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There are at least two bands under the name Corrupted.

1. Corrupted is a Japanese drone/sludge/doom metal band, formed in 1994. Their sound is characterized by incredibly downtuned guitars and bass playing slow, minimalist riffs under deep layers of feedback. The vocals are harsh guttural grunts, and the music alternates between long instrumental sections and sections with vocals which go for long periods of time without rest. They are considered by most familiar with the genre to be one of the heaviest and darkest doom metal bands of all. However, they sometimes have long acoustic sections, spoken-word interludes, and other breaks in the style, even other instruments, as on their album El Mundo Frio, a 71-minute song which contains long sections of harp. To this effect, they recently added a keyboardist, Takehito Miyagi, to their lineup, which had previously consisted only of guitar, bass, drums, and vocals.

Corrupted has a few notable idiosyncrasies which seem to create an air of mystery around the band. Although they hail from Japan, and their members on most releases are all Japanese, they sing almost exclusively in Spanish, though some songs contain sections in Japanese or English. In addition, the band has never taken promotional pictures nor do any of the albums contain group photos. The only known existing photographs are taken by fans at concerts, and they refuse to give interviews.

Corrupted’s albums typically contain extensive liner notes in the form of bleak black-and-white photographs, which add to the gloomy atmosphere of the music.
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  • Se Hace Por Los Suenos Asesinos
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  • Anciano Vinyl
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  • Paso Inferior
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  • collapse_94

    from japan with love!

    23 days ago
  • kaivan21

    This Motherfuckers Are Great:X

    last month
  • CloudGer

    @nhojj To me it's a positive evolution. Matter of taste I guess. I do like everything I heard from them so far though.

    last month
  • DragonBottles

    So I got to Paso Inferior and it's fucking fantastic.

    last month
  • DragonBottles

    I love all of the albums I've heard, the only one I haven't given a try yet is Paso Inferior but I'll get to it.

    March 2012
  • Lost_Souls_UK

    I've gone beyond the pale...

    March 2012
  • nhojj

    i've found garten der unbewisstheit to be by far the weakest full-length effort released thus far by them. it has grown on me a bit and can be enjoyed but i would definitely prefer if they didn't continue down this path.

    March 2012
  • CloudGer

    Garten der Unbewisstheit is friggin incredible.

    March 2012
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