One Dead Three Wounded

Playing their own brand of speedy but intense thrash-oriented metal, Philadelphia's One Dead Three Wounded was founded in 1998 as Desire 2 Destroy while musicians Sam Tropio (guitar), Matt McSorley (bass), Mike Zahodski (drums), and Tim Zahodski (vocals) were still in high school. After playing local gigs while working out a sound of their own, the group adopted the name One Dead Three Wounded after hearing the phrase in a news report, and recorded their first three-song demo at Ground Control Studios in 2000. The demo was released later that year as part of a split EP with Al...