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Mekong Delta is a thrash metal band from Germany. Taking their name from the geographic location of a massive massacre that took place during the Vietnam war, when about 4 million civilians were killed by US military forces. Mekong Delta pioneered the genre that is known as progressive thrash metaltoday, implementing strong melodical elements and classical concepts (usually based on Modest Mussorgsky's pieces) into their thrash/speed metal sound, which became most prominent on their Kaleidoscope album. It is clear that the band is the key influence on modern technical progressive metal bands like Spiral Architect When the band first started, they were surrounded by a cloud of mistery, as all of the band members were under contracts with other bands, and thus had to use pseudonyms to avoid any legal problems. The current line-up consists of just three people: - Bass Uli Kusch- Drums Peter Lake- Guitars However, big names such as (Drums, Rage, Stratovariusand Saxon) and (vocals) have also been members of Mekong Delta at certain points.

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