Massacra was a French death metal band formed in 1986, described as "one of France's leading death metal bands in the early nineties".
Unfortunately, they found themselves at odds with the label's trend-following attitude and after two successful albums, Enjoy the Violence and Signs of the Decline, they terminated their contract in 1993.
The band decided not to rehash the same songs over and over on later releases—by the time of their fourth album (1994's Sick) the band had transformed to groove-laden mid-paced thrash metal.
The band broke up after guitarist Fred Duval died of skin cancer on 6 June 1997 at the age of 29.
Some members of the band went on to form an industrial side project called Zero Tolerance in 1996, and released one album through Active Records.