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Gorguts
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Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada (1989 – 2005, 2008 – present)
Known as one of the most technical and avant-garde death metal bands ever, Gorguts was formed in 1989 by Luc Lemay (guitar/vocals), Sylvain Marcoux (guitar), Eric Giguere (bass) and Stephane Provencher (drums) in Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada. They recorded a demo in 1990 entitled “And Then Comes Lividity”, and then in 1991 released “Considered Dead” on Roadrunner, their first full length of death metal. The release was very promising, and even included a guest guitar solo by James Murphy and guest vocals by Chris Barnes. Two years later in 1993, they released their second full length entitled “The Erosion of Sanity”. Similar in style to their debut, this album had showed Gorguts had indeed developed in musicianship. However, this album was overlooked and became an unheard classic for many years.
The band fell silent for five years. Many assumed Gorguts was no more, until 1998 when Luc Lemay assembled a new lineup and unleashed a classic in avant-garde death metal classic “Obscura”, which many will agree is the most technical, chaotic and downright lucid metal album ever recorded. Filled with irregular beats, discordant riffing, and complex song arrangements, “Obscura” turned out to be either indigestible by many, or seen for its true beauty by few. Three years later, Gorguts returned once again with “From Wisdom To Hate”. Some consider this release to be a digression from “Obscura”, but it was still much in the same avant-garde/technical vein.
The band fell silent for five years. Many assumed Gorguts was no more, until 1998 when Luc Lemay assembled a new lineup and unleashed a classic in avant-garde death metal classic “Obscura”, which many will agree is the most technical, chaotic and downright lucid metal album ever recorded. Filled with irregular beats, discordant riffing, and complex song arrangements, “Obscura” turned out to be either indigestible by many, or seen for its true beauty by few. Three years later, Gorguts returned once again with “From Wisdom To Hate”. Some consider this release to be a digression from “Obscura”, but it was still much in the same avant-garde/technical vein.
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Considered Dead
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The Erosion of Sanity
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wizardjoe wrote:
Both Meshuggah and Gorguts are fucking fantastic, stfu. [3]
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VasectomyOmega wrote:
Does anyone else "move" to Gorguts (last two in particular)? By move, I mean the way Immolation and Ulcerate move on live performances.
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Etothe3 wrote:
Both Meshuggah and Gorguts are fucking fantastic, stfu. [2]
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blutausbeherit wrote:
this band is exhausting. listening to one song makes me feel like I just ran a mile
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LSDawson wrote:
Both Meshuggah and Gorguts are fucking fantastic, stfu.
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crackityjones66 wrote:
Disincarnated is an awesome piece of work aint it?
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Nekrogrinder wrote:
Considered Dead's re-issued version is blowing my mind right now, fucking A-stuff!
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warcommand- wrote:
Meshuggah is shit and Gorguts is at least 65465465464 times better.
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Cassandra-Leo wrote:
and for what it's worth, I loved Obscura on first listen, just because it was completely unlike anything I'd ever heard before.
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Cassandra-Leo wrote:
Meshuggah are awesome and all, but Gorguts are 100 times better at least. Nothing Meshuggah has written comes anywhere near to the awe-inspiring greatness that is Obscura.
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warcommand- wrote:
Retarded troll
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Kataklysmatik wrote:
And you are basically an idiot.
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countpestiles wrote:
This band is basically a ripoff of Meshuggah.
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OmenEstNomen wrote:
the should rerelease pretty much all of their albums. Obscura is damn hard to find if you re not willing to pay high pirces.
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FranticFish123 wrote:
"From Wisdom To Hate really is better than Obscura." I disagree, after I listened to Obscura everything else just seemed so... normal. It wasn't until I listened to Karleinz Stockhausen that I found music that could rival Obscura's uniqueness; which is partly due to the vocals you seem to dislike. There isn't a single thing on Obscura that bugs me, not a single bad riff, no overplaying, no showing off, nothing, just the most unique and avant-garde death metal ever created.
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warcommand- wrote:
"Obscura is a flawless masterpiece. I dont think they are ever going to top this album." I'm not entirely sure about The Erosion of Sanity, but From Wisdom To Hate really is better than Obscura.
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crackityjones66 wrote:
The vocals are among the best in death metal. Obscura is a flawless masterpiece. I dont think they are ever going to top this album. I hope their next album is better than FWTH though.
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CrippledHealing wrote:
Uh huh bro.
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warcommand- wrote:
But not on that album...
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FranticFish123 wrote:
the vocals are awesome dude.
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