Bent Sea is a Belgian American
grindcore
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band formed in January 2011 by drummer
Dirk Verbeuren (
Megadeth
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,
Soilwork
Soilwork is a Swedish melodic death metal band from Helsingborg. They are signed to Nuclear Blast. Formed in late 1995 by Björn Strid and Peter Wichers, originally under the name ''Inferior Breed'', the band changed their name in late 1996 to S ...
,
Scarve). After writing and recording a number of songs, Verbeuren (guitar, drums) enlisted vocalist
Sven de Caluwe of Belgian death metal band
Aborted (vocals) and multi-instrumentalist
Devin Townsend (bass) for the Townsend-produced debut EP ''Noistalgia'' which was released as a digital download on November 11, 2011, and later on cassette format by
Tankcrimes
Tankcrimes is an independent punk rock and heavy metal record label owned by Scotty Heath and operated from his garage in Oakland, California. Tankcrimes currently has over 100 releases.
Bands with releases on Tankcrimes
* A.N.S.
*Abscess
*Agor ...
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In 2012, bass player
Shane Embury (
Napalm Death
Napalm Death are an English grindcore band formed in 1981 in Meriden, West Midlands. None of the band's original members has been in the group since 1986. But since ''Utopia Banished'' (1992), the lineup of bassist Shane Embury, guitarist Mitch ...
,
Brujeria,
Venomous Concept,
Lock Up) replaced Townsend. The trio recorded a batch of new songs written and produced by Verbeuren. The first of these recordings, "Partners In Grind" appeared on ''Double Penetration'', a free digital split single with Swedish death metal act Torture Division. ''Animalist/Usurpress'', an split EP with Swedish death/crust act Usurpress saw the light of day in early 2014 on CD via SelfMadeGod Records and on 10 inch vinyl via Doomentia Records. ''Ascend/Descend'', a split EP entitled with Cleveland grindcore band To Dust was released in July 2016 on 12 inch vinyl by Give Praise Records.
Guitarist Sylvain Coudret (
Soilwork
Soilwork is a Swedish melodic death metal band from Helsingborg. They are signed to Nuclear Blast. Formed in late 1995 by Björn Strid and Peter Wichers, originally under the name ''Inferior Breed'', the band changed their name in late 1996 to S ...
,
Scarve) recorded guest leads on the songs "Dead Meat" (''Noistalgia''), "Fashion Victims" (''Animalist''), "To The Extreme" and "Gluttonous Death" (''Ascend'').
Members
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Dirk Verbeuren – guitar, drums (2011–present)
*Sven de Caluwé – vocals (2011–present)
*Shane Embury – bass (2012–present)
Former members
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Devin Townsend – bass (2011–2012)
Discography
* ''Noistalgia'' (digital EP/cassette) (November 11, 2011)
* ''Double Penetration'' (digital split single with Torture Division) (July 12, 2013)
* ''Animalist'' (split LP/CD with Usurpress) (January 6, 2014)
* ''Ascend'' (split LP with To Dust) (July 20. 2016)
* ''Partners in Grind'' (single) (April 2, 2020)
* ''Instagrind'' (single) (May 1, 2020)
References
External links
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Belgian grindcore musical groups