Wayne decided to move back to his hometown of Chicago, Brad moved to San Antonio, TX to get his education. Months later both Wayne and Brad moved back to the Dallas area and decided to continue the life of the band. However, Braxton Henry had in the meantime already formed a band known as DeadIndustry. Luckily Wayne knew Brian "Brain" Wynn who he used to actually play with a few years before. So after finally contacting him, Brain was introduced to the band whom musically, he clicked with instantaneously.
Soon the trio put out a 2-song promo, which featured Shroud Of Encryption and Festering Vomitous Mass. Several months later with the additions of then guitarist of Sintury Kevin Clark, and underground artist Mike Majewski, Devourment recorded one more song, Choking On Bile, which would be added to the 2-song promo resulting in the 1997 demo released by Corpsegristle Records that gained such a tremendous fan base. The demo would be entitled Impaled.
Wayne Knupp decided to leave the band due to some internal problems leading up to and during the trip to New York. Brain phoned Wayne and fired him from the band as soon as Wayne got back from being left in New York by the band. The band would have a hard time finding a new vocalist, somebody who could most importantly, compare with Wayne's brutal vocal. Their choice would ultimately be guitarist/vocalist of local band Detrimental, Ruben Rosas. Ruben of course was heavily influenced by Wayne in the first place.
The band then landed a record deal in 1999 with United Guttural Records and released the debut CD Molesting The Decapitated. After playing show with such bands as Macabre, Deaden, Cephalic Carnage and Fleshgrind, Ruben was arrested as a fugitive from justice. Ironically this was also the same night that Molesting The Decapitated was released. Not knowing what to do, the band decided it was time to part ways. But due to the overwhelming response from fans worldwide, Devourment reformed minus Brain and adding once again Braxton Henry on guitars and none other than Wayne Knupp on Vocals.
Together they would record one new song entitled Babykiller, which, would be released along with the 3 songs from the "Impaled" demo and the 8 songs from "Molesting The Decapitated". The release was called 1.3.8. No shows would ever be played though and eventually the band faded out.
Ruben was eventually released from his 2 1/2 year incarceration and tried to rejuvinate the band. He eventually recruited various new musicians, played a few shows, but things never really materialized.
A few years went by and Ruben, and original bassist Mike Majewski talked again about reforming the band and finally recording the band's long awaited second album. Eric Park filled in the position of drummer and the band went into the studio of August 2005 and recorded Butcher The Weak. Ruben Rosas took over as sole guitar player in the band, and vocal duties are now handled by former bassist Mike Majewski. The album was released in November of 2005 and went on to gain critical success, as well as praise from Devourment fans all over the world. In 2006, the addition of a new bass player, Chris Andrews (former drummer for Texas based grindcore outfit Kill the Client)completed the current lineup, and Butcher the Weak was completely re-recorded from the ground up with the producer who the band worked with on Molesting the Decapitated, with the new version of Butcher the Weak being released on Brutal Bands Records. Devourment is currently working on their 3rd album to be released late 2008, or early 2009.
Wayne Knupp passed away in 2007 from multiple organ failure.
Dallas, Texas, United States
1995
2005
Masturbating at the Slab
Devourment Lyrics
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I stalk the dead of night for young females to bleed on me
Decimating, mutilating, masturbating while I kill
At the slabs dead whores rot to fill with my insane infection
Scream for me, cry for me, bleed for me, die for me
Rotten fluids fill the morgue with a vile stench of putrid death
A profane sickness heaves from deep within my rancid breath
Cum pumps to my erection as I stare at the dead
Erected on these filthy slabs, I'll fuck these bitches back to hell
Now I jerk off on the heads of these inanimate stiffs
My cock explodes but I'm not done dominating their orifices
Time to eat their cunts
Blistering sores erupt on my tongue
The taste of the vaginal slime disgusts
Acridity's gnawing away at my brain
But still I am deeply engrossed in this shit
I chomp my way through the worm eaten cunts
I can't force myself to stop
A vile spew of filth explodes in my mouth
With this liquid I'll choke the festering meat down
I smell blood
Obscenely
Carving up corpses for my sick desires in this lair of slabs
Total loss of all control my thirst for gore will never end
Weak motherfuckers can't stop me
The killings will continue
Continuing my vulgar life of sickening depravity
Come with me to feel pain
Blood will pour
Beneath the shroud of death
I'm a killer
The lyrics of Devourment's song "Masturbating at the Slab" are gruesome and unsettling. The song depicts the thoughts and actions of a depraved individual who is sexually aroused by mutilating and killing young women, and then performing sexual acts on their dead bodies in a morgue. The verses describe the singer's twisted desires to decimate and mutilate his female victims, while ejaculating on their corpses. The chorus is about how he enjoys hearing his victims scream, cry, bleed and die for him.
