Embodyment

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Embodyment
Origin Arlington, Texas, USA
Genre(s) Death metal
Metalcore
Years active 1993 - 2004
Label(s) Solid State Records
Former members
Kris McCaddon
Sean Corbray
Andrew Godwin
Joshua Johnson
Mark Garza
Jason Lindquist
Derrick Wadsworth
Kevin Donnini
James Lanigan

Embodyment was a Christian metalcore band from Arlington, Texas which formed in 1993 and were first known by the name "Supplication". They commenced as a death metal band and released 3 demos under this style, which later appeared altogether on a full-length release entitled [1993-1996], distributed by Solid State Records.

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[edit] History

Their debut album, Embrace the Eternal, showed a change in style as Embodyment moved away from death metal. Embrace the Eternal also featured re-makes of the songs "Golgotha" and "Religious Infamy," which were originally from their demos.

After the departure of Kris McCaddon on vocals, Embodyment welcomed Sean Corbray as permanent vocalist on the album The Narrow Scope of Things. This album was the band's first step away from any of the heavier metal subgenres. Instead, their sound on the album was adjusted to alternative metal with hard rock influences and was the first album to feature actual singing and some screamed vocal parts rather than any form of death vocals.

Embodyment's sound basically remained the same with the exception of a few minor tweaks and line-up changes until their last album, Songs for the Living, which was also the only album released under XS Records. It was on this album that Embodyment chose a different style of music altogether, as alternative/indie rock is definitely evident.

Embodyment later disbanded in early 2004 to the disappointment of loyal fans.

Andrew Godwin, Mark Garza and Kris McCaddon have since resurfaced with a new band, The Famine.

In 2007, it was discovered that Newgrounds member QuinnZX had submitted Embodyment songs to the popular Adobe Flash website, taking credit for the songs and submitting them to a top-50 ranking music game on the site, which held onto the tracks for some time before the theft was noticed. He was subsequently banned, and the songs removed. The game's programmer issued an apology for the confusion, viewable on its start screen.

[edit] Discography

  • [1993-1996] (1999, Independent)

[edit] Demos

  • Persistent Sin (tape under the band name "SUPPLICATION") - 1993
  • Corrosion Of The Flesh - 1994
  • Embodyment (3 song demo) - 1996
  • Industry Demo (an early version of Songs for the Living) - 2002

[edit] Non-Album Tracks

  • "Halo Of Winter" from This Is Solid State: Volume 1 (1998)

[edit] Former Members

  • Kris McCaddon
  • Sean Corbray
  • Andrew Godwin
  • Joshua Johnson
  • Mark Garza
  • Jason Lindquist
  • Derrick Wadsworth
  • Kevin Donnini
  • James Lanigan

[edit] Newer Material

Embodyment was believed to have been on the verge of recording a new album before officially disbanding. Before the announcement of their break-up, two new songs came to the surface and were made downloadable on the classic version of the website www.mp3.com (before the site was completely redone). These two songs have fallen into near obscurity, but are Embodyment's final two songs and considered by many to be among their finest.

  • Breaking News
  • Hindsight

One of these songs is believed to exist on an officially released compilation demo CD, previously available from the now defunct store chain Tower Records.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Van Pelt, Doug (September/October 1998). "Album Reviews: EMBODYMENT Embrace the Eternal". HM Magazine (73). ISSN 1066-6923. 

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