Deceased (band)
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Deceased | |
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Origin | Arlington, Virginia, USA |
Genre(s) | Death metal (early) Thrash metal Heavy metal |
Years active | 1984 - Present |
Label(s) | Thrash Corner Records |
Members | |
Shane Fuegel Dave "Scarface" Castillo King Fowley Mike Smith Les Snyder |
Deceased is a death/thrash metal band from Virginia, that has attained a dedicated, though cult following throughout a lengthy recording and live career. Founded in 1984, by drummer and vocalist King Fowley, the first band to sign to leading grind label and later home of The Dillinger Escape Plan, Relapse Records, they released four full albums through the label, along with a number of EPs, demos and re-releases of early demos. Leaving Relapse Records in 2003 to sign to Thrash Corner, the band continues to release material to this day. Though their style has changed through the years, turning into a cross between thrash and heavy metal, with slightly harsh vocals, compared to the early and rawer death metal sound of their original works. Their sound centres around the powerhouse drumming and horror lyrics barked, sometimes narrated vocals of Fowley, telling tales of zombies and classic works of horror from The Twilight Zone to the works of Edgar Allan Poe ("Dark Chilling Heartbeat" retells "The Tell-Tale Heart" on their Supernatural Addiction album), while the twin guitars often move quickly from riff to riff - the band's songs typically work through several time signature and tempo changes. From their fairly primitive origins, while their core sound has always retained an almost punk/hardcore edge to its rawness, Deceased became more and more ambitious in terms of their use of melody in their progressive, lengthy thrash guitar workouts. This transition in their career was marked by the release of a full zombie concept LP, "Fearless Undead Machines", with cover art by painter Wes Benscoter and spoken samples from George A. Romero's "..of the Dead" films, as well as the band's own attempts to stage classic horror monologue and storytelling.
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[edit] Band members
- King Fowley - vocals
- Mike Smith - guitar (no longer plays live)
- Les Snyder - bass
- Dave "Scarface" Castillo - drums
- Shane Fuegel - guitar
[edit] Live members
- Matt Alteri - guitar
[edit] Former members
- Marcel DeSantos - drums
- Doug Souther - guitar
- Rob Sterzel - bass
- Mark "Chainsaw" Adams - guitar
[edit] Discography
[edit] Demos
[edit] The Evil Side Of Religion (October 1986)
- "After The Bloodshed" - 2:03
- "Eaten By Disease" - 2:02
- "March Of The Cadavers" - 2:08
- "Gutwrench" - 2:53
- "Raw Explosives" - 3:22
- "Sick Thrash" - 2:29
- "Mentally Ill" - 4:09
- "The Cemetery's Full" - 4:03
- "Funeral Of Gore" - 3:40
[edit] Birth by Radiation (1988)
Birth by Radiation | ||
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Demo album by Deceased | ||
Recorded | October 20, 1988 Inner Ear Studios, Arlington, VA |
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Genre | Death metal | |
Length | 29:10 | |
Producer | Don Zientara |
- "Birth by Radiation" - 4:02
- Vomiting Blood" - 3:06
- "Virus" - 2:44
- "Hallucinating Mutants" - 2:27
- "Worship the Coffin" - 3:55
- "Immune to Burial" - 3:32
- "Decrepit Coma" - 3:42
- "Deformed Tomorrows" - 5:42
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[edit] Nuclear Exorcist (1989)
Nuclear Exorcist | ||
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Demo album by Deceased | ||
Recorded | October 26-27 1989 Inner Ear Studios, Arlington, VA |
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Genre | Death metal | |
Length | 26:38 | |
Producer | Joey P |
- "Nuclear Exorcist" - 4:49
- "Shrieks from the Hearse" - 3:35
- "A Trip to the Morgue" - 2:35
- "Below the Tombstone" - 4:04
- "Planet Graveyard" - 4:50
- "Futuristic Doom" - 3:26
- "Haunted Cerebellum" - 3:19
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[edit] One Night In The Cemetery (1989)
One Night in the Cemetery | ||
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Demo album by Deceased | ||
Recorded | May 16, 1989 Live at Electric Banana, Pittsburgh, PA |
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Genre | Death metal |
- "Sick Thrash"
- "Gutwrench"
- "Decrepit Coma"
- "Birth By Radiation"
- "The Cemetery's Full"
- "Below The Tombstone"
- "Futuristic Doom"
- "After The Bloodshed"
- "Vomiting Blood"
- "Eaten By Disease"
- "Nuclear Exorcist"
- "Planet Graveyard"
- "Immune To Burial"
- "Deformed Tomorrows"
[edit] The Day of Death Live (1990)
The Day of Death Live | ||
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Demo album by Deceased | ||
Recorded | October 20, 1990 Live at The Skyroom, Buffalo, NY |
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Genre | Death metal |
- "Fading Survival"
