Brito (pronounce: Breetow) is a noise/hardcore trio from Groningen, The Net… Read Full Bio ↴Brito (pronounce: Breetow) is a noise/hardcore trio from Groningen, The Netherlands. The band was formed in 2006 by Pascal (guitar, vocals) and Ariën (bass, vocals).

The two know each other from Reflectcriticizeact (instrumental post-rock), in which Ariën does spoken word and Pascal plays the drums. Ariën leaves that band prematurely, however, due to lack of time and work with his other band Elevator Repulsion Noise.

After that, for a number of years they meet only occasionally. During this time Pascal (ex-Office Killer) is playing in Los Asesinos De La Superficialidad and Grinding Halt and Ariën is working on a jazz/postrock project called People Like Frank. One day Pascal asks Ariën to start a new band. While searching for a drummer, they start writing songs in the veins of bands like Shotmaker , Unwound and The Red Scare. After a long search, they are joined by drummer Maarten (ex-Marat, ex-Go revolution Go!).

From the outset Ariën and Pascal had intended the key characteristic of the music of Brito to be energy. With Maarten playing drums they feel they have finally achieved that aim. Musically, the main influences of Brito come from the nineties: driving, noisy hardcore with screamed emotional vocals.

Between their LP 'This Wave Is Only For The Good-Hearted' and the Grinding Halt split, Maarten left and was replaced by Johannes on Drums. Johannes eventually left after their split with Mouse Ear, another was never found and the band parted ways.

Ariën now plays in AttackRobotAttack