Deceased ...

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Deceased ...
General information
Genre (s) Death metal (until the mid-1990s),
thrash metal , heavy metal
founding 1984
Current occupation
Shane Fuegel (since 2007)
Electric guitar
 Mike Smith (since 1990)
Les Snyder (since 1988)
King Fowley (formerly also drums)
Amos Rifkin (since 2018)
former members
guitar
 Doug Souther (until 1990)
Drums
 Marcel DeSantos (until 1986)
bass
 Rob Sterzel (until 1988 †)
bass
 Mark Adams (until 2007)
Drums
 David Castillo (2003–2008, 2012–2018; † 2018)

Deceased ... , often just Deceased ( English for “to die ”) is a metal band from Arlington , Virginia , USA .

history

The band was founded by King Fowley in Virginia in 1984 and began to publish underground demos in 1985 . The then bassist Rob Sterzel died in a car accident. The band members were heavily influenced by the early thrash metal bands, especially Voivod . In the underground scene, they often played with bands like Morbid Angel and Immolation . After the release of five demos , the band was the first band to ever get a record deal with the newly founded music label Relapse Records .

After a first EP called Gutwrecnch , the debut album Luck of the Corpse was released in 1992 . Less than a year later, the EP 13 Frightened Souls was released . In 1995 the second album Blueprints for Madness was released . In 1997, Fearless Undead Machines followed , which is considered by many to be their best album. Another album followed in 2000 with Supernatural Addiction . In 2001 the EP Behind the Mourner's Veil was released via Relapse . However, the band was not satisfied with the promotion and separated from the label after a band meeting.

Then began rather restless years in which the band released albums, EPs and compilations on several labels. A big blow was when founding member Mark Adams and the only remaining original member besides frontman King Fowley withdrew from the music scene and stopped playing from one day to the next.

However, the group could no longer build on the success of the old days. In 2016, three old albums that had not been re-pressed for many years were reissued by Transcending Obscurity.

Her last album, Ghostly White , was released in 2018 . On November 13, 2018, longtime drummer Dave Castillo drowned at the age of 43 while visiting his family in El Salvador. Before that, he had recorded the drum parts for the album. He was replaced by Amos Rifkin.

Other Projects

Some members of Deceased ... formed the heavy metal band October 31 .

Music genre

Deceased are considered to be the pioneers of Death Metal who helped shape the development of the style from Thrash Metal . The early style was therefore still very raw and largely shaped by the Canadian band Voivod. Later the style changed to a kind of Melodic Death Metal .

Members

Discography

Demos

  • 1986: The Evil Side of Religion
  • 1988: Birth by Radiation
  • 1989: One Night in the Cemetery
  • 1993: Live with the Legions
  • 1995: Demo I 1995
  • 1995: Demo II 1995

Albums

  • 1991: Luck of the Corpse ( Relapse Records )
  • 1995: The Blueprints of Madness (Relapse Records)
  • 1997: Fearless Undead Machines (Relapse Records)
  • 2000: Supernatural Addiction (Relapse Records)
  • 2005: Rotten to the Core (Malt Soda Recordings)
  • 2005: As the Weird Travel On (Thrash Corner Records)
  • 2011: Surreal Overdose (PATAC Records)
  • 2018: Ghostly White (Hells Headbangers)

Live albums

  • 2002: Up the Tombstones !!! Live 2000 (Thrash Corner Records)
  • 2010: Stalking the Airwaves (Outlaw Recordings)
  • 2019: Death Metal from the Dave (Shrieks from the Hearse Records)

Compilations

  • 1996: Death metal from the Grave (Last World)
  • 2002: The Radiation Years (Cursed Productions)
  • 2002: Zombie Hymns (Crook'D Records)
  • 2003: Corpses, Souls & Other Strangeness (Relapse Records)
  • 2004: Return to the Evil Side (Cursed Productions)
  • 2004: Legions Of Arrggghhhh (Trauma Records)
  • 2009: Night of the Deceased (Hard Rocker)
  • 2009: Worship the Coffin (2CD, AreaDeath Productions)
  • 2015: Demos from the Grave (Hells Headbangers)
  • 2015: Cadaver Traditions (2xCD, Hells Headbangers)

EPs / singles

  • 1991: Gutwrench (Relapse Records)
  • 1992: The 13 Frightened Souls (Relapse Records)
  • 2000: The Premonition (Outlaw Recordings)
  • 2001: Behind the Mourner's Veil (Relapse Records)
  • 2007: Inject the Ugliness (Metal War Productions)
  • 2011: Cloned (Day of the Robot) (Dark Descent Records)
  • 2012: Luck of the Corpse (Flexi-7``, Decibel Flexi Series)

Split releases

  • 2003: Relapse Single Series Vol. 2 (Split CD with General Surgery , Destroy and Disrupt , Relapse Records)
  • 2008: Unpleasant Scenarios / Unholy Wrath (Split-7 '' with Sacrifical Blood , Rusty Ax Records)
  • 2008: The Weird Sessions / Figure in Black (Split-10 '' with Crucified Mortals , Hells Headbangers)
  • 2014: The Figure of Uneasiness / Below the Deck of Opulence (Split-LP with Conceived by Hate, Morbid Skull Records)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b King Fowley: The History Of Deceased: The Early Days. (No longer available online.) Official website, archived from the original on May 18, 2012 ; accessed on May 20, 2020 .
  2. ↑ Tyler Brooks: Interview with death / thrash metal band - DECEASED. Transcending Obscurity, accessed May 20, 2020 .
  3. ↑ a b c Interview: King Fowley (Deceased). Invisibles Oranges , accessed May 20, 2020 .
  4. ↑ a b Clayton Michaels: An Interview With King Fowley of Deceased + October 31. indymetalvault.com, August 7, 2018, accessed May 20, 2020 .
  5. ↑ DECEASED announce new drummer. True Kult Coffee, December 4, 2018, accessed May 20, 2020 .
  6. ↑ Dave "Scarface" Castillo, Drummer of Death-Metal Band Deceased, Dead at 43. Revolver , November 14, 2018, accessed May 20, 2020 .