Deceased is a death

Death metal

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/thrash metal

Thrash metal

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 band from Virginia

Virginia

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, that has attained a dedicated, though cult following

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 throughout a lengthy recording and live career. Founded in 1984, by drummer and vocalist King Fowley, the first band to sign Relapse Records

Relapse Records

Relapse Records is an independent record label based in Upper Darby, Pennsylvania. It was founded by Matthew F. Jacobson in 1990.-History:The label was started by Matthew F. Jacobson in August, 1990 in his parents' basement in Aurora, Colorado...

, they released four full albums through the label, along with a number of EPs, demos and re-releases of early demos. Leaving Relapse Records

Relapse Records

Relapse Records is an independent record label based in Upper Darby, Pennsylvania. It was founded by Matthew F. Jacobson in 1990.-History:The label was started by Matthew F. Jacobson in August, 1990 in his parents' basement in Aurora, Colorado...

 in 2003 to sign to Thrash Corner, the band continues to release material to this day. Their sound centers around the powerhouse drumming and horror lyrics barked, sometimes narrated vocals of Fowley, telling tales of zombies and classic works of horror from The Twilight Zone to the works of Edgar Allan Poe

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 ("Dark Chilling Heartbeat" retells "The Tell-Tale Heart

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" on their Supernatural Addiction album), while the twin guitars often move quickly from riff to riff - the band's songs typically work through several time signature and tempo changes. From their fairly primitive origins, while their core sound has always retained an almost punk/hardcore edge to its rawness, Deceased became more and more ambitious in terms of their use of melody in their progressive, lengthy thrash guitar workouts. This transition in their career was marked by the release of a full zombie concept LP, "Fearless Undead Machines", with cover art by painter Wes Benscoter

Wes Benscoter

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 and spoken samples from George A. Romero

George A. Romero

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's "..of the Dead" films, as well as the band's own attempts to stage classic horror monologue and storytelling. In 2006 the band left Thrash Corner Records and started their own label in 2008 called Shrieks from the Hearse. 2009 sees the band returning with a new album called 'Surreal Overdose' on this label as well as PATAC Records.

King Fowley will return to the drum kit for this record, but live Eric Mayes will now handle the duties.

Band members

• King Fowley - vocals/drums (studio drums only)
• Mike Smith - guitar (no longer plays live)
• Les Snyder - bass
• Shane Fuegel - guitar

Former members

• Marcel DeSantos - drums
• Doug Souther - guitar
• Robert Sterzel - bass
• Mark "Chainsaw" Adams - guitar
• Dave "scarface" Castillo - drums

The Evil Side Of Religion (October 1986)

1. "After The Bloodshed" - 2:03
2. "Eaten By Disease" - 2:02
3. "March Of The Cadavers" - 2:08
4. "Gutwrench" - 2:53
5. "Raw Explosives" - 3:22
6. "Sick Thrash" - 2:29
7. "Mentally Ill" - 4:09
8. "The Cemetery's Full" - 4:03
9. "Funeral Of Gore" - 3:40

Birth by Radiation (1988)

1. "Birth by Radiation" - 4:02
2. "Vomiting Blood" - 3:06
3. "Virus" - 2:44
4. "Hallucinating Mutants" - 2:27
5. "Worship the Coffin" - 3:55
6. "Immune to Burial" - 3:32
7. "Decrepit Coma" - 3:42
8. "Deformed Tomorrows" - 5:42

Line-up

• King Fowley - drums, vocals
• Mark Adams - lead guitar
• Doug Souther - lead guitar
• Lesley Snyder - bass

Nuclear Exorcist (1989)

1. "Nuclear Exorcist" - 4:49
2. "Shrieks from the Hearse" - 3:35
3. "A Trip to the Morgue" - 2:35
4. "Below the Tombstone" - 4:04
5. "Planet Graveyard" - 4:50
6. "Futuristic Doom" - 3:26
7. "Haunted Cerebellum" - 3:19

Line-up

• King Fowley - drums, vocals
• Mark Adams - guitar
• Doug Souther - guitar
• Lesley Snyder - bass

