Origin: France  
Genres: Thrash Metal
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Page online: November 21, 2002
Last update/review: November 1, 2022

No Return

The last few years has seen a minor revival in French bands making inroads in the international metal scene, after a stretch of many years where it appeared no one from that country played metal at all, at least not outside its borders. Here we have one of the better of these bands in No Return. Formed back in 1989, they released several albums (not reviewed here) that garnered them a following in their home country, but with 2000's Self Mutilition came worldwide acclaim. A crunchy death/thrash fest in the vein of The Haunted, The Crown, or perhaps Ritual Carnage, Self Mutilation packs a punch, with solid riffing and an excellent production, pretty much a faultless package. Their following album, Machinery, is reportedly in the same mold, with an increased presence from samplist Marko Pouchin. A solid and recommended band.

Current Members

Steeve Petit

vocals

Alain Clement

guitars

Geoffroy Lebon

guitars

David Barbosa

bass

Joël Barbosa

drums

Former Members/Guests

Philippe Ordon

vocals

Tanguy

vocals

Moreno Grosso

vocals

L Chuck D.

vocals

Michaël Rignanese

vocals

Eric Le Baron

guitars

Benoit Antonia

guitars

Nicolas Coudert

guitars (ex-Korum)

Jérome Point

guitars

Laurent Janault

bass RIP: February 7, 2023

Olivier Herol

bass

Jiu

bass

Malko Pouchin

keyboards/samples

Didier Le Baron

drums

Dirk Verbeuren (guest)

drums (guest for Aborted, ex-Devin Townsend Project, ex-Lyzanxia, guest for Malevolence, Megadeth, guest for Naglfar, ex-One-Way Mirror, ex-Phazm, Powermad, The Project Hate, ex-Scarve, ex-Soilwork, ex-Yyrkoon)

Boban Tomic

drums (ex-Korum)


Discography



Psychological Torment  
1990 Semetery
  1. Mutants' march
  2. Reign of the damned
  3. Vision of decadence
  4. Tragic giving
  5. Radical disease
  6. Degeneration of the last decade
  7. Nightly aggression
  8. Electro mania
  9. Religion
  • Philippe Ordon
  • Alain Clement
  • Eric Le Baron
  • Laurent Janault
  • Didier Le Baron


Contamination Rises  
1992 Semetery
  1. Damnation
  2. Memories
  3. Raving lunatic
  4. Uncontrolled situation
  5. Trash world
  6. Sacred bones
  7. World of impurities
  8. Civil war
  9. Perversion
  10. Sorrow
  11. Mass grave
  12. Revolt of the hanged
  • Philippe Ordon
  • Alain Clement
  • Eric Le Baron
  • Laurent Janault
  • Didier Le Baron


Seasons Of Soul  
1995 Semetery
  1. Damnation
  2. Paralysed conflicts
  3. No respect / news reel
  4. Worrying / law of silence
  5. While poverty reigns
  6. Circle of hypocrisy
  7. Soul's virginity
  8. Psychological revenge
  9. Injustice system
  10. Wisdom
  11. Loaded gun #13
  12. Just one step (psychic sketch)
  • Tanguy
  • Alain Clement
  • Laurent Janault
  • Didier Le Baron


Red Embers  EP
1997 CNR
  1. Sea of tranquility
  2. Artificial paradise
  3. Pictures
  4. The way of the walk
  5. Infinite divisibility
  6. You burst into tears
  • Tanguy
  • Alain Clement
  • Laurent Janault
  • Didier Le Baron


Self Mutilation  
2000 Listenable
  1. Do Or Die
  2. Truth And Reality
  3. Lost
  4. Soul Extractor
  5. Sadistic Desire
  6. The True Way
  7. Fanatic Mind
  8. Individualistic Ideal
  9. One Life
  10. Trail Of Blood
  11. Sect
  • Steeve Petit
  • Alain Clement
  • Benoit Antonia
  • Olivier Herol
  • Malko Pouchin
  • Didier Le Baron


Machinery  
2002 Kodiak
  1. Machinery
  2. The Recycler
  3. Violator
  4. Synthetic
  5. Disillusion
  6. Virus
  7. Resurrection
  8. Disease
  9. Dynamo
  10. The Last Act
  11. Biomechanoid
  12. Secret Face
  • Steeve Petit
  • Alain Clement
  • Benoit Antonia
  • Malko Pouchin
  • Didier Le Baron


