Throwdown

Throwdown is an American straight edge groove metal baund frae Orange Coonty, Californie, formed in 1997. They hae toured as pairt o Ozzfest, Sounds of the Underground an Warped Tour, as well as wi baunds like In Flames, Lamb of God, As I Lay Dying, Killswitch Engage, Korn an Cavalera Conspiracy. The sangs "Forever" an "Burn" hae been staples on MTV2's Headbanger's Ball an Revolver Magazine cried them pairt o "The Future of Metal" efter hearin the album Vendetta. Initially brandit a hardcore baund, their maist recent albums Venom and Tears an Deathless hae taken a sharp direction towards metal, wi creetics likenin the baund's soond tae that o Pantera, Sepultura, an Crowbar.

Throwdown
Dave Peters performin at Las Cruces, New Mexico as part of the Warped Tour in 2007
Background information
Oreigin	Orange Coonty, Californie
Genres	Metalcore Groove metal Hardcore punk (early)
Years active	Since 1997
Labels	Indecision, Prime Directive Records, Trustkill, Koch, Nuclear Blast
Associate acts	Bleeding Through, Culture, Eighteen Visions, The Mistake
Wabsteid	www.throwdowngo.com
Members	Dave Peters Mark Choiniere Mark Mitchell
Past members	Keith Barney Tommy Love Dom Macaluso Brandan Schieppati Javier Van Huss Marc Jackson Ken Floyd Matt Mentley Ben Dussault

Members

Current

• Dave Peters – guitars (2000–2002), lead vocals (2002–present)
• Mark Choiniere – guitars (2005–present)
• Mark Mitchell – bass (2007–present)

Tourin

• Lance Garvin - drums (2009–present)

Umwhile

• Javier Van Huss – bass (1997–1998)
• Brandan Schieppati – guitars (1998–2000)
• Marc Jackson – drums, percussion (1997–2002), guitar (2004)
• Keith Barney – lead vocals (1997–2002), guitars (2002–2004)
• Tommy Love – guitars (1997–2004)
• Dom Macaluso – guitars (1997–1998), bass (1998–2005)
• Matt Mentley – guitars (2004–2005), bass (2005–2007)
• Ben Dussault – drums, percussion (2004–2008)

Session

• Ken Floyd – drums, percussion (2002) (An aw toured wi the baund)
• Jarrod Alexander – drums, percussion (2003, 2008–present)

Discography

Studio albums

• Beyond Repair (1999)
• You Don't Have to Be Blood to Be Family (2001)
• Haymaker (2003)
• Vendetta (2005)
• Venom & Tears (2007)
• Deathless (2009)

Extendit plays

• Throwdown (1997)
• Drive Me Dead (2000)
• Throwdown / Good Clean Fun (2000)
• Face the Mirror (2002)
• Americana / Planets Collide (2007)
• Covered in Venom and Tears (2007)

Videos

• Together. Forever. United. (2004)

Muisic videos

• "Forever" (2004), directit bi Chris Sims
• "Burn" (2005), directit bi Chris Sims
• "Holy Roller" (2007), directit bi Andy Reale
• "The Scythe" (2010), directit bi Cale Glendening
• "This Continuum" (2010), directit bi Cale Glendening
• "The Tomb" (2010), directit bi Cale Glendening
• "The Blinding Light" (2010), directit bi Cale Glendening

Freemit airtins

• Offeecial wabsteid