Origin:	Los Angeles, California, USA
Genres:	Thrash Metal
DISBANDED

Last update/review:	March 15, 2011

Detente

Detente was a slightly punk-flavored and politically charged thrash band who released one respected album, Recognize No Authority, after a previous appearance on the Metal Massacre VII compilation. But continual personal problems between the various members (often centered around vocalist Dawn Crosby) caused the disbanding of the group soon after the album's release. Eventually the band mutated into Crosby's second group, Fear Of God. Of some note is the fact that guitarist Ross Robinson is the same Ross Robinson who became a well-known producer, having produced such bands as Korn, Sepultura, Fear Factory, Machine Head, and others.

Some twenty years after their breakup, a new version of the band came together, initially featuring Hellion vocalist Ann Boleyn and Fear Of God guitarist Michael Carlino joining original members Dennis Butler, Caleb Quinn, and Steve Hochheiser. Eventually a second album, Decline, was released in 2010, though by that time Boleyn and Carlino were gone. Eventually the band decided to disband again, in December 2010.