Call it a pet peeve but why do horrible bands decide to hijack names already taken by established acts? Is there absolutely no more creativity in the world?

From Lambgoat: "Reflections Records to release Worship 12""
Apparently this is some "hardcore band" from California?

Perhaps they haven't realized there was a little known Doom band from Germany by the same name. What's even more fantastic? They ruled!

That other band "Unholy" on prosthetic ripped off their name from one of the most criminally underrated bands in history, and now everyone will assume they are the true Unholy.

Same thing happened to Incubus!

Lastly, there is The Esoteric. Obviously they are unfamiliar with the legendary ESOTERIC from the UK. Putting "The" in front of your name doesn't change a thing.

I just find it unfortunate that lesser bands who steal names from quality artists usually end up being more well known than the band who's name they stole it from.

metal-archives.com is hilarious for that.

well...all that said. This band rips off Cursed. But I'm fine with it.

I think you answered your own question......



....either that or they just never heard of the other band and didn't do the research

Just letting you know "The Esoteric" existed before "Esoteric.

1) I refuse to believe that.

2) That means they're gay. I could maybe see it if the bands who's names they stole were god awful, but that's not the case.

The Esoteric that is on deathwish formed in 1996, and ESOTERIC from the UK formed in 1992.

...Just letting you know.

There was also a black metal band from Greece called Worship.

whether you believe it or not, its highly likely



that's completely subjective....bands you love they might hate...doesn't really mean anything because they should just try using another name either way at the very least to avoid confusion and/or a lawsuit

deathwish or prosthetic, whatever label The Esoteric was/is on.

There's also a Mexican death metal band called Esoteric that formed one year after the British Esoteric.

Yeah but Rusty, that's like some poseur not liking Black Sabbath, so they're going to use that name in spite of them. Doesn't work that way.

And maybe your initial point is right, which is why I hardly check out new bands.

Cenotaph (MX) was alright at best, Disgorge (MX) sucks etc. Mexicans should really stick to what they know: Border jumping and making burritos.

oh sorry your right I thought "esoteric" formed just shortly after "the esoteric" in 97.

I can see bands(not signed to a large label/ect.) having the same name though anytime before mp3.com/myspace/ect. It's easy now to check to see if a band already exists with a certain name.

There was a Swedish death metal band by the name of Unholy and an American heavy metal band called Unholy but they changed their name.

Currently there's also a Brazilian black metal band called Unholy.

that's different because Black Sabbath is huge...that'd be like a pop rock band calling themselves U2

...but maybe they think "no one's heard of these guys, but we like the name, so we're gonna use it anyways"...that is very likely


...like before you brought up Unholy in this thread, I had no idea there was another band named Unholy...same with Worship...but if I wanted to name my band Unholy or Worship, I'd look it up first

All other Unholy's that have been mentioned do not pre-date Unholy from Finland. Basically my point is this: A band like Unholy (Fin) are legendary and influential, and should be more appreciated, that's all. I mean, they were on Avantgarde Records, and anyone into Death/Black Metal should be familiar with that label & their bands.

unholy is a stupid name for a band. it's so generic that of course a billion bands are going to use the name.

I was pretty pumped when nothing of relevance seemed to exist for Mast.

It's hard to find memorable simple names that aren't already covered.

true, brian. maybe that's why we see novels masquerading as band names (success will write apocalypse blah blah blah, iwrestledafagonce, etc.).

Has anyone heard my new band Disgorge (MA) yet?

YES. You're now going change the name and be forever known as Eternal Suffering, right? =)

I'm gonna start a band called Metallica (NE) just to see if Lars tries to fight me

I was think moar like Suffering Eternal.

Haha, yeah, good memory you got.

There's a band called Matellica from Italy apparently.

question about "The Esoteric"=
In 2000 I went to the NJ Meltdown and saw "The Esoteric". (i think, but maybe it was just "Esoteric") and they gave em a demo cd with 6 tracks. It was hand numbered 185 of 500, and it was fucking sick. Real fast, real tight, and really depressing sounding. I loved it, then i bought a record from what i thought was the same band, and it was some metalcore crap. I have trouble believing that it was the same band... anyone have any insight into this?

do they write thrashy songs about hot wheels and barbie's dream house?

my post was directed to boblovesmusic about matellica

Esoteric is NOT fast. I know nothing about The Esoteric.

Know any tracks off the demo you got? Could have been the earlier The Esoteric stuff.

The EP was awesome, but their full-length was metalcore crap.

I liked With The Sureness Of Sleepwalking

the two eps were more raw sounding.

without that drummer, they'd be a big ol' pile of boring.

Backed.

That would be amazing haha. Especially in a thick Italian accent.

its like putting "god" or "dark" in your band name.

....or "blood" or "black" or "death"/"dead"

i'm going to start a band called Dark Black Death Dead God Blood.

Darkthrone? Obviously awesome. There are far worse names I can think of than Unholy, and their music speaks for itself.

obviously there are exceptions...there are plenty of bands I love that use those words in their names....it's just become so cliche to do so

yeah you can't include the originals.

Pretty sure there is a pop band called halfhearted comeback

In the case of incubus though, you really can't expect an indie rock band to scour through metal band names and make sure they are the first.. especially since they were pretty much established before the mainstream internet.

There's some kids in Ottawa calling their gay band Anodyne

Horrible bands aren't creative or talented enough to write decent music, so why should they be original when thinking of a band name?

There was some French metal band called Capharnaum in the early 80s and some British psychedelic band called Ipsissimus in the late 60s.

But(t) fuck those faggots.

No, I agree, but fuck the false Incubus, they went from MTV wiggercore to radio rock. I wouldn't expect a collective of faggots to know who the real Incubus was, so it's blatantly obvious that they have no appreciation for music that's any sort of merit. I'm pretty sure they filed a lawsuit against them as well. This world needs a new black death and swine flu just isn't cutting it.

worth any sort of merit, rather.