Odious Mortem is an American
death metal band from
San Francisco
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Santa Cruz, California
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, United States. The band is currently signed to Willowtip Records. Odious Mortem has released three studio albums, through
Unique Leader Records
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and Willowtip Records, as well as an independently released demo in 2003.
Style
Odious Mortem's musical style features technically complex, down-tuned guitars and relentless pummeling drum work. Lyrical themes include humanity, the Earth, drugs, psychosis, greed, fear, suffering, society, annihilation, human consciousness, and the collapse of civilization.
Biography
Odious Mortem was formed in 2000 in
Encinitas, California
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by KC Howard (drums), David Siskin (guitar), and Dan Eggers (guitar, vocals). In 2003, Odious Mortem recorded and independently released a demo, ''Gestation of Worms,'' which led to a deal with Unique Leader Records. The band recorded their debut album, ''
Devouring The Prophecy'', with engineer Matt Sotelo of Decrepit Birth, in March 2004 at Legion Studios in Santa Cruz, CA. It was released on February 8, 2005.
In 2004, KC Howard joined
death metal band
Decrepit Birth as a full-time member. In November 2006, after their "Bloodletting North America" tour with
Deeds of Flesh
Deeds of Flesh is an American brutal death metal band from Los Osos, California, U.S. They were formed in 1993 by Jacoby Kingston, Erik Lindmark (1972–2018) and Joey Heaslet, and remained active until Lindmark's death in 2018. They founded t ...
, Odious Mortem completed work on their second album and headed into Castle Ultimate Studios in Oakland, California to record new material. The resulting album, ''
Cryptic Implosion
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'', was released on April 24, 2007.
Also in 2007, the band played at the
Maryland Deathfest
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Other projects
Dan Eggers, Joel Horner, and KC Howard were members of Decrepit Birth until 2010, and Anthony Trapani recently joined the death metal outfit Severed Savior.
David Siskin is playing jungle and drum & bass music under the alias Warbreaker.
Discography
Albums
Members
Current members
*Anthony Trapani - Vocals
*Dan Eggers - Rhythm Guitars
*Joel Horner - Bass
*KC Howard - Drums
*Alex Bacey - Lead Guitars
*Cary Geare - Melodic Guitars
Past members
*Ivan Munguia - Bass
*David Siskin - Guitars
*Lee Smith - Drums
References
External links
Official SiteOdious Mortem music, videos, stats, and photos''Cryptic Implosion'' at Willowtip Records
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Death metal musical groups from California
Musicians from Santa Cruz, California
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