Malevolent Creation

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Malevolent Creation
	General information
Genre (s)	Death metal
founding	1987
Founding members
guitar	Phil Fasciana
singing	Bret Hoffmann († 2018)
bass	Jason Blachowicz
Current occupation
singing	Bret Hoffmann († 2018)
guitar	Gio Geraca
guitar	Phil Fasciana
bass	Jason Blachowicz
Drums	Justin DiPinto
former members
guitar	Jim Nickles
singing	Kyle Symons
guitar	Jeff Juszkiewicz
guitar	Rob Barrett
guitar	John Paul Soars
bass	Gordon Simms
Drums	Justin DiPinto
Drums	Alex Marquez
Drums	Mark Simpson
Drums	Tony Laureano
Drums	Derek Roddy
Drums	Dave Culross
bass	Marco Martell
Drums	Fabian Aguirre
guitar	John Rubin
Drums	Gus Rios
Guest musician
guitar	James Murphy ( Death ) (1992)
guitar	Mick Thomson ( Slipknot ) (2006)

Malevolent Creation ( . English for malicious creation ) is a death metal - band from Fort Lauderdale , Florida , USA .

Band history

In 1987 Phil Fasciana (guitarist) teamed up with Brett Hoffmann (singer) and Jason Blachowicz (bassist) in Buffalo, New York. With their first demo, of which there are 100 copies, they drew attention for the first time in the death metal scene.

In 1988 the band went to Florida, where they recorded their second demo with a circulation of 1,000. There was a new drummer and a second guitarist, John Rubin. With their third demo - a year later and now with Mark Simpson as drummer - the band got a record deal with Roadrunner Records . Her debut album The Ten Commandments was released there in 1991 .

In 1992 John Rubin and Mark Simpson had to leave the group, Rob Barrett on guitar and Alex Marquez as the new drummer were hired as substitutes, but he also played in several other bands at the same time. With the new line-up, "Retribution" was recorded in the same year. Both newcomers left the band after the second album, they were replaced by John Rubin, who played guitar again, and Larry Hawke on drums.

In 1993 the band released Stillborn , which is considered by many to be the band's weakest album. Frontman Brett Hoffmann was fired during the following tour with Cradle Of Filth, while Jason Blachowicz took over the microphone in addition to the bass. Larry Hawke was also replaced by Dave Culross .

“If you're too slow, you gotta go” - this is how band leader Phil Fasciana explained the constant changes in the line-up of Malevolent Creation. With the new drummer in 1995, Eternal was the fourth album, but now on Pavement Music . The song They Breed from this album brought accusations of being racist to the band because the lyrics are about a spreading species and bassist Jason Blachowicz screams “you fucking niggers” at the end of the song, which Phil Fasciana said not at all in an interview planned and not meant to be racist, but a slip by Jason Blachowicz, which was not corrected because one thought it would sound good.

The 1996 album Joe Black contains only three new songs in addition to outtakes , demos and remixes.

In In Cold Blood (1997) Barrett and Culross were John Paul Soars (formerly Paingod , guitar) and Derek Roddy replaced (drums). When Blachowicz appeared at a concert wearing a KKK T-shirt, the situation escalated. The band was insulted as "Nazis" and "Scum" and pelted with bottles. As a result, Blachowicz was beaten by Fasciana and left the band.

A new line-up was put together for The Fine Art Of Murder (1998). Phil played some keyboard sounds. Brett Hoffmann (vocals) was substituted on for Jason and Gordon Simms was brought into the band as bassist. Rob Barrett also came back, replacing John Paul Soars as second guitarist. Dave Culross also returned as Derik Roddy switched to Hate Eternal.

The band released the 2000 album Manifestation just to fulfill their contract with Pavement. The album Envenomed , which was released by Arctic Records , was recorded with the same line-up. After a European tour, Brett was arrested on his return to the States because he had an old arrest warrant for drug offenses from 1995. After his release due to drug problems, work on The Will To Kill began. The singer Kyle Symons of Hateplow , Phil and Rob's side project, joined Malevolent Creation as a substitute.

The Will To Kill Kataklysm guitarist Jean-Francois Dagenais was the producer . However, since the Canadian cannot easily enter the USA, the Malevolent Creation musicians considered smuggling their way across the border illegally, as they were not allowed to enter Canada due to their previous convictions. Jean Francois then only came to the band's studio on a US tour with Kataklysm, took the tapes with him and mixed them in Canada. The Will To Kill was released in November 2002 in the States on Arctic Records and in Europe via Nuclear Blast.

Justin Dipinto, who recorded the drum parts on the album, had to leave the band again immediately - he was also not allowed to leave the USA because of various criminal records. The then 22-year-old Arieo Alverado took on the role of drummer. On the new album Invidious Dominion (2010) Gus Rios can be heard on drums.

In 2014, the band caused a shit storm after posting a statement on Facebook about the expulsion of drummer Gus Rios . They wrote in it that they had separated from the "gay drummer". The band later tried to state in a new statement that Gay Gus was a nickname for the drummer. This time the band went into the reasons for the expulsion.

On July 7, 2018, singer and founding member Bret Hoffmann died of complications from colon cancer .

Discography

Studio albums

1991: The Ten Commandments
1992: Retribution
1993: Stillborn
1995: Eternal
1997: In Cold Blood
1998: The Fine Art of Murder
2000: Envenomed
2002: The Will to Kill
2004: Warkult
2007: Doomsday X
2010: Invidious Dominion
2015: Dead Man's Path
2019: The 13th Beast

Live albums

1994: Live death
2004: Conquering South America
2006: Created live (DVD)
2008: Live At The Whiskey A Go Go

Compilations and Best Ofs

1997: Joe Black
2000: manifestation
2003: The best of Malevolent Creation
2004: Retrospective

Demos

1989: Demo I
1990: demo 1990

Web links

Individual evidence

↑ http://www.metal-hammer.de/news/mektiven/article544269/malevolent-creation-beschimpfen-ex-drummer-als-schwul.html
↑ The band's Facebook page, accessed February 27, 2013
↑ Thomas Sonder: Bret Hoffmann (ex-Malevolent Creation) died of cancer. In: Metal Hammer , July 9, 2018. Retrieved July 9, 2018.
↑ Chart sources: DE CH

[1] ttp://www.metal-hammer.de/news/mektiven/article544269/malevolent-creation-beschimpfen-ex-drummer-als-schwul.html

[2] The band's Facebook page, accessed February 27, 2013

[3] Thomas Sonder: Bret Hoffmann (ex-Malevolent Creation) died of cancer. In: Metal Hammer , July 9, 2018. Retrieved July 9, 2018.

[charts-4] Chart sources: DE CH