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BIOCIDE was founded by brothers Lorello in 1995: Stephane on guitar and back vocals, Frederic on drums and Patrice on lead vocals. Romain Rivalan on bass and Christophe Dablin on guitar. They gained popularity performing in french metal's underground music scene during the late 1990s and early 2000s

BIOCIDE was created in 1995 in Marseille, France. At the beginning, their genre was hardcore. They played around 100 shows until 1999 in France, Germany, Italy with bands like NOIR DESIR, MIOSSEC, MASSILIA SOUND SYSTEM, NO ONE IS INNOCENT…

In 1996, Biocide became the first unsigned band who participated at the Midem in Cannes. The same year, they appeared on compilation « Presto » and were reviewed in magazines like « Guitarist » « hard rock magazine », « Presto »… In 1997 their first EP is distributed by Tripsychord In 1999 : Patrice and Frederic left the band. Stephane Lorello became lead singer and Stephane "Migrouille" Grimaldi the drummer. Their music evolved instantly and became more "avant-gardiste" reminding sometimes FAITH NO MORE, PINK FLOYD, FRANK ZAPPA, PRIMUS, ENNIO MORRICONE, KING CRIMSON… They called it « psycho-groove-core ».

In 2000 they co-founded the crew « CORIACE » with mate bands like ETHS and TRIPOD.

Their new EP « BIOCIDE » with their new intriguing sound got them lots of reviews and articles in press like « rocksound », « hard’n’heavy », « hard rock magazine » etc…

In 2002 BIOCIDE's first album « NARKOSIA le grand sommeil » (Subvision records, UMC, Local distribution) was acclaimed by the press and the metal scene although it's not "pure" metal. The virtuosity of the musicians and the depth of the message in the songs got them a lot of respect and their notoriety kept on growing. They gave more than 150 shows in Europe (France, Germany, Portugal, Belgium) and Canada. They share the stage with bands like MASS HYSTERIA, ENHANCER, AQME, ETHS, PSYKUP, SIDILARSEN, SVINKELS etc…

In 2003 they left « Coriace » and founded their own structure called "Narkosia" in reference of their first album. The same year, Migrouille left the band after the Canadian promo tour. Francois Combemorel joined the band as new drummer and percussionist.

In 2005 : BIOCIDE's new album « Le syndrome de Meurfy » is released on ACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT and is distributed on PIAS. All the medias are unanimous in thinking that «Le syndrome de Meurfy » is a masterpiece.The genre had evolved to something unique, mixing rock, jazz fusion, ambiant and metal. The voice became more melodic and strong. And they mastered the art of asymmetric bars, giving craziness to the songs even if they were still groovy. The video of the opening song "MEURFY" is a good way to enter their strange and funny world, it tells the story of Meurfy, a loser pretending is a superhero! At this time, the band was everywhere : « Rock’n’folk », « Rocksound », « Hard’n’heavy », « Hard rock magazine », “Nouvelle vague”, “Rock one”, « W-fenec », « Scar[e] culture », « zicazic » etc… France, Germany, Belgium, Luxembourg, they were back on the roads with bands like GOJIRA, LES TETES RAIDES, CAVE IN, PELICAN, AN ALBATROS, BABYLON PRESSION etc…

In 2008, a few months before Radiohead "In rainbows ", BIOCIDE announced that the next album "BLACKBONE" would be released for free on internet through their website with no label nor distribution. The band broke up after the first 3 songs were released along with the video for the title song "BLACKBONE".Helmet Ray (talk) 23:51, 17 February 2018 (UTC)