Psychotogen

Originally referred to as Excathedra, Psychotogen is really a brutal, ferocious, skull-smashing death metal/black metal band that is round the Baltimore, MD scene because the past due ’90s. Psychotogen isn’t the type of death metallic combo that loves to play at the same breakneck tempo constantly; they have got no issue playing at ultra-fast tempos, but unlike one particular in the intense metal field, they don’t really play at that breakneck velocity 100 percent of that time period. The East Coastline outfit prefers to improve tempos regularly, and their method of underground death metallic is more dark metallic than grindcore — a genuine grindcore music group wouldn’t have as much tempo adjustments as Psychotogen (whose immediate or indirect affects possess ranged from Loss of life to Slayer to Obituary). Psychotogen actually gives melodic passages occasionally, a few of which hint at intensifying rock. The music group was shaped in 1999, when drummer Chris Pernia (previously from the East Coastline band Pessimist) became a member of makes with guitarist Mike Baron. After even more Baltimore-based headbangers emerged up to speed — including bassist Tony Pernia and guitarist Jeremy Grande — the music group started contacting itself Excathedra. That first lineup documented a demonstration and played on the Milwaukee Steel Fest in 2000; when Baron still left the band through the fall of this season, Excathedra officially transformed their name to Psychotogen. In 2001, the music group recorded their initial full-length record, Perverse and Unnatural Procedures, that was released separately on DRAW OUT Your Dead Information. In 2002, the headbangers previously referred to as Excathedra agreed upon with Crash Music, an extremely metal-friendly label that’s located in Phoenix, AZ, and operate by producer Tag Nawara (previously from the Chicago-based Crimson Light Information). After remastering and reissuing Perverse and Unnatural Methods, Crash Music released Psychotogen’s second recognized recording, The Calculus of Bad, in 2003. On that Compact disc, the band’s post-Baron lineup contains Mike Harrison on business lead vocals, Tony Pernia on bass, Jeremy Grande on acoustic guitar, and Chris Pernia on drums and keyboards. Psychotogen’s Mike Harrison — who mementos the type of demonic, growling, larynx-ripping vocal design that death metallic, black metallic and grindcore are recognized for — shouldn’t be puzzled with the air celebrity of the same name, who was simply a well-known DJ at Los Angeles’ KMET-FM in the past due ’70s and early ’80s (prior to the train station forgotten its album-oriented rock and roll format, transformed its call characters, and became a fresh age/easy jazz/adult contemporary train station referred to as “the Influx”).