Gory Blister is an Italian

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band from

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, formed in 1991. Their lyrical themes range from

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to modern literature/poetry and

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History

The band was formed in 1991 and after two demos, "Spoilt By Greed" in 1991 and "Hanging Down the Sounds" in 1993, they released their first EP, '' Cognitive Sinergy'' in 1997. In 1999, they self-released, '' Art Bleeds''. By 2004, the line-up consisted of the vocalist Adry Bellant, drummer Joe Laviola, bass guitarist Fredrick and guitarist Raff. In October 2004, the band was requested by AreaDeath Productions to donate their cover version of "1000 Eyes" to a Chinese

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tribute album ''Unforgotten Past – A Tribute to

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''. In January 2005, they signed to Mascot Records of Holland. In early 2006, '' Skymorphosis'', was released by Mascot Records and in January 2007, Bellant left the band and was replaced by Clode. In February, they toured with Amoral in Italy. Their third album, '' Graveyard of Angels'', with the vocalist Domenico Roviello, was released on April 6, 2009, by Mascot Records. After touring Italy to promote the Graveyard album, Gory Blister began writing new songs. Guitarist / vocalist

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from U.S. death metal band

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joined the band to sing as a guest vocalist on two tracks for this fourth album. In April 2012 Gory Blister released via BeckerTeam Records, a division of Scarlet Records, their fourth album titled ''Earth-Sick'', with a new singer named John. The new work contains 10 new songs of pure, and technical, brutal, death metal. The band played several gigs in Italy to promote ''Earth-Sick'' as headliner and supporting acts like Entombed,

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, Obituary. The band released the fifth album of their metal career; ''The Fifth Fury'' in 2014. Raff Sangiorgio is an Italian heavy metal guitarist, best known for being the co-founder of Gory Blister, for which he released six albums worldwide distributed. Raff Sangiorgio played and shared the stage with some of the main bands in the scene as, Sebastian Back, Virgin Steele, Testament, Nile, Nevermore, Sadus, Darkane, Entombed, Sinister, Obituary, Gorfest, Severe Torture etc. In 2015 Raff Sangiorgio launched a one-man band project focused on instrumental guitar songs, in modern metal-rock style, with bluesy influences. The first album, ''Rebrith'' was released in 2016.

Discography

Studio albums

Other releases

*''Spoilt By Greed'' (demo, 1991) *''Hanging Down the Sounds'' (demo, 1993) *''Cognitive Sinergy'' (EP, 1997)

Band members

* John St John –

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* Raff –

guitar The guitar is a fretted musical instrument that typically has six strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming or plucking the strings with the dominant hand, while simultaneously pressing selected stri ...

* Fabiano Andreacchio –

bass guitar The bass guitar, electric bass or simply bass (), is the lowest-pitched member of the string family. It is a plucked string instrument similar in appearance and construction to an electric or an acoustic guitar, but with a longer neck and ...

* Joe Laviola –

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Former members

* Dome – vocals * Clode – vocals * Daniel Botti (Node) – vocals * Bruce Teah – bass guitar * Fredrick – bass guitar * SyM – bass guitar * Chris – bass guitar * Adry Bellant (ex-Stygian, Darkness Thy Counts) – vocals

References

External links

Official website

Gory Blister at Mascot Records
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