Choosing Death
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Kam Lee: Fronted a number of underground Florida punk and metal bands before moving in 2002 and leaving no forwarding address.
Danny Lilker: After the breakup of Brutal Truth, reformed S.O.D. in 1999 and then reformed Nuclear Assault in 2002. Also plays bass in death metal project The Ravenous. Currently resides in Rochester, NY.
Tomas Lindberg: Immediately formed Hide, later to become The Great Deceiver, after the breakup of At the Gates in 1996. Has since also sung for The Crown, Disfear, Lock Up, and Nightrage.
J Mascis: Guitarist/vocalist disbanded successful rock band Dinosaur Jr in 1997 and formed similar new act J Mascis + the Fog.
James Murphy: In August 2001 Murphy was diagnosed with a brain tumor and underwent an immediate lifesaving operation. He is currently recovering with his family in Florida, receiving follow-up treatments and has begun work on a new Disincarnate album.
Martin Nesbitt: Head of Point Blank Management, whose current roster includes Echoboy, among other acts.
Eva Nue: No longer works on Headbanger’s Ball, but still produces and develops many shows at MTV.
Matt Olivo: Moved from Flint, Michigan to Los Angeles, where he composes music for independent films. Plans to release material from new band Dejecta in 2004. Reformed Repulsion for a few live dates in 2003.
Ken Owen: Formed metal/rock band Blackstar with former Carcass members Jeff Walker and Carlos Regadas immediately after Carcass’ breakup. Suffered a near-fatal brain hemorrhage in February 1999 and spent the next several months in a coma, followed by a long and difficult rehabilitation. Since then, he has made a significant recovery and has actually begun walking and even playing drums again.
Trevor Peres: Formed death metal band Catastrophic in 1999 after the demise of Obituary. Released The Cleansing through Metal Blade Records in 2001. Surprsingly reformed Obituary with founding members John and Donald Tardy in early 2004.
Riki Rachtman: Former Headbanger’s Ball host now hosts a weekly metal radio show in Los Angeles known as “The Ball.” Headbanger’s Ball has since reappeared as a weekly program on MTV2.
Colin Richardson: Last produced a death metal album in 1999 (Cannibal Corpse’s Bloodthirst). Currently produces and mixes music from bands such as Anathema, Machine Head and Slipknot.
Calvin Robertshaw: Works as a prepress supervisor at a printing press in Brad-ford, England.
Daz Russell: Still promotes punk and hardcore shows, including the annual European punk rock festival Holidays in the Sun.
Josh Sarubin: Left Columbia Records in 1999. Currently A&R director at Arista Records. Signed multiplatinum recording artist Avril Lavigne.
Kevin Sharp: After the demise of Brutal Truth in 1998, Sharp began promoting concerts in the Chicago area. Recently formed grind punk band Venomous Concept with Napalm Death bassist Shane Embury and Melvins bassist Buzz Osborne.
Tomas Skogsberg: Still owns and operates Sunlight Studio. Now produces mainstream Swedish rock bands, such as The Hellacopters and The Backyard Babies.
Bill Steer: After the demise of Carcass, Steer formed Firebird, a new band inspired by the ’70s sounds of Cream, Free and Humble Pie. Currently resides in Paris.
John Tardy: Employed as a computer network administrator. Reformed Obituary with founding members brother Donald and Trevor Peres in early 2004.
Nick Terry: Left Terrorizer magazine in 2000 to complete his PhD in History. Currently a Visiting Research Fellow at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, DC.
David Vincent: Changed stage name to Evil D and joined Florida shock rockers the Genitorturers as bassist in late 1996.
Jeff Walker: Although Brazilian MTV reported he died during a surgical operation in the late 1990s, Walker is alive and well in Liverpool, England. Now, according to the man himself, he “splits his time between waiting for the phone to ring with offers he can’t refuse and hoping for a nü metal band to do a Carcass cover before the bubble bursts.”
Jim Welch: After leaving Columbia Records, Welch moved to Atlantic Records A&R from 1997 to 2000, then to Epic Records/Sony as Vice President of A&R from 2000 to 2003. He’s currently Vice President of A&R at Arista Records.
Jim Whiteley: Relocated from Birmingham to Cheltenham in 1990. Currently employed there as a postal worker.
Robert Williams: Released three records with the dirge rock combo Nightstick. Also co-founded improvisational free-jazz-meets-grindcore band The Death’s Head Quartet. Williams’ former band Siege will re-release their original recordings via Deranged Records in 2004.
