---
title: "Amebix"
type: "MusicGroup"
url: "https://themetalnet.com/band/amebix"
genre: "Heavy Metal"
formed: 1978
disbanded: 2012
---

# Amebix

**Amebix** is a heavy metal band, active 1978 to 2012.

Amebix were an English crust punk band from Tavistock, Devon. A pioneer of the crust punk genre, Amebix's merger of anarcho-punk and post-punk with elements of heavy metal, particularly early extreme metal, inspired musicians who would go on to define the genres of grindcore, black metal, death-doom and metalcore.

Biography source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amebix

## Facts

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Name | Amebix |
| Genre | Heavy Metal |
| Parent genre | Heavy Metal |
| Origin | Tavistock |
| Formed | 1978 |
| Disbanded | 2012 |
| Releases in catalog | 5 |

## Genres

[Heavy Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/heavy-metal)

## Line-up

| Musician | Instruments | Years | Status |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [George Fletcher](https://themetalnet.com/musician/george-fletcher) |  |  | Current |
| [Spider](https://themetalnet.com/musician/spider) |  |  | Current |
| [Stig](https://themetalnet.com/musician/stig) |  |  | Current |
| [Rob Miller](https://themetalnet.com/musician/rob-miller) | Bass guitar, Lead vocals | 1979 to 2012 | Former |

## Discography

| Year | Release | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 1982 | [Who's the Enemy](https://themetalnet.com/album/cb8df976-3726-3ef6-ad52-a8bb268e7922) | EP |
| 1983 | [No Sanctuary](https://themetalnet.com/album/40a3e9f7-bf6e-3ac8-b204-dd2a164dc36b) | EP |
| 1985 | [Arise!](https://themetalnet.com/album/a7f4d243-2eac-33c8-a18e-8703271541bb) | Album |
| 1987 | [Monolith](https://themetalnet.com/album/f54df167-74b1-39f8-a738-b255d30c11de) | Album |
| 2011 | [Sonic Mass](https://themetalnet.com/album/691f945d-402e-409e-a0ec-e0c7b1717dc7) | Album |

## Related bands

- [Discharge](https://themetalnet.com/band/discharge) (listened together)
- [Napalm Death](https://themetalnet.com/band/napalm-death) (listened together)
- [Bathory](https://themetalnet.com/band/bathory) (listened together)
- [Extreme Noise Terror](https://themetalnet.com/band/extreme-noise-terror) (listened together)
- [Venom](https://themetalnet.com/band/venom) (listened together)
- [Skitsystem](https://themetalnet.com/band/skitsystem) (listened together)
- [Darkthrone](https://themetalnet.com/band/darkthrone) (listened together)
- [Tragedy](https://themetalnet.com/band/tragedy-efa0c09f) (listened together)
- [Metallica](https://themetalnet.com/band/metallica) (listened together)
- [Bolt Thrower](https://themetalnet.com/band/bolt-thrower) (listened together)
- [Deviated Instinct](https://themetalnet.com/band/deviated-instinct) (listened together)
- [Disrupt](https://themetalnet.com/band/disrupt) (listened together)

## Official and external links

- metal archives: https://www.metal-archives.com/bands/Amebix/13111
- spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/6tUC9fQSG7uqbzUy9AJ1NY
- bandcamp: https://amebix1.bandcamp.com/

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Source: [TheMetalNet https://themetalnet.com/band/amebix](https://themetalnet.com/band/amebix). Catalog data from MusicBrainz and Metal Archives. Full site index: https://themetalnet.com/llms.txt