Fleshkiller

Last updated

Fleshkiller
OriginNorway, Europe
Genres Technical death metal, extreme metal, Christian metal
Years active2015–present
Labels Facedown
Members Ole Børud
Elisha Mullins
Ole Vistnes
Andreas Skorpe Sjøen
Past membersPeter Dalbakk
Website Fleshkiller on Facebook

Fleshkiller is a death metal band from Norway [1] and Indiana, United States. [2]

Contents

History

Fleshkiller started in 2015[ citation needed ] in Norway as a side project of Ole Børud of the progressive metal band, Extol and Peter Dalbakk of the band Vardøger. [2] Børud and Dalbakk were former bandmates of the band Schaliach, a death-doom band they formed together. [3] The two hired drummer Andreas Skorpe Sjøen from the band Umpfel. [4] The band added Ole Vistnes as the band's bass player, of the bands Shining and Tristania. [4]

Dalbakk later quit the band, wanting to spend more time with his family. [2] The band replaced him with Elisha Mullins, vocalist of The Burial and former guitarist of A Hill to Die Upon. [2] Børud had gotten in contact with Mullins through both of their time on the Facedown Records roster. [5] The band later signed to Indie Recordings in Europe and Facedown Records in North America to release their debut album Awaken. [6] [7] [8] [9]

On June 30, 2017, the band released their debut single, "Parallel Kingdom". [10] [11] The band released their second single "Warfare" on August 18, 2017, via a music video. [12] [13] On September 1, 2017, the band released "Salt of the Earth", their third and final single before the album released on September 15. [14] The album came out on September 15, 2017, which received positive critical reception. [15]

Musical style and influences

Much like Extol, [16] Fleshkiller draws influences from several different bands, including Death, Steely Dan, Yes, and Necrophagist. [5]

The band plays a style of thrash metal and death metal, which was influenced by Death, but with a sense of harmony of progressive rock, which was primarily influenced by Yes. [5] The band remains close lyrically to what Extol had promoted through the Christian metal genre. [5] The band has been compared to Devin Townsend, [17] [18] Textures, [17] and Animals As Leaders. [19] [18]

Members

Current members

Former members

Discography

Studio albums

Singles

Related Research Articles

Extol is an extreme metal band from Bekkestua, Norway that was formed in 1993. The band is known for playing a variety of different styles of metal which include progressive metal, death metal, black metal and thrash metal.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Solid State Records</span> American record label

Solid State Records is a metalcore record label, an imprint of Tooth & Nail Records. Unlike Tooth & Nail, Solid State signs hardcore punk and heavy metal bands. Like Tooth & Nail, Solid State is primarily a Christian label. However, it signed several bands with Christian members which don't label themselves as Christian bands, including Stretch Arm Strong, Gwen Stacy, He Is Legend, the Famine, Training for Utopia, and the Agony Scene.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Facedown Records</span> American record label

Facedown Records is a Christian rock record label based in Fallbrook, California, that is devoted to hardcore punk and metalcore bands with a few death metal acts such as Immortal Souls and Indwelling. Founded by No Innocent Victim drummer Jason Dunn in 1997, the label started small with a number of 7" record releases by Overcome, Dodgin Bullets, and Born Blind. As the label grew, it was able to sign artists for full album deals. xDISCIPLEx released material on Facedown, as well as Figure Four and Point of Recognition. The label also signs straight edge groups such as xDEATHSTARx and xLooking Forwardx.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">War of Ages</span> American Christian metal band

War of Ages is an American Christian metal band formed in Erie, Pennsylvania, in 2002.

<i>Undeceived</i> 2000 studio album by Extol

Undeceived is the second LP and third studio release by Norwegian Christian metal band Extol. It was released in 2000 on Solid State Records and re-released in 2002 on Century Media; all releases of the album other than the Solid State version switch the two opening tracks, such that "Undeceived" is the first track on the album.

Nodes of Ranvier is a metalcore band from Sioux Falls, South Dakota, US, that was signed to Victory Records. The band is described as "one of Sioux Falls' most successful and popular acts ever." They have played with bands such as Bleeding Through, Every Time I Die, Bury Your Dead, Caliban, Comeback Kid, Norma Jean, Misery Signals, Extol and more across the US. The band's name refers to the myelin sheath gaps which are also called Nodes of Ranvier.

<i>Rubicon</i> (Tristania album) 2010 studio album by Tristania

Rubicon is the sixth full-length album by the Norwegian band Tristania. It is the first Tristania album to feature Italian vocalist Mariangela Demurtas, who replaced former frontwoman Vibeke Stene.