Other credits

• Mixed October 30–31 , 1989
• Engineered by Joey P
• Artwork by Tom Harrison

One Night In The Cemetery (1989)

1. "Sick Thrash"
2. "Gutwrench"
3. "Decrepit Coma"
4. "Birth By Radiation"
5. "The Cemetery's Full"
6. "Below The Tombstone"
7. "Futuristic Doom"
8. "After The Bloodshed"
9. "Vomiting Blood"
10. "Eaten By Disease"
11. "Nuclear Exorcist"
12. "Planet Graveyard"
13. "Immune To Burial"
14. "Deformed Tomorrows"

The Day of Death Live (1990)

1. "Fading Survival"
2. "Decrepit Coma"
3. "The Cemetery's Full"
4. "Birth By Radiation"
5. "Psychedelic Warriors"
6. "Futuristic Doom"
7. "Haunted Cerebellum"

Live with the Legions (1992)

1. "A Reproduction of Tragedy" (Live December 5, 1992, Maryland
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2. "The 13 Frightened Souls/Robotic Village" (Live September 19, 1992, Washington, DC)
3. "Psychedelic Warriors" (Live February 10, 1992, Washington, DC)
4. "Birth By Radiation/Shrieks From The Hearse" (Live July 6, 1991, Maryland)
5. "Island Of The Unknown" (Live April 22, 1992, Washington, DC)
6. "Futuristic Doom" (Live March 20, 1992, Florida
   Florida
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7. "Haunted Cerebellum" (Live August 28, 1991, Virginia
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8. "Planet Graveyard" (Live May 4, 1991, Illinois
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9. "Feasting On Skulls" (Live June 20, 1992, Ohio
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10. "Morbid Shape In Black" (Live November 27, 1992, Washington, DC)

Demo I 1995 (1995)

1. "Die By The Sword" (Slayer
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2. "Beyond Science"
3. "The Silent Creature"

Demo II 1995 (1995)

1. "Mysterious Research"
2. "From the Ground They Came"
3. "Night of the Deceased"

EPs

• Gut Wrench
  Gut Wrench
  Gut Wrench is the first label release from then US death metal band Deceased. Original only as a 7" EP, it was later re-released on CD by Relapse Records.-Credits:*Mark Adams - Guitar*Doug Souther - Guitar*King Fowley - Drums, Vocals...
  
   (1991)
• 13 Frightened Souls
  13 Frightened Souls
  13 Frightened Souls is the second EP from then death metal band Deceased. The cover art is "Hide-and-Seek" by Pavel Tchelitchew .-Track listing:* "The 13 Frightened Souls" – 3:09* "Robotic Village" – 3:02...
  
   (1993)
• The Premonition (2000)
• Behind the Mourner's Veil
  Behind the Mourner's Veil
  Behind the Mourner's Veil is an EP by death metal band Deceased, released in 2001 on Relapse Records. It was their last release on the label.-Track listing:#"It's Alive" - 4:08 #"The Mausoleum" - 4:58...
  
   (2001)
• Inject the Ugliness (2007)

Studio albums

• Luck of the Corpse
  Luck of the Corpse
  Luck of the Corpse is the first album from the death metal band Deceased. The cover is an image form the 1963 film, Black Sabbath.-Track listing:# "Fading Survival" – 2:59# "The Cemetery's Full" – 3:03# "Experimenting with Failure" – 2:25...
  
   (1990)
• The Blueprints for Madness
  The Blueprints for Madness
  The Blueprints for Madness is an album by death metal band Deceased, originally released in 1995 on Relapse Records.-Track listing:#"Morbid Shape in Black" - 5:42#"The Triangle" - 5:53#"Island of the Unknown" - 3:29#"The Blueprints for Madness" - 2:36...
  
   (1995)
• Fearless Undead Machines
  Fearless Undead Machines
  Fearless Undead Machines is an album by death metal band Deceased, released on Relapse Records in 1997.-Track listing:#"The Silent Creature" - 8:40 #"Contamination" - 2:13 #"Fearless Undead Machines" - 7:50#"From the Ground They Came" - 2:16...
  
