Disgorge (band)

This article is about the death metal band. For other uses, see Disgorge (disambiguation).

Disgorge
Origin	San Diego, California
Genres	Death metal
Years active	1992–present
Labels	Crash Music Inc. Unique Leader Records
Members
Levi Fuselier Ed Talorda Diego Sanchez Ricky Myers
Past members
Eric Flesy Tony Freithoffer A.J. Magana Ben Marlin (deceased) Matti Way

Disgorge is a death metal band from San Diego, California, formed in 1992.

Biography

Bryan Ugartechea, Tony Freithoffer and Ricky Myers formed Disgorge in 1992.

The same year they released their first demo, Cognitive Lust of Mutilation, before moving shortly afterwards to San Diego, California to establish themselves in the underground scene. During the move the band parted ways with bassist/vocalist Bryan Ugartechea. New members Matti Way (vocals) and Eric Flesy (bass) were taken on to fill Ugartechea's dual role.

The band wrote new material for their second demo 95 Demo, which was distributed worldwide and received great reviews^{[citation needed]}. Disgorge played many shows throughout 1995 to broaden their fan base, and in 1996 recorded the first four tracks of Cranial Impalement which was not released at the time but was later distributed by Extremities Productions.

In 1997 Tony Freithoffer and Eric Flesy left the band. Myers and Way began looking for new members, which weren't found until late 1998. Diego Sanchez (guitar) and Ben Marlin (bass) of Strangulation, a local death metal band, decided to join Disgorge then signing with Unique Leader Records, shortly after they released their full-length album, She Lay Gutted, in November 1999.

Since the release of She Lay Gutted the band has toured worldwide in Europe, North America and South America. Matti Way quit the band in 2001, shortly after, the band found a replacement in A.J. Magana, ex-vocalist of Deprecated.

Disgorge recorded their third album entitled Consume the Forsaken with Magana as the vocalist. Not too long after the recording took place A.J. parted ways with the band. Their fourth album entitled Parallels of Infinite Torture, featured new vocalist Levi Fuselier & guitarist Ed Talorda.

Disgorge have played in Japan, Australia, New Zealand, Thailand, Mexico, and Indonesia in support of the new release.

Members Diego Sanchez, Ed Talorda, and Matti Way along with Oscar Ramirez and Scott Ellis (Warface) formed To Violently Vomit, a Disgorge tribute. A.J. Magana has also done vocals for a few shows as well as Angel Ochoa (Condemned). Their debut was on September 11, 2009 at The Jumping Turtle in San Marcos, CA and continue playing in the Southern California area.

Early May 2011 Ricky Myers announced the that Disgorge is working on their new album, "And The Weak Shall Perish". The new lineup will include: Levi Fuselier, Ricky Myers, Erik Lindmark (DEEDS OF FLESH), Derek Boyer (SUFFOCATION, DECREPIT BIRTH).

Ben Marlin's death

On January 2, 2008, bassist Ben Marlin died, aged 31, after battling cancer for more than a year and a half.^[1]

Discography

Albums

• Cranial Impalement (1999)
• She Lay Gutted (1999)
• Consume the Forsaken (2002)
• Parallels of Infinite Torture (2005)

Demos

• Cognitive Lust of Mutilation (1992)

Trivia

• There are/were other bands named Disgorge from Mexico, Canada, Germany, Australia, Sweden, Argentina, Liechtenstein and the Netherlands.
• The band which appears on the TV in the opening scene of Paranormal Activity is in fact Disgorge. The song is Consume The Forsaken, from the album of the same name.

References

1. ^ "DISGORGE Bassist Loses Battle With Cancer". 2008-01-02. http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=87567. Retrieved 2008-01-05. 

External links

• AllMusic entry
• Myspace