Vital Remains
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 Vital Remains at Party.San Metal Open Air 2017 |
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| General information | |
| Genre (s) | Death metal |
| founding | 1989 |
| Website | myspace.com/vitalremains |
| Founding members | |
| Jeffrey Gruslin | |
| Tony Lazaro | |
| Paul Flynn | |
| Joseph Lewis | |
| Current occupation | |
guitar |
Tony Lazaro |
bass |
Gator necklace |
singing |
Brian Werner |
| former members | |
Drums |
Rick Corbett (1993-1995) |
Vocals, bass |
Joseph Lewis |
singing |
Glen Benton |
| Live members | |
Drums |
Ace Alonzo |
Drums |
Tim Yeung |
Drums |
Antonio Donadeo (2007 Tour) |
singing |
Damien Boynton (2007 Tour) |
bass |
Brian Hobbie (2007 Tour) |
Vital Remains is an American death metal band founded in 1989 . It is characterized by a "brutal", quickly played, but still technically adept style of play. Their musical influences can be traced back to bands like Venom , Celtic Frost , Bathory , Mercyful Fate , Sodom and Destruction . The texts consistently contain anti-Christian content.
history
The band was formed in Providence in 1989 . After two demos she was able to sign a record deal with Peaceville . The first album Let Us Pray was released in 1992, the successor Into Cold Darkness three years later. During this time black metal was the dominant trend in the metal underground . Despite their anti-Christian to satanic lyrics, the band could not prevail and lost their record deal. They then continued as a trio.
1997 Vital Remains was able to sign with Osmose Productions , where in 1997 their album Forever Underground was released. In 2000 Vital Remains released the last album Dawn of the Apocalypse for the French label. Several line-ups took turns during this time. Various session musicians worked on the drums. The only constants remained Lazaro and Suzuki.
2001 Lazaro and Suzuki took Glen Benton of Deicide on in the group. With him they have released two albums so far for the record company Century Media , with which they signed a contract in 2003.
Discography
- Reduced to Ashes (demo; 1989)
- Excruciating Pain (demo; 1990)
- The Black Mass (EP; 1991)
- Let Us Pray (August 21, 1992)
- Split EP with Morta Skuld (1993)
- Into Cold Darkness (March 25, 1995)
- Forever Underground (March 25, 1997)
- Dawn of the Apocalypse (March 25, 2000)
- Dechristianize (August 22, 2003)
- Horrors of Hell (2006; Best Of)
- Icons of Evil (2007)
