Hailing from Guisborough, in the North East, Beneath Utopia is a one man operation consisting of Ian Lipthorpe on vocals, guitars, bass, drums and keyboards, and have been writing and recording material since 1996. Early material displayed a strong Bolt Thrower influence, but since then, the sound has evolved into what it is today - a combination of the ferocity of death metal with the groove and dynamics of nu-metal, the drive of thrash metal, the hooks of trad metal, the bleakness of black metal and the sheer warp speed of grindcore - hard-hitting brutality with a more song based approach, still heavy but with songs you can remember, rather than just a collection of riffs.

Influences range from bands like Napalm Death, Carcass and Paradise Lost to Machine Head, The Haunted and Raging Speedhorn, but the sound is 100% Beneath Utopia.

Since ‘96, four albums worth of material have been recorded in demo form, with only the last three being made available to the public - ‘96's ‘Something to fear’, ‘Underdog’ from ‘99 (from which the track ‘Self Importance’, featured on ‘Kill Your Management Vol.2', is taken) and 'The World is Beautiful, just don't look down' (featuring 'Rise Above' from 'Kill Your Management Vol. 4'). The first release has been re-recorded and is also now available.

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