Music Style TOTAL UNRELENTING DEATH METAL

Musical Influences GORGUTS, HUMAN REMAINS,CANNIBAL CORPSE,DEEDS OF FLESH,GORGASM,SLAYER

Similar Artists A BIT OF EVERYTHING

Artist History BRUTAL NY DEATH METAL Previously known as BUTCHERY, they earned themselves a strong and loyal following in the NYDM scene during 1998-1999. Starting out in the early 90's, DOUG (guitar) and SAMS(guitar/original vocalist) played in various death metal bands around Long Island in search of other dedicated and reliable musicians. They met ERIC in 1996 while playing with SANGUINARY CARNAGE. With SAMSon vocals/ guitar, DOUG on guitar and ERIC switching from guitar to bass. A solid brutal trio was born. One night in 1997, DOUG brought an old friend to rehearsal. Her name was APRIL. After taking the microphone and screaming like an ungodly possessed demon, the band new they had a new vocalist and BUTCHERY was born. During 1998-1999, the band played many shows in the NYC area with such acts as DEICIDE, IMMOLATION, KRISUN, INTERNAL BLEEDING, DEHUMANIZED, NILE, INCANTATION, DISFUGURED, ENTORTUREMENT, GORGUTS, SCRAPE, ANGEL CORPSE and VADER. Their 1998 one-song promo tape, "BLACKEST BLOOD" of which over 1500 copies were distributed worldwide, earned them a strong following, awesome zine reviews, college radio support and label interest. A strong performance at the 1999 March Metal Meltdown in Asbury Park increased the demand for the obvious next step: a full-length CD. During the summer of 1999, work on the full length began. With a Tascam 8 track cassette recorder and a slew of borrowed cheap mikes, their 10 by 30 storage facility was converted to a temporary recording studio. During the pre-production, unfortunately, continuing rifts between the drummer and the rest of the band resulted in a parting of ways. The remaining four members of "BUTCHERY" changed the name back to the original name, "EXUVIATE" and salvaged what was left of the recordings to bring you this crushing disc... EXUVIATE spent the fall of 1999 moving into a new studio, writing new material and finishing up the CD project when GABE MADSEN answered an ad placed at a local record store. They immediately clicked, and within 2 months had four new songs written and played shows with MACABRE and INTERNAL BLEEDING in NYC. Currently, July 2000 after the Milwaukee Metalfest, EXUVIATE returned to New York to write the rest of the material for their second CD. After the release of their debut, a massive promotional campaign followed from various fanzines, webzines and college radio play. As its result, by the summer of 2000, six new songs were already written for the second CD. Their first order of discs were already depleted through mail order sales and a second order was made. It is around this time that April Taylor aka EvilA was fired from the band for misc reasons. They quickly returned to their original singer, Sam Lara, with Doug Randazzo joining in as backup. At this time, the band is in pre production for the next CD in a new studio, which is expected to be released in the WINTER of 2002. The band expects to play many shows in the northeast in support of this CD as well as the major metalfests around the country.

Group Members DOUG RANDAZZO=GUITAR/VOCALS SAM LARA-GUITAR/VOCALS ERIC SANDALIC-BASS GABE MADSEN-DRUMS/VOCALS

Albums EXUVIATE DEBUT ''EXUVIATE''1999 EXUVIATE 'EUPHORIC DISCORDANCE'to be released 20022002

Press Reviews Exuviate - Exuviate (1999) Self-Released Reviewed by Razorfever . This is the soundtrack in the head of a psychopath' The surface of Exuviate's self titled disc reads "New York Death Metal," so I was expecting Suffocation worship upon playing the disc, or Skinless style mosh-death. Neither of these are bad styles to my ears by any means, but they (especially the former, which contains too many faceless bands to count) offer little originality to the listener. Upon hearing the cheesy horror movie intro necessary for nearly every death metal album, I was prepared for further disappointment. Then however, the music began. There are many bands within this genre that try to express the mindset (or lack thereof) of insanity musically, but few pull it off effectively. Mortal Decay is probably the best example of a death metal band I can think of that intertwines the psychology of murder and delusion with equally warped music that flawlessly mirrors the incomprehensible surreal mental state of someone that has lost his or her grip on sanity. Macabre is a close second. Exuviate is close on the heels of Chicago's finest. Exuviate sounds like Suffocation crossed with Obscura-era Gorguts, resulting in an extremely violent hybrid of complex sickness in which various concepts of murder and insanity are fleshed out through dissonant chord patterns, odd stutter rhythms, unorthodox blast beat patterns and bloodcurdling screams, provided by the best female death metal vocalist I've heard, April Taylor. Her death growls can rival that of most male death grunters out there, and her high screams are extremely twisted, similar to that weird voodoo doll in the horror classic "Trilogy of Terror." She alternates between these styles rapidly, truly echoing the schizophrenia of a psychopath as the music churns unsettlingly beneath her. The result is deliciously nauseating. The band's attempts at revolting the listener musically are very well executed, as shown in "Shadow of the Dwell," where after about three minutes into the song, the guitars cut out and the only sound aside from the drums is an unsettling reverberating wail, not quite a guitar tone but close. As this wail echoes on, the guitars alternate broken chords into each separate speaker, sparking the paranoia of the listener, who is rendered delusional by the song's end. And this is just the third track. Exuviate's attempts to distract and repulse the listener are furthered when the band interrupts their abrasive style briefly to bridge on melody, as heard in the track "Blank Stare." Here, a very faint use of melody is executed purposely, teasing the listener as the guitars come so close to sounding harmonious, yet never completely escape dissonance. If the listener can maintain composure until track eight, he/she is greeted by the haunting instrumental track "Insanity," where the ideology of the band is best expressed: this is the soundtrack in the head of a psychopath. It ends after a little over six minutes, more than enough time to render the listener speechless and quivering. And there's one more track left. Due to the complexity and discordant nature of the album, Exuviate is not a disc to listen to all in one sitting. Unlike most death metal bands in this genre that typically make albums of eleven unidentifiable tracks, none of Exuviate's songs (and I use that term loosely) are very similar (each has its own varying degree of discordance). Although very well produced, it is seemingly unstructured, and takes several listens to fully experience and decipher, much like Gorguts' Obscura. If you're feeling brave however, play the disc from start to finish and let it wash over you in a violent haze, experiencing a new level of extremism that truly renders the "New York Death Metal" description misleading

Additional Info CONTACT-BOOKINGS=(DOUG)1-631-218-0193,,WWW.EXUVIATE.COM

Location new york, sayville - USA

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