Abscess (band)
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Abscess was a hardcore punk
-influenced death metal
band from Oakland
, California
. The band was formed in 1994 by Chris Reifert
and Danny Coralles
, both former members of Autopsy
.
Frontman Chris Reifert contributed a recipe for Mummified Jalapeño Bacon Bombs to Hellbent for Cooking: The Heavy Metal Cookbook, by Annick Giroux (Bazillion Points Books, ISBN 978-1935950004).
Hardcore punk
Hardcore punk is an underground music genre that originated in the late 1970s, following the mainstream success of punk rock. Hardcore is generally faster, thicker, and heavier than earlier punk rock. The origin of the term "hardcore punk" is uncertain. The Vancouver-based band D.O.A...
-influenced death metal
Death metal
Death metal is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal. It typically employs heavily distorted guitars, tremolo picking, deep growling vocals, blast beat drumming, minor keys or atonality, and complex song structures with multiple tempo changes....
band from Oakland
Oakland, California
Oakland is a major West Coast port city on San Francisco Bay in the U.S. state of California. It is the eighth-largest city in the state with a 2010 population of 390,724...
, California
California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
. The band was formed in 1994 by Chris Reifert
Chris Reifert
Chris Reifert is an American musician, and one of the pioneers of the death/doom genre. Although his music is more death metal than doom metal, he is one of the first musicians that blended the two styles. He played drums on the Death debut album, Scream Bloody Gore...
and Danny Coralles
Danny Coralles
Danny Coralles is the guitarist and co-founder, with drummer Chris Reifert, of Abscess. Prior to forming Abscess Coralles and Reifert were also bandmates in Autopsy, The Ravenous, Eat My Fuk and Doomed.-Discography:* Critical Madness...
, both former members of Autopsy
Autopsy (band)
Autopsy is a death metal band, founded in 1987 in the United States by Chris Reifert. They disbanded in 1995, but have reunited as of July 2009.-Biography:...
.
Frontman Chris Reifert contributed a recipe for Mummified Jalapeño Bacon Bombs to Hellbent for Cooking: The Heavy Metal Cookbook, by Annick Giroux (Bazillion Points Books, ISBN 978-1935950004).
Current members
- Joe Allen - bassBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
- Clint Bower - guitarGuitarThe guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
, vocalsSingingSinging is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, and augments regular speech by the use of both tonality and rhythm. One who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music known as songs that can be sung either with or without accompaniment by musical instruments...
, bass - Danny CorallesDanny CorallesDanny Coralles is the guitarist and co-founder, with drummer Chris Reifert, of Abscess. Prior to forming Abscess Coralles and Reifert were also bandmates in Autopsy, The Ravenous, Eat My Fuk and Doomed.-Discography:* Critical Madness...
- guitar, bass, vocals - Chris ReifertChris ReifertChris Reifert is an American musician, and one of the pioneers of the death/doom genre. Although his music is more death metal than doom metal, he is one of the first musicians that blended the two styles. He played drums on the Death debut album, Scream Bloody Gore...
- drumsDrum kitA drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
, vocals, bass
Discography
- Abscess (Demo, 1994)
- Raw Sick & Brutal Noize! (Demo, 1994)
- Pustulation of Embrionic Flesh (live on KZSU) (Live, 1994)
- Crawled up from the Sewer (Demo, 1995)
- Filthy Fucking Freaks (Demo, 1995)
- Urine JunkiesUrine JunkiesUrine Junkies is a compilation album by the death metal band Abscess featuring tracks from various demos and EPs. It was released by Relapse Records in 1995.-Track listing:# "Aching Meat" # "Urine Junkies"...
(Compilation CD, Relapse, 1995) - Seminal Vampires and Maggot MenSeminal Vampires and Maggot MenSeminal Vampires and Maggot Men is an album by the death metal band Abscess. It was released by Relapse Records in 1996.-Track listing:# "Naked Freak Show" # "Freak Fuck Fest "...
(CD, Relapse, 1996) - Throbbing Black Werebeast (EP, Relapse, 1997)
- Open Wound (Demo, 1998)
- TormentedTormented (Abscess album)Tormented is an album by Abscess released in 2000.-Track listing:# "Rusted Blood" # "Filth Chamber" # "Tormented" # "Madness and Parasites" # "Deathscape in Flames" # "Street Trash"...
(CD, Listenable, 2000) - Split with Deranged (10", Listenable, 2001)
- Split with MachetazoMachetazoMachetazo is a grindcore/goregrind band from La Coruña, Spain formed in 1994. They are one of the few surviving bands in the Spanish underground extreme music scene of the nineties.-History:...
(CD, Upground, 2001) - Split with Bloodred Bacteria (CD, 2001)
- Through the Cracks of DeathThrough the Cracks of DeathThrough the Cracks of Death is an album by Abscess released in 2002.-Track listing:# "Raping the Multiverse" # "Mourners Will Burn" # "Through the Cracks of Death" # "Escalation of Violence"...
(CD, Peaceville, 2002) - Thirst for Blood, Hunger for FleshThirst for Blood, Hunger for FleshThirst for Blood, Hunger for Flesh is a compilation album by Abscess featuring tracks from various demos, EPs, splits, and singles. It was released by Necroharmonic Productions in 2003.-Track listing:# "Speed Freak" – 1:27# "Leech Boy" – 1:35...
(Compilation CD, Necroharmonic, 2003) - Damned and MummifiedDamned and MummifiedDamned and Mummified is a 2004 album by Abscess; released on Red Stream.- Track listing :# "Through the Trash Darkly" – 3:27# "Empty Horizon" – 4:42# "Swallow the Venom" – 3:29# "Caverns of Hades" – 5:16# "The Dead are Smiling at Me" – 3:54...
(CD, Red Stream, 2004) - HorrorhammerHorrorhammerHorrorhammer is the fifth album by Abscess. It was released on April 24, 2007 on Tyrant Syndicate Productions.-Track listing:*All Songs Written By Chris Reifert, except where noted.# "Drink the Filth" – 2:40 # "New Diseases" – 1:58...
(CD, Tyrant Syndicate, 2007) - Split with Bonesaw (CD, Aphelion, 2008)
- Dawn of Inhumanity (CD, Tyrant Sindicate, 2010)
External links
- Official Abscess Web page
- Abscess at MySpaceMySpaceMyspace is a social networking service owned by Specific Media LLC and pop star Justin Timberlake. Myspace launched in August 2003 and is headquartered in Beverly Hills, California. In August 2011, Myspace had 33.1 million unique U.S. visitors....