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Salt the Wound was an American deathcore band from
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, formed in 2001. The band is signed to Rotten Records and have released three full-length studio albums. After the release of their debut album, ''
Carnal Repercussions ''Carnal Repercussions'' is the debut full-length album by American deathcore band Salt the Wound. The album was released on February 5, 2008 through Rotten Records. Track listing Reception *About.com Dotdash Meredith (formerly About.c ...
'' the band would continuously tour to an overwhelming extent, which led to their disbandment during the first half of 2010. With later negotiations, the group reformed in 2011 with original as well as new members releasing their next full-length studio album '' Kill the Crown''.


Biography


Formation

Salt the Wound was founded on September 11, 2001 as a duo by their original drummer, James Anthony Agrippe, and guitar player Mike Kawkabany. The group continued on as duo until 2003, where additional members joined and assumed the requirements of a full band. Vocalist Kevin Schafer was welcomed during this year, which then shortly led to these three recruiting Abe Zieleniec as the band's bassist and Jake Scott as another guitar player.


Rotten Records and disestablishment

The band released two EPs in 2004 and 2005 respectively, but did not record and release their demo that had them searching for a label until 2007, which led to Salt the Wound being signed to Rotten Records. Salt the Wound achieved underground success in 2008 through their debut studio album, ''
Carnal Repercussions ''Carnal Repercussions'' is the debut full-length album by American deathcore band Salt the Wound. The album was released on February 5, 2008 through Rotten Records. Track listing Reception *About.com Dotdash Meredith (formerly About.c ...
'' which attracted radio airplay as well as touring requests. By 2009, the album collectively sold 75,000 copies worldwide. By mid of 2009, the group finished recording their second full-length album, entitled ''
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'', which was released September 15, 2009 and features Matthew Wessoly, their final vocalist incepted into the band before their disbandment. On October 30, 2009, Salt the Wound announced that they were "hanging up the towel". They held a farewell tour at the beginning of 2010, holding their final show in the states in their hometown of
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.


Reformation and second disestablishment

Salt the Wound announced in November, 2010 that they have officially reformed (with original vocalist Kevin Schaefer, original guitar player Jake Scott, and The Analyst drummer Brandon Tabor). The band released their third full-length album entitled ''Kill the Crown'' in March 2011, which was produced by Brian White. Their next studio album was supposedly confirmed to have been in the works as stated by guitarist Scott, although its status has been unknown since 2014. Their social media pages have been inactive since 2015 as well, thus leading to the presumption of their second disbandment.


Musical style

Salt the Wound's musical style is essentially deathcore but also includes influences of melodic death metal in their music. Their vocal style contains death metal-stylized
death growl A death growl, or simply growl, is an extended vocal technique usually employed in extreme styles of music, particularly in death metal and other extreme subgenres of heavy metal music. Death growl vocals are sometimes criticized for their ...
vocals along with metalcore
screaming A scream is a loud speech production, vocalization in which air is passed through the vocal cords with greater force than is used in regular or close-distance vocalisation. This can be performed by any creature possessing lungs, including human ...
and "pig squeal" vocals in earlier albums. The drumming is described as "ultra-fast" and includes
blast beat A blast beat is a type of drum beat that originated in hardcore punk and grindcore, and is often associated with certain styles of extreme metal, namely black metal and death metal,Adam MacGregor, ''PCP Torpedo'' by Agoraphobic Nosebleed rev ...
s. The guitar work features a lower tuning for the rhythm guitar position, but a higher tuning for the lead position, and is usually played at intricate riffs. Salt the Wound have stated that they are primarily influenced by bands such as All Shall Perish, The Black Dahlia Murder, and The Dillinger Escape Plan.


Band members

;Current members * Jake Scott - guitars (2003-2010, 2010–2015) * Kevin Schaefer - vocals (2003-2008, 2010–2015) * Brandon Tabor - drums (2008-2009, 2010-2015) * Brian White - guitars (2011–2015) * Cole Martinez - bass (2011–2015) ;Former members * James Anthony Agrippe - drums (2001-2006) * Mike Kawkabany - guitars, vocals (2001-2004) * Abe Zieleniec - bass (2003) * Vince Stropki - bass, guitars (2003-2004, 2008-2010) * Nick Cetrone - drums (2007-2008) * Brian "Brooklyn" Martinez - bass (2008-2009) * Tim McCullough - drums (2008-2009) * Matthew Tanner - vocals (2008-2009) * Rob Walters - drums (2009-2010) * Mat Wessoly - vocals (2009-2010) * Dave Mihalik - bass (2010-2011)


Timeline

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Discography

;Albums * ''
Carnal Repercussions ''Carnal Repercussions'' is the debut full-length album by American deathcore band Salt the Wound. The album was released on February 5, 2008 through Rotten Records. Track listing Reception *About.com Dotdash Meredith (formerly About.c ...
'' (2008, Rotten) * ''
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'' (2009, Rotten) * ''Kill the Crown'' (2011, Rotten) ;Demos and EPs * ''Perceiving the Beauty of Nothing'' (2003, demo) * ''Of Martyrdom'' (2003, demo) * ''It's Taken Too Long'' (December 2004, demo) * ''3 Song Demo'' (2004, demo) * ''Bedsprings and Bloodshed'' (2005, self-released EP) * ''Demo 2007'' (2007, demo)


References


External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Salt The Wound Heavy metal musical groups from Ohio American deathcore musical groups American melodic death metal musical groups Musical groups established in 2001 Musical groups disestablished in 2010 Musical groups reestablished in 2011 Musical groups from Cleveland 2001 establishments in Ohio