1980 is an instrumental progressive jazz metal quartet hailing from France. After a first experimental project that included Armand, Pablo (guitars), and Mathieu (drums), the band was reborn in 2003 in its current form with Ben joining on bass. 1980 started composing and working on what they described as “Brutal Jazz”: instrumental music build on the duality between a free-minded approach from jazz, mixed with brutal sounds and constructions from modern metal. The results were a music sounding like Meshuggah and Weather Report, with dramatic influence from Angelo Badalamenti . 1980 released their full-length and self-titled debut in April 2007.