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(1986 – present)

Immolation is a death metal band from Yonkers, New York. They were formed in 1986 as Rigor Mortis. The name was changed to Immolation in late 1987, between the “Warriors of Doom” demo which was done as Rigor Mortis and “Demo I” which was done as Immolation. The band got a deal with Roadrunner Records and released their debut album Dawn of Possession through them. They were dropped by the label when the label dropped nearly all of the death metal bands. Later, they were picked up by Metal Blade Records and released the three succeeding albums through them. After the second one Here in After, drummer Craig Smilowski left the band and was replaced by Alex Hernandez who immediately boosted the technical proficiency of the band as a whole. The most recent two albums were released by Listenable Records. Unholy Cult saw the departure of guitarist Thomas Wilkinson. And Steve Shalaty replaced Hernandez on Harnessing Ruin.

Immolation relies on riffs written in dissonant harmonic patterns, often dueling between the two guitars, to progress songs;, typically over a complex rhythm and complex drum patterns.

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1	Father, You're Not a Father full track	202
2	Furthest From the Truth full track	192
3	Fall From a High Place full track	178
4	Unpardonable Sin full track	169
5	Lost Passion full track	160
6	Higher Coward	159
7	Close to a World Below full track	150
8	Put My Hand in the Fire full track	141
9	World Agony	132
10	Hate's Plague full track	131
11	Passion Kill	127
12	The Weight of Devotion	119
13	Of Martyrs and Men	113
14	Tarnished	110
15	Dawn of Possession	109

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kosher_carnage wrote:
7 hours ago

yes, I believe we all worship at the same altar

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extrememetal999 wrote:
11 hours ago

the description suits well to his riffing and soloing as well :P

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kosher_carnage wrote:
yesterday afternoon

did you just describe Vigna's face? what the hell

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VasectomyOmega wrote:
Sunday morning

Robert Vigna's got a fucking weird and evil looking face, but he's so damn amazing. One of my main musical influences.

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Autumn-Enigma wrote:
Sunday morning

I've become truly addicted to this band of late...<3 Bob Vignas riffage.

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Cassandra-Leo wrote:
Saturday evening

That would be an epic show. R.I.P. Wesley Willis :(

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Obese wrote:
Saturday afternoon

My dream show would be Gorguts, Mr.Bungle, Immolation & Wesley Willis

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Cassandra-Leo wrote:
Saturday morning

Immolation/Gorguts and Immolation/The Chasm would also be awesome shows. Though really all of those artists are talented enough to headline their own gigs, but for a state that gets billed as the birthplace of Death Metal we get a pretty shitty selection of gigs in Florida.

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Cassandra-Leo wrote:
Saturday morning

My dream death metal show would be Immolation/Incantation. Probably won't happen, but a man can dream.

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MetalHead093 wrote:
Saturday morning

I'm with you. Hopefully i'll be able to see them this month.

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VasectomyOmega wrote:
Saturday morning

I want to see these guys live so bad.

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100action wrote:
Saturday morning

suffocation meh

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EnemyOfTheState wrote:
Thursday evening

Can't wait for the new album. The artwork is sweet. I wasn't a big fan of the Harnessing Ruin cover either. Everything else from the 2000's after CtaWB is still pretty good. But not as good as the 90's covers of course.

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Xyhu777 wrote:
7 days ago

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bovinity wrote:
7 days ago

cover needs more explosions in the background

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Phaedrusovchaos wrote:
8 days ago

yeah the new cover is ok, I hated the too-much-red on harnessing ruin and shadows...

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Necrowind wrote:
9 days ago

@extrememetal999: Agree.

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extrememetal999 wrote:
9 days ago

new album cover is good enough....and for me, "unholy cult" and "here in after" cover arts the best....

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DEATHINFIREX wrote:
9 days ago

mm, I don't like new cover. It fits the title though

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RedneckStomp wrote:
10 days ago

New artwork looks imposing as fuck. Can't wait to buy it.

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