Coprofago is a

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band formed by Sebastián Vergara, Pablo Alvarez, Pablo Solari and Ignacio Suit in Santiago, Chile, in June 1993. The name of the band is taken from the Greek "''copro''" ("

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") and "''fago''" ("eat").

Biography

Coprofago was formed while all founding members were still in school. They recorded a standard

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demo that sold out immediately, attracting the attention of some magazines in Chile, but generally without good reviews. With the addition of Marcelo Ruiz on drums and Felipe Castro on bass guitar, the band released ''Images of Despair'' in 1997. ''Genesis'', released in 2000, attracted more attention. They were invited to share the stage with the death metal band

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, local the band Criminal and other Chilean bands. A growing reputation and praise from bands like

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, Darkane and Watchtower members led to a deal with the French record label Sekhmet, which released the ''Genesis'' album in Europe. A few weeks before the European release, Ruiz and subsequently Solari moved to Sweden, which gave the band to a period of inactivity until mid-2003, when they started to write the music for their following album, ''Unorthodox Creative Criteria'', released in July 2005. The album was a rather uncommon mixture of death metal and

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, bordering at times on

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Band members

Current members

* Pablo Alvarez – guitar, keyboard, vocals (1993-2005, 2014-present) * Sebastián Vergara – guitar, keyboard, vocals (1993-2005, 2014-present) * Marcelo Ruiz – drums (1995-2005, 2014-present) * Rodrigo Castro - bass (2000–2003, 2014-present)

Former members

* Felipe Castro – bass guitar (1998-1999, 2004–2005) * Pablo Solari – bass guitar (1993–1998) * Ignacio Suit – drums (1993–1995) Timeline

Discography

* ''Images of Despair'' (1999) * ''Genesis'' (2000) * '' Unorthodox Creative Criteria'' (2005)

External links

MySpace.com - Coprofago

Encyclopaedia Metallum - Coprofago

Coprofago - MetalStorm

Coprofago – Music at Last.fm
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