Choosing Death Essential Discography
1987:
Death - Scream Bloody Gore - Combat
Heresy/Concrete Sox - Split - Earache
Napalm Death - Scum - Earache
S.O.B. - Don’t Be Swindle - Selfish
Various Artists - Raging Death - Godly
1988:
Carcass - Reek of Putrefaction - Earache
Death - Leprosy - Combat
Fear of God - Fear of God 7-inch EP - Temple of Love
Napalm Death - From Enslavement to Obliteration - Earache
1989:
Autopsy - Severed Survival - Peaceville
Carcass - Symphonies of Sickness - Earache
Doom - Total Doom - Peaceville
Extreme Noise Terror - Holocaust in Your Head - High Speed
Morbid Angel - Altars of Madness - Earache
Napalm Death - The Peel Sessions - Strange Fruit
Napalm Death - Mentally Murdered EP - Earache
Obituary - Slowly We Rot - Roadrunner
Repulsion - Horrified - Necrosis (Reissued by Relapse 2003)
Terrorizer - World Downfall - Earache
Various Artists - Grindcrusher - Earache
1990:
Death - Spiritual Healing - Combat
Deicide - Deicide - Roadrunner
Entombed - Left Hand Path - Earache
Extreme Noise Terror - The Peel Sessions - Strange Fruit
Napalm Death - Harmony Corruption - Earache
Obituary - Cause of Death - Roadrunner
Various Artists - At Death’s Door: A Collection of Brutal Death Metal - Roadrunner
Various Artists - Death is Just the Beginning… - Nuclear Blast
1991:
Atheist - Unquestionable Presence - Metal Blade
Autopsy - Retribution for the Dead - Peaceville
Autopsy - Mental Funeral - Peaceville
Bolt Thrower - Warmaster - Earache
Carcass - Necroticism: Descanting the Insalubrious - Earache
Death - Human - Relativity
Dismember - Like an Ever Flowing Stream - Nuclear Blast
Entombed - Clandestine - Earache
Grave - Into the Grave - Century Media
Immolation - Dawn of Possession - Roadrunner
Malevolent Creation - The Ten Commandments - Roadrunner
Morbid Angel - Abominations of Desolation - Earache (Reissue of scrapped 1986 LP)
Morbid Angel - Blessed Are the Sick - Earache
Napalm Death - Mass Appeal Madness EP - Earache
Pungent Stench - Been Caught Buttering - Nuclear Blast
Suffocation - Human Waste EP - Relapse
Suffocation - Effigy of the Forgotten - Roadrunner
Various Artists - Projections of a Stained Mind - CBR
1992:
At the Gates - The Red in the Sky Is Ours - Deaf/Peaceville
Carcass - Tools of the Trade EP - Earache
Brutal Truth - Extreme Conditions Demand Extreme Responses - Earache
Deicide - Legion - Roadrunner
Malevolent Creation - Retribution - Roadrunner
Obituary - The End Complete - Roadrunner
1993:
Carcass - Heartwork - Earache
Cynic - Focus - Roadrunner
Morbid Angel - Covenant - Earache
Entombed - Wolverine Blues - Earache
1994:
Brutal Truth - Need to Control - Ea
rache
Cannibal Corpse - The Bleeding - Metal Blade
Siege - Drop Dead - Relapse (Reissue of 1984 cassette)
1995:
At the Gates - Slaughter of the Soul - Earache
Bolt Thrower - For Victory - Earache
Dark Tranquillity - The Gallery - Osmose
Morbid Angel - Domination - Earache
Opeth - Orchid - Candlelight
1996:
Arch Enemy - Black Earth - W.A.R. (Reissued by Century Media 2002)
Cryptopsy - None So Vile - W.A.R. (Reissued by Century Media 2001)
Vader - De Profundis - Impact (Reissued by The End 2003)
1997:
Brutal Truth - Sounds of the Animal Kingdom - Relapse
Deicide - Serpents of the Light - Roadrunner
Dismember - Death Metal - Nuclear Blast
Obituary - Back From the Dead - Roadrunner
Suffocation - Despise the Sun EP - Vulture (Reissued by Relapse 2002)
Vital Remains - Forever Underground - Osmose
1998:
Cryptopsy - Whisper Supremacy - Century Media
Incantation - Diabolical Conquest - Relapse
Morbid Angel - Formulas Fatal to the Flesh - Earache
Nasum - Inhale/Exhale - Relapse
Nile - Amongst the Catacombs of Nephren-Ka - Relapse
Opeth - My Arms, Your Hearse - Candlelight
Pig Destroyer - Explosions in Ward 6 - Clean Plate
Soilent Green - Sewn Mouth Secrets - Relapse
1999:
Cannibal Corpse - Bloodthirst - Metal Blade
Hate Eternal - Conquering the Throne - Wicked World
In Flames - Colony - Nuclear Blast
Opeth - Still Life - Peaceville
2000:
The Crown - Deathrace King - Metal Blade
Cryptopsy -And Then You’ll Beg - Century Media
Discordance Axis - The Inalienable Dreamless - Hydra Head
Dying Fetus - Destroy the Opposition - Relapse
Napalm Death - Enemy of the Music Business - Dream Catcher
Nasum - Human 2.0 - Relapse
Nile - Black Seeds of Vengeance - Relapse
Vader - Litany - Metal Blade
2001:
Akercocke - Goat of Mendes - Peaceville
Arch Enemy - Wages of Sin - Century Media
Opeth - Blackwater Park- Music for Nations
Pig Destroyer - Prowler in the Yard - Relapse
2002:
Agoraphobic Nosebleed - Frozen Corpse Stuffed With Dope - Relapse
Decapitated - Nihility - Earache
Hate Eternal - King of All Kings - Earache
Napalm Death - Order of the Leech - FETO/Snapper
Nile - In Their Darkened Shrines - Relapse
2003:
Akercoke - Choronzon - Earache
Arch Enemy - Anthems of Rebellion - Century Media
Exhumed - Anatomy Is Destiny - Relapse
Master - Unreleased 1985 Album - From Beyond Productions
Napalm Death - Noise for Music’s Sake - Earache
Nasum - Helvete - Relapse
Zyklon - Aeon - Candlelight
Note: This discography includes proper full-length records and EP releases only. There are a number of artists whose demo and rehearsal recordings are equally essential listening, but they’ve never been granted a legitimate release.
About the author
Albert Mudrian was born in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania in 1975. Since 1997, he has served as an editor of all Red Flag Media publications. He currently resides in Philadelphia where he waits in vain for a Philly team to bring home a sports championship of any kind.
Choosing Death:
The Improbable History of Death Metal & Grindcore ©2004 by Albert Mudrian & Feral House
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