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Raunchy is an industrial metal band combining elements from thrash metal, industrial metal, melodic death metal, and metalcore (also called “futuristic hybrid metal). This Danish band was formed in 1994, and has had four official releases since then. Merging a thick, beefy, electronics-aided metal sound with melodic touches, their breakthrough came in 2002, when they were the first Danish metal band signed to Nuclear Blast Records. Raunchy was founded in 1992 by Jesper Tilsted, Jesper Kvist, and Morten Toft Hansen, who start jamming, playing mostly cover from bands like Metallica and Slayer. Lars Vognstrup and Lars Christensen join in 1994, and in 1995 they record their first demo, at Borsing Recordings in Århus. The song “Space Story” from the demo is later released on the compilation CD Extremity Rising vol. 1, a rock compilation from Serious Entertainment. Two demos (and two more Extremity Rising inclusions later) the band finally get their record deal, with Mighty Music’s sub label Drug(s) in 2000. A few months later Raunchy enters the Aabenraa Studio with producer Jacob Hansen to record Velvet Noise. In 2001 the album is released in Scandinavia and is very received by the press.[citation needed] After the release Jeppe Christensen joins the band. 2002 proves to be a crucial year for the band: as the first Danish band ever Raunchy signs a contract with one of the world biggest metal labels, Nuclear Blast Records, who release Velvet Noise is released in Europe. Raunchy …