Gutworm
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| Gutworm | ||
|---|---|---|
| Background information | ||
| Origin | Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, England | |
| Genre(s) | Extreme metal | |
| Years active | 1999 - present | |
| Label(s) | Anticulture Records | |
| Associated acts |
Violation, Thracia, The Atrocity Exhibit | |
| Website | http://www.gutworm.com | |
| Members | ||
| Neil Hudson, Wayne Minney, Lee Mason, Glen Pywell | ||
| Former members | ||
| Carl Davis, Noel Davis, Liam Durrant | ||
Gutworm are a British extreme metal band from Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, formed in 1999.
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[edit] Band History
Gutworm recorded their debut EP at Backstage Studios, Nottingham, with legendary hardcore producer Dave Chang. This release, titled Torn From Me, was released early in 2000 and was well received amongst the press with Metal Hammer awarding it 9/10 and exclaiming "I can’t believe this band are British and unsigned!"
After several tours across the country Gutworm ventured to the USA and became the first unsigned British band to perform at the November To Dismember Metalfest in California. The band played alongside seminal acts such as Morbid Angel and Testament and returned soon after to play at the New Jersey Metal Meltdown also featuring big names such as Nile and The Haunted.
With a strong underground recording and powerful live reputation, Gutworm began to attract the attention of major labels. The band soon signed to European giants SPV GmbH and recorded twelve songs at Karo Studios in Germany during March 2001. Following lengthy delays, which saw the album release date being pushed further and further back, Gutworm parted company with the label.
After a break, Gutworm resumed touring the country and re-established themselves as the best live band on the scene. This soon attracted the attention of new British label Anticulture Records who immediately signed the band in 2003. They went on to record an album featuring new material with Greg Chandler (of UK doom legends Esoteric) at Priory Studios in Birmingham.
Gutworm’s long awaited full length album Ruin The Memory was released nationwide in June 2004 to critical acclaim…
"Prime examples of how to write modern extreme metal" – Terrorizer
"Impressive debut album from one of Britain's brightest new hopes" – Metal Hammer
"A succession of savory riffs and nodule-inducing, larynx-scraping vocals. Check out the livid 'Loveless', with more bottom-end than the contestants of Celebrity Fit Club and inhuman, fast-as-fuck drumming, and the blast-furnace of 'Incineration', which could easily take on the Relapse heavyweights" – Rock Sound
"Pioneering the extreme scene as one of the best from these shores" - Zero Tolerance
Since the album’s release Gutworm have been busier than ever. After a stunning performance at the Bloodstock 2004 festival, which received 4Ks in Kerrang! magazine, Gutworm produced their first major video for album opener What You Are which was broadcast on digital music channels Scuzz and MTV2.
Following a UK tour supporting US technical metallers Byzantine, 2005 saw the band's first line-up change with the departure of bassist Carl Davis, replaced by Liam Durrant (formerly of UK Hardcore band Freebase and Violation). Further changes followed in 2006 after UK tours with Maltese metalcore band Slit and French deathgrinders Happy Face, with the departure of guitarist Noel Davis, and with Liam taking time out to start a university course.
With Neil Hudson taking on guitar and vocals, and new bassist Glen Pywell (from deathgrind/doom band The Atrocity Exhibit), Gutworm are recording their second full length album Disfigured Narcissus due for a release on Anticulture Records late 2007.
[edit] Band members
[edit] Current members
- Neil Hudson - Vocals, Guitar
- Lee Mason - Guitar
- Wayne Minney - Drums
- Glen Pywell - Bass (Also of The Atrocity Exhibit)
[edit] Former members
- Noel Davis - Guitar (1999 - 2006)
- Carl Davis - Bass (1999 - 2005)
- Liam Durrant - Bass (2005 - 2006) - now playing guitar for Thracia.
[edit] Discography
- 2007 - Disfigured Narcissus (Anticulture Records)
- 2004 - Ruin The Memory (Anticulture Records)
- 2000 - Torn From Me (Self-released)
