Repulsion
While relatively unsung compared to heavyweights such as Napalm Death and Carcass, Repulsion nevertheless had a big impact in shaping the then-young grindcore genre during its brief heyday in the late '80s. As illustrated by a sole full-length release, the 1986 recording Horrified, the band's sound fell somewhere between the earlier proto-grind of Boston hardcore band Siege and the more fully developed grindcore of the early Napalm Death recordings, at least as far as the evolutionary ladder goes. They were also one of the first metal bands to use horror- and gore-oriented lyrics, thereby helping start a tradition that soon would descend to deeper and deeper depths of depravity as successive bands strove harder and harder to outdo one another. Despite sounding a bit dated due to the primitive production and the relative simplicity of their songs (surely no one back then could have imagined the mutations grindcore would undergo during the next two decades), Repulsion's music has still held up fairly well over the years, having been reissued several times and championed by bands and artists including Carcass, John Zorn, Napalm Death, Exhumed, Cattle Decapitation, Scott Hull of Pig Destroyer and Agoraphobic Nosebleed, and numerous others.
Repulsion got its start in Flint, MI, in 1985, originally going by the name Genocide. The lineup consisted of vocalist/bassist Scott Carlson, guitarist Aaron Freeman, guitarist Matt Olivo, and drummer Dave Grave. In January 1986, they recorded their first demo, entitled Stench of Burning Death. Soon after, the band changed its name to Repulsion, as Genocide had already been taken. That same year, Carlson and Olivo took off for Florida to join Chuck Schuldiner and his band Death, causing Repulsion to briefly be put on hold. Things didn't work out with Death, though, and the two moved back to Michigan, where they got back together with the other Repulsion members and recorded the Slaughter of the Innocent LP. However, the album did not actually get released until 1989, finally coming out on Necrosis -- the label of Carcass members Bill Steer and Jeff Walker -- under the name Horrified. In the meantime, Olivo had left the band to join the Army and the rest of the band decided to call it quits. In 1991, Repulsion got back together (except for Olivo, who was still in the Army) and recorded another demo, Rebirth, some of which eventually saw the light of day on the "Excruciation" 7" released on the then-young Relapse label. Spurred by the success of this 7", Relapse reissued Horrified in 1992. The next year, Olivo got out of the Army and rejoined the band, which was still playing shows here and there. They finally decided to call it quits later that year, this time for good. Nearly a decade later, in 2002, Horrified was reissued again by Relapse, this time as part of a double CD with a whole disc of bonus tracks to go along with it.
© William York /TiVo
Diskografie
19 Album, -en • Geordnet nach Bestseller
-
-
-
Uh Oh EP
Electronic - Erschienen bei Next Level Dubstep am 09.10.2020
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
-
God’s Noose EP (Original Mix)
Dance - Erschienen bei Silent Motion Records am 29.11.2019
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Nani (Original Mix)
Dance - Erschienen bei Vomitspit am 12.02.2021
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Tenth Form
Electronic - Erschienen bei Pink Milk Cartel am 10.02.2023
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
dove (ambient version)
Dance - Erschienen bei DISTANT COLLECTIVE am 23.11.2023
24-Bit 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
-
Teeming
Alternativ und Indie - Erschienen bei DISTANT COLLECTIVE am 14.12.2022
24-Bit 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
-
-
Alexis Has Secrets / Dream Dub / Shape Your Perception
Dance - Erschienen bei Unknown Future am 01.01.2015
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Irvine's Eye (GFT COMP VOL 2)
Dance - Erschienen bei Gunfingaz Thursday am 17.03.2023
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
ENC060D (Original Mix)
Dance - Erschienen bei Encrypted Audio am 27.09.2021
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
-
Unforgivable / Unforgivable Vip
Dance - Erschienen bei Sense of Bass am 02.11.2014
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Nani (Murkury Remix)
Electronic - Erschienen bei Murkury am 08.02.2022
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Repulsion EP
Dance - Erschienen bei Substantial Audio am 30.12.2016
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo