Infusion (American Black Metal)

Memphis, TN metal band INFUSION combines styles of Progressive, Death, and Black Metal, to create something that Heavy Metal fans have been waiting for. INFUSION is known for their ruthlessly powerful stage presence as well as interestingly composed song arrangements is becoming a force to be reckoned with in the extreme Metal scene.Formed in 2000 with members Cody Black and Tommy Arnold, the group went through several lineup changes until arriving at the current 2008 lineup of Curtis Mason (Vocals), Cody Black (Guitar), Brandon McDuffie (Drums), Tommy Arnold (Bass) and Kyle Rowe (keyboards). The newly assembled quintet immediately began work on new material that would become a sound that is as original as it is brutal.

The name INFUSION is derived from the collaboration of the individual musicians as well as their true love for all things Metal. Having been heavily influenced by a healthy upbringing of death and black metal, they wanted to combine and create something that would encompass their years of technical study. With a strong love for American Death Metal and European Black Metal they began to take notice that many of the American "Black Metal" bands where only recreating or blatantly copying the sounds of many European Black Metal acts. Infusing influences with originality the band created a sound that some have come to call the true AMERICAN BLACK METAL. At first listen some ears may find a very different aural environment from what they have come to know as traditional Black Metal, which is just what INFUSION aims to deliver. This gives something original to the genre and to their own sound while still maintaining the spirit of Black Metal.

The lyrical architecture stems from the bands growing frustration with the ignorance of the common human world. INFUSION uses their lyrics as an arsenal to open the world to views most people never think about on their own. To the band "Black Metal is a war against everything we know. Our focus is to open the closed eyes of the world and in the process make some people uncomfortable,but at least they will be thinking. "

The members of INFUSION have all been close friends since grade school even before the conception of the band. They have an unspoken, unbreakable brotherhood that will continue to lead the battle they started some nine years ago. INFUSION is not concerned with just making records, but bringing their word and sound to the world. The groups plans to build a career and continue the dream as a way of life that will only grow stronger with time. They welcome any and all along the way to share the vision and help to build the empire. "Bring this rapture unto me enthroned in blackness tormenting rebirth and a God made of dust, Christ I refuse these hands in torment reborn"- In Torment Reborn.