Corrupted (band)

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Corrupted
Origin Osaka, Japan
Genre(s) Funeral doom, sludge metal, drone doom, ambient
Years active 1994—present
Label(s) HG Fact
Website dxmxtx.com/corrupted
Members
Hevi
Talbot
Chew Hasegawa
Takehito Miyagi
Former members
Lowell Isles
Shibata
Jose

Corrupted are a Japanese funeral doom metal band.

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[edit] Musical style

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 idiosyncrasies which seem to create an air of mystery around the band. Although they are 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.

[edit] Interviews

This is a statement from the band in relation to interviews:

“ We've never done an interview and we don't let professional photographers take our picture. This is our policy—more an attitude—that we'd like to keep. Our expression of being Corrupted is in the sound, lyrics and artwork of our records. Of course, we always appreciate the people who buy our records, see us play and support us along with the fanzines, labels, distributors and event planners. We do not reject all media, or bash writers who express themselves through articles or reviews. All are free and it's only through our personal expression of using the media that we exclude interviews. ”

—Corrupted[1]

[edit] Members

[edit] Previous members

  • Anri (Teresa 11) – harp on El mundo frio
  • Shibata – bass guitar
  • Jose – bass guitar

[edit] Discography

[edit] Albums

  • Paso inferior (1997)
  • Llenandose de gusanos (1999)
  • Se hace por los suenos asesinos (2004)
  • El mundo frio (2005)

[edit] Singles and EPs

  • "Anciano" (1995)
  • "El dios queja" (1995)
  • "Nadie" (1995) (2008 repress, Throne Records)
  • "Dios injusto" (1999)
  • "La victima es tu mismo" (2001)
  • "Vasana" 7" (2007, HG Fact)
  • "An Island Insane" 7" (2007, HG Fact)

[edit] Splits

  • split with Grief (1995)
  • split with Black Army Jacket (1997)
  • split with Enemy Soil (1997)
  • split with Noothgrush (1997)
  • split with Scarver's Calling (1999)
  • split with Phobia (1999)
  • split with Meat Slave (2000)
  • split with Machetazo (2000)
  • split with Sloth (2000)
  • split with Discordance Axis and 324 (2001)
  • split with Cripple Bastards (2002)
  • split with Infaust (2002)

[edit] Compilation appearances

  • Raggle Taggle (1996, Tag Rag]
  • Una de gato cuerno de vaca (1996, Tee Pee Records]
  • Painkiller vol. 1 (1996, Devastating Soundworks]
  • Reality #3 (1999, Deep Six Records)
  • Homeless benefit EP (1999, Bad Card Records)
  • Twin Threat to Your Sanity (2001, Bad People Records)

[edit] References

  1. ^ Interviews. Corrupted. Retrieved on 2007-02-11.

[edit] External links