Sean McGrath is a musician and artist who lives in

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. He is the founding member, guitarist, and vocalist of the

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band, Impaled, the vocalist of Engorged, and the guitarist and vocalist of

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. He has also created artwork for a number of heavy metal and punk bands, most notably Municipal Waste and The Black Dahlia Murder.

Discography

Demos

*Aceldama - "Untitled Cassette Demo", 1994 *Inhumation - ''Medicolegal Investigations of Death'' (Demo Cassette), 1995 * Impaled - ''Septic Vomit'' (Demo Cassette), 1997 *Impaled - ''Untitled'' (Demo Cassette), 1998 *Impaled - ''From Here to Colostomy'' (Demo Cassette), 1999 *Ghoul - ''Self Titled'' (Demo Cassette), 2003 *The Death of Everything - "Self Titled" (Demo), 2006

Albums

*Impaled - ''

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'' (CD), 2000

Necropolis Records Necropolis Records (located in Fremont, California) was a record label founded by Paul Thind in 1993, mainly providing an American home for extreme black metal.

*Impaled - ''

Mondo Medicale ''Mondo Medicale'' is the second full-length album by American death metal band Impaled. It was released in 2002, and is their second overall for the Deathvomit label. It features a spoken-word intro by bass player Ross Sewage. Reception Will ...

'' (CD), 2002 Necropolis Records *Impaled - '' Death After Life'' (CD), 2005

Century Media Records Century Media Records is a heavy metal record label with offices in the United States, Germany and London. In August 2015, Century Media was acquired by Sony Music for US$17 million. Background Century Media was founded by Robert Kampf and Oli ...

*Impaled - ''

The Last Gasp Impaled is a death metal band from Oakland, California. The band's name is a backronym, standing for "Immoral Medical Practitioners And Licentious Evil-Doers". History The band was founded by guitarist Sean McGrath in late 1996, who joined wit ...

'' (CD), 2007 Willowtip Records *Ghoul - ''

We Came for the Dead!!! Ghoul is an American thrash metal band from Oakland, California. Though the members' actual identities are meant to be concealed, it is known that some members or past members of Ghoul also play or have played in other bands such as Impaled, Dy ...

'' (CD), 2003 Razorback Records *Ghoul - ''

Maniaxe ''Maniaxe'' is Ghoul's 2003 follow up to their debut album '' We Came for the Dead!!!'', released by Razorback Records. As before, the lyrics in this album continue the band's storyline, and introduces Ghoul's new nemesis, "The Ghoul Hunter." ''M ...

'' (CD), 2004 Razorback Records *Ghoul - ''

Splatterthrash ''Splatterthrash'' is an album released in June 2006 by Ghoul. The album features many surf guitar riffs, as well as thrash metal riffs. Story and Concept The album's lyric sheet is presented in a comic book-like fashion, with talk boxes narr ...

'' (CD), 2006–2007 Razorback Records - re-released on Nerve Damage Records / (Vinyl LP), 2007 Tankcrimes Records *Ghoul - ''

Transmission Zero ''Transmission Zero'' is an album released in November 2011 by Ghoul. It is the first album under their new label, Tankcrimes records. Track listing Personnel ;Ghoul *Digestor - vocals, guitars *Dissector - vocals, guitars *Cremator - vocals, ...

'' (Vinyl LP/CD), 2012 Tankcrimes Records

EPs

*Impaled - ''Choice Cuts'' (Extended Play CD), 2001 Necropolis Records *Impaled - ''Medical Waste'' (EP CD), 2002 Necropolis Records *Black Ops - "Pain is Weakness Leaving the Body" (

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) *Ghoul - ''Intermediate Level Hard-Core'' (Vinyl EP), 2013 Clearview Records / (CD EP), 2013 Tankcrimes Records

Videos

*Impaled - "Operating Theatre" *Impaled - "Choke On It" *Impaled - "Preservation of Death"

Guest appearances

*Exhumed - Slaughtercult (guest vocals) *Frightmare - Bringing Back the Bloodshed (guest vocals) *Morbosidad - Cagada de Christo (guest vocals) *Scolex - Guest live musician 2011 (guitars)

References

American heavy metal musicians Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Musicians from Oakland, California Place of birth missing (living people) {{Metal-music-stub