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THE PATH

About Me

Formed with a desire to play extreme fast and heavy music along side other predeath (extremes of Thrash & Hardcore) bands like Autopsy, Napalm Death, Voi Vod, Disrupt, Sore Throat, Celtic Frost, & Repulsion. Fueled by alcohol and a love of extreme metal the band added elements of Black Sabbath giving their grind and death sound, a doom edge. With lyrics mixing Thelema, Chaos, and other Occult topics with political and social ideas. After several years of trying to keep a line up together The Path recorded their first cd in 1998 (CRIMES OF THOUGHT AND PASSION). As soon as the cd was recorded and a few shows were played the line up split. Once again leaving the two founding members Travis and Jerome to start from scratch. This led to Travis taking over both guitar and bass duties, and the band adding Larry Lewis on drums. The band stayed as a three piece long enough to play a few shows, record a track (Drunken Rage) for Menace To Sobriety's I Drank To Be A Asshole comp, and record their half of a split cd (As Beasts In The Field). After the recording before the cd was even mixed Larry Lewis quit the band. This led to the band Taking a long break. In 2004 the band reformed with Bruce Kilmer on drums, Josh Sutton on guitar, Travis on guitar and bass, and Jerome on Vocals, to record Give It Back for the Disrupt tribute compilation. Soon Josh quit, Bruce went to school, and was replaced by Scott Jerger in early 2005. In 2006 four new tracks were recorded as a three piece once again. Two of these tracks American and Frozen, along with 2 older track were used for The Path, Castigation (Indonesia) split CD released by MIAW Dec of 2007. Scott Wildridge joined the band on guitar in mid 2006 and as a four piece the band was able to play live again for the first time since 2003. 2007 was full of live shows including shows with Macabra, Mortal Decay, Abominant, Lividity, Origin, Insidious Decrepancy and many great metal bands. A live rehearsal tape , with both old and new tracks was recorded to be given away for free with Embrace The Void zine issue 2 (CZ). These were the first tracks to be recorded and mixed by new Path guitarist Scott Wildridge. Early 2008 saw the band record three more tracks, two new tracks (Stacking Pigs to the Sky & Other) and a Fear Of Gods cover for a split 45 with Brazilian crust, D-beat band Diskontroll. These tracks were also recordered and mixed Scott Wildridge with help from the other members.



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Member Since: 22/12/2005
Band Website: http://www.come.to/THE_PATH
Band Members: Jerome Thomas Whittington Vocals & Programing.Scott Jerger Drums.Travis Mark MacGregor Guitar, Bass & Backing Vocals.Scott Wildridge Guitar.
Influences: Main; Napalm Death, Black Sabbath, Larm, EyeHateGod, Terrorizer, Voi Vod, Death, Morbid Angel, Misery Index, Vader, Fear of God, Nasum, Disrupt, Celtic Frost, Mortal Decay, Assuck, Saint Vitus, Macabre, Repulsion, Agathocles, Septic Death, Obituary, Psycho, Sore Throat, Drogheda, and Dying Fetus. ***V^^V*** To a Lessor extent; Soilent Green, Abominant, MITB, Cripple Bastards, Pathologist, Deep Wound, Last Days Of Humanity, Necrophagia, Mercyful Fate, Abstain, Drop Dead, Angel Corpse, Mortician, Dahmer, Kreator, To Day Is The Day, Unholy Grave, Regurgitate, Misery, Incantation, Doom, Anal Cunt, Sepultra, Slayer, Grief, The Accused, Hypocrisy, Sleep, Pig Destroyer, Throbbing Gristle, Skinny Puppy, Swans, Scorn, Cryptic Slaughter, Cryptopsy, Deicide, Suffocation, Carcass, Boltthrower, Dead Infection, Anthrax, Flotsam & Jetsam, Origin, Krisiun, Amebix, Slough, Black Flag, Samhain, Brutal Truth, Pustulated, HellHammer, The Melvins, Autopsy, Nuclear Death, Dead, ROTTREVORE, Rotten Sound, Cianide, DISGORGE, Cannibal Corpse, Deceased, Abscess, Diamonda Galas, Joy Division, Seige, Incubus, Cephalic Carnage, Entombed, Godflesh, Immolation, Grave, Hemdale, Discharge, Destruction, Venom, Mayhem, Internal Bleeding, Catasexual Urge Motivation, Nunslaughter, Rot, Rigor Mortis, General Surgery, Morticite, Impetigo, Pungent Stench, Dark Angel, Sodom, Extreme Noise Terror.
Sounds Like: ...Lots of tempo changes that vary between many extreme ideas and musical styles and mutations allied with such genres as death metal, grindcore, sludge/doom metal, industrial/noise and extreme music in general. Blistering grind, blast beats accent slow sabbathy riffs and mid-paced death grooves with original and schizophrenically varying vocals that give the eye to the storm. Southern Indiana Death, Grind, Sludge Metal!
Record Label: Music Is A Weapon, GrindCore

My Blog

19th & 20th @ Bullocks!

 First I would like to thank all the bands & everyone who came out to the Duck on the 29th & Bullocks on the 30th. We had a blast and I hope you all come out to Bullocks on the 19th and 20th. keep in ...
Posted by on Mon, 15 Jun 2009 14:04:00 GMT

Exterminio Zine Interview

"From The United State and with the help of Tony from Reborn From Ashes zine, we can meet one of the bands with a lot of years in the underground scene in the United States, mixing old death metal wit...
Posted by on Wed, 04 Mar 2009 03:12:00 GMT

Embrace The Void Interview

Not many bands even in the US can last a decade. The Path have been playing their style of Death/Grind for over a decade now. Never Jumping on a trend or abandoning their sound for a more popular in-s...
Posted by on Wed, 04 Mar 2009 02:06:00 GMT

New-Guitarist from the Past!

The Path is working as a 5 piece band once again.  Kevin Herr who played on the first album "Crimes of Thought & Passion", has once again started working with the band.  The band is also looking for a...
Posted by on Mon, 09 Feb 2009 09:32:00 GMT

Thanksgiving News Comps & Chaos

2 New comps, well one new and one revived?American D.K. Record's "Sunbathing in the Suburbs" a compilation promoting global warming awareness is due out sometime in June 09.  The comp f...
Posted by on Thu, 27 Nov 2008 17:54:00 GMT

NEWS

NEWSCongratulations to Scott & Tara Wildridge &welcome to Elek Keagan Wildridge born Oct 17th.RELEASES1. The Path/Diskontroll split 45 available Dec. 1rstalso very limited cd release.2. The P...
Posted by on Wed, 19 Nov 2008 01:54:00 GMT

Covers

CoversWhat covers would you like to hear The Path play?Although we are definitely not a cover band, over the years we have collected quite a few covers to rotate in our live set. Usually no more than...
Posted by on Tue, 18 Nov 2008 23:42:00 GMT

INFLUENCES

Just to confuse people more? Jerome vocals: some some favorites, Napalm Death, Disgorge(Mx), Last Days of  Humanity, Dahmer, Agathocles, Nasum, Regurgitate, Autopsy, Catasexual Urge Motivation, M...
Posted by on Fri, 07 Apr 2006 18:14:00 GMT