<i>Extol</i> (album) 2013 studio album by Extol

Extol is the fifth full-length studio album by the Norwegian Christian progressive death metal band Extol, released in 2013. It was described by music critics as a mixture of death and progressive metal, with some melodic elements. Reviews of the album were very positive, and the album managed to chart on the Billboard Top Christian Albums chart.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Ole Børud</span> Musical artist

Ole Arnold Børud is a Norwegian singer, songwriter, instrumentalist, producer, and engineer known both for his solo recordings and as a member of the groups Arnold B. Family, Schaliach, Extol, and Fleshkiller. Børud, son of the gospel singer Arnold Børud, began performing music at age five as part of Arnold B. Family, a group which would compete in the Melodi Grand Prix three times. At age twelve, he released a Christian children's music album. He later ventured into hard rock and heavy metal bands, first in the two-man project Schaliach and then in Extol and, briefly, the hardcore punk band Selfmindead. Since the early 2000s, he has also recorded several solo albums in West Coast, pop, funk, and jazz styles: Chi-Rho (2002), Shakin' the Ground (2008), Keep Movin (2011), Someday at Christmas, Stepping Up (2014), Outside the Limit (2019) and Soul Letters (2022). He re-joined Extol in 2012, and in 2016 he co-founded a heavy metal side-project, Fleshkiller. Børud has also performed for Torun Eriksen and Sofian and collaborated with Larvik Stroband and the Oslo Gospel Choir, and has contributed to two hymn compilations, Takk, gode Gud, for alle ting: 20 sanger fra Barnesalmeboka and Søndagsskolen Synger. He has regularly appeared on various Norwegian television shows, including Det store korslaget and Stjernekamp, and in 2017 provided backing choral vocals in Jowst's performance of "Grab the Moment" in the 2017 Eurovision contest.

The Burial are an American Christian metalcore/melodic death metal band. Members are from South Bend, Indiana, Benton Harbor, Michigan and Champaign, Illinois. The band started making music in 2005. The band now consists of lead vocalist and guitarist, Elisha Mullins, lead guitarist, Todd Hatfield, drummer, Kaleb Luebchow, and bass guitarist, Alex Poole. The band released one EP, Age of Deceit, in 2009 with Sancrosanct Records. They signed with Strike First Records, where they released, The Winepress, a studio album, in 2010. Their second album, Lights and Perfections, released by Facedown Records in 2012. The subsequent album released by Facedown Records, In the Taking of Flesh, was released in 2013.

Hands was an American Christian metal band from Fargo, North Dakota, United States. The band started making music in 2007, with lead vocalist and guitarist Shane Ochsner, lead guitarist Ian Johnson, bass guitarist Chris Schwartz, and drummer Josh Silbernagel. Jerik Hendrickson became the band's lead guitarist in 2010, but he has since left the band, with Shane Ochsner taking over lead guitar duties. The band released one extended play, The Everlasting, independently in 2007. Their first studio album, The Sounds of Earth, was released by Oort Records in 2009. The band signed with Facedown Records, where they released Creator, a studio album, in 2009. The third studio album, Give Me Rest, was released in 2011, also on Facedown Records. The band reunited in 2017 for Facedown Fest 2017.

Rottweiler Records is a Christian metal record label based out of Dallas, Texas, United States. The label features bands such as Lust Control, Soul Embraced, The Jericho Harlot, and Pantokrator. The label started early on as a label that served punk rock, but has become a label that serves metal and punk. It is a Christian label, and therefore many of its artists are as well. The label was created by Shawn Browning, also known as Wretched of Grave Robber. Many bands on the label have placed high on CMW's charts and have had many positive reviews. The label participates in several compilations, including Kill the Ill a benefit comp for Rottweiler's owner Shawn Browning, and Metal Pulse: A Tribute to Dale Huffman.

Schaliach was a Christian metal band formed by Peter Dalbakk and Ole Børud from Hamar, Norway. Dalbakk served as the band's vocalist, while Børud handled all the instrumentation. The band released one studio album, Sonrise, in 1996 through Petroleum Records. Three songs from that recording were then featured on the Rowe Productions compilation album Northern Lights: Norwegian Metal Compilation, which was also released in 1996. The band also contributed the song "Purple Filter" to the compilation album In the Shadow of Death: A Scandinavian Extreme Music Compilation, released in 2000 through Endtime Productions. Dalbakk was also part of the unblack metal band Vardøger, and Børud had joined the progressive death metal band Extol and also started a career as a solo artist. The two artists would years later, in 2015, team up again to found the progressive death metal project Fleshkiller. The genre performed by the band was described variously as doom metal, death metal, death-doom, gothic metal, black metal, melodic death metal, and progressive metal. Børud's guitar work was strongly influenced by classical music, with one reviewer describing it as a "metal symphony." Its lyrics were explicitly Christian, drawing heavily from the Bible and emphasizing the love of God for all humans. Schaliach has been compared to the output from Extol, Amorphis, Metallica, Solitude Aeturnus, Dream Theater, Threshold, Shadow Gallery, and Teramaze. Most critics were favorable to Sonrise — it was rated highly by HM writer Matt Morrow and by two reviewers from the Christian website The Phantom Tollbooth, and described by the webzine Chronicles of Chaos as "excellent". However, Rock Hard was less favorable and considered Schaliach boring.

