User:John rios

JOHN RIOS ....born june 20th 1974 in ionia, michigan.

in 1994 john rios joined a grand rapids based rock n roll band called FICTION?.they released one 5 song ep simply titled fiction?,and in 1995 they relesed a full legth CD titled "CYNICAL SPIRT"... unhappy with the direction of the band john left the group in late 1995... with the experiance of many live shows and being in the studio it was time to form the band he always wanted ..a pure satanic death metal band!!! in early 1996 SADOMASOCHISM was born ,stoming across the midwest playing any venue they could. thru 1997 1998 they released a hand full of casset demos ,in 1999 they relesed their fist 5 song ep titled SADOMASOCHISM. by 2000 they shared the stage with all the major death metal bands(deicide /canibal corpse/lamb of god) just to name a few.in late 2000 sadomasochism enterd a "battle of the bands contest" held by wklq radio station in grand rapids michigan ,they took first prize and were picked up by indie lable "ALL OR NOTHING RECORDS" in 2001 they released their first full lenght cd for all or nothing records titled "WORSHIP THE DARK" the cd won best release of 2001 in grand rapids,after the grulling show schedule they had it was time to make a new cd..thats when trouble in the band started. trying to out do the last cd, tensions in the band were at an all time high,and to make matters worse they were dropped from their lable...in 2005 john left sadomasochism.. in late 2005 john started FLESH FOR THE BEAST ,stickin with the same in your face death metal style. 2006 saw the first release from flesh for the beast a full length cd titled "DEVOURING" in mid 2008 they released their second cd titled "scavengers of the damned" it is now 2010 and the third cd is now in progress titled "KILL THEM AND EAT THEM" and will be put out by slaughterhouse recordings ,also owned and operated by john rios.