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There is more than one artist with this name:

1. An early 80s Boston hardcore punk band
2. A brutal death metal band from California
3. A death metal band from Indonesia

1) Vile are probably known only to the most diehard record collectors and other degenerate scumbags. A mysterious and controversial band, they befouled the punk scene with their 1982 Solution LP, then disappeared off the face of the earth.

Vile started in Maynard, a town in Massachusetts. The aim of the band was presumably to piss off as many people as possible, and their dubious tactic was bigotry. In possibly their only Boston appearance, opening up for the Angelic Upstarts in 1982, the singer told racist jokes from the stage and threw the mike stand at a member of the audience. Their infamous LP was recorded in the legendary Radiobeat Studio, and featured lyrics attacking women, minorities, gays, and pretty much everybody in general. It has since become a coveted collector’s item.

Album review reprinted from the web site Kill From The Heart:
In the history of US hardcore (let alone worldwide…) Vile is mere triviality - a footnote to the sidebar. After two shows, one LP, and a bit of controversy they faded from all but the best memories. Curiously, in recent years they’ve obtained a cult following, likely due in part to members resurfacing via eBay with copies of the impossibly difficult to find LP. The story of the band is at least amusing, so I’ll tell what I know.
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  • Deviliknow

    Just heard some tracks from Metamorphosis... I´ll keep good memories of Vile listening to Stench of the Deceased and Depopulate.

    10 days ago

  • DeatherCOBHC

    Awesome drumming.

    last month

  • Maquina_Muerte

    In case you think this band's latest album qualifies as one of the best releases of 2011, then please tag their latest album (on the last.fm album page) as "best metal and hard rock albums of 2011” and help us create best of charts according to metal and hard rock fans on last.fm. Thank you. For more info: http://www.last.fm/group/TAG%3A+%22best+metal+and+hard+rock+albums+of+%5Binsert+year%5D%22

    March 2012

  • Mercenarion

    "Proggy" an adjective I'd never use to describe Vile. [2]

    March 2012

  • UndeadMessiah

    "Proggy" an adjective I'd never use to describe Vile.

    March 2012

  • xVictimOfADownx

    Not really.....have you even listened to their newest album? It's pretty proggy actually and really generic is the one word I would not use to describe it....

    February 2012

  • fymek

    tabularasa2010 wrote: Next Album will be Hollywood Symphonic Death Metal, I guess *thumbs down* - "Agony" by Fleshgod Apocalypse is out

    February 2012

  • NorthernHeart

    so chunky

    February 2012
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Vile - Update Feb. 2010

10 Feb 2010 | from blog.myspace.com/vile

I wanted to update you guys on what has been going on.  Ive been pretty quiet lately and have not been around much, sorry for that.  But there has not been much to say.  The album …

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