Corrupted (band)
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| Corrupted | ||
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| Background information | ||
| Origin | Osaka, Japan | |
| Genre(s) | Funeral Doom Sludge Metal Drone Doom Ambient |
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| Years active | 1994—present | |
| Label(s) | HG Fact | |
| Website | http://www.dxmxtx.com/corrupted/ | |
| Members | ||
| Hevi Talbot Chew Hasegawa Lowell Isles Takehito Miyagi |
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| Former members | ||
| Shibata Jose |
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Corrupted is a Japanese funeral sludge/doom metal band. Their sound is characterized by incredibly downtuned guitars and bass playing slow, monotonous riffs under deep layers of feedback. The vocals are harsh gutteral grunts, and the music alternates between long instrumental sections and sections with vocals which go for long periods of time without rest. They are considered by most familiar with the genre to be one of the heaviest and darkest doom metal bands of all. However, they sometimes have long acoustic sections, spoken-word interludes, and other breaks in the style, even other instruments, as on their most recent album El Mundo Frio, a 71-minute song which contains long sections of harp. To this effect, they recently added a keyboardist, Takehito Miyagi, to their lineup, which had previously consisted only of guitar, bass, drums, and vocals.
Corrupted has a few notable idiosyncracies which seem to create an air of mystery around the band. Although they hail from Japan and their members (including lyricist/drummer Chew) on most releases are all Japanese, they sing almost exclusively in Spanish, though some songs contain sections in Japanese or English. In addition, the band has never taken promotional pictures nor do any of the albums contain group photos. The only known existing photographs are taken by fans at concerts. The band also never does interviews.
Corrupted's albums typically contain extensive liner notes in the form of bleak black-and-white photographs, which add to the gloomy atmosphere of the music.
Much of Corrupted's discography is on split albums, often with grindcore bands. The band is known for its ability to produce songs of almost any length; their longest song El Mundo Frio is substantially longer than an hour, while their shortest song, an untitled track recorded for a homeless benefit compilation, lasts less than two minutes.
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[edit] Line-up
- Hevi - Vocals
- Talbot - Guitar
- Lowell Isles - Bass
- Chew Hasegawa - Drums
- Takehito Miyagi - Keyboards
[edit] Former/Past Members
- Shibata - Bass
- Jose - Bass
[edit] Discography
- Corrupted / Grief (Split, 1995)
- Anciano (EP, 1995)
- El Dios Queja (EP, 1995)
- Nadie (EP, 1995)
- Corrupted / Black Army Jacket split (Split album, 1997)
- Corrupted / Enemy Soil (Split album, 1997)
- Noothgrush / Corrupted Split (Split, 1997)
- Paso Inferior (Full-length, 1997)
- Corrupted / Scarver's Calling (Split album, 1999)
- Corrupted / Phobia (Split, 1999)
- Dios Injusto (EP, 1999)
- Llenandose de Gusanos (Full-length, 1999)
- Meat Slave / Corrupted (Split album, 2000)
- Corrupted / Machetazo (Split, 2000)
- Corrupted / Sloth split (Split, 2000)
- Discordance Axis / Corrupted / 324 (Split, 2001)
- Twin Threat to Your Sanity (Corrupted, Dystopia, Noothgrush, Bongzilla) (Split, 2001)
- La Victima es tu Mismo (Single, 2001)
- Corrupted / Cripple Bastards (Split album, 2002)
- Corrupted / Infaust (Split album, 2003)
- Se Hace Por Los Suenos Asesinos (Full-length, 2004)
- El Mundo Frio (Full-length, 2005)