The second verse of the song describes the disgusting scene in a morgue where dead whores rot and fill up with the singer's insane infection. He revels in the vile stench of putrid death and the taste of vaginal slime that erupts from his tongue. He is deeply engrossed in his filth and cannot force himself to stop, continuing his vulgar life of sickening depravity.
The final verse of the song is the most disturbing, as the singer carves up the corpses and continues his killings, despite any attempts to stop him. In the end, the song is a reflection of the darker aspects of humanity, and the twisted thoughts and desires that some people have.
Line by Line Meaning
From the grave to the morgue, the voices are still calling me
Even in death, the victims I killed are calling out to me and I am compelled to respond
I stalk the dead of night for young females to bleed on me
I roam around at night looking for young females to kill and bathe in their blood
Decimating, mutilating, masturbating while I kill
As I kill, I take pleasure in destroying and hurting my victims and pleasure myself sexually
At the slabs dead whores rot to fill with my insane infection
I leave dead prostitutes to rot on the slabs and infect them with my twisted, insane desires
Scream for me, cry for me, bleed for me, die for me
I take pleasure in hearing my victims scream, cry, bleed, and die for me
Rotten fluids fill the morgue with a vile stench of putrid death
The morgue is filled with the horrific smell of decaying corpses and their bodily fluids
A profane sickness heaves from deep within my rancid breath
My breath smells so bad that it's making me feel sick
Cum pumps to my erection as I stare at the dead
I become sexually aroused just by looking at the dead bodies around me
Erected on these filthy slabs, I'll fuck these bitches back to hell
I will have sex with these dead bodies on these disgusting slabs and send them to hell
Now I jerk off on the heads of these inanimate stiffs
I pleasure myself by ejaculating on the heads of these lifeless corpses
My cock explodes but I'm not done dominating their orifices
Even after ejaculating, I continue to dominate and harm the corpses' orifices
Time to eat their cunts
Now it's time for me to engage in necrophilia and eat the corpses' vaginal areas
Blistering sores erupt on my tongue
Eating the decaying flesh has caused my tongue to get covered in painful sores
The taste of the vaginal slime disgusts
The taste of the corpse's vaginal fluid is disgusting, even for a depraved person like me
Acridity's gnawing away at my brain
The horrible taste and smell of the corpse is causing me to feel sick and disoriented
But still I am deeply engrossed in this shit
Despite the disgust and sickness, I continue to engage in these horrifying acts
I chomp my way through the worm eaten cunts
I bite and chew my way through the corpses' vaginal areas despite the presence of maggots and decay
I can't force myself to stop
Despite the revulsion and discomfort, I am unable to stop myself from continuing these acts
A vile spew of filth explodes in my mouth
The disgust and revulsion finally becomes too much and I vomit in my mouth
With this liquid I'll choke the festering meat down
Using my own vomit, I force myself to swallow the decaying flesh of the corpses
I smell blood
The smell of blood excites and arouses me
Obscenely Carving up corpses for my sick desires in this lair of slabs
I am satisfying my twisted desires by brutally cutting up the corpses in this place full of slabs
Total loss of all control my thirst for gore will never end
I have completely lost control and I will never stop seeking violent, bloody acts
Weak motherfuckers can't stop me
No one can stop me despite my horrific acts
The killings will continue Continuing my vulgar life of sickening depravity
I will continue to kill and live a life full of disgusting acts
Come with me to feel pain Blood will pour
I am inviting others to come with me into my violent, bloody world of depravity
Beneath the shroud of death I'm a killer
I am a killer and I thrive in a world of death and decay
Contributed by Carter K. Suggest a correction in the comments below.