No Return  
2006 Season Of Mist
  1. Despair
  2. Don't Judge Me
  3. Rust In You
  4. Utopia
  5. Trauma
  6. Sanction
  7. Endless World
  8. One Day
  9. Holy Money
  • Moreno Grosso
  • Alain Clement
  • Benoit Antonia
  • Jiu
  • Malko Pouchin
  • Dirk Verbeuren


Manipulated Mind  
2008
  1. Manipulated Mind
  2. Puzzle of Life
  3. Rising
  4. Take me Beyond
  5. New Items
  6. Blackness
  7. Carnal Violence
  8. The Right Course
  9. Out of Control
  • Moreno Grosso
  • Alain Clement
  • Nicolas Coudert
  • David Barbosa


Inner Madness  
2012 Great Dane
  1. N.I.L. 2
  2. Inquisitive Hegemony (S€v€n)
  3. Backdoor
  4. Near Death Experiences
  5. Morgane's Song
  6. Inner Madness
  7. Borderline
  8. The Dead Inside
  9. Death Scars
  • L Chuck D.
  • Alain Clement
  • Nicolas Coudert
  • David Barbosa


Psychological Contamination  COMPILATION
2013 Great Dane
  1. Mutants' March
  2. Reign of the Damned
  3. Vision of Decadance
  4. Tragic Giving
  5. Radical Disease
  6. Degeneration of the Last Decade
  7. Nightly Aggression
  8. Electro Mania
  9. Religion
  10. Psychological Breakdown
  11. Fanatic Mind (live)
  12. Damnation
  13. Memories
  14. Raving Lunatic
  15. Uncontrolled Situation
  16. Trash World
  17. Sacred Bones
  18. World of Impurities
  19. Civil War
  20. Perversion
  21. Sorrow
  22. Mass Grave
  23. Revolt of the Hanged
  24. Civil War (live)
  25. Vision of Decadance (live)


Fearless Walk To Rise  
2015 Mighty Music
  1. Ascent
  2. Stronger Than Ever
  3. Submission Fails
  4. Sounds of Yesterday
  5. Paint Your World
  6. Face My Dark
  7. Sworn to Be
  8. Bloodbath Legacy
  9. Fearless
  10. Hold My Crown
  11. Ascent
  12. Stronger Than Ever
  13. Submission Fails
  14. Sounds of Yesterday
  15. Paint Your World
  16. Face My Dark
  17. Sworn to Be
  18. Bloodbath Legacy
  19. Fearless
  20. Hold My Crown
  • Michaël Rignanese
  • Alain Clement
  • Jérome Point
  • David Barbosa
  • Joël Barbosa


The Curse Within  
2017 Mighty Music
  1. Despise Your Heroes
  2. Just Passing Through
  3. Memories Turns To Ashes
  4. The Crimson Rider
  5. Inhale
  6. The Will To Stand Up
  7. Serpent's Curse
  8. Stare At My Reflection
  9. My Last Words
  10. To The Dark Side Of The Sun
  • Michaël Rignanese
  • Alain Clement
  • Geoffroy Lebon
  • David Barbosa
  • Joël Barbosa


Live XXX  LIVE
2020 Mighty Music
  1. Mutants March
  2. Vision of Decadence
  3. Memories
  4. Civil War
  5. Fanatic Mind
  6. Disillusion
  7. Disease
  8. Don’t Judge Me
  9. News Item
  10. Inquisitive Hegemony
  11. Stronger Than Ever
  12. Submission Falls
  13. Paint Your World
  14. The Crimson Rider
  15. Despise Your Heroes
  • Michaël Rignanese
  • Alain Clement
  • Geoffroy Lebon
  • David Barbosa
  • Joël Barbosa


Requiem  
2022 Mighty Music
  1. The Only One
  2. Killing Machines
  3. Affliction
  4. No Apologizes
  5. Nobody Cares About You
  6. Unscarred
  7. Survival Instinct
  8. Lies
  9. The Podium of Truths
  10. The Black Wolfs Kingdom
  • Steeve Petit
  • Alain Clement
  • Geoffroy Lebon
  • David Barbosa
  • Joël Barbosa



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