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Vastum is an American
death metal Death metal is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal music. It typically employs heavily distorted and low-tuned guitars, played with techniques such as palm muting and tremolo picking; deep growling vocals; aggressive, powerful drumming, feat ...
band, formed in 2009 in
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,
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. The current line-up of the band consists of bassist Luca Indrio, guitarist and vocalist Leila Abdul-Rauf, vocalist Daniel Butler, drummer Adam Perry, and guitarist Shelby Lermo. The band is noted for its lyrics, which deal with themes such as
sexuality Human sexuality is the way people experience and express themselves sexually. This involves biological, psychological, physical, erotic, emotional, social, or spiritual feelings and behaviors. Because it is a broad term, which has varied ...
and
eroticism Eroticism () is a quality that causes sexual feelings, as well as a philosophical contemplation concerning the aesthetics of sexual desire, sensuality, and romantic love. That quality may be found in any form of artwork, including painting, sculp ...
, and are influenced by French writer
Georges Bataille Georges Albert Maurice Victor Bataille (; ; 10 September 1897 – 9 July 1962) was a French philosopher and intellectual working in philosophy, literature, sociology, anthropology, and history of art. His writing, which included essays, novels, ...
and psychoanalyst Jean Laplanche. Musically, the band's releases feature a
death metal Death metal is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal music. It typically employs heavily distorted and low-tuned guitars, played with techniques such as palm muting and tremolo picking; deep growling vocals; aggressive, powerful drumming, feat ...
sound based on "slow to mid-tempo, grinding grooves, interspersed with up-tempo shifts, and a bellowing, enunciated growl." The band's third studio album, ''Hole Below'', was listed as number 19 on Pitchfork's list of "The Best Metal Albums of 2015."


Members

;Current * Luca Indrio — bass guitar (2009—present) * Leila Abdul-Rauf — guitar, vocals (2009—present) * Daniel Butler — vocals (2009—present) * Shelby Lermo — guitar (2013—present) * Chad Gailey — drums (2013—2015, 2018—present) ;Past * R.D. Davies — drums (2009—2011) * Kyle House — guitar (2009—2013) * Adam Perry — drums (2011—2013, 2015—2018) Timeline


Discography

;Studio albums * ''Carnal Law'' (2011) * ''Patricidal Lust'' (2013) * ''Hole Below'' (2015) * ''Orificial Purge'' (2019)


References


External links

* {{Authority control Musical groups established in 2009 Death metal musical groups from California Musical groups from San Francisco 2009 establishments in California