   (1997)
• Supernatural Addiction
  Supernatural Addiction
  Supernatural Addiction is the fourth album from thrash metal/death metal band Deceased. It is their last full length album on Relapse Records...
  
   (2000)
• As The Weird Travel On (2005)
• Surreal Overdose (2011)

Live albums

• Up The Tombstones!!! Live 2000 (2002)
• Blood Orgy In College Park - Stalking The Airwaves!!! (2010)

Compilations

• Death Metal From The Grave (1996) - Featuring demo and live tracks
• The Radiation Years (2002) - Featuring demo tracks
• Zombie Hymns (2002) - A metal covers album
• Corpses, Souls & Other Strangeness (2003) - Featuring Luck of the Corpse
  Luck of the Corpse
  Luck of the Corpse is the first album from the death metal band Deceased. The cover is an image form the 1963 film, Black Sabbath.-Track listing:# "Fading Survival" – 2:59# "The Cemetery's Full" – 3:03# "Experimenting with Failure" – 2:25...
  
  , 13 Frightened Souls
  13 Frightened Souls
  13 Frightened Souls is the second EP from then death metal band Deceased. The cover art is "Hide-and-Seek" by Pavel Tchelitchew .-Track listing:* "The 13 Frightened Souls" – 3:09* "Robotic Village" – 3:02...
  
   and bonus tracks
• Return to the Evil Side (2004) - Featuring demo and live tracks
• Rotten To The Core (2004) - A punk covers album
• Legions of Arrggghhhh - Demo and live tracks

