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    Artist description
    Vehemence has taken pretty much a chunk from every spectrum of death metal: the brutality of the East Coast, the melody of Northern Europe and the songwriting ability of Florida, and simply blended the sounds together to create a special album that should appease almost every fan of classic or modern death metal.
    Music Style
    Melodic Death Metal
    Musical Influences
    Cathedral, early Pyogenesis, Testament, Carcass, Cannibal Corpse
    Similar Artists
    Opeth, Gorefest, Ill Disposed, Embraced, A Canorous Quintet, Theory In Practice, Mutant, Arch Enemy, At the Gates, and Suffocation
    Artist History
    Vehemence started with Nathan and Scott Wiegand (our old guitarist) back in 1995 (high school days). They were writing together in the vein of old Pyogenesis and Cathedral. Bjorn met up with those guys his senior year. The first time they actually hung out was at a Suffocation show, during the Pierced From Within tour. We started jamming together and the musical direction changed from atmospheric, to death metal influenced by bands like Carcass and Suffocation. Our first song was Banished to Infinity. Bjorn, Nathan, and Scott recorded it at a friends house with a drum machine. Our first version of No One Wins was recorded there too. In 1997, Bjorn and Scott went to a party to check out some bands, and there they heard Mistaken Identity. That was Mark and Andys punk band with this other member named Tony Ash. Bjorn and Scott noticed that Andy was doing double-bass drumming to punk rock. They could just tell by his style that he was into metal, so after their set, Vehemence asked him if he wanted to jam. He said yes, and that’s pretty much the beginnings of the band. Vehemence thought they already had a bass player, but he flaked out on the band. Andy told Vehemence that Mark would be interested, but Vehemence didnt think that would work out at first, since he was going to school in Tucson. Fortunately, Mark quit school to join Vehemence, move back to Phoenix. Vehemence practiced at Bjorns parents house for a while and in early 1998, we released our first demo tape. That tape is poorly recorded, but Vehemence thought it was good representation at the time. The song material wasnt bad, but wasnt played to the songs full potential. The track listing was, The Death of Me, Banished to Infinity, No One Wins, Whore, Cunt, Die, Crusade of Hypocrisy, Mota Para Mi, and Her Beautiful Eyes. We only made 150 demo tapes, sold them to friends and at local shows, but really didn’t get anywhere with it. In late 1998, Vehemence got their own rehearsal studio and became playing more professionally. More songs were created and they saved up some money so the band could record their first 8 song 60 min CD entitled The Thoughts From Which I Hide. By November of 1999, Vehemence were ready to record. Vehemence went to Jason Coleman who owns a home studio called AAA Audio. Jason did a good job on the recording, and was way cheaper than most anyone else in town. The CD was done, but Vehemence had no money to put it out. Then in January of 2000, Scott (guitars) left the band for his own personal reasons. This was a shock to all of us, but fortunately Vehemence got John Chavez as a replacement. His previous band Brides of Christ were at a stop point and he decided to he joined Vehemence for greater success. Finally in August of 2000, Vehemence put out our CD, thanks to a loan from Andy’s dad, Digger. Vehemence sent the CD everywhere, trying to promote in radio, zines, and magazines. Vehemence had no label at the time and had to do what it takes to get recognized. But thanks to the Internet, we were able to spread our media around much quicker. Vehemence even booked our own tour for the summer of 2001. Vehemence covered 7 states, out for a 15 day period and met many of their diehard fans, and gained new fans. Overall, the tour was a success, and a great experience. In 2001, Vehemence were offered a deal with Metal Blade Records. Brian Slagel found out about Vehemence through Ray from Fates Warning, a friend named John from a restaurant, and their bass players dad. Vehemences first work for Metal Blade was a demo of three songs recorded By Aaron Carry at Pipeline Studios; one of which will be used on an upcoming Metal Blade compilation entitled UNCORRUPTED STEEL which is due out in February 2002. GOD WAS CREATED, is the title of Vehemence’s upcoming album that was recorded in January 2002 and to be released in July of 2002. The band will tour 3 times for the intense concept album in United States and Europe. From 1998 to 2002, Vehemence played some pretty sick shows with bands like Suffocation, Six Feet Under, Dying Fetus, Deicide, Broken Hope, Malevolent Creation, Mayhem, Morbid Angel, Exhumed, Hate Eternal, Kovenant, Moonspell, Amorphis, Angel Corpse, Krisiun, Incantation, Immolation, Mortician, The Crown, Disavowed, Severe Torture, Disgorge, Drawn and Quartered, Retch, Fiendead and local bands like Occision, Structure Of Lies, Excessive Bleeding, and Motive. Recognition of this band started immediately after the pressing of 1000 self-released discs hit distributors from around the world. The disc circulated and received great reviews from countries like Japan, The Netherlands, Germany, Sweden, Australia, Spain, France, Canada, South America and United States. A combination of self promotion through the internet, word of mouth, and doing their first 15 day tour through West Coast America helped get the attention of Metal Blade Records in 2002 which ended in landing a record deal. Vehemences hard work had paid off. Throughout the year of 2002 Vehemence has been on tour with Incantation, Impaled, Decapitated, Dead To Fall, Exhumed, and Dragon Lord in support of their new release entitled God Was Created. God Was Created was recorded at The Salt Mine Studios in Mesa, AZ in early January 02 and engineered by Mike Schomig, assisted by Will Solaris. It was then re-mixed in March by Juan Urteaga & assistant Mike Blanchard at Trident Studios in the San Francisco area. As for the cover art, Vehemence worked with new and aspiring tattoo & artwork artist Evil Dave (David Slaydon).
    Group Members
    Andy Schroeder - Drums Bjorn Dannov - Guitars, Leads, Acoustic Guitars Mark Kozuback - Bass Guitar, Backing Screams Nathan Gearhart - Vocalist, Lyricist John Chavez - Guitars, Leads, Samples Jason Keesecker - Keyboard, Piano
    Albums
    August 2000 The Thoughts From Which I Hide (Self Released) and July 2002 God Was Created (Metal Blade)
    Press Reviews
    Digitalmetal-By Erik Thomas Vehemence has recreated the same kind of sensation when I listened to Left Hand Path for the first time 11 years ago. That is to say, for me, God Was Created has simply perfected everything I personally enjoy about death metal with uncanny precision. Metal Judgment-By Abyss, Death, & Hel This is a very important album. It signifies a shift in perspective that, while it seems obvious in hindsight, is quite innovative. Vehemence are too melodic to be "brutal death metal and too weighty to fit in with the flighty melodies that drift over from Scandinavia. They remind me of the heavier parts of the band Opeth. I haven't heard lyrics this poetic and disturbing at once, since Acid Bath's When the Kite String Pops.-Abyss The fact that these lyrics are well-written and exhibit both intelligence and a cohesive theme only serve to make them more frightening to mainstream America.-Death Terrorizer Magazine 8/10 Metal Rules-By: JP havent been this impressed with a traditional death metal release since Nile hit the world five or six years ago. Metal Blade is maintaining their long-standing tradition of dabbling in gore-metal bands (Cannibal Corpse, Broken Hope, etc…) and they seem to have a knack for picking our some of the better ones. In Depth E-Zine - By:Anthony Pagano of the most taboo and graphic things that you can, imagine them on film for a second... you probably cant and it would be illegal BUT if you have an active imagination then you will clearly be able to depict the tales told here by Vehemence. Like they say, music is art, and this is just one example.
    Additional Info
    God Was Created is a concept album.
    Location
    Phoenix, Arizona - USA

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