Exhumed (band)

Infobox musical artist
Name = Exhumed


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Origin = California, United States
Genre = Deathgrind
Death metal
Years_active = 1991–2005
Label = 625 Thrashcore
Relapse Records
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URL = [http://www.exhumed.us/ www.exhumed.us]
Current_members = Wes Caley
Matt Harvey
Matt Connell
Leon del Muerte
Past_members = Jake Giardina
Ross Sewage
Mike Beams
Bud Burke
Ben Marrs
Matt Widener
Danny Walker
Col Jones
John Longstreth

Exhumed is an American Deathgrind band from San Jose. They were most recently signed to Relapse Records. Formed in 1991, when sole remaining founding member Matt Harvey was at the tender age of 15. Exhumed spent much of the ensuing decade hacking its way through numerous demos, split CDs, and EPs. The band finally recorded their debut album, the genre-(re)defining and critic-repulsing "Gore Metal" in 1998. The album crystallized the old-school Death Metal meets full-on Grindcore sound forged during the recordings of their last demo and first split CD ("Horrific Expulsion of Gore" and "In the Name of Gore").

This led to the band's first US tour and festival appearances (their only previous out of California shows had been 9 dates in central Europe in 1997 supporting "In the Name of Gore"). The band continued to morph line-ups with the release of the back-to-basics second record "Slaughtercult" in 2001. The album blatantly blended the band's brutal cult-thrash influences into its sonic meat-grinder. This album allowed the band to do three US tours, and their first proper European tour, including co-headlining festivals like Fuck the Commerce and Obscene Extreme. The band also appeared at the Wacken Open Air festival.

The band evolved further with their third album, 2003's "Anatomy is Destiny" which added more sophisticated arrangements, production and instrumentation into the Gore Metal formula. Bassist Leon del Muerte replaced Bud Burke soon after the album was recorded.

After the departure of the band's co-founder, drummer Col Jones, the band issued a massive 2CD compilation of their early recordings, appropriately dubbed "Platters of Splatter".

After touring all over America, Canada, Europe, Japan, Australia and even Iceland, the band realigned its personnel yet again, resulting in the departure of long-time guitarist Mike Beams and the recruitment of new six-stringer Wes Caley and drummer Matt Connell. The "new and improved" Exhumed has completed recording an album of cover songs entitled "Garbage Daze Re-Regurgitated".

Currently the band is working on the first Exhumed DVD (as of yet untitled)

Line-up

Current line-up

* Matt Connell - Drums
* Leon del Muerte - Guitar (1996-1997), Bass & Vocals (2002-2005)
* Matt Harvey - Guitar, Vocals

Former members

* Wes Caley - Guitars
* Jake Giardina - Bass, Vocals
* Ross Sewage - Bass, Vocals
* Mike Beams - Guitar, Vocals
* Bud Burke - Bass, Vocals - Slaughtercult Tours, Gore Metal tours.
* Ben Marrs - Bass
* Matt Widener - Bass
* Danny Walker - Drums - 3 tours.
* Col Jones - Drums
* John Longstreth - Drums - 2 tours.

Discography

Demos

* "Dissecting the Caseated Omentum" (Demo cassette), 1992
* "Goregasm" (Demo cassette), 1992
* Untitled (Demo cassette), 1992
* Untitled Promo cassette, 1993
* "Grotesque Putrefied Brains" (Demo cassette), 1993
* "Horrific Expulsion of Gore" (Demo cassette), 1994

7"s, EPs and Splits

* "Excreting Innards" (7"), 1992
* Untitled split cassette w/ Haemorrhage, 1995
* "In the Name of Gore" (split CD w/ Hemdale), 1996
* "Blood And Alcohol" (split 7" w/ Pale Existence), 1996
* "Chords of Chaos" (4-way split w/ Ear Bleeding Disorder, Necrose, and Excreted Alive), 1997
* "Instruments of Hell" (split 7" w/ No Comply), 1997
* "Indignities to the Dead" (split 7" w/ Pantalones Abajo Mereneros), 1997
* "Totally Fucking Dead" (split 7" w/ Nyctophobic), 1998
* "Tales of the Exhumed" (split 7" w/ Retaliation), 1998
* Untitled split 7" with Sanity's Dawn, 2000
* Untitled split 7" with Gadget, 2001
* "Deceased in the East/Extirpated Live Emanations" (live split 10" w/ Aborted), 2003
* "Something Sickened This Way Comes / To Clone and to Enforce" (split 7" & 3" CD w/ Ingrowing), 2006

Full-length albums

*"Gore Metal", 1998
*"Slaughtercult", 2000
*"Slaughtercult" (special edition sawblade-shaped CD w/ 1 bonus track) 2001
*"Anatomy is Destiny", 2003
*"Platters of Splatter" (double album), 2004
*"Garbage Daze Re-Regurgitated" (cover album), 2005

External links

* [http://www.exhumed.us Official Website]
*MySpace|exhumed|Exhumed
* [http://www.metal-archives.com/band.php?id=143 Exhumed] at Encyclopaedia Metallum
* [http://www.smnnews.com/board/forumdisplay.php?f=11 Official Exhumed forum]
* [http://grindcore.com/readarticle.php?article_id=15 Exhumed INTERVIEW]