Vomitorial Corpulence

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Vomitorial Corpulence
Origin Melbourne, Australia
Genres
Years active1993–2008
LabelsChrist Core, Vomit Bucket, Rowe, Morbid
Past membersPaul Green
Mark Hamilton
Alexander O'Neil
Ziggy Peters
Chris Valentine
Maria Green
Joshua Kellerman
Website Vomitorial Corpulence on Facebook

Vomitorial Corpulence was a Christian goregrind band that originated in Melbourne, Australia. The band was started by Paul Green. [3] The band's name is inspired by Revelation 3:15-16. [4] Along with fellow Melbourne band Mortification, it was highly influential in the innovation of Christian death metal in the early 1990s. [5]

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Background and impact

Vomitorial Corpulence started in 1992 as a vision of guitarist and vocalist Paul Green, but did not get moving until 1993, when he hired on bassist Mark Hamilton and drummer Alexander O'Neil, [6] the latter of whom had formed the band Cryptal Darkness. [3] [7] In 1995, the band released 21 songs under the title Karrionic Hacktician as part of a compilation, The Extreme Truth – Australian Metal Compilation III, by Rowe Productions. [3] O'Neil quit in 1995. [6] The band at first tried recording using a drum machine but was dissatisfied with the results. Christopher Valentine then contacted the band and joined on as the new drummer. [6] The band recorded and released their debut album, Skin Stripper, in 1998, before going on hiatus for the first time after first Valentine and then Hamilton left the band. [3] [6] Green also co-founded the deathgrind band Excarnated that same year. [8] The music on SkinStripper was compared to the early output of Carcass. [3] In December 2001, Green moved to Minnesota and married Maria, who became the band's bassist, and hired on Ziggy Peters and Johnathan Kellerman on vocals. [3] [9] The band signed to Morbid Records, which re-released Skin Stripper on July 29, 2002. [3] [10] The band alleges that they never received any sales money from this re-release. [6] During this time, demo tracks were recorded for a new album, Insalubrious Collagery Of Pernicious Sepsis Infestation, [6] scheduled to be released on June 24, 2002, [9] later delayed to 2003. [10] Alleging that Morbid was pressuring the band to abandon its Christian lyrical focus, the band left the label. [3] Due to lack of a drummer, the band went on a second hiatus. [6] In August 2006, having moved back to Australia, Green started the band back up with Hamilton and Valentine. [3] Karrionic Hacktician was released as a stand-alone recording with two demo tracks from 2002 included. [11] Vomitorial Corpulence began recording new songs for a new album, Crucified, but the release was continually delayed due to Green continually missing practice sessions due to his work commitments. [6] Valentine then reached out to four Christian goregrind artists — Flactorophia, Demonic Dismemberment, Eternal Mystery, and Vomitous Discharge — who were collaborating on a split-album. [12] Valentine helped finalize the album, invited a sixth artist, Engravor, to join the project, and financed most of the CD pressing. [12] The final product, 6-Way Sin Decomposition Split, was released in 2007 on Christ Core Records and Vomit Bucket Recordings. [13] After no further activity from its members, the band officially broke up in April 2008. [6]

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Vomitorial Corpulence

Discography

Studio albums

Compilation

References

  1. ↑ Moberg, Marcus (2015). Christian Metal: History, Ideology, Scene. Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 38. ISBN   978-1-47257-986-7. Retrieved on 14 October 2016.
  2. ↑ Vaake. "Vomitorial Corpulence - Skin Stripper" (in Italian). Retrieved 14 October 2016.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Giffin, Brian (2015). "Vomitorial Corpulence". Encyclopaedia of Australian Heavy Metal (3rd ed.). Katoomba: Dark Star. p. 2298. ISBN   978-0-9943206-1-2.
  4. ↑ Kiryushkin, Alexander (26 October 2019). "10 Bands You Won't Believe Are Actually Christian". Ultimate Guitar . Retrieved 31 March 2025.
  5. ↑ Moberg, Marcus (2015). Christian Metal: History, Ideology, Scene. Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 38. ISBN   978-1-47257-986-7.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "History of Vomitorial Corpulence". Vomitorial Corpulence. April 2008. Archived from the original on 25 June 2017. Retrieved 1 April 2025.
  7. ↑ Giffin, Brian (4 May 2015). "Cryptal Darkness". Encyclopaedia of Australian Heavy Metal (3rd ed.). Katoomba: Dark Star. p. 2060. ISBN   978-0-9943206-1-2.
  8. ↑ Giffin, Brian (4 May 2015). "Excarnated". Encyclopaedia of Australian Heavy Metal (3rd ed.). Katoomba: Dark Star. pp. 2104–2105. ISBN   978-0-9943206-1-2.
  9. 1 2 "December 07, 2001". Voices From The Darkside. 7 December 2001. Retrieved 2 April 2025.
  10. 1 2 "July 02, 2002". Voices From The Darkside. 2 July 2002. Retrieved 2 April 2025.
  11. ↑ Karrionic Hacktician (Media notes). 2006.
  12. 1 2 Androopy (26 August 2015). "Life Metal (R.I.P): Interview with GAG of Vomitous Discharge". Life Metal. Retrieved 28 March 2025.
  13. ↑ 6-Way Sin Decomposition (CD). 2007.
  14. ↑ Morrow, Matt. "Vomitorial Corpulence - Skin Stripper". The Whipping Post. Retrieved 14 October 2016.

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