diablo Demo Review - Raginpit Magazine

Powerslave of the Month - Powerslave.com

Powerslave.com Show Review - The Metal Zone Hosted by 107.7 The Bone

Raginpit Show Review - Adreniline Trigger Productions Sacramento, Ca

Riding the winds of Diablo's local success, the band re-entered the studio in 2006 to produce what was expected to be their finest effort to date. "A Death To Your Scene" is a huge step forward in the evolution of this band and is packed with brilliant performances, dazzling musical moments, and straightforward metal.

The speed, technicality, musicianship, and diversity are in beautiful display within each song. "A.D.T.Y.S" also offers a much more mature and intense musical pallet as compared to Diablo.

A Death To Your Scene Review - Zero Magazine

A Death To Your Scene Review - Metal Review

A Death To Your Scene Review - Raginpit Magazine

Voted #1 Unsigned Bay Area Band CD Release - Zero Magazine

A Death To Your Scene Review - Bay Area Scene Online

With each new effort the bands seems to be more focused than ever and at the end of the day, The Venting Machine enjoys being free to perform and do what they want musically, and lyrically. It is a valuable therapeutical outlet for this band, a chance to live the dream...full steam ahead!

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