Vehemence is a death metal

Death metal

Death metal is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal. It typically employs heavily distorted guitars, tremolo picking, deep growling vocals, blast beat drumming, minor keys or atonality, and complex song structures with multiple tempo changes....

 band from Phoenix, Arizona

Phoenix, Arizona

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. They formed in 1997 and released their first demo cassette in 1998. Their debut album, The Thoughts From Which I Hide, was self-released in 2000. They debuted on Metal Blade Records

Metal Blade Records

Metal Blade Records is a record label which was founded by Brian Slagel in 1982. The U.S. corporate office for Metal Blade is located in Agoura Hills, California. It also has offices in Arizona, Germany, Japan, Canada, and the UK. The label is distributed in the U.S. by Sony BMG Music...

 in 2002 with God Was Created, and released their final album, Helping The World To See, in 2004.

Long-time vocalist Nathan Gearheart left the line-up in early 2005 due to personal issues, and by the end of 2005 three of the remaining four members of Vehemence went on to form the first live incarnation of Abigail Williams (Candlelight Records).

In late 2007 they reformed again, this time with Kyle Moeller replacing John Chavez on guitar. In November 2007 the band released a new song on their MySpace page, "There Are So Many Reasons To Give Up Religion." Progress for the band has been slow, since many of the members are involved in other projects. Kyle left the band early 2010 soon to be replaced by Jake Green (Nervosia). The band is currently working on new musical material.

Current members

• Nathan Gearheart (1997–present) - vocals
• Bjorn Dannov (1997–present) - guitar
• Mark Kozuback (1997–present) - bass
• Andy Schroeder (1997–present) - drums
• Jake Green (2010–present) - guitar

Former members

• Scott Wiegand (1997–1999) - guitar
• Jason Keesecker (2000–2003) - keyboards
• John Chavez (1999–2005) - guitar
• Kyle Moeller (2007–2009) - guitar

Discography

• The Thoughts from Which I Hide
  The Thoughts from Which I Hide
  The Thoughts from Which I Hide is the first album by death metal band Vehemence.-Track listing:#"I Take Your Life" - 3:07 #"Saying Goodbye" - 6:50#"Whore Cunt Die" - 4:10#"What You've Become" - 3:40#"No One Wins" - 6:23...
  
  (Album, 2000)
• God Was Created
  God Was Created
  -Track listing:#"Made for Her Jesus" - 5:58#"She Never Noticed Me" - 7:00#"Fantasy from Pain" - 6:05#"Christ I Fucking Hate You!" - 5:02#"Lusting for Affection" - 3:39#"The Last Fantasy of Christ" - 5:23#"I Didn't Kill Her" - 8:55#"God Was Created" - 5:55...
  
  (Album, Metal Blade, 2002)
• Helping the World to See
  Helping the World to See
  Helping the World to See is the third album by death metal band Vehemence. It was released in 2004 by Metal Blade Records. A video was created for the track, 'By Your Bedside' and 'We Are All Dying', the latter of which appeared on MTV2's Headbanger's Ball....
  
  (Album, Metal Blade, 2004)