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Pathology

Pathology are a brutal American death metal band whose lineup has evolved considerably since their founding in 2006. The group's extreme sound combines gruesome shock imagery with hardcore influences, blastbeats, and distinctive gurgled vocals displayed prominently on the acclaimed 2009 offering Incisions of Perverse Debauchery. After signing to Victory Records that year, they issued the concept album Legacy of the Ancients in 2010. By the time the band had released Lords of Rephaim in 2013, they had woven a trace of traditional death metal into their sound, making their sonic presence even heavier. That direction was pushed to even greater extremes on subsequent dates and reached its climax on 2017's self-titled offering. Pathology formed in 2006 in San Diego, California at the behest of Dave Astor, founding member and drummer of grindcore act the Locust and death metal group Cattle Decapitation. Astor was joined by vocalists Levi Fuselier and Matti Way, both formerly of legendary California death metal act Disgorge, and guitarist Tim Tiszczenko in the original four-piece lineup. Pathology quickly built up a following in their native San Diego and released their first recording -- a demo CD entitled Surgically Hacked -- within a few months of their formation. The group's first full-length album, Incisions of Perverse Debauchery, was released in February of 2008 on Grindhead Records. Following the release of the album, Mason Gregory joined the band as a second guitarist and vocalist, replacing Fuselier. A second full album, Age of Onset, was released in June of the following year on Comatose Records. Age of Onset brought Pathology to the attention of large Chicago hardcore/metal label Victory Record, though not before the group parted company with vocalist Matti Way, who was briefly replaced by Pascual Romero. Romero's tenure with the band was short, and he was soon asked to leave in order to accommodate Way's return and the addition of bassist Oscar Ramirez. The group's third album, Legacy of the Ancients, was released on Victory Records in July of 2010. The band were involved in a serious van accident while on tour with Nile in late 2010, forcing them to pull out of the remainder of the tour. 2017's self-titled outing was acclaimed as their heaviest yet, as they incorporated a hint of traditional death metal into the proceeding. In 2011, Way once again parted company with the band and was replaced by former I Declare War frontman Jonathan Huber. Tim Tiszczenko also left the band briefly, and was replaced by Kevin Schwartz and Stephen Parker, but soon returned in Parker's stead to form a dual guitar partnership with Schwartz. In September of 2011, the band released their fourth full-length record, Awaken to the Suffering, on Victory Records. Huber left after 2012's The Time of Great Purification. Way returned for the tour and remained in the lineup for the next four years, singing on Lords of Rephaim (2013), Throne of Reign (2014), and Pathology (2017), by which time Tiszczenko also departed and was replaced by guitarist Dan Richardson. The lineup of Astor, Richardson, singer Obie Flett, and bassist Ricky Jackson issued Reborn to Kill in 2019.
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