Guttural Secrete is a brutal death metal band from Las Vegas, Nevada. They are currently signed to Unmatched Brutality Records.
Brief History
The band was formed in the summer of 2002 by Blue Jensen, the band's current guitarist and vocalist. He was sick of the "weak" bands in his area, and wanted to find dedicated musicians capable of creating some brutal death metal. He recruited Mike Fitzgerald on drums and Michael Tocci on bass.
With this lineup, a 2-track demo was recorded, which was quite well received. Around a year later, a 4-track MCD was recorded, entitled Artistic Creation With Cranial Stumps. This MCD was then released under Unmatched Brutality, who signed Guttural Secrete to a two-album deal.
Shortly after the release of this, Michael Tocci departed from the band, leaving the band as a two-piece for over a year (simply one guitarist and a drummer). Eventually, they met up with guitarist Randy Thompson, then the guitarist of local band From The Grave. Randy gladly accepted the second guitarist position, thus making the band a three-piece now with two guitarists (an almost necessity for their style of music). This lineup continued to play gigs and progress.
As of 2006, Guttural Secrete's follow-up to ACWCS, Reek of Pubescent Despoilment was released under Unmatched Brutality.
Current Lineup
Blue Jensen: Vocals/Guitar
Mike Fitzgerald: Drums
*Matt Goldberg: Bass/Vocals
**Also involved in The Abominable Iron Sloth, Sutured Esophagus, and The Weirding Way.
Past members
Discography
Demo 2003 (2003)
Artistic Creation With Cranial Stumps (2004) (Unmatched Brutality Records)
Reek of Pubescent Despoilment (2006) (Unmatched Brutality Records)
Brief History
The band was formed in the summer of 2002 by Blue Jensen, the band's current guitarist and vocalist. He was sick of the "weak" bands in his area, and wanted to find dedicated musicians capable of creating some brutal death metal. He recruited Mike Fitzgerald on drums and Michael Tocci on bass.
With this lineup, a 2-track demo was recorded, which was quite well received. Around a year later, a 4-track MCD was recorded, entitled Artistic Creation With Cranial Stumps. This MCD was then released under Unmatched Brutality, who signed Guttural Secrete to a two-album deal.
Shortly after the release of this, Michael Tocci departed from the band, leaving the band as a two-piece for over a year (simply one guitarist and a drummer). Eventually, they met up with guitarist Randy Thompson, then the guitarist of local band From The Grave. Randy gladly accepted the second guitarist position, thus making the band a three-piece now with two guitarists (an almost necessity for their style of music). This lineup continued to play gigs and progress.
As of 2006, Guttural Secrete's follow-up to ACWCS, Reek of Pubescent Despoilment was released under Unmatched Brutality.
Current Lineup
*Matt Goldberg: Bass/Vocals
**Also involved in The Abominable Iron Sloth, Sutured Esophagus, and The Weirding Way.
Past members
- Michael Tocci: Bass (2002-2004)
- James Eirikr: Bass (2002) Vocals (2002-2003)
*Also involved in Breath of Sorrows, , and The H.L.P. Army. - Ryan Fischel: Guitar/Vocals (2002)
- Mark Shepherd: Guitar/Vocals (2003) Bass/Vocals (2004) (ex-Mindset Rage)
- Randy Thompson: Guitar/Vocals (2004-2007) (ex-From The Grave)
Discography
Hope Collapse is an American project that features current and former members of bands like Black Army Jacket, Discordance Axis and Municipal Waste among others. The four veteran musicians wanted to start a new project that combined the aggression of bands like Assuck and Dismember with the dissonance of early Voivod.
Bio
The band was formed when guitarist Andrew Orlando and vocalist Carlos Ramirez started talking about getting a new project off the ground that played tribute to many of their grindcore, death metal and thrash roots. They invited their former Black Army Jacket bandmate, Dave Witte, and the drummer was excited to be part of the new endeavor. With three members (bassist/guitarist Pete Ciccotto was also recruited) living in New York and Witte based in Virginia, conventional writing methods weren't a realistic option. So Orlando sent a CD with the riffs that made up the songs through the mail and after a few weeks met up at a rehearsal studio in New Jersey where they jammed on the five songs for the first time together. The very next day, the basic instrumentals were tracked at Technical Ecstacy studios in New Brunswick with producer Chris Pierce. Ramirez took the rough tracks home and wrote lyrics to the compositions. He went back to the recording studio the next week and laid down his vocals in a two hour session. Additional guitars were recorded with former Anodyne vocalist Mike Hill in Brooklyn a few days later. The songs were mixed and then sent off to be mastered by Scott Hull of the band Pig Destroyer. The resulting EP was entitled Year of the Leper and Inkblot Records released it in 2005.
Hope Collapse plan on writing an album's worth of material and recording it in late 2007. New song titles include "Hospital Ballads" and "Carry The Grief."
Band Members
Bio
The band was formed when guitarist Andrew Orlando and vocalist Carlos Ramirez started talking about getting a new project off the ground that played tribute to many of their grindcore, death metal and thrash roots. They invited their former Black Army Jacket bandmate, Dave Witte, and the drummer was excited to be part of the new endeavor. With three members (bassist/guitarist Pete Ciccotto was also recruited) living in New York and Witte based in Virginia, conventional writing methods weren't a realistic option. So Orlando sent a CD with the riffs that made up the songs through the mail and after a few weeks met up at a rehearsal studio in New Jersey where they jammed on the five songs for the first time together. The very next day, the basic instrumentals were tracked at Technical Ecstacy studios in New Brunswick with producer Chris Pierce. Ramirez took the rough tracks home and wrote lyrics to the compositions. He went back to the recording studio the next week and laid down his vocals in a two hour session. Additional guitars were recorded with former Anodyne vocalist Mike Hill in Brooklyn a few days later. The songs were mixed and then sent off to be mastered by Scott Hull of the band Pig Destroyer. The resulting EP was entitled Year of the Leper and Inkblot Records released it in 2005.
Hope Collapse plan on writing an album's worth of material and recording it in late 2007. New song titles include "Hospital Ballads" and "Carry The Grief."
Band Members
Dave Witte - drums
Carlos Ramirez - vocals
Andrew Orlando - guitars
Pete Ciccotto - bass/guitar
Discography
Year of the Leper (2005)
Related bands
*Discordance Axis
*Human Remains
*Municipal Waste
*Black Army Jacket
*Burnt By The Sun
*Lakota
*Atomsmasher
*Agoraphobic Nosebleed
*East West Blast Test
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Vuotare is a black metal band formed by Void, in Santa Clarita, California in late 2004. The band has always been a one-man project, but split up in the year of 2007. Void has performed live session vocals and produced demos for various black metal acts around the Los Angeles area. Void also plays and records everything in his other project Envisage. Disbanded in the year of 2007.
Members
Current line-up
* Void – All music and lyrics.
Discography
Albums
* Dysphoric Undertones (2005)
EPs
* Sound Waves To Desolation (2006)
Demos
* Vuotare (2004)
* Plateaus of Haunting Memories (2005)
* Melancholia (2005)
* A Product of Today (2006)
Members
Current line-up
* Void – All music and lyrics.
Discography
Albums
* Dysphoric Undertones (2005)
EPs
* Sound Waves To Desolation (2006)
Demos
* Vuotare (2004)
* Plateaus of Haunting Memories (2005)
* Melancholia (2005)
* A Product of Today (2006)
My Pressure - a game played with a standard football and involving three or more participants in which each player attempts to retain possession of the ball for as long as possible. To do this the player uses ball skills, agility, strength and pace to beat (get past) his/her opponents and retain possession.
Typically the game is played using the center circle of a full sized football pitch, utilizing the already present white circle as playing area. If a center circle is not available an area of similar size can be marked out using objects such as cones or with a very long piece of string or rope.
The rules of My Pressure are typically universal, however there are some variations to the rules, which tend to change depending on the location. A player will start with the ball in their possession and attempt to move around the play area whilst retaining possession from his/her opponents. When the ball goes out of the play area (as with football, 100% of the ball must be over the line) then play ceases and must be restarted from the point at which the ball exited the play area. Deciding which player should start with possession depends on the circumstances on which the ball exited. If the ball was kicked away cleanly from the player in possession then possession on the restart will be awarded back to the player who originally had possession. However if the ball has left the play area after being kicked away by another player but not cleanly (as in, the ball is touched again before it leaves the play area - commonly known as deflected) then typically the player making the tackle will be awarded possession upon the restart of play. If the player in possession for any reason loses control of the ball by their own fault or by pressure applied by opponents and it leaves the play area then possession upon the restart is awarded to the player who has applied the greatest amount of pressure to the ball possessor - whether it be from direct challenges for the ball or merely proximity. The vast 'grey area' this creates in terms of deciding who should be awarded possession upon the restart is the reason for the game's name. This is due to when the ball leaves the play area, the player(s) who feel they should be awarded possession will shout out 'My pressure!' as a claim to the other players that they feel they did what was required to be awarded possession upon the restart. In the event of controversy involving which player should be awarded possession on the restart, a vote is usually taken to decide.
Fouls that are committed on the player in possession are dealt with by the cease of play and its restart with the victim of the foul awarded possession. In terms of a set 'goal' in My Pressure it is mainly for that of keeping possession for as long as possible while beating as many opponents and as many times as possible using the wit and skill of the player in possession. The game will usually end when all players agree that they are too tired to continue.
Typically the game is played using the center circle of a full sized football pitch, utilizing the already present white circle as playing area. If a center circle is not available an area of similar size can be marked out using objects such as cones or with a very long piece of string or rope.
The rules of My Pressure are typically universal, however there are some variations to the rules, which tend to change depending on the location. A player will start with the ball in their possession and attempt to move around the play area whilst retaining possession from his/her opponents. When the ball goes out of the play area (as with football, 100% of the ball must be over the line) then play ceases and must be restarted from the point at which the ball exited the play area. Deciding which player should start with possession depends on the circumstances on which the ball exited. If the ball was kicked away cleanly from the player in possession then possession on the restart will be awarded back to the player who originally had possession. However if the ball has left the play area after being kicked away by another player but not cleanly (as in, the ball is touched again before it leaves the play area - commonly known as deflected) then typically the player making the tackle will be awarded possession upon the restart of play. If the player in possession for any reason loses control of the ball by their own fault or by pressure applied by opponents and it leaves the play area then possession upon the restart is awarded to the player who has applied the greatest amount of pressure to the ball possessor - whether it be from direct challenges for the ball or merely proximity. The vast 'grey area' this creates in terms of deciding who should be awarded possession upon the restart is the reason for the game's name. This is due to when the ball leaves the play area, the player(s) who feel they should be awarded possession will shout out 'My pressure!' as a claim to the other players that they feel they did what was required to be awarded possession upon the restart. In the event of controversy involving which player should be awarded possession on the restart, a vote is usually taken to decide.
Fouls that are committed on the player in possession are dealt with by the cease of play and its restart with the victim of the foul awarded possession. In terms of a set 'goal' in My Pressure it is mainly for that of keeping possession for as long as possible while beating as many opponents and as many times as possible using the wit and skill of the player in possession. The game will usually end when all players agree that they are too tired to continue.