Infanteria


Infanteria is a South African thrash metal band from Cape Town formed in 2005.

History

Thrash metal band Infanteria started out with the brothers Chris and Rob Hall playing Metallica covers in 2005. The band was officially started in early 2006 when Barry Pieterse joined, followed shortly thereafter by Jarrod Firmani.
Infanteria have played numerous South African festivals, namely SummerFest'13 and co-headlined WinterFest'15. Infanteria played at RAMFest twice, the first time being in 2011. In 2014 they then opened for Trivium and Killswitch Engage.
Infanteria represented South Africa at Wacken Open Air in August 2013, after winning local heat in Cape Town and the finals in Johannesburg.

Musical style

Infanteria's lyrical content makes many inferences to war, struggles and mortality.

Band members

;Current members
;Former members

Singles

Infanteria released their first single in 2008, in Hammer the Masses 2 compilation album. The second single was released in Hammer the Masses 3 in 2010.

Isolated Existence

Isolated Existence was released on 2 February 2013. Cataclysmic Oppression was the first single released from the album

Where Serpents Conquer

In July 2015, Infanteria released their sophomore album, Where Serpents Conquer via Burning Tone Records.