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THIS BAND WAS FORMED IN LIMA/ZARATE, ARGENTINA, IN THE MIDDLE OF 1994 BY ALEJANDRO (GUITAR AND VOCALS), PANSA (BASS), FERNANDO (DRUMS) AND MARCOS (VOCALS). AS A RESULT OF THE INFLUENCE OF SOME HEAVY, THRASH, BLACK AND DEATH METAL BANDS, THEY STARTED CREATING THEIR OWN SONGS. IN THE BEGGINING OF 1995 THE BAND BEGAN GIVING A FEW LIVE SHOWS, AND SOON AFTERWARDS THEY ENTERED STUDIO TO RECORD FIVE OF THEIR COMPOSITIONS. SO, IN 1996 THE "BIENVENIDO A LA NADA" DEMO-TAPE WAS RELEASED. IT CONTAINED ONLY FOUR OF THE RECORDED SONGS, AND THE DISTRIBUTION WAS BASICALLY LOCAL.

IMMEDIATLY AFTER 1917 WROTE NEW SONGS, MORE INFLUENCED BY MELODIC AND TECHNICAL DEATH METAL, PLANNING TO RECORD A DEMO/COMPILATION TOGETHER WITH THREE OTHER UNDERGROUND BANDS. ENTITLED "MEMORIAS DE MUERTE", THIS RELEASE WAS FINALLY EDITED IN MAY 1997. AT THE SAME TIME, 1917 STARTED TO RECORD THE TRACKS TO BE INCLUDED ON THEIR FIRST CD. BUT BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR PANSA LEFT THE BAND, AND ALL THE ACTIVITIES WAS DELAYED TO FIND A SUBSTITUTE.

IN 1998 DAMIAN JOINED THE BAND AS THE BASS PLAYER, AND THE CD "INTI HUACAY" WAS FINALLY READY. THIS RELEASE INCLUDED FIVE SONGS IN WHICH THE DEATH METAL WAS MIXED WITH ELEMENTS FROM THE BLACK AND THE THRASH METAL, PLUS TWO SHORT TRACKS BASED ON THE SOUTHAMERICAN ABORIGINAL MUSIC, WHICH OPEN AND CLOSE THE CD. IN THIS WAY, 1917 HAS IMPROVED THEY OWN STYLE. AFTER THE RELEASE OF THIS CD MARCOS DECIDED TO LEFT THE BAND, AND FROM THAT MOMENT ALEJANDRO IS THE VOICE OF 1917.

IN DECEMBER 1999 THE BAND INCLUDED A SONG TAKEN FROM "INTI HUACAY" ON A COMPILATION CD TITLED "HERMANDAD METALICA VOL. I", WICH WAS PRODUCED BY METALICA FANZINE, HURLING METAL RECORDS AND THE INCLUDED BANDS.

IN NOVEMBER 2000 THEY RECORDED A NEW SONG, TO BE INCLUDED ON SEVERAL COMPILATION CDs, AS "SACRILEGIO EXTREMO VOL. I" (SACRILEGIO ZINE - ARGENTINA), "ANCIENT CEREMONIES VOL. IV" (ANCIENT CEREMONIES ZINE - PORTUGAL), "ESTEI JEVI" (JEDBANGERS - ARGENTINA), "MY KINGDOM" (VAMPIRIA ZINE - ITALY), ETC.

IN JUNE 2001 THE BAND ENTERED STUDIO TO RECORD TWO SONGS FOR THE "NAHUEL VOL. III" CD COMPILATION, PUBLISHED BY HURLING METAL RECORDS IN DECEMBER OF THE SAME YEAR. AFTER WORKING ON THESE RECORDING SESSIONS, BOTH FERNANDO AND DAMIAN LEFT THE BAND, AND PANSA RETURNED TO 1917 TO PLAY THE BASS GUITAR.

BETWEEN FEBRUARY AND MARCH 2002 THEY WAS WORKING ON STUDIOS, AND THE RESULT WAS THE RELEASE OF THEIR SECOND ALBUM, TITLED "GENESIS & HORROR". ALSO, DURING SEPTEMBER THE BAND RECORDED SOME NEW SONGS AGAIN, AND THIS WAY 1917 TOGETHER WITH SLOW DEATH (VENEZUELA) AND SLOW AGONY (PARAGUAY) PUBLISHED A 3 WAY SPLIT CD TITLED "SUDAMERICA BRUTAL VOL. II". THIS CD WAS EDITED UNDER HURLING METAL RECORDS ON DECEMBER. BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR A GUEST MUSICIAN NAMED ERIC LOIACOMO WAS INCLUDED BEHIND THE DRUMS, AND SINCE THAT MOMENT 1917 IS PLAYING LIVE AGAIN.

IN THE BEGINNING OF 2003 THE BAND WAS INCLUDED ON SOME COMPILATION CDs, TITLED "INFECTED VOICE VOL. V" (PERU), "UNDER METAL VOL. I" (PERU) AND "ACERO # 19" (ECUADOR). 1917 PLAYED SOME LIVE SHOWS DURING THE YEAR AND, ON NOVEMBER, ALEJANDRO AND PANSA STARTED WITH THE RECORDING SESSIONS FOR THE RELEASE OF A NEW ALBUM.

ON FEBRUARY 2004 THEY PUBLISHED "VISION", THEIR THIRD ALBUM. THIS TITLE WAS EDITED UNDER HURLING METAL RECORDS AND SOUTHERN HELLISH PRODUCTIONS (BOTH FROM ARGENTINA), AND IT CONTAINS AN INTRO PLUS SEVEN SONGS INVOLVED ON DEATH METAL STYLE WITH SOME THRASH METAL INFLUENCES. ON JULY THIS ALBUM WAS EDITED FOR MEXICO, BY CONCRETO RECORDS AND ATOLINGA RECORDS. AT THE SAME TIME, SYLPHORIUM RECORDS (COLOMBIA) EDITED THE TAPE VERSION OF "INTI HUACAY", INCLUDING A LIVE BONUS TRACK RECORDED ON MARCH 2003.

ACTUALLY 1917 IS GIVING SOME LIVE SHOWS. THE BAND HAS INCLUDED TWO SONGS ON THE SECOND CHAPTER OF THE "MEMORIAS DE MUERTE" COMPILATION (ARGENTINA), AND SOME OTHER COMPILATIONS WILL BE CONFIRMED SOON, SO WAIT FOR NEWS...