Gatecreeper with EXHUMED
Wed Dec 4, 12:00 AM - Wed Dec 4, 12:00 AM

Gatecreeper was formed in September of 2013 with members originating from both Tucson and Phoenix, Arizona. After a debut 4-song EP a series of splits, the band signed to Relapse Records which resulted in the release of their debut full-length Sonoran Depravation on October 7th 2016. The band has since toured with Nails, Pallbearer, Code Orange, Skeletonwitch and more. Gatecreeper play crusty, doom-soaked death metal at its most infectious and uncompromising, with a massive sound that calls to mind the classic Swedish buzz-saw attack of Dismember and Grave mixed with the impeccable groove of Obituary and Bolt Thrower.

San Jose’s ​EXHUMED​ have blazed a path for modern-sensible old-school death metal since the band’s 1991 formation, when the band’s founder and sole remaining member Matt Harvey was a tender 15 years old. ​EXHUMED​ spent much of the ensuing decade hacking their way through numerous line-ups, demos, split CDs, and EPs. In 1998, the band finally released their debut album, the genre-(re)defining and critic-repulsing ​Gore Metal​. The album crystallized the sound forged with their l994 demo (old-school death metal meets full-on grindcore with the spirit of thrash) and first split CD (​Horrific Expulsion of Gore​ and 1996’s ​In the Name of Gore respectively); the band envisioned the three releases as a trilogy of sorts.

Touring in support of Gore Metal brought the enlistment of then-bassist (now lead guitarist) Bud Burke to complete the line-up for the band’s long-awaited first US tour and festival appearances after Ross Sewage’s departure in 1999. EXHUMED upped the ante with their go-for-the-throat sophomore record ​Slaughtercult​ in 2001. The album blatantly blended the band’s brutal cult-thrash influences into its sonic meat-grinder. The band evolved further with their third album, 2003’s ​Anatomy is Destiny,​ with more sophisticated arrangements, production and instrumentation. ​After touring heavily in support of ​Anatomy...​ and the band’s massive 2CD compilation​Platters​​ofSplatter​,E​ XHUMED​realignedtheirpersonnel,andreleasedanalbumof cover versions called Garbage Daze Re-Regurgitated in 2005. Shortly thereafter, the band was put on indefinite hiatus.