Vital Remains
Tony Lazaro
Background information
Origin	Providence, Rhode Island
Genre(s)	Death metal Blackened Death Metal
Years active	1989 – present
Website	vitalremains.com

Vital Remains is a death metal band from Providence, Rhode Island. The band formed during 1989, influenced by the likes of Venom, Celtic Frost, Bathory, Mercyful Fate, Sodom, and Destruction. Originally comprised of members guitarists Paul Flynn and Tony Lazaro, vocalist Jeff Gruslin, bassist Tom Supkow, and drummer Chris Dupont, the group has been through several line-up changes (as well as record labels) over the years, but it has not gotten in their way of issuing albums on a regular basis. A pair of demos (1989's Reduced to Ashes and 1990's Excruciating Pain) led to a contract with French label Thrash Records, who in turn issued The Black Mass in 1991. Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (1600 × 1200 pixel, file size: 816 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Providence may mean: Divine Providence Providence College in Rhode Island, USA Providence, television series Providence, a 1977 film Providence, a 1991 film starring Keanu Reeves Providence, 1970s-era Providence may also refer to: Providence, Rhode Island (in Providence County) Providence, Alabama Providence, Kentucky Providence, New York It is also the... Official language(s) English Capital Providence Largest city Providence Area  Ranked 50th  - Total 1,214* [1] sq mi (3,144* km²)  - Width 37 miles (60 km)  - Length 48 miles (77 km)  - % water 32. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Death metal is a heavy metal subgenre. ... Blackened death metal also called death/black metal or black/death metal (depending on which styles is dominant) is a fusion genre of extreme metal utilising elements of death metal and black metal with bands usually hailing from Europe. ... Death metal is a heavy metal subgenre. ... Nickname: Location in Rhode Island Coordinates: Country United States State Rhode Island County Providence Government  - Mayor David N. Cicilline (D) Area  - City  20. ... This article or section needs copy editing for grammar, style, cohesion, tone and/or spelling. ... Celtic Frost is a heavy metal band from Zürich, Switzerland, best known for their influence on the thrash metal, black metal and death/doom genres. ... Bathory was a Swedish heavy metal band, and is regarded as one of the forefathers of black metal and founder of viking metal. ... Mercyful Fate is an influential Danish heavy metal group who are often cited among the influences in the black metal, thrash metal, power metal, and progressive metal genres. ... Sodom is a German thrash metal band formed in 1981. ... Destruction is a German thrash metal band formed in Lörrach, in southern Germany in 1982. ...

Vital Remains lyrics is almost entirely anti-religion, as influences of Satanism, Apocalypse, and highly blasphemous themes. This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Look up Apocalypse in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Blasphemy is the defamation of the name of God or the gods, and by extension any display of gross irreverence towards any person or thing deemed worthy of exalted esteem. ...

A pair of releases followed for the Peaceville label, 1992's Let Us Pray and 1995's Into Cold Darkness, before jumping ship to another French heavy metal label, Osmose Records, for 1997's Forever Underground and 2000's Dawn of the Apocalypse. Since Dawn of the Apocalypse, vocals were taken over by Glen Benton (frontman of Deicide), in 2001, though the lyrics are written by the rest of the band. Dechristianize was released in 2003 to much critical acclaim. The band's latest album, released in 2007, is Icons of Evil. The band's first live DVD Live Evil Death is slated for European release on 9 July, US release 31 July through Polish label Metal Mind Productions. Peaceville Records is a British heavy metal-oriented record label. ... Osmose Productions is a European independent record label started in France in 1991 by Hervé Herbaut. ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ... Deicide is an North American Death metal band. ... Icons of Evil is the fifth album by Vital Remains. ...

Former members Jeff Gruslin, Paul Flynn and Justin Flynn have since 2005 started a death metal combo of their own, Godless Rising, with whom they released 2 records so far. "Rising Hatred" (2005) through Pathos Productions and "Battle Lords" (2007) through Moribund Records. Death metal is a heavy metal subgenre. ...

Members

Current

• Glen Benton - Session Studio Vocals
• Dave Suzuki - Lead Guitars, Studio Drums
• Tony Lazaro - Guitars, Studio Bass

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Live Line-Up

Vital Remains during concert in MegaClub, Katowice, Poland 2007. From left to right:Tony Lazaro, Damien Boynton, Brian Hobbie, Dave Suzuki

• Damien Boynton - Live Vocals
• Dave Suzuki - Lead Guitars
• Tony Lazaro - Guitars
• Brian Hobbie - Live Bass
• Antonio Donadeo - Live Drums

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Former band members

• Joe Lewis - Bass, vocals
• Jeff Gruslin - Vocals
• Paul Flynn - Guitars
• Justin Flynn - Bass
• Thorn - Vocals

Former live session members

• Tim Yeung - Drums
• Rick Corbett - Drums
• Chris Dupont - Drums
• Ace Alonzo - Drums
• Kyle Severn - Drums
• Derek Boyer - Bass
• Istvan Lendvay - Bass
• Kelly Conlon - Bass
• Tom Supkow - Bass
• Anthony Geremia - Live Vocals

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Discography

• Let Us Pray (1992)
• Into Cold Darkness (1995)
• Forever Underground (1997)
• Dawn of the Apocalypse (2000)
• Dechristianize (2003)
• Horrors of Hell (2006)
• Icons of Evil (2007)

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