- "Decrepit Coma"
- "The Cemetery's Full"
- "Birth By Radiation"
- "Psychedelic Warriors"
- "Futuristic Doom"
- "Haunted Cerebellum"
[edit] Live with the Legions (1992)
Live with the Legions | ||
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Demo album by Deceased | ||
Recorded | 1991-1992 Various locations |
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Genre | Death metal |
- "A Reproduction of Tragedy" (Live December 5, 1992, Maryland)
- "The 13 Frightened Souls/Robotic Village" (Live September 19, 1992, Washington, DC)
- "Psychedelic Warriors" (Live February 10, 1992, Washington, DC)
- "Birth By Radiation/Shrieks From The Hearse" (Live July 6, 1991, Maryland)
- "Island Of The Unknown" (Live April 22, 1992, Washington, DC)
- "Futuristic Doom" (Live March 20, 1992, Florida)
- "Haunted Cerebellum" (Live August 28, 1991, Virginia)
- "Planet Graveyard" (Live May 4, 1991, Illinois)
- "Feasting On Skulls" (Live June 20, 1992, Ohio)
- "Morbid Shape In Black" (Live November 27, 1992, Washington, DC)
[edit] Demo I 1995 (1995)
- "Die By The Sword" (Slayer cover)
- "Beyond Science"
- "The Silent Creature"
[edit] Demo II 1995 (1995)
- "Mysterious Research"
- "From the Ground They Came"
- "Night of the Deceased"
[edit] EPs
- Gut Wrench (1991)
- 13 Frightened Souls (1993)
- The Premonition (2000)
- Behind the Mourner's Veil (2001)
- Inject the Ugliness (2007)
[edit] Studio albums
- Luck of the Corpse (1992)
- The Blueprints for Madness (1995)
- Fearless Undead Machines (1997)
- Supernatural Addiction (2000)
- As The Weird Travel On (2005)
- Surreal Overdose (Forthcoming, 2008)
[edit] Live albums
- Up The Tombstones!!! Live 2000 (2002)
[edit] Compilations
- Death Metal From The Grave (1996)
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- Featuring demo and live tracks
- The Radiation Year (2002)
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- Featuring demo tracks
- Zombie Hymns (2002)
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- A metal covers album
- Corpses, Souls & Other Strangeness (2003)
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- Featuring Luck of the Corpse, 13 Frightened Souls and bonus tracks
- Return to the Evil Side (2004)
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- Featuring demo and live tracks
- Rotten To The Core (2004)
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- A punk covers album
- Legions of Arrggghhhh
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- Demo and live tracks
[edit] Compilation appearances
Year | Compilation | Label | Song | Album |
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1992 | Death...is Just the Beginning II | Relapse Records | "The 13 Frightened Souls" | Rough version |
1993 | 5 Years Nuclear Blast | Nuclear Blast | "Nuclear Exorcist" | 13 Frightened Souls |
Corporate Death (A Relapse Multi Death Compilation) | Relapse Records | "Robotic Village" | ||
1995 | Death...Is Just The Beginning III | "Creek of the Dead" | The Blueprints for Madness | |
UHF/VHF | "Midnight" | |||
HUH CD 7 | Huh Music Service | "The Triangle" | ||
2 Noise Pollution (Terrorizer Magazine Free CD April 1995) | Triumphington Publishing Company | "Alternate Dimensions" | ||
Nuclear Blast Soundcheck Series: Volume 3 | Nuclear Blast | "Midnight" | ||
Traces Of Death III | Relapse Records | "Into the Bizarre" | ||
1996 | Audio Espionage | Ax/ction Records | "Robotic Village" (Live) | Recorded at The Cave, Manassas VA (3/11/94) |
1997 | Promo | Relapse Records | "Fearless Undead Machines" | Fearless Undead Machines |
1998 | Solid:Strip Mining The Underground Since 1990 | "Graphic Repulsion" | ||
Contamination MCMXCVII (Polluting The Scene Since 1990) | "Beyond Science" | |||
Mercyful Fate Tribute | Listenable Records | "Nuns Have No Fun" | Previously unreleased Mercyful Fate cover | |
1999 | Relapse Records Sampler Spring 1999 | Relapse Records | "Beyond Science" | Fearless Undead Machines |
A Call To Irons 2: A Tribute to Iron Maiden | Dwell Records | "2 Minutes to Midnight" | Previously unreleased Iron Maiden cover | |
Land of the Wizard: A Tribute to Ozzy Osbourne | "S.A.T.O." | Previously unreleased Ozzy Osbourne cover | ||
Dead Forever: Tribute to Motorhead | "Stay Clean" | Previously unreleased Motorhead cover | ||
A Tribute to Mercyful Fate | Still Dead Records | "Doomed by the Living Dead" | Previously unreleased Mercyful Fate cover | |
2000 | Contaminated 3.0 | Relapse Records | "A Very Familiar Stranger" | Supernatural Addiction |
Wizards of Gore: A Tributo to Impetigo | Razorback Records | "Dis-organ-ized" | Previously unreleased Impetigo cover | |
2001 | Contaminated 4.0 | Relapse Records | "It's Alive" | Behind the Mourner's Veil |
Under the Guillotine: Tribute to Kreator | Dwell Records | "Tormentor" | Previously unreleased Kreator cover | |
2002 | We Don't Need Society: Tribute to D.R.I. | Malt Soda Records | "Madman" | Previously unreleased D.R.I. cover |