Disembowelment (band)
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| Disembowelment | |
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| Origin | Melbourne, Australia |
| Genre(s) | Death/Doom |
| Years active | 1989—1993 |
| Label(s) | Relapse |
| Associated acts | Trial of the Bow, Pulgar |
| Former members | |
| Renato Gallina Jason Kells Matthew Skarajew Paul Mazziotta |
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Disembowelment (often written diSEMBOWELMENT) was an Australian death/doom metal band from Melbourne that was formed in 1989 after the two piece grind band Bacteria featuring drummer Paul Mazziotta and guitarist/vocalist Renato Gallina changed its name and musical style. With Dean Ruprich from the Melbourne death metal band Necrotomy providing bass, the band released its first demo, "Mourning September" in 1990.
The band played very slowly (and occasionally with great speed), and relied equally on the atmospheric effects of droning guitars and constant riffing. Disembowelment is credited by many other doom metal groups as being the originators of death/doom, along with the band Winter. The band was known for its atmospheric chanting, slow riffs and spiritual dark elements present in their symphonic, heavily distorted style.
A track recorded for a compilation album (that featured Tim Aldridge of Abramelin on bass) won the band a deal with Relapse Records and they recorded a second demo entitled "Deep Sensory Perception into Aural Fate" with new second guitarist Jason Kells. With an extra track and bass parts from new member Matthew Skarajew, the demo was released as the EP "Dusk" by Relapse in 1992.
The 1993 album Transcendence Into The Peripheral featured a slowly executed drumming style, accompanied by death metal style vocals, chants and shrieks and passages of dark ambience. Slow guitar riffs and drum executions filled the album. The ability of Disembowelment to play slowly most of the time but then at some points execute very fast metal heightened interest in the band.
Disembowelment split up after the album's release. Gallina and Skarajew continued working together in the folk/ambient act called Trial Of The Bow, which Skarajew had originally initiated prior to joining Disembowelment. Skarajew and Mazziotta have since formed a grind band called Pulgar. In the late 90s, Kells formed a band called Firebird that later changed its named to Southern Cross.
The band's entire recorded catalogue was re-released as a double CD by Relapse in 2005.
[edit] Discography
- Dusk (EP, 1992)
- Transcendence Into The Peripheral (studio, 1993)
- Disembowelment (compilation, 2005)