Compilation appearances

Year	Compilation	Label	Song	Album
1992	Death...is Just the Beginning II	Relapse Records Relapse Records Relapse Records is an independent record label based in Upper Darby, Pennsylvania. It was founded by Matthew F. Jacobson in 1990.-History:The label was started by Matthew F. Jacobson in August, 1990 in his parents' basement in Aurora, Colorado...	"The 13 Frightened Souls"	Rough version
1993	5 Years Nuclear Blast	Nuclear Blast Nuclear Blast Nuclear Blast is an independent record label and mail order record distributor with subsidiaries in Germany, the United States and Brazil. The record label was founded in 1987 by Markus Staiger in Germany. Originally releasing hardcore punk records, the label moved on to releasing albums by melodic...	"Nuclear Exorcist"	13 Frightened Souls 13 Frightened Souls 13 Frightened Souls is the second EP from then death metal band Deceased. The cover art is "Hide-and-Seek" by Pavel Tchelitchew .-Track listing:* "The 13 Frightened Souls" – 3:09* "Robotic Village" – 3:02...
	Corporate Death (A Relapse Multi Death Compilation)	Relapse Records	"Robotic Village"
1995	Death...Is Just The Beginning III		"Creek of the Dead"	The Blueprints for Madness The Blueprints for Madness The Blueprints for Madness is an album by death metal band Deceased, originally released in 1995 on Relapse Records.-Track listing:#"Morbid Shape in Black" - 5:42#"The Triangle" - 5:53#"Island of the Unknown" - 3:29#"The Blueprints for Madness" - 2:36...
	UHF/VHF		"Midnight"
	HUH CD 7	Huh Music Service	"The Triangle"
	2 Noise Pollution (Terrorizer Magazine Terrorizer Magazine Terrorizer is an extreme music magazine published by Dark Arts Ltd. in the United Kingdom. It is released every four weeks with thirteen issues a year and features a 'Fear Candy' covermount CD, a twice yearly 'Fear Candy Unsigned' CD, and a double-sided poster.-1993:Terrorizer published its first...  Free CD April 1995)	Triumphington Publishing Company	"Alternate Dimensions"
	Nuclear Blast Soundcheck Series: Volume 3	Nuclear Blast	"Midnight"
	Traces Of Death III	Relapse Records	"Into the Bizarre"
1996	Audio Espionage	Ax/ction Records	"Robotic Village" (Live)	Recorded at The Cave, Manassas VA (3/11/94)
1997	Promo	Relapse Records	"Fearless Undead Machines"	Fearless Undead Machines Fearless Undead Machines Fearless Undead Machines is an album by death metal band Deceased, released on Relapse Records in 1997.-Track listing:#"The Silent Creature" - 8:40 #"Contamination" - 2:13 #"Fearless Undead Machines" - 7:50#"From the Ground They Came" - 2:16...
1998	Solid:Strip Mining The Underground Since 1990		"Graphic Repulsion"
	Contamination MCMXCVII (Polluting The Scene Since 1990)		"Beyond Science"
	Mercyful Fate Tribute	Listenable Records	"Nuns Have No Fun"	Previously unreleased Mercyful Fate Mercyful Fate Mercyful Fate was a Danish heavy metal band from Copenhagen. Initially active from 1981 to 1985, they reunited in 1992. The band went on hiatus again in 2000, when frontman King Diamond decided to continue his solo career...  cover
1999	Relapse Records Sampler Spring 1999	Relapse Records	"Beyond Science"	Fearless Undead Machines
	A Call To Irons 2: A Tribute to Iron Maiden	Dwell Records	"2 Minutes to Midnight 2 Minutes to Midnight "2 Minutes to Midnight" is the second track from British heavy metal band Iron Maiden's fifth album Powerslave. It was released as the band's tenth single on 6 August 1984 and rose to number 11 in the UK Singles Chart and number 25 on Billboard Top Album Tracks.The song was written by Adrian Smith... "	Previously unreleased Iron Maiden Iron Maiden Iron Maiden are an English heavy metal band from Leyton in east London, formed in 1975 by bassist and primary songwriter Steve Harris. Since their inception, the band's discography has grown to include a total of thirty-six albums: fifteen studio albums; eleven live albums; four EPs; and six...  cover
	Land of the Wizard: A Tribute to Ozzy Osbourne		"S.A.T.O."	Previously unreleased Ozzy Osbourne Ozzy Osbourne John Michael "Ozzy" Osbourne is an English vocalist, whose musical career has spanned over 40 years. Osbourne rose to prominence as lead singer of the pioneering English heavy metal band Black Sabbath, whose radically different, intentionally dark, harder sound helped spawn the heavy metal...  cover
	Dead Forever: Tribute to Motörhead		"Stay Clean"	Previously unreleased Motörhead cover
	A Tribute to Mercyful Fate	Still Dead Records	"Doomed by the Living Dead"	Previously unreleased Mercyful Fate cover
2000	Contaminated 3.0	Relapse Records	"A Very Familiar Stranger"	Supernatural Addiction Supernatural Addiction Supernatural Addiction is the fourth album from thrash metal/death metal band Deceased. It is their last full length album on Relapse Records...
	Wizards of Gore: A Tributo to Impetigo	Razorback Records	"Dis-organ-ized"	Previously unreleased Impetigo Impetigo (band) Impetigo was an Illinois-based hardcore punk, grindcore, and death metal band. They were among the first bands to use clips from films and other media as intros for their songs...  cover
2001	Contaminated 4.0	Relapse Records	"It's Alive"	Behind the Mourner's Veil Behind the Mourner's Veil Behind the Mourner's Veil is an EP by death metal band Deceased, released in 2001 on Relapse Records. It was their last release on the label.-Track listing:#"It's Alive" - 4:08 #"The Mausoleum" - 4:58...
	Under the Guillotine: Tribute to Kreator	Dwell Records	"Tormentor"	Previously unreleased Kreator Kreator Kreator is a thrash metal band from Essen, Germany, formed in 1978, but formalized in 1982 under the name Tormentor. They originally performed a speed metal style with Venom influences. Their style of music is similar to their compatriots Destruction and Sodom, the other two big German thrash metal...  cover
2002	We Don't Need Society: Tribute to D.R.I.	Malt Soda Records	"Madman"	Previously unreleased D.R.I. Dirty Rotten Imbeciles Dirty Rotten Imbeciles is a thrash metal/crossover thrash band from the United States that formed in Houston, in 1982. The band currently comprises founding members, vocalist Kurt Brecht and guitarist Spike Cassidy, as well as drummer Rob Rampy and bassist Harald Oimoen.D.R.I...  cover

External links

• Official homepage
• Deceased Interview at Diabolical Conquest Webzine
• [ Deceased] at Allmusic