Kelly Conlon (born 20 March 1969) is an American

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ist. He has been a hired musician with

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and Monstrosity. Conlon currently performs with Pessimist.

Career

Conlon was part of the

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underground metal scene until 1994 when

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-based

Chuck Schuldiner Charles Schuldiner (born May 13, 1967 – December 13, 2001) was an American musician. He founded the death metal band Death in 1983, in which he was the lead vocalist, guitarist, primary songwriter and only consistent member until his death in ...

hired him to play with the American death metal band

. He recorded the album '' Symbolic'' and went on the subsequent international "Full of Hate Festivals" tour. Conlon joined Monstrosity, another Florida death metal band, in 1995 and played on the albums ''Millennium'' (1996) and ''In Dark Purity'' (1999). Conlon also played bass in extreme metal band Pessimist. It was announced in August 2011 at

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that Conlon was recruited to join "Arizona-based death/thrash metallers Sargon" which went on an undefined hiatus. Conlon played on Azure Emote's "The Gravity Of Impermanence" in 2013.''AZURE EMOTE - The Gravity Of Impermanence CD (digipak)'', selfmadegod.com
(retrieved April 12, 2013)

References

External links

Official Website
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