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Encyclopedia > Immolation (band)

Background information
Origin Yonkers, New York, United States Flag of United States
Genre(s) Technical death metal
Years active 1986-present
Label(s) Century Media
Listenable Records
Website Everlastingfire.com
Members
Ross Dolan
Steve Shalaty
Bill Taylor
Robert Vigna

Immolation is a death metal band from Yonkers, New York. They were formed in May 1986 by Andrew Sakowicz (Bass, Vocals) and Dave Wilkinson (Drums) as Rigor Mortis (NY). The name was changed to Immolation in April 1988, after the "Warriors of Doom" demo which was done as Rigor Mortis and "Demo I" which was done as Immolation. The band got a deal with Roadrunner Records and released their debut album Dawn of Possession through them. They were dropped by the label when the label dropped nearly all of the death metal bands. Later, they were picked up by Metal Blade Records and released the three succeeding albums through them. After the second one Here in After, drummer Craig Smilowski left the band and was replaced by [[Alex Hernandez}}. The most recent two albums were released by Listenable Records, the same label which released an album by Hernandez's previous band Fallen Christ years before. Unholy Cult saw the departure of guitarist Thomas Wilkinson. Steve Shalaty replaced Hernandez on Harnessing Ruin. Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Yonkers, just north of New York City in Westchester County, is the fourth largest city in the U.S. state of New York, with a population of 196,086 (according to the 2000 census). ... NY redirects here. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Technical death metal, or tech death for short, is a term used to describe bands in the subgenre death metal. ... 1986 (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Century Media Records is an independant metal record label with offices in the USA, Brazil, Germany, France, Italy, Sweden and the United Kingdom. ... Listenable Records is an independent record label based in Wimereux, France. ... Ross Dolan is the vocalist/bassplayer and one of the founders of the death metal band Immolation. ... Commodore William Leonard Bill Taylor RAN (retired) (born 14 September 1938) an Australian Naval Officer, Politician and Administrator. ... Robert Vigna is the lead guitarist for death metal band, Immolation. ... Roadrunner Records is a major record label that concentrates on metal bands. ... Dawn of Possession is the debut album by Immolation. ... Metal Blade Records is an independent record label which was founded in 1981 by Brian Slagel. ... Here in After is the second album by Immolation. ... Unholy Cult is the fifth album by Immolation. ... Harnessing Ruin is the sixth album by Immolation. ...


Immolation relies on riffs written in dissonant harmonic patterns, often dueling between the two guitars, to progress songs, typically over a complex rhythm and complex drum patterns. Drum parts are often written to follow the guitar riffs in a way that is unusual for most death metal. They and fellow New York death metal band, Suffocation, helped bring the New York death metal scene to the attention of the underground. Suffocation is an American death metal band. ...


Their lyrics are almost entirely anti-religion, especially Christianity. On the band's 2005 album, Harnessing Ruin, there are more lyrics touching on other subjects such as politics. We need to stop all belief of gods and all following of religions. ... Christianity percentage by country, purple is highest, orange is lowest Topics in Christianity Movements · Denominations Ecumenism · Preaching · Prayer Music · Liturgy · Calendar Symbols · Art · Criticism Important figures Apostle Paul · Church Fathers Constantine · Athanasius · Augustine Anselm · Aquinas · Palamas · Wycliffe Tyndale · Luther · Calvin · Wesley Arius · Marcion of Sinope Pope · Archbishop of Canterbury Patriarch... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...


Discography

Cover of Dawn of Possession
Cover of Dawn of Possession

Cover art of Immolations Dawn of Possession. ... Cover art of Immolations Dawn of Possession. ... Dawn of Possession is the debut album by Immolation. ... Stepping on Angels. ... Here in After is the second album by Immolation. ... Failures for Gods is the third album by Immolation. ... Close to a World Below is the fourth album by Immolation. ... Unholy Cult is the fifth album by Immolation. ... DVD (also known as Digital Versatile Disc or Digital Video Disc) is an optical disc storage media format that can be used for data storage, including movies with high video and sound quality. ... Harnessing Ruin is the sixth album by Immolation. ... Hope and Horror is a EP from the band Immolation. ... Extended play (EP) is the name typically given to vinyl records or CDs which contain more than one single, but are too short to qualify as albums. ... DVD (also known as Digital Versatile Disc or Digital Video Disc) is an optical disc storage media format that can be used for data storage, including movies with high video and sound quality. ... Shadows in the Light is Immolations seventh full length album. ...

Line-up

  • Ross Dolan - Bass, Vocals
  • Bill Taylor - Guitar
  • Robert Vigna - Guitar
  • Steve Shalaty - Drums (Odious Sanction, ex-Gutted)

Ross Dolan is the vocalist/bassplayer and one of the founders of the death metal band Immolation. ... Robert Vigna is the lead guitarist for death metal band, Immolation. ...

Former members

  • John McEntee - Guitar (Incantation, Funerus, ex-Mortician, live-only member. He never recorded any albums with the band)
  • Thomas Wilkinson - Guitar
  • Neal Boback - Drums
  • Craig Smilowski - Drums (ex-Goreaphobia)
  • Alex Hernandez - Drums (ex-Fallen Christ)

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Immolation - Technical Death Metal (1831 words)
On their first album, Immolation can be seen making the transition from the straightforward death metal of their demo to a new and technical style within the advancements the death metal genre was to make in the early 1990s, seen most prominently on the newer songs on the first half of this release.
The strength of this iteration of the music of Immolation is as always in the inventiveness of riff construction and imagination to match concept to content, rare attributes in any genre especially valued and needed in death metal at this time.
As musicians, they have matured upward from the plateau found on their second album, and on this, the differences are subtle: a fine understanding of the emotions wrought from different types of melody, a detailed understanding of pace in the context of their traditional tugging and rebounding rhythm, a clear-sighted sequence of introduction of ideas.
Immolation (band) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (286 words)
Immolation is a technical death metal band from New York.
The name was changed to Immolation in late 1987, between the "Warriors of Doom" demo which was done as Rigor Mortis and "Demo I" which was done as Immolation.
However, this is not because he is a fan of the band, rather, because of the words "First in Hell" on the back, which reflect his religious beliefs, as he is a member of the Church of Satan.
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