MENTAL DEMISE

The Mental Demise band was founededin May of 1995 by Alexander (Fester) Andreychev (guitar/vocals). In 1997 the band released their first rehearsal demo, entitled "Utopia Of Existence". The second studio demo - "Psycho-Penetration" – was recorded in February of 1998. Material included 9 songs in intense brutal death/grind, with conceptual psychological lyrics. The demo was released in a cassette format by Ukrainian label «Moon records». Later “Psycho-Penetration" has experienced four reissues.In March of 1998 the band performed 25 shows in various cities of the Eastern Ukraine in the support of "Psycho-Penetration". In spring of 2000 Mental Demise head for "Vaginal suckers" studio to record new 3-song material - "Credo Quia Absurdum..?". In 2001 «D.A.C. Productions» label released "Credo Quia Absurdum..?" as a split-CD with ukrainian band Entrails Putrefaction. In November of 2001 this was followed by the mini-tour in Buelorussia.In April of 2003 Mental Demise for the first time took part in a foreign - Polish - tour "Grind De Pologne-2", with the brutal Imperial Foeticide (Cz) and grind band Epitome (Pl). In spring of 2004 the band was on tour in Belorussia, Russia and Ukraine as a support band for death metal band Pungent Stench (Aus). In the fall of 2004 Mеntal Demise had a very successful 16-show gig «Grinding Incursion» through Ukraine, Belorussia and Moldova with the death/grind band Parricide (Pl).In 2005 the band makes a self-record of the «Disgraceful Sores», which was immediately released by two labels: Belorussian «Moral Isanity» and American «Sevared Records». The album receives a good circulation in CIS as well as abroad. The band receives a ton of propositions. In spring of 2005 the band makes a 12-show tour in Poland with Parricde (Pl) and Mincing Fury (Cz). In the fall of 2005 the band is invited to take part in several festivals, the most important of which are the following: «Mirceles East» (Poland) with headlining Pungent Stench (Aus), «Ludwigshafen Death Fest» (Germany) with Necrophagist (Ger) and «Slovac Death Fest» with Vital Remains (USA) headlining respectively. --In the fall of 2006 Mental Demise takes up a 13-show successful tour with a new drummer in Ukraine. In the spring of 2007 the band takes its way to Poland to record a processed material in Hertz studio. 1-t of February 2009 a release of a new album by Mental Demise under the working title «Final Step To Future Madness» is expected. The style of the band can be characterized nowadays as an aggressive speedy Florida wave death metal.
To be continued...