Horrendous

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Horrendous
Origin Philadelphia, United States
Genres Death metal, progressive metal
Years active2009–present
Labels
Members
  • Damian Herring
  • Matt Knox
  • Jamie Knox
  • Alex Kulick

Horrendous is an American progressive death metal band from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The band has released five full-length studio albums to date, the most recent being Ontological Mysterium, released through Season of Mist on August 18, 2023.

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Career

The band was formed by Damian Herring and brothers Matt and Jamie Knox in 2009, with bassist Alex Kulick joining the band in 2016. [1] While the band's debut album The Chills displayed a relatively traditional approach to the death metal genre, the band has since moved towards a more progressive metal sound, a development and style which has been compared with that of Death. [2] [3] The band's 2014 album Ecdysis and more recent albums have received critical acclaim from major publications such as Pitchfork , Decibel , Stereogum and Spin . [4] [5] [6] [7] Their most recent album Ontological Mysterium was chosen as Decibel's top album of 2023. [8]

Members

Discography

Studio albums

EPs and singles

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References

  1. "Horrendous, Idol album, Death Metal (news, biography, releases, downloads, line-up, tour dates) | Season of Mist, Metal Label". www.season-of-mist.com. Retrieved 2018-11-12.
  2. "Horrendous: Anareta Album Review | Pitchfork". pitchfork.com. Retrieved 2018-11-12.
  3. O'Neill, Brian (September 28, 2018). "The Horrendous Future Of Death Metal Has Arrived". Invisible Oranges . Archived from the original on September 28, 2018. Retrieved February 9, 2023.
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  5. "Decibel Magazine names Horrendous' 'Anareta' album of the year". AXS. Retrieved 2018-11-12.
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