Malignancy (band)

Malignancy
Origin	Yonkers, New York, United States
Genres	Death metal, technical death metal
Years active	1992–present
Labels	United Guttural Records Primitive Recordings Willowtip Records
Associated acts	Mortician
Website	http://www.malignancy.com
Members
Danny Nelson Ron Kachnic Roger Beaujard Mike Heller
Past members
Javier Velez Kevin Chamberlan Frank Madaio John Marzan Larry Demlin Tom Dorney Kevin Hughes Ralph Blanco Desmond Tollhurst Lance Snyder

Malignancy is a technical death metal band from Yonkers, New York formed in 1992.

Overview

Malignancy is recognized as one of the longest standing and well-known death metal bands in the New York death metal scene^[1] along with Incantation, Mortician and Suffocation.^[2][3]

History

Malignancy formed in February 1992 from the initiative of vocalist Danny Nelson and guitarist Javier Velez.^[4] They released their first demo Eaten Out From Within in April 1993. After multiple line-up changes and three more demos the band finally secured a deal with United Guttural Records in 1998. Shortly after, the band released their first album, Intrauterine Cannibalism in Spring of 1999. Soon they released an EP titled Motivated By Hunger. In 2001 a compilation entitled Ignorance Is Bliss was released through Primitive Recordings. It contained material from the Eaten Out From Within and Ignorance Is Bliss demos, and a 1998 promo CD. In 2003 they released one more EP, called Cross Species Transmutation. After the release the band began a three-year long search for a new label, which ended with them signing to Willowtip Records in 2006 and releasing a full-length titled Inhuman Grotesqueries on 7 August 2007.

Members

• Danny Nelson - vocals
• Ron Kachnic - guitar
• Roger J. Beaujard - bass
• Mike Heller - drums

Discography

Albums

• Intrauterine Cannibalism (1999)
• Inhuman Grotesqueries (2007)

Compilations

• Ignorance Is Bliss (2001)

EPs and demos

• Eaten Out From Within (Demo) (1992)
• Rotten Seed (Demo) (1994)
• Ignorance Is Bliss (Demo) (1997)
• Motivated By Hunger (EP) (2000)
• Cross Species Transmutation (EP) (2003)
• Promo 2005 (Demo) (2005)

External links

• The Official Malignancy Website
• Official Malignancy myspace page

References

1. ^ Metal Reviews - Review of Malignancy - Cross Species Transmutation
2. ^ Decibel Magazine
3. ^ Teeth of the Divine » Reviews » Malignancy - Inhuman Grotesqueries
4. ^ http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http://www.geocities.com/indarkpuritypilipinas/interviewmalignancy.html&date=2009-10-26+00:24:17