Corpsing (band)
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Corpsing are an extreme metal
band from England
, United Kingdom
. They have previously been signed to Jason Mendoca's (Akercocke
) Goat of Mendes Records label and are due to release their next album through Grindethic Records.
in the year 2000, guitarist Giuseppe Cutispoto decided to form another metal band. He soon hooked up with his brother Mick (Lead Guitar) and started writing some material. Their initial intentions were to mix together various metal elements such as Death, Black, Thrash and Doom with other, non metal influences. Whilst writing the material they started looking for other band members to complete the line up, and in 2002 Corpsing had a line-up and started rehearsing the material. After many months of rehearsals Corpsing were ready to record their debut album Watching the Thinker and in 2003 they signed to Goat of Mendes Records with whom later that year they would record their album. Watching the Thinker was subsequently released in October 2005.
Since the release of their debut album the line up changed, Giuseppe and Mick were joined by The Wizard (Vocals/Bass) and Nick “The Baron” Plews (drums). In 2006 Corpsing started rehearsing and gigging with the new line up and in June started recording their second album with producer Andy Davies. During this time Corpsing were joined by David Adambery (Synth Lord/soundscapes) which added another previously unheard dimension to the sound.
Corpsing's latest album The Stench of Humanity is due to be released around February 2007 through Grindethic Records.
Extreme metal
Extreme metal is a loosely defined umbrella term for a number of related heavy metal music subgenres that have developed since the early 1980s. The term usually refers to a more abrasive, harsher, underground, non-commercialized style or sound nearly always associated with genres like black metal,...
band from England
England
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, United Kingdom
United Kingdom
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. They have previously been signed to Jason Mendoca's (Akercocke
Akercocke
Akercocke is an English progressive blackened death metal band from London, England. They take their name from a talking monkey in Robert Nye's interpretation of the Faust-legend, and are notable for their heavily Satanic and sexual lyrical content....
) Goat of Mendes Records label and are due to release their next album through Grindethic Records.
Background
Following his departure from his previous band InfestationInfestation
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in the year 2000, guitarist Giuseppe Cutispoto decided to form another metal band. He soon hooked up with his brother Mick (Lead Guitar) and started writing some material. Their initial intentions were to mix together various metal elements such as Death, Black, Thrash and Doom with other, non metal influences. Whilst writing the material they started looking for other band members to complete the line up, and in 2002 Corpsing had a line-up and started rehearsing the material. After many months of rehearsals Corpsing were ready to record their debut album Watching the Thinker and in 2003 they signed to Goat of Mendes Records with whom later that year they would record their album. Watching the Thinker was subsequently released in October 2005.
Since the release of their debut album the line up changed, Giuseppe and Mick were joined by The Wizard (Vocals/Bass) and Nick “The Baron” Plews (drums). In 2006 Corpsing started rehearsing and gigging with the new line up and in June started recording their second album with producer Andy Davies. During this time Corpsing were joined by David Adambery (Synth Lord/soundscapes) which added another previously unheard dimension to the sound.
Corpsing's latest album The Stench of Humanity is due to be released around February 2007 through Grindethic Records.
Current line-up
- Giuseppe Cutispoto - 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...
- Mick Cutispoto - 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...
- Wizzard Baboon - Vocals & Bass GuitarBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
- Baron - Drums
- David Adambery - Sound synthesis & SoundscapeSoundscapeA soundscape is a sound or combination of sounds that forms or arises from an immersive environment. The study of soundscape is the subject of acoustic ecology...
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Discography
- Watching the Thinker (Goat of Mendes Records, 2005)
- The Stench of Humanity (Grindethic Records, 2007)