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History

Gorguts were formed in 1989 by Luc Lemay (vocals and guitar), Sylvain Marcoux (guitar), Éric Giguère (bass) and Stephane Provencher (drums). They released their first demo, ...And Then Comes Lividity, in 1990 which led them to be signed to Roadrunner Records. Their first album, Considered Dead, featured guest appearances by James Murphy (a guitar solo on "Inoculated Life") and Chris Barnes (backing vocals on "Bodily Corrupted," "Rottenatomy," and "Hematological Allergy"). Luc Lemay is a Canadian singer and guitarist. ... Roadrunner Records is a major record label that concentrates on metal bands. ... Considered Dead is the debut album by Gorguts released in 1990. ... James Franklin Murphy (July 30th, 1967, Portsmouth, Virginia USA) is an American guitarist. ... Binky Frederick Barnes is one of the many characters on the childrens television series Arthur. ...

In 1993, they released their second album, which was more experimental and technical, titled The Erosion of Sanity. After the release however, Roadrunner decided to drop them. Subsequently, the band went into hiatus for five years, with many fans believing that they had broken up. The Erosion of Sanity is the second album by Gorguts released in 1993. ...

Then Lemay, the only remaining original member, returned in 1998 on Olympic Records with a new line-up consisting of Steeve Hurdle (guitar); Steve Cloutier (bass); and Patrick Robert (drums). This lineup released the album Obscura, which explored progressive and avant-garde territory. Obscura is a complex album with multi-layered dissonant harmonies and the lengths of the individual riffs can make their patterns difficult to pick out on a first listen. Gorguts' approach to harmony, rhythm and structure made Obscura an important technical death metal album. Obscura is the third album by Gorguts. ... Progressive metal is a sub-genre of heavy metal music which blends the powerful, guitar-driven sound of metal with the complex compositional structures, odd time signatures, and intricate instrumental playing of progressive rock. ... Avant-garde metal or experimental metal is a subgenre of heavy metal music characterised by the use of innovative, avant-garde elements. ...

After Obscura, guitarist Steeve Hurdle left and was replaced by Daniel Mongrain of tech death band Martyr, and drummer Patrick Robert was replaced by Steve MacDonald. Gorguts' next and final album was From Wisdom to Hate, released in 2001. This album is stylistically a mix between the earlier albums and Obscura. Lemay, the primary songwriter on the album, experimented more with the use of sounds, rather than notes, in riffs, such as the opening riff of the album, on the song "Inverted" which uses a combination of pick-slides, pick tapping and traditional picking. However the album was in general much more straight-ahead and brutal than Obscura, with longer and faster blast beat sections, and more atonal guitar solos from the newly added guitarist. Technical death metal, or tech death for short, is a term used to describe bands in the subgenre death metal. ... From Wisdom to Hate is the fourth album by Gorguts. ...

Steve MacDonald, who had a history of recurrent depression, committed suicide in 2002, which eventually led to the split-up of Gorguts in 2005. Luc Lemay and Steeve Hurdle recently formed a new band, Negativa, and have released a demo CD. On the Threshold of Eternity. ... Negativa is a Quebecois tech metal band formed by members of the (now defunct) seminal progressive death metal band Gorguts. ...

Luc Lemay and Steve Cloutier recorded a video for guitar.com which explores much of the technique and philosophy behind Gorguts' music, and demonstrations of such songs as "Inverted" and "Obscura."

Discography

• Considered Dead (1991)
• The Erosion of Sanity (1993)
• Obscura (1998)
• From Wisdom to Hate (2001)

Considered Dead is the debut album by Gorguts released in 1990. ... The Erosion of Sanity is the second album by Gorguts released in 1993. ... Obscura is the third album by Gorguts. ... From Wisdom to Hate is the fourth album by Gorguts. ...

Compilations

• Demo Anthology (2003)

Live albums

• Live in Rotterdam (2006)

Demos

• ...And Then Comes Lividity (1990)

Line-up

• Luc Lemay – vocals, guitar
• Steve Cloutier – bass

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Former members

• Steve MacDonald – drums
• Steeve Hurdle – guitar
• Daniel Mongrain – guitar
• Patrick Robert – drums
• Sylvain Marcoux – guitar
• Éric Giguère – bass
• Stephane Provencher – drums

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External links

• Gorguts discography at MusicBrainz