Slapshock is a Filipino metal band formed by vocalist Jamir Garcia. Slapshock's early career Slapshock is one of the premier heavy metal bands today in the Philippines. The band formed in 1998, when many heavy metal acts were being signed left and right by the major recording companies in the Philippines. Six years into the business, it can be safely said that Slapshock is no flash in the pan. To date, they are the only band amongst those signed during that particular genre's boom that is still visible and active. While most acts have gone back to the ?underground,? Slapshock now has five major albums to their name and two compilation albums, too. Slapshock produces music as loud and violent as its name. Slapshock is usually compared to Korn, Limp Bizkit, and Slipknot, as the band combines hip-hop and heavy metal to feed the market's appetite for brutal, in-your-face rap-rock. Slapshock formed in Manila, Philippines, on February 14, 1996,

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