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PORPHYRIA

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About Me

Porphyria was created towards the end of 2003 by Shawn Macdonald and Tim Murphy accompanied by a drum machine. In early 2004 the band finally became a full band as members Daniel Glynn, Dane Rand and Tom Couture joined. In mid 2005 they released the 'What No Eyes Could See' EP. Recorded by Ken Susi (Unearth) and mastered by Nick Zampliello (The Red Chord, Isis), the EP is five songs of brutal technical death metal that will leave some serious bruises. Shortly after the EP release, Daniel left bass duties and Shawn switched from guitar to bass due to wrist injuries during the recording. After playing as a 4-piece for a short period of time the band recruited Blue as a second guitarist towards the end of 2005. In the following couple years the band played close to 200 shows all over the Northeast US (and Canada) and as far as Ohio, with national and international acts such as Suffocation, Cryptopsy, Cattle Decapitation, Despised Icon, Through the Eyes of the Dead, Beneath the Massacre, Vital Remains, Ion Dissonance, Mortician, Immolation, Malignancy, Incantation, Dehumanized and tons more. The band came to an abrupt end in the fall of 2007. Members have moved on to several different projects, check out the 'Life after...' blog for more details.

Forum: http://www.smnnews.com/board/forumdisplay.php?s=&forumid =115
Pictures: http://www.returntothepit.com/band.php?band=porphyria
Mp3 Site: http://www.purevolume.com/porphyria

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 6/2/2004
Band Members: Tim Murphy - Vocals
Tom Couture - Guitar
Shawn Macdonald - Bass
Dane Rand - Drums
Pete 'Blue' - Guitar

Daniel Glynn - Bass
(2004-05)
Shawn Macdonald - Guitar
(2003-05)
Influences: Death Metal, Jazz, Blues, Salsa, Disco, Nursery Rhymes.
Sounds Like: Tommy Seebach
Record Label: We're not metal enough
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Life after PORPHYRIA...

This is what the members of Porphyria are up to these days...Blue and Tim play in Parasitic Extirpation.http://www.myspace.com/parasiticextirpationDane plays in Strappado.http://www.myspace.com/strapp...
Posted by PORPHYRIA on Thu, 06 Dec 2007 05:06:00 PST

PORPHYRIA breaks up, members find better things to do

PORPHYRIA has been put on the back burner as all the members have moved on to bigger and better things. Tom has decided to study to get his degree in death metal, Tim has decided to move on to gay por...
Posted by PORPHYRIA on Mon, 01 Oct 2007 09:11:00 PST

DOWNLOAD OUR EP FOR FREE!

That's right, we're offering our EP from 2005 for everyone to download for FREE...Grab all 5 songs in a zip file here (21mb)...Porphyria - EP - 2005You can grab the individual mp3's at 192kbps quality...
Posted by PORPHYRIA on Mon, 08 Jan 2007 10:46:00 PST

ORDER SHIRTS HERE...

SHIRTS SOLD OUT!!NOW AVAILABLE ONLINE through paypal (acount not required) Currently not accepting International Orders!Shipping cost is included in shirt price. $1.81 "shipping" will be added to...
Posted by PORPHYRIA on Thu, 29 Jun 2006 10:27:00 PST

PICTURES FROM O'BRIENS...

CHECK OUT THE PICTURES HEREPlease, spread this link (repost a blog, forward on as a bulletin, etc...)If you wish to put the pictures on your myspace page or your site, please just hit me back and leav...
Posted by PORPHYRIA on Thu, 14 Sep 2006 10:45:00 PST

CANADA WITH DESPISED ICON / BTM...

Well, 3 out of 5 of us made it into canada over the weekend. Tim (our vocalist) and Shawn (our bassist) were denied at the border for incidents that happend 3-6 years ago. Not only were us black shirt...
Posted by PORPHYRIA on Thu, 13 Jul 2006 07:27:00 PST

LYRICS FROM EP...

What No Eyes Could SeeBetrayed forever living in the eyes of another, working in the light of piety in hope of blessed resurrection within every page lies falsities.You cant make a believer out of me....
Posted by PORPHYRIA on Fri, 02 Jun 2006 04:28:00 PST

PICTURES FROM THE VITAL REMAINS SHOW....

This was our 2nd show with vital and they were great once again. Anthony definitely gives Glen a run for his money.......Literally? Can't Dave just release a solo record or at least give him 20-30 min...
Posted by PORPHYRIA on Wed, 31 May 2006 10:20:00 PST

PICTURES FROM THE SHOW WITH IMMOLATION...

http://www.returntothepit.com/concert.php?date=2006-05-19&am p;band=porphyria
Posted by PORPHYRIA on Tue, 23 May 2006 08:21:00 PST

MORE LIVE CLIPS...

Recorded March 8th, 2006 @ The Brickhouse, Dover, NH By Brian'What No Eyes Could See'http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BD1Y9zQooyY'Within The Chambers'http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vjrtgLTwOW0'Mechanic s...
Posted by PORPHYRIA on Tue, 28 Mar 2006 02:57:00 PST