Anonymus is a Canadian thrash metal band from Montreal, Quebec, founded in 1989. Its members are Carlos Araya (drums), Oscar Souto (bass and vocals), Daniel Souto (guitar) and Jef Fortin (guitar). History The five musicians (the current members plus Marco Calliari) grew up together in Montreal and started their band in high school. In 1992, they independently released the EP The Dream That Lies and, in 1992, the EP Anonymus. In 1994, also independently, they released their first album, Ni Vu, Ni Connu (Not Seen, Not Known). In 1995, they were signed to the new Montreal label Disques MPV, which paired them with the band Overbass to release the 10-track split Live Crash. In 1996, they re-released Ni Vu, Ni Connu which, despite being all in French, had received excellent reviews. At the 1996 MIMI (Montreal Independent Music Industry) awards, the band won Best Metal/Rock Group. In 1997, Anonymus released the album Stress, whose songs are in English, Spanish, Italian and French. In 1998, they played Quebec's Festival Polliwog; their performance was included on the concert's compilation CD. That November, they toured Mexico with Blind Guardian and, in 1998 and 1999, played the Milwaukee Metalfest. They also toured France with the French metal band Watcha. In 1999, Anonymus released the album Instinct which, critics noted, was a departure from their earlier music. It was more mainstream, and more English-oriented, and appeared to be an attempt to break in to the American metal scene. 2002's Daemonium, released by Disques MPV's new division Kafka, got very good reviews but this was the last of the band's releases with Disques MPV, which went out of business soon after Daemonium'''s release. In 2003, Anonymus collaborated with Quebec satirical singer Serge Robert, aka Mononc' Serge, to record the album L'Académie du massacre, which Robert released independently. They would do this again in 2008, with Robert releasing their joint album Musique Barbare. It was nominated for Best Metal Album at the 2009 GAMIQ Awards. Their fifth studio album, Chapter Chaos Begins, was released by Galy Records in 2006, to mainly positive reviews."ANONYMUS: Chapter Chaos Begins". Blabbermouth, Scott Alisoglu"Anonymus Chapter Chaos Begins". Exclaim!, By Bill Whish Feb 15, 2007 The band was nominated for a Canadian Music Week Indie Award for Favorite Metal Artist/Group Or Duo of the Year in 2008.(February 3, 2008). "Anonymus: Canadian Tour Dates Announced ", Blabbermouth.net. Retrieved October 2, 2010. Still without a