Abscess was an American

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band from

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. The band was formed in June 1994 by Chris Reifert and

Danny Coralles Danny Coralles is one of the current guitarists in the band Autopsy and was co-founder with drummer Chris Reifert of Abscess. Autopsy is back again and have been so since 2009 which is currently producing new material and is actively playing sele ...

, both former members of

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. Abscess disbanded in 2010.

Members

;Last lineup *Chris Reifert - drums, vocals (1994-2010) *Danny Coralles - guitar (1994-2010) *Joe Allen (Joe Trevisano) - bass (1998-2000, 2002-2010) ;Past members *Clint Bower - guitar, vocals (1994-2010) *Frank "Freeway" Migliore - bass (1994-1997) *Jim Mack - bass (2000-02)

Discography

;Studio albums *''

Seminal Vampires and Maggot Men ''Seminal Vampires and Maggot Men'' is an album by the death metal band Abscess. It was released by Relapse Records in 1996. Track listing # "Naked Freak Show" (1:15) # "Freak Fuck Fest (Naked FreakShow II: Orgy of the Gaffed)" (1:39) # ...

'' (1996) *'' Tormented'' (2000) *'' Through the Cracks of Death'' (2002) *'' Damned and Mummified'' (2004) *'' Horrorhammer'' (2007) *'' Dawn of Inhumanity'' (2010) ;Live albums *''Pustulation of Embrionic Flesh (live on KZSU)'' (1994) ;Compilation albums *''

Urine Junkies ''Urine Junkies'' is a compilation album by the death metal band Abscess featuring tracks from various demos and EPs. It was released by Relapse Records in 1995. Track listing # "Aching Meat" (4:44) # "Urine Junkies" (1:56) # "Crawled U ...

'' (1995) *'' Thirst for Blood, Hunger for Flesh'' (2003) ;EPs *''Throbbing Black Werebeast'' (1997) ;Demos *''

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'' (1994) *''Raw Sick & Brutal Noize!'' (1994) *''Crawled up from the Sewer'' (1995) *''Filthy Fucking Freaks'' (1995) *''Open Wound'' (1998) ;Splits *Split with Deranged (10", 2001) *Split with

Machetazo Machetazo was a grindcore/goregrind band from A Coruña, Spain formed in 1994. They were one of the few surviving bands from the Spanish underground extreme music scene of the nineties. History Machetazo were formed in A Coruña, Spain in 1994 ...

(CD, 2001) *Split with Bloodred Bacteria (CD, 2001) *Split with Bonesaw (CD, 2008) * Split with Population Reduction (CD, 2009)

References

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External links

Official Abscess Web pageAbscess
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