Grind/death metal band DISFIGURED CORPSE was established in July of 1991 composing of
Ferenc (drums) , Hadgi (bass guitar), Tomba (guitar) and David (vocals). In
this line-up the band records their first demo „Fall down in Reality“ in May
1992. In June 1992 the band received the offer from company M.A.Bona to record
a split CD with a band TOTAL DEATH (later CAROUSEL OF TEARS). Before the
recording of this CD, the band extends with new guitarist Pancho. In autumn of
this very year the band tours with others such as DECIDE, ATROCITY, GOREFEST
etc. These concerts were being played with the new base guitar player Warry.
His predecessor Hadgi left to a new band BIGOTRY (later DISSOLVING OF
PRODIDGY). In December 1993 D.C. records new material for their first solo CD
with working name “Disappointment”, that is released after a long time in 1996
by the company Sheer records under a name “Flash Of Pain”. After the recording
of this CD , David (vocals) is leaving. Replacing him is Vladis (previously
NEMESIS). In year 1995 the band is working hard on touring. Starting an
European tour together with FLESHLESS. Worth mentioning is also being a warm-up
band to other bands such as DEATH, BENEDICTION, VADER or HYPOCRISY. However on
these concerts the name of the band was shortened to DISFIGURED. In autumn of
1995 DISFIGURED records a demo “No Time To Waste”, which comes out as a split
cassette with FLESHLESS in collaboration with Obscene productions. In the end
of year 1996 the band broke up because of different opinions on music.
In Spring of 1999, DISFIGURED CORPSE comes together in
new and old composition : Hadgi(bass guitar), Tomba (guitar), Ferenc (drums)
and Vladis(vocals). From June 1999 the band tours with completely new
repertoire. When it comes to style of the new songs, they could be loosely
associated with grindcore, with addition of some other genres such as HC or
death metal. During the March of 2000 the band records new material in studio
Barbarella with working name Mega-ultra-intergalactic-core 2000, which comes
out under the publisher Epidemie Records at 15.9.2000. To support the record
DISFIGURED CORPSE does many concerts and 2 tours. First tour around the Czech
republic witch HYPNOS and OBSCENITY. The other one, the two week tour across
the Europe with MALIGNANT TUMOR.
Dissatisfaction with working with publisher Epidemie Records made the
band cross over under Crystal Productions. In November 2002, the 3rd
CD “United Hellland” comes out. Guitar player Tomba leaves the band because of
personal reasons. His place is taken by Milhaus (ex G.O.R.E.). Beside touring,
the band is also dealing with family issues. One divorce, but more positive
news is fact, that the DISFIGURED CORPSE family grows with two new tots. In the
meantime, DISFIGURED CORPSE does a 9 day tour around the Czech Republic and
Slovakia with PUNGENT STENCH, BEHEMOTH, HYPNOS and CHAOS IN HEAD. In January
2005 band moves to Bzeneck studio Shaark for a week, where they record their
last record (at the time) “Mankind Collapse”, which was published again by
Crystal Productions in the beginning of summer of 2005. While the guitar player
Milhaus does his full time job as a truck driver, the band summons a new member
to join their ranks. It’s none other than Maro Marunič (Purulent Spermcanal,
Have the Munchies). The band continues in touring. At home podiums the band
meets again with PUNGENT STENCH, DISFEAR , legendary grinders NAPALM DEATH and
nonetheless warming-up for BENEDICTION or HOLY MOSES.
After almost “neverending” looking for the right
practice-room, the band settles in Tančírna in Ostrava. It has been here, where
the new material and demo S.Y.W.A.F was created. The original date to go to a
studio had been announced for April 2009. The band however, decided to take a
little bit more time. Moving to studio had taken place in December 2009. For
the first time to visit the Czech studio Sopa. So far, working on the record
with a working name “Corrosion”. Among the new songs, D.C. also pay a tribute
to German trash metal legend KREATOR with a cover of “Terrible Certainty”. The
record with final name “Human Corrosion” was again published in cooperation
with Crystal Productions at 23th of January 2010. However, right after this ,
the inside of the band “collapses”, firstly showing in the shuffling of band
members and lastly in terminating the “business”. Some of the members are fed
up with beating the dead horse and decide to fully focus on other bands. Hadgi
and Ferenc found a new trash-death metal machine ANTIGOD and Vladis becomes the
frontman of Ostrava’s very own PRIMARY RESISTANCE.
After
the neverending requests by fans to when and if ever, will DC rise again among
the grind elite, the idea is born in Hadgi’s head to please the closest friends
and family with an exceptional performance by DISFIGURED CORPSE for his 40th
birthday. There couldn’t have been a discussion about the reassembling of the
band back then, but the thought of experiment was, beside for Hadgi