current_members associated_acts years_active label article_title past_members background genre origin name
shane embury nicholas barker kevin sharp anton reisenegger united , cradle of filth , dimmu borgir , hypocrisy , forces bloodbath , at the gates , cancer , old man , 's child , criminal napalm death , brujeria , terrorizer 1998 -- present nuclear blast lock up -lrb- uk band -rrb-
 jesse pintado peter tägtgren tomas lindberg group_or_band grindcore , deathgrind sparkhill lock up
lock up -lrb- uk band -rrb-

lock up is a grindcore sideproject supergroup originally formed by shane embury -lrb- napalm death , venomous concept -rrb- , nicholas barker -lrb- ex-cradle of filth , dimmu borgir -rrb- and jesse pintado -lrb- napalm death , terrorizer -rrb- .
lock up was joined by peter tägtgren -lrb- hypocrisy -rrb- for its debut album , 1999 's `` pleasures pave sewers '' , and tomas lindberg -lrb- at the gates , disfear -rrb- for 2002 's `` hate breeds suffering '' and a japanese tour .
the band was later joined by guitarist anton reisenegger -lrb- chile 's pentagram and criminal -rrb- in place of the late pintado .
lock up have played very few live shows .
in 2009 , the band announced that they would play the damnation festival that year .
the line-up featured embury , barker , lindberg and reisenegger .
it was touted as the band 's last ever live show ; however , they later booked more shows for 2010 and 2012 .
during february of that year they scheduled a ten show mini-tour in the united states .
it was their first time playing in that country .
unfortunately shane embury was unable to make the shows so danny lilker from nuclear assault filled in on bass for the duration of the trek .
on december 3 , 2010 lock up uploaded the first new piece of music in eight years , a track titled `` life of devastation '' , to the band 's official myspace page .
the song is set to appear on a split seven-inch single with misery index in 2011 .
the band 's third studio album , `` necropolis transparent '' , was recorded in november and december 2010 at hvr studios in ipswich , england , and features guest appearances by peter tägtgren and jeff walker -lrb- carcass , brujeria -rrb- .
it will be released on july 1 in europe and july 12 in north america by nuclear blast records .
