Dystopia
Origin	Orange County, California
Genre(s)	Crust punk Death metal Sludge metal Anarcho punk Grindcore
Label(s)	Life Is Abuse Records
Website	Official Band Homepage
Members
Dino Sommese Todd Kiessling Matt (Mauz) Parrillo

Formed in Orange County, California in 1991, Dystopia are a sludge band, popular in both the heavy metal and crust punk scenes, due in large part to their bleak, misanthropic imagery. Lyrics often deal with human emotion and social or political issues, such as environmentalism, racial equality, animal rights, and veganism or vegetarianism. Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... Cities in Orange County Orange County is a county in Southern California, United States. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Crusty redirects here. ... This article is about the musical genre. ... Sludge metal is a form of heavy metal music that is generally regarded as a fusion of doom metal and Stoner metal[1], often incorporating southern rock influences. ... Theory and practice Issues History Culture By region Lists Related Anarchism Portal Politics Portal ·        Anarcho-punk is a faction of the punk subculture that consists of bands, groups and individuals promoting anarchist politics. ... Grindcore, often shortened to grind, is an evolution of hardcore punk, most commonly associated with death metal, a very different though similarly extreme style of music. ... In the music industry, a record label is a brand and a trademark associated with the marketing of music recordings and music videos. ... Cities in Orange County Orange County is a county in Southern California, United States. ... Year 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the 1991 Gregorian calendar). ... Sludge metal is a form of heavy metal music that is generally regarded as a fusion of doom metal and Stoner metal[1], often incorporating southern rock influences. ... Heavy metals, in chemistry, are chemical elements of a particular range of atomic weights. ... Crusty redirects here. ... Misanthropy is a general dislike of the human race. ... In psychology and common terminology, emotion is the language of a persons internal state of being, normally based in or tied to their internal (physical) and external (social) sensory feeling. ... The historic Blue Marble photograph, which helped bring environmentalism to the public eye. ... This article needs cleanup. ... Animal liberation redirects here. ... Vegan redirects here. ... A variety of vegetarian food ingredients Vegetarianism is the practice of a diet that excludes all animal flesh, including poultry, game, fish, shellfish or crustacea, and slaughter by-products. ...

Members

Current

• Todd Keisling - bass (Confrontation, Mange)
• Matt Parillo - guitar, vocals (Cantankerous, Mindrot, Medication Time)
• Dino Sommese - drums, vocals (Carcinogen, Ghoul, Asunder)

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Previous

• Dan Kaufman - vocals (Mindrot)

Discography

Demos

• Live in The Studio (1992)

EPS

• Backstabber (1997)
• The Aftermath (1997)

Studio Albums

• Human = Garbage (1994)
• The Aftermath (1999)

Human = Garbage is the debut LP by Sludge metal / Grindcore / Punk band Dystopia Stress Builds Character Hands That Mold Sanctity Ignorance Of Pride Love / Hate The Middle Slaved Chains Ruptured Silence Green Destroyed Broken Shell Weed Of Wisdom Sleep Released on Common Cause Records (Germany), Life is Abuse Records (USA... The Aftermath is the second LP by Sludge metal / Grindcore / Punk band Dystopia Population Birth Control Fathers Gun Self Defeating Prophecy Sleep Socialized Death Sentence Backstabber They Live Anger Brought by Disease Jarhead Fertilizer Taste Your Own Medicine Instrumental Diary of a Battered Child Cosmetic Plague (Rudimentary Peni cover...

Splits

• Dystopia / Grief (1993)
• Dystopia / Embittered (1993)
• Dystopia / Suffering Luna (1995)
• Dystopia / Skaven (1996)

Upcoming album

The final Dystopia album (self-titled), is scheduled for release in January 2008. The album will contain six new tracks and a cover of an unreleased Carcinogen song.

External links

• Dystopia at MySpace
• Life Is Abuse Records