Music Style Death/Thrash Metal

Artist History Soulless oozed from the battered corpse of Cleveland band “Bloodsick” in late 1997. Bloodsick, a band formed in the spirit of vintage 80’s and 90’ thrash metal released one 7”, a split with Nunslaughter, in 1996. The band featured Chris Dora, formerly of Decrepit on drums and Jim Lippucci, formerly of Decimation on vocals. After the release of the 7” in 1997, guitarist Brian Sekula left the band and was replaced by Jerry Kessler, formerly of Apt. 213. Before the band could work on any other material bass player Chris Pello and founding guitarist Todd Thozeski left the band and were eventually replaced by Tony Daprano on bass, (formerly of Apt 213 and a member of Schnauzer) and Wayne Richards on guitar. With the addition of these members came an evolution of the bands sound and new direction: a combination of the hooks and angry vocals of some of thrash metal’s early bands like Kreator, Sodom, Carnivore, Slayer, and Celtic Frost with the blast beats and darkness of some of today’s heaviest bands, like In Flames, The Haunted, Arch Enemy & Unleashed. The resulting music combined the best of these sounds while creating the bands own distinct style of dark death/thrash metal. With this new direction came a new name, and Soulless was born. The band immediately began writing new material and in mid- ‘98 went into the studio to record a demo. The band received a strong response in their native Cleveland and eventually released the demo as a CD entitled the “The Darkening of Days” in October of 1999. The band also appeared on the Dwell Records Judas Priest tribute CD that same month. Soulless then concentrated on playing shows, opening for such bands as Malevolent Creation, Incantation and Dark Moon in Cleveland, as well as local shows with bands like Descend, Nunslaughter and From The Depths. Currently with about 600 copies in circulation “The Darkening of Days” continues to get strong reviews both in print and from Internet fanzines. Canadian ‘zine “Brave Words and Bloody Knuckles” called it the best demo of ‘99 in their January - February issue. In addition to recording songs for the Dwell Records’ Ozzy Osbourne and Destruction tributes the band has written and begun recording what they hope will be their next full length CD. These new songs promise to be just as angry, heavy and brutal as Soulless’ earlier material, while reflecting the growth the band has experienced since the release of the first disk.

Group Members Jim Lippucci- vocals, JIm Corrick- guitar, Wayne Richards- guitar, Dave Johnson- bass and Chris Dora - Drumsrums

Press Reviews BRAVE WORDS AND BLOODY KNUCKLES: Combine Cradle of Filth and Witchery, The mere thought is mindblowing! Well this five piece from Ohio of all places, have made the fantasy a reality.  Vocalist Jim, surely must have sold his soul to get such an incredible set of pipes.This ten song DC is pure fucking heavy metal!  Soulless are "Blissfully Damned" as they hurtle "Down Hell's Path".  Aggression, energy, ambition and musical ability are unmatched.  If this disc doesn't do it for you, you're already dead.  Metal satisfaction guaranteed!... METALVIEW WEBZINE:From the opening riff of 'Devilish' I knew I'd like these guys. Soulless combine the speed of black metal with old school thrash to powerful effect...METAL LIVES WEBZINE:The Darkening Of Days features 10 tracks that will rape your mind of any morality you may possibly have left...METAL GOSPEL WEBZINE: You know how sometimes you start up a disc and it just slams you in the face with intensity? Well, this is one of those discs!! The production is excellent and it's great to see metal with this much strength being released in the States... METALRULES.COM WEBZINE:Soulless have unleashed one of the best independent recordings of the last couple of years. This is a band that has successfully taken its influences and used them to make their own distinct sound.

Location Cleveland, Ohio - USA

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