Odious Mortem

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Odious Mortem
Origin San Francisco, California, United States
Genres Death metal, technical death metal
Years active2001–present
LabelsWillowtip, Unique Leader
MembersAnthony Trapani
KC Howard
Dan Eggers
Joel Horner
Alex Bacey
Cary Geare
Past membersLee Smith
Ivan Munguia
David Siskin
Website Official Site

Odious Mortem is an American death metal band from San Francisco/Santa Cruz, California, United States. The band is currently signed to Willowtip Records. Odious Mortem has released three studio albums, through Unique Leader Records and Willowtip Records, [1] [2] as well as an independently released demo in 2003.

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Style

Odious Mortem's musical style features technically complex, down-tuned guitars and relentless pummeling drum work. Lyrical themes include humanity, the Earth, drugs, psychosis, greed, fear, suffering, society, annihilation, human consciousness, and the collapse of civilization. [3]

Biography

Odious Mortem was formed in 2000 in Encinitas, California by KC Howard (drums), David Siskin (guitar), and Dan Eggers (guitar, vocals). In 2003, Odious Mortem recorded and independently released a demo, Gestation of Worms, which led to a deal with Unique Leader Records. The band recorded their debut album, Devouring The Prophecy, with engineer Matt Sotelo of Decrepit Birth, in March 2004 at Legion Studios in Santa Cruz, CA. It was released on February 8, 2005. [4] [5]

In 2004, KC Howard joined death metal band Decrepit Birth as a full-time member. In November 2006, after their "Bloodletting North America" tour with Deeds of Flesh, Odious Mortem completed work on their second album and headed into Castle Ultimate Studios in Oakland, California to record new material. The resulting album, Cryptic Implosion, was released on April 24, 2007. [6] [7] [8] [9] Also in 2007, the band played at the Maryland Deathfest. [10]

Other projects

Dan Eggers, Joel Horner, and KC Howard were members of Decrepit Birth until 2010, and Anthony Trapani recently joined the death metal outfit Severed Savior. [11] David Siskin is playing jungle and drum & bass music under the alias Warbreaker.

Discography

Albums

Date of releaseTitleLabelChartedCountryCatalog number
2003Gestation of Worms (Demo)self released
February 8, 2005Devouring The Prophecy Unique Leader [12] B0007GAE26
April 23, 2007Cryptic ImplosionWillowtip [12] WT-050
January 17, 2020SynesthesiaWillowtipWT-172

Members

Current members

Past members

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References

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  2. ↑ Chris Harris and Jon Wiederhorn (November 10, 2006). "Metal File:Odious Mortem have inked a deal with Willowtip Records". MTV. Archived from the original on October 14, 2007. Retrieved 2009-02-22.
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  5. ↑ "Devouring the Prophecy album info". AllMusic . Retrieved 2009-02-22.
  6. ↑ "Cryptic Implosion album info". Allmusic . Retrieved 2009-02-22.
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