Gorguts
Gorguts is a technical death metal/avant-garde metal band that formed in 19… Read Full Bio ↴Gorguts is a technical death metal/avant-garde metal band that formed in 1989 in Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada. They have released five full-length albums to date, and released their first EP 'Pleiades' Dust' in 2016, which consists of a single 33-minute song. The band has experienced numerous lineup changes and musical transformations since their inception, with founding guitarist/vocalist Luc Lemay being the only remaining founding member. In 2005, following the suicide of drummer Steve MacDonald, the band broke up. Lemay later revived the band and returned with Colored Sands in 2013 and a new lineup featuring Colin Marston, Kevin Hufnagel, and John Longstreth.
The original lineup of the band featured Luc Lemay (guitar/vocals), Sylvain Marcoux (guitar), Eric Giguere (bass) and Stephane Provencher (drums) in Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada. They recorded a demo in 1990 entitled ...and Then Comes Lividity, and then in 1991 released Considered Dead on Roadrunner, their first full-length album. The release featured a guest guitar solo by James Murphy and guest vocals by Chris Barnes. Two years later in 1993, they released their second full-length, entitled The Erosion of Sanity. Similar in style to their debut, this album had showed Gorguts had indeed developed in musicianship. However, this album was overlooked and became an unheard classic for many years.
The band fell silent for five years. Many assumed Gorguts was no more, until 1998 when Luc Lemay unveiled a new lineup and unleashed a classic in avant-garde death metal, Obscura, which many will agree is the most technical, chaotic and downright lucid metal album ever recorded. Filled with irregular beats, discordant riffing, and complex song arrangements, Obscura turned out to be either indigestible by many, or seen for its true beauty by few. Three years later, Gorguts returned once again with From Wisdom to Hate. Some consider this release to be a digression from Obscura, but it was still much in the same avant-garde/technical vein. Dan Mongrain of Martyr was recruited for the second guitarist on this album, contributing to the writing process and lead guitar work as well.
After being out of print for many years, Roadrunner Records re-released their first two albums on a single disc, and Galy Record re-released their 1990 demo along with many other demo tracks throughout the years. In October 2002, drummer Steve MacDonald hanged himself after suffering from years of depression. The band split up in 2005 and reformed in 2008.
As of December 2008, a demo track of Gorguts featuring guitar and programmed drums which was previously unheard by the public surfaced online, and Lemay himself confirmed an upcoming reunion featuring Colin Marston, Kevin Hufnagel and John Longstreth. While the new Gorguts has been performing live and writing new material, Lemay stated that the band would not be entering the studio until the "late fall" of 2010.
The band is currently signed to Season of Mist. The band's fifth album, Colored Sands, was released on August 30, 2013, although it was released digitally a month earlier after a leak of the material online. A concept album about the history of Tibet, Colored Sands was rapturously received in many publications and appeared in many year-end best-of lists. The band cited Porcupine Tree and Opeth as influences on the album's lengthier compositions, as well as Dmitri Shostakovich and Krzysztof Penderecki on its neoclassical string interlude "The Battle of Chamdo".
In 2014, John Longstreth, whose schedule with Origin was incompatible with Gorguts, departed the band. His replacement, Patrice Hamelin, had already been performing live with Gorguts since 2011. In 2015, Obscura, which had been out of print on CD for decades, was re-released by both Century Media and Season of Mist. It also received a new vinyl pressing from Season of Mist (it had previously been released on vinyl by War on Music). Century Media also reissued From Wisdom to Hate (also previously released on vinyl by War on Music) on vinyl. A two-CD set of both albums was issued by Mazzar Records in 2016.
The band's first EP, Pleiades' Dust, was officially released on May 13, 2016. A concept album about the House of Wisdom in Baghdad during Europe's Dark Ages, it consists of a single track divided into seven movements. The band cited Deathspell Omega as a musical influence this time around. Reception thus far has been almost unanimously positive.
The original lineup of the band featured Luc Lemay (guitar/vocals), Sylvain Marcoux (guitar), Eric Giguere (bass) and Stephane Provencher (drums) in Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada. They recorded a demo in 1990 entitled ...and Then Comes Lividity, and then in 1991 released Considered Dead on Roadrunner, their first full-length album. The release featured a guest guitar solo by James Murphy and guest vocals by Chris Barnes. Two years later in 1993, they released their second full-length, entitled The Erosion of Sanity. Similar in style to their debut, this album had showed Gorguts had indeed developed in musicianship. However, this album was overlooked and became an unheard classic for many years.
The band fell silent for five years. Many assumed Gorguts was no more, until 1998 when Luc Lemay unveiled a new lineup and unleashed a classic in avant-garde death metal, Obscura, which many will agree is the most technical, chaotic and downright lucid metal album ever recorded. Filled with irregular beats, discordant riffing, and complex song arrangements, Obscura turned out to be either indigestible by many, or seen for its true beauty by few. Three years later, Gorguts returned once again with From Wisdom to Hate. Some consider this release to be a digression from Obscura, but it was still much in the same avant-garde/technical vein. Dan Mongrain of Martyr was recruited for the second guitarist on this album, contributing to the writing process and lead guitar work as well.
After being out of print for many years, Roadrunner Records re-released their first two albums on a single disc, and Galy Record re-released their 1990 demo along with many other demo tracks throughout the years. In October 2002, drummer Steve MacDonald hanged himself after suffering from years of depression. The band split up in 2005 and reformed in 2008.
