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At the end of 1998, the idea was found by Boris and Christian, to built a HC-bandproject that combines the strength of nowadays Metal-New-School-Hardcore and the dynamic of Old-School Hardcore in one shell. Just a short time later five people came together to bring HC closer to it's origin, by combining the just mentioned musically styles with provocation, anger and a social critical message that spits into societies face... something that seems to be lost in nowadays Hardcore!

Nevertheless everybody was aware of the importance of the lyrics and still is endeavored not to neglect this point by always trying to put a message in the songs no matter if it is a social critical message or just personal one, no matter if someone could feel offended by it or not! But the music and the lyrics will speak for themselves and can't be explained in a large course anyway, so a hearing sample replaces every try of explanation at all.

Just after their first show, countless other shows followed until they released their Demotape in the summer of 1999 which was a great success. Countless gigs followed again this time contributing to the band's routine live performance and stage presence which makes the band a bulldozer that knows how to stomp the audience with their energetic live performance into the ground. Finally, all the blood, sweat and the tears pay off and Copykill caught Alveran Records' attention and they got offered a split together with long-time-friends of the band 'Drift'.

More and more people got interested in Copykill and thus they were able to proof their abilities either has headliner for smaller shows or as support act for bigger acts with the likes of "Earth Crisis", "Hatebreed", "Agnostic Front", "Madball", "Integrity", "Inner Dam" and "25 Ta Life" just to name a few. After a two-week European tour in april 2001 together with the Belgian Band "Liar" and a mini U.S. Tour in the July 2001, the first full length entitled "Victim Or Witness" has been released, again on Alveran Records.

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Latest news

Title (comments)	Date
Copykill: new album out on Filled With Hate (0)	8 February 2010
Copykill post two new tracks (1)	4 January 2010
Copykill back from the dead (3)	20 October 2008

Reviews

Copykill - Fucking Restless

24 March 2010 · Hell yeah, Copykill is back! Together with Drift they were the masters and pioneers of the Ruhrpott mosh scene. After the demise of Copykill guitarist Boris went on and started Deadsoil, which... »

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Copykill/Drift - Conceptions of mayhem

8 April 2003 · I heard a lot of people talking about this split, and I saw Copykill live a couple of times so I was kinda curious about it. This split CD kinda surprised me cause Copykill isn’t one of my favourite... »

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Copykill - Victim Or Witness

8 April 2003 · This is the first full length cd from these RBS guys from Germany. The CD starts off with a cool matrix sample after which the first song Shadows starts off so hard your head starts spinning. Imagine... »

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Upcoming shows

Show (visitors)
06/08 Filled With Hate fest w/ Madball, Next Step Up, Strength For A Reason + more (20) JZ Papestraße, Essen (Germany)
07/08 Filled With Hate Fest w/ For My Enemy, Negative Vibez, Confronto + more (15) JZ Papestraße, Essen (Germany)

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