Gorod is a
technical death metal
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band from
Bordeaux
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, France.
History
Gorod originally formed in 1997 under the name Gorgasm, but later changed their named to Gorod in 2005, to avoid confusion with an American death metal band of the same name.
They released their debut album ''Neurotripsicks'' on Deadsun Records in 2004, which was later re-released by Willowtip Records a year after. They later followed up with ''
Leading Vision'' in 2006. Their original drummer, Sandrine Bourguignon would also leave the band around this time.
In 2008, Gorod announced they had written six new songs, which were to be a part of their upcoming album. In May 2009, the band announced their new album ''
Process of a New Decline
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'' as well as releasing another track from that album, "Programmers of Decline" on their Myspace as well. The album was released a month after to fairly moderate critical acclaim. This album would also be their last with their original vocalist Guillaume Martinot, who would later be replaced by Julien Deyres. The band would join the
Maryland Deathfest
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festival in support the album.
In December 2011, the band announced they began mixing their new album, as well as joining
Obscura on tour for their 2011 album,
Omnivium alongside
Spawn of Possession
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and Exivious. It was later announced a year after that they inked a new North American record deal with Unique Leader Records, and released new details of their album ''
A Perfect Absolution'', which was released a month after its initial announcement. A year after the album's release, the band would headline the ninth annual Bloodletting North America tour. The band would also be seeing themselves part ways with their second drummer, Samuel Santiago.
On October 2, 2015, Gorod released studio footage for their album ''
A Maze of Recycled Creeds'', which would be released fourteen days later, as well as being their last release with Unique Leader. The band would follow up that success with another album ''Aethra'', released October 2018.
In February 2022, the band released a new single ''Victory'' presumably from their new studio album.
Two more singles would be released as follow-ups, ''Breeding Silence'' and ''The Orb'' released in July and September respectively.
Discography
;Studio albums
* ''
Neurotripsicks'' (2005)
* ''
Leading Vision'' (2006)
* ''
Process of a New Decline
''Process of a New Decline'' is the third full-length album by technical death metal
Technical death metal (also referred to as tech-death) is a musical subgenre of death metal that began and developed in the early- to mid-1990s, with partic ...
'' (2009)
* ''
A Perfect Absolution'' (2012)
* ''
A Maze of Recycled Creeds'' (2015)
* ''Æthra'' (2018)
* ''The Orb'' (2023)
;EPs
* ''Embalmed Madness'' split (2005)
*''Transcendence ''(2011)
*''Kiss the Freak'' (2017)
;Demos
* ''Gorgasm Demo'' (2000)
* ''Promo 2002'' (2002)
Band members
Current members
* Mathieu Pascal – guitar (1997–present)
* Benoit Claus – bass (1997–present)
* Julien "Nutz" Deyres – vocals (2010–present)
* Nicolas Alberny – guitar (2010–present)
* Karol Diers – drums (2014–present)
Former members
* Sandrine Bourguignon – drums (1997–2008)
* Guillaume Martinot – vocals (1997–2010)
* Arnaud Pontacq – guitar (2002–2010)
* Samuel Santiago – drums (2008–2013)
Timeline
References
External links
Official websites
Gorod official homepageGorod official myspaceGorodat Willowtip Records
Official Gorod Forum at SMNnews
Gorod at online databases
Gorodat
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Technical death metal musical groups
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