As of December 2008, a demo track of Gorguts featuring guitar and programmed drums which was previously unheard by the public surfaced online, and Lemay himself confirmed an upcoming reunion featuring Colin Marston, Kevin Hufnagel and John Longstreth. While the new Gorguts has been performing live and writing new material, Lemay stated that the band would not be entering the studio until the "late fall" of 2010.
The band is currently signed to Season of Mist. The band's fifth album, Colored Sands, was released on August 30, 2013, although it was released digitally a month earlier after a leak of the material online. A concept album about the history of Tibet, Colored Sands was rapturously received in many publications and appeared in many year-end best-of lists. The band cited Porcupine Tree and Opeth as influences on the album's lengthier compositions, as well as Dmitri Shostakovich and Krzysztof Penderecki on its neoclassical string interlude "The Battle of Chamdo".
In 2014, John Longstreth, whose schedule with Origin was incompatible with Gorguts, departed the band. His replacement, Patrice Hamelin, had already been performing live with Gorguts since 2011. In 2015, Obscura, which had been out of print on CD for decades, was re-released by both Century Media and Season of Mist. It also received a new vinyl pressing from Season of Mist (it had previously been released on vinyl by War on Music). Century Media also reissued From Wisdom to Hate (also previously released on vinyl by War on Music) on vinyl. A two-CD set of both albums was issued by Mazzar Records in 2016.
The band's first EP, Pleiades' Dust, was officially released on May 13, 2016. A concept album about the House of Wisdom in Baghdad during Europe's Dark Ages, it consists of a single track divided into seven movements. The band cited Deathspell Omega as a musical influence this time around. Reception thus far has been almost unanimously positive.
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Gorguts Lyrics
03. From Wisdom To Hate Charriot traces carved in sand Once more, pain, will expand…
07 Subtle Body Volatile incarnation in tangible Ghostly shades aerate In th…
08. Rapturous Grief Dead with pride Hopelessness behind I ascent Feeble minds Re…
A Path Beyond Premonition A way to travel Discover and explore Through man's anterior …
Absconders "While many Westerners have regarded Tibet as the mysterious…
An Ocean of Wisdom "A year after his last words were circulated throughout the…
Behave Through Mythos Once upon history Man created his own deities Trust in divin…
Bodily Corrupted While I'm waiting The rotting process consumes my life Exc…
Clouded Sad version of abject life Enlighment feeds my decay Sombre …
Colored Sands Onward to reach the wheel of time A path of solitude Embrace…
Condemned To Obscurity The bright light of day You'll no longer see In a blind…
Considered Dead Back in the fourteenth century When the world was plagued by…
Das Martyrium Des Disentanglement from flesh's captivity Freedom's lair, soon…
Das Martyrium Des... Disentanglement from flesh's captivity Freedom's lair, soon,…
Disincarnated Have you ever thought Where your soul will be When you'll …
Dormant Misery Deep inside Beyond all conceptions Unconsciousness hides A c…
Drifting Remains When we left the shore It was a sunny day Far from…
Earthly Love Flesh the feeble flesh confines the pain and soul Vault in…
Elusive Treasures Cursed by nature Hence sea confines...mystifies Haunting the…
Ember "Take refuge in the Buddha, Dharma and Sangha. I am…
Enemies of Compassion "The Snow Lion is a mythic beast of Tibetan legends.…
Faceless Ones The granted land forsaken, I cross the threshold of the face…
Forgotten Arrows Hate-filled mind Wounds left unhealed through time Hate-fill…
From Wisdom to Hate Charriot traces carved in sand Once more, pain, will expand …
Haemotological Allergy The liquid of life That is captive under your skin Is deep…
Hematological Allergy The liquid of life That is captive under your skin Is deeply…
Hideous Infirmity Suddenly facial remains everywhere Perpetual disfigurement t…
Illuminatus Consistence of dreams Sweet liquid illuminates Illuminatus S…
Inoculated Life Normal Children's birth, some could be painful at times As t…
Inverted Truth before your eyes Sheltered you in lies Through the cro…
La vie est pr The incoherent system of life Structured in my self dark id…
La Vie Est Prélude… The incoherent system of life Structured in my self dark ide…
Le toit du monde "Tibet is a land of timeless, infinite expanse. The highest…
Nostalgia Latest being drowned In fictive degradation Coming depressio…
Obscura Clouded by the bliss obscura Covered by the frame of drama …
Odors Of Existence Since the earth was devestated I alone, got isolated Where d…
Orphans Of Sickness In the tombs of pain and innocence Forever were buried Souls…
Pleiades' Dust I- THINKER′S SLUMBER With the weakening of the Roman Empire…
Rapturous Grief Dead with pride Hopelessness behind I ascent Feeble minds Re…
Reduced to Silence "In the end, we will remember not the words of…
Rottenatomy I've been lost in a jungle For an hour and fifteen…
Stiff And Cold Will I die or survive From this hell made of ice? It's…
Subtle Body Volatile incarnation in tangible Ghostly shades aerate In th…
The Art of Sombre Ecstacy Build the passage way through the art A sombre decay, a…
The Carnal State Once my earthly pass Over and stuck in the past I will…
The Erosion Of Sanity Man's sanity has not provided For an imminent derangement Li…
The Quest for Equilibrium (music: Lemay / lyrics: Lemay) Gain through terror Maint…
Unearthing the Past Relics captured in stratas For millennia, have been sleeping…
Waste Of Mortality [Acoustic: Luc Lemay] [Lead: Luc Lemay] [Lead: Sylvain Mar…
With Their Flesh God itself, for him has always been A stupid, grotesque pers…