David Husvik is a Norwegian drummer who has played in metal bands Extol, Absurd², Twisted Into Form and InSection and Aperture, a jazz and acoustic rock project. David Husvik helped to start Pirates N 'Thieves in 2007. He also performed in a side-project of Extol called Ganglion.

Peter Espevoll is a Norwegian vocalist who, in 1993, started the band Extol, with whom he is most associated.

Children of Wrath is a Christian symphonic death metal from Phoenix, Arizona. The project describes his sound as Blackened Melodic Symphonic Holy Death metal.

<i>Whitefrozen</i> 2003 EP by Vardøger

Whitefrozen is the 2003 debut EP by the Norwegian unblack and Viking metal band Vardøger. Vardøger formed in 1994, under the name Hidden Paradise, as a side project of its constituent musicians.

<i>Sonrise</i> 1995 studio album by Schaliach

Sonrise is the debut studio album from the Norwegian Christian metal band Schaliach. It was released in 1996 through Petroleum Records to a mostly positive critical reception. In particular, the guitar work from Ole Børud was praised. In 2005, Momentum Scandinavia re-issued the album with an additional track - "Purple Filter", that originally appeared on a compilation album.

References

  1. ↑ "Awaken: Debut album by Sweden's Fleshkiller set for September release". Cross Rhythms. June 22, 2017. Retrieved June 24, 2017.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Beard, Mason (January 20, 2017). "Fleshkiller Announces New Vocalist". Indie Vision Music. Retrieved June 24, 2017.
  3. ↑ thrashboy (February 12, 2016). "'Fleshkiller' a New Metal Project Feat. 'Ole Børud' of 'Extol' and 'Peter Dalbakk' of 'Vardøger'". The Metal Resource. Retrieved June 24, 2017.
  4. 1 2 "Fleshkiller". Facedown Records . Retrieved June 24, 2017.
  5. 1 2 3 4 Aaron (August 31, 2017). "Q&A: Ole Børud (EXTOL) On The Awakening Of FLESHKILLER". Metal Injection. Retrieved September 1, 2017.
  6. ↑ Jones, Brandon (June 24, 2017). "Fleshkiller (Extol, The Burial) Join Facedown Records for North American Release of New Album". Indie Vision Music. Retrieved June 24, 2017.
  7. ↑ Wookubus (June 21, 2017). "Fleshkiller (Extol) Sign With Facedown Records". Theprp. Retrieved June 24, 2017.
  8. ↑ Voutiriadou, Maria (June 22, 2017). "FLESHKILLER Sign With Indie Recordings". Metal Koaz. Retrieved June 24, 2017.
  9. ↑ "FLESHKILLER SIGN WITH INDIE RECORDINGS". Indie Recordings. Archived from the original on September 2, 2017. Retrieved June 24, 2017.
  10. 1 2 Jones, Brandon (June 30, 2017). "Fleskiller - Parallel Kingdom". Indie Vision Music. Retrieved August 25, 2017.
  11. ↑ Neilstein, Vince (July 5, 2017). "This New Fleshkiller Track (Ex-Extol) is Off the Chain". MetalSucks . Retrieved August 25, 2017.
  12. 1 2 Kennelty, Greg (August 19, 2017). "FLESHKILLER (EXTOL, SHINING) Brings Forth The Heavy, Aural "Warfare"". Metal Injection. Retrieved August 25, 2017.
  13. 1 2 Beard, Mason (August 18, 2017). "Fleshkiller - Warfare". Indie Vision Music. Retrieved August 25, 2017.
  14. 1 2 Beard, Mason (September 1, 2017). "Fleshkiller - Salt of the Earth". Indie Vision Music. Retrieved September 1, 2017.
  15. ↑ Beard, Mason (September 15, 2017). "Fleshkiller - Awaken". Indie Vision Music. Retrieved September 15, 2017.
  16. ↑ Grave Angel (December 2003). "Extol interview". Metal-Rules.com. EvilG. Retrieved September 1, 2017.
  17. 1 2 3 W., Ralf (September 11, 2017). "Awaken". White Room Reviews (in Dutch). Archived from the original on September 16, 2017. Retrieved September 15, 2017.
  18. 1 2 3 Beard, Mason (September 15, 2017). "Fleshkiller - Awaken". Indie Vision Music. Retrieved September 15, 2017.
  19. 1 2 DanielF. "Fleshkiller — Awaken". Whiskey Soda (in German). Retrieved September 15, 2017.
  20. ↑ Matos, Márllon (September 15, 2017). "Fleshkiller — "Awaken" (2017)". Metal Nalata (in Portuguese). Retrieved September 15, 2017.
  21. ↑ Diggi (September 13, 2010). "Fleshkiller - Awaken". Heavy-Metal.de (in German). Retrieved September 15, 2017.
  22. ↑ Knudsend, Even (September 1, 2017). "FLESHKILLER Awaken". Arctic Metal. Retrieved September 15, 2017.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.