CONVULSIONS

After a nearly 12 year hiatus from the metal underground, Stevo (IMPETIGO) announces his newest project…CONVULSIONS!!
What can you expect from this outfit? Think of the big three…MASTER, AUTOPSY, and REPULSION…sprinkle in some MANTAS, MASSACRE, SLAUGHTER, MACABRE, and CELTIC FROST, and you’ve got a pretty good idea. The band aspires to write and perform musick that honors these giants (very much in the same way that IMPETIGO did)…if you are hoping to hear “original” or “innovative” material, consider your hopes dashed.
In the words of Stevo himself: “There isn't, nor should there be, anything ‘original’ in musick that maintains respect for the true underground…it was a special time in history, a time where my black heart still dwells. As in IMPETIGO, our mission is tribute and homage; by incorporating specific and mandatory elements of these bands we hope to offer a new interpretation in arrangement and presentation only, NOT in style or execution! You won’t hear ‘carbon copies’ of this klassic stuff, what you will hear is a group of honest individuals continuing to carry this torch beyond the era in which these magnificent sounds flourished. Why try to reinvent the wheel? These bands changed my life, and to this day all paths lead to them, ultimately. If it isn’t broke, don’t fix it. We are not the first combo to espouse this philosophy, and we certainly won’t be the last. I strongly feel that it is important to continue the tradition of homage that inspired my work in IMPETIGO; more so now than ever before, with the saturation of ‘nu-metal’ and other hybrid forms of what I would rather call ‘alternative’ music in the market. The market is UNIMPORTANT to us, what is important is the TRUE UNDERGROUND…saying that, what we play is, essentially, TRUE DEATH METAL, in its purest form…no noodling, no complexity, no special effects, no riff-cramming. 200% raw, pure, and vicious DEATH METAL.” Lyrically, one can expect the same type of tongue-in-cheek, manic prose that Stevo exercised successfully in IMPETIGO…more klassic horror and true crime inspired anecdotes of violence, brutality, and other kreepy goings-on.
The evolution of the band is simple, yet unusual. It’s known by some that in the mid-80s, prior to meeting Mark and eventually forming IMPETIGO, Stevo had attempted to form a ‘death metal’ band called CONVULSIONS. Where this attempt failed, IMPETIGO was the subsequent result; a much different band altogether. Many years later, after the breakup of IMPETIGO and during his tenure in INSOMNIA, Stevo tried to manifest the concept of a “no bullshit, bare bones” death/grind outfit known as ZOMBIE with Neil Hardesty (guitarist of INSOMNIA) and former MASTERFISTER drummer Chad Merrit. Due to Stevo’s busy schedule upon returning to college and preparing to start a family, ZOMBIE never came to light other than a handful of never-finished songs.
Fast forward to the late Summer of 2006…Stevo began to contemplate ‘resurrecting’ some unheard, unfinished material from both IMPETIGO and ZOMBIE for a new project. Just a pipe dream at first, he found a great deal of support and some fresh ideas from RAZORBACK RECORDS. While the name ZOMBIE had been used by another band since the inception of the original ZOMBIE by Stevo back in 1994, the band name CONVULSIONS popped up in conversation between the two, and after over 20 years it stuck. While Stevo was convinced that he could handle the vocals, bass, and guitar chores for this studio-only project, he was less than convinced he would be capable of performing the drums. Bi Neil accepted the invitation to participate, and things started rolling from that point. Besides Stevo developed a list of potential songs (titles and concepts), some of which were partially developed, and began writing the material.
Gregg Metzger (g-mel) has played in bands like,gore story,postcava,lincoln love log. IN 1247, gangulated pus and now in convulsions....Into:DR.KNOW, cavity,impetigo,hell hammer,FECULENT GORETOMB,master,gism,septic death,CBT,fang....noise,metal,punk,crust,prono,black metal,industrail,grind of the underground of shocking horror,gore,xxx sleaze,sexual astrology,mystical shit,european & asin fetish,mayhem destruction,sataic erotic tortured naked women that makes you shit your pants...that's me gregg....BC...metzger, bizarre,extremist from freeport,il.guitarist,vocalist,bassist,drums,ECT.......... prepare to be doomed
Tom “Kakihara” Knizner –Tom has been kicking around the underground scene for over 20 years now. A bare bones, no bullshit guitarist/vocalist, Tom was previously in Dogod from 1989-1994. Out of the ashes of Dogod, Severed was formed in 1995 and continues till this day…Tom joined Cardiac Arrest in 2006 as second guitarist and splits vocal duties as well. Also in 2006, Tom and Gregg formed a project called Gangulated Pus and are currently working on material…Goals are simple…To play honest, raw death metal the way it should be played and to carry on the tradition of what the underground scene used to be… Influences: Mantas/Death (SBG era), Hellhammer/Celtic Frost, Master/Deathstrike/Abomination/Funeral Bitch, Genocide/Repulsion, Slaughter/Strappado, Voivod, Cryptic Slaughter, Amebix, Autopsy, Abscess, Devastation (Chgo), Cianide, Venom, and horror/exploitation films from around the world…
The band is wrapping up preliminary material for a 3 track promo demo in 2008, followed by a legitimate full-length release on RAZORBACK RECORDS!!
ALSO ON : MANTAS/DEATH tribute... 2008Limited Edition CONVULSIONS t-shirts! Mesozoic design, logo only one-sided white print on black T!! Limited to only 50 printed, buy NOW or SUFFER!!! Be the first to flaunt this SPASMATIC design!!! 15 bux ppd sorry sold out!!!!! Also, killer vinyl STICKERS, slap 'em on your guitar case or coffin!!! be KVLT!!! 1 bux pppgregg metzger c/o convulsions p.o. box 336 freeport,IL 61032 U.S.A.Prepare to DIE…the body count continues…