Deny is an Argentine post-hardcore band based in Buenos Aires.
History
2007–2011
DENY was formed in 2007 in Buenos Aires. The current line up of DENY consists of Nazareno Gomez (vocals), Joaquín Ortega (guitar, vocals), Mateo Sevillano (guitar), Juan Pablo Uberti (bass guitar, vocals), Agustín Dupuis (drums) and Jonathan Perez (keyboard).
DENY released their debut EP entitled La Distancia in 2009 via Inmune Records. The EP was recorded by Javier Casas of Argentine hardcore punk band Nueva Ética and Matias Espinoza the vocalist of Dar Sangre.Inmune Records: DENY "LA DISTANCIA" PROXIMAMENTE DISPONIBLE EN CDS POR INMUNE RECORDSbfms.es: DENY, LA NUEVA CARA DEL POST-HARDCORE LATINOAMERICANO The band shared stage with Silverstein and Alesana during the "Super Rock de Capital Federal" on February 11, 2009. DENY promoted their EP in the Buenos Aires area the rest of the year. In 2010 DENY played at "No Soy Rock". DENY played as opener for August Burns Red and Blessthefall at Roxy in Palermo on August 24, 2010.Vibbes.com: Entreviista a DENY Post Hardcore argentino y de calidad (Link not available anymore)facebook.com: Volvio el BlogThe Gauntlet News: AUGUST BURNS RED Announce South American Tour Dates
2011–2013: Reino de Tormentas DENY was opener for A Day to Remember at the Teatro Colegiales in Buenos Aires on June 12, 2011. A Day to Remember played this show during their "What Separates Me from You Tour".superglued.com: A Day To Remember El Teatro Colegiales, Buenos Aires, Argentina on Jun 12, 2011 plancast.com: Melian + Deny + A Day To Remember 12.O6.11 at Teatro Colegiales The band recorded their debut album Reino de Tormentas after signing to Argentine punk label Pinhead Records (Tierra Santa, Boikot, Reincidentes and Todos Tus Muertos). “Reino de Tormentas” was released on September 23, 2011. DENY played two shows in Chile on October 15 and 16, 2011 in Valparaíso and Santiago de Chile together with Admira mi Desastre.HxCLife.com: DENY; El Post Hardcore Argentino llega con todo a Chile este 15 y 16 DENY played shows together with Blessthefall and August Burns Red.Vibbes.com: Entreviista a DENY Post Hardcore argentino y de calidad
The debut EP “La Distancia” was re-released through Pinhead Records on February 24, 2012. The re-release version of the EP contains two bonus tracks. DENY will share stage with well-known Argentine punk band Attaque 77 on the “Resistance Tour” which is organized by Pinhead Records and Gonna Go.Pinhead Records: VUELVE EL RESISTANCE TOUR FESTIVAL EN ENEROEl Acople: Entrevista DENY DENY celebrated the bands 5 year activity at La Trastienda Club together with Carajo on May 13, 2012.
On September 13, 2012 DENY will be opener for Memphis May Fire alongside Mi Última Solucion at Asbury Rock in Rivadavia, Buenos Aires. The band played a show in Santiago de Chile at Monster Rock Fest together with Valor Interior as co-headliner and several local bands like Drop the Gun, Admira mi Desastre, Sophia the Ocean, Divide y Conquista, and Incomarose.hxClife.com: Monster Rock Fest; DENY, Valor Interior, Admira Mi Desastre, Drop The Gun y más The band played two shows in Uruguay on October 11 and 12, 2012. The concerts were in Maldonado and Montevideo. This was the first appearance of DENY in Uruguay. DENY released the second music video on September 4, 2012. The video contains filmed material from their gigs in Mar del Plata and Buenos Aires while performing live at the Resistance Tour.outspoken.de: DENY: Neues Musikvideo veröffentlicht! (German)
2013–today: Por Siempre and Invencible On April 23, 2013 the band played a gig for the Resistance Tour in Temperley with Cirse and Bulldog.soundandscene.com: Resistance Tour 2013 On March 23, 2013 the band announced that a DVD entitled Por Siempre (engl. Forever) filmed at Groove in November 2012 was up to release on May 18, 2013 via Pinhead Records. A physical version was released in Argentina only but the rest of the world are able to get the release digitally on iTunes.outspoken.de: DENY: Die DVD kommt im Mai! The band stated that they started writing new material for their upcoming album which is set to be released later.Lisandro Machado: nonfreaks.net: Deny: “El de Groove va a ser el show más importante de la banda” (Spanish) The group played a release show at La Trastienda Club in Buenos Aires on release day.
The band toured Argentina to promote the new record. The group played shows in Campana, Cordoba, Tucumán and Rosario. The band also played a gig at three-day festival Innovafest which was held in Quilmes.Daniel Agnese: Acá Pasan Cosas: INNOVA FEST 2013. 14, 15 Y 16 DE JUNIO EN CLUB TUCUMAN, QUILMES. In October the band is set to tour Brazil for the first time. DENY will play three shows. One of these shows is at the Sampa Music Festival in São Paulo. São Paulo based rock band Every Man Is an Island will support the band during that tour.Guxi Manchuca: Onlypunx: Nota con Naza de DENY: "este es el momento de la música independiente" (Spanisch) On December 8, 2013 the band performed a set in television called Quiero Musica en mi Idioma for the series Q-News. Two weeks before this the band performed a new song called Un Año Más.Sofia Bisignano: TN.com.ar: DENY despide el año con todo (Spanish)
The band started pre-production for the new album on February 5, 2014. While working on the new album the musicians played a few gigs in the Buenos Aires area. The new album is set to be released on July 12, 2014.SOSGermany: Outspoken Magazine: DENY: Neues Album kommt im Juli! (German) The album is called Invencible. On June 8, 2014 DENY performed at the Ciudad Emergente a music, film and arts festival in Buenos Aires which was visited by more than 250,000 spectators overall.Rolling Stone: Ciudad Emergente 2014: conocé la programación (Spanish)La Razón: Más de 250 mil personas en el festival ‘Ciudad Emergente’ (Spanish)
Musical style DENY play a Metalcore and Screamo-influenced style of Post hardcore. The band calls Alexisonfire and Underoath as such as Bad Religion and Pennywise to their musical influences. In some songs the band use Electronic music in their songs. Except 3 songs all songs are written in Spanish language. In some songs the band's music is influenced by Alternative rock also.Yahoo Argentina:
Members Current members Nazareno Gomez – lead vocals Joaquín Ortega – clean vocals, rhythm guitar Juan Pablo Uberti – bass, backing vocals Agustín Dupuis – drums, percussion Past members Jonathan Pérez – keyboards, synthesizers, programming Agustín Abelenda – keyboards, synthesizers, programming Mateo Sevillano – lead guitar
Discography
EPs & Albums Year Album Label Chart positions Sales (national / international) AR 2009 La Distancia (EP) Inmune/Pinhead — n.A. / n.A. 2011 Reino de Tormentas Pinhead — n.A. / n.A. 2013 Por Siempre (DVD) Pinhead — n.A. / n.A. 2014 Invencible Pinhead — n.A. / n.A. "—" denotes a release that did not chart.
Singles Year Title Album2012 "Si Pudiera Salvarte" Reino de Tormentas2012 "E.X.E"2012 "Lo Que Siempre Buscabámos"
References
External links Deny at Facebook Deny at MySpace Official Homepage of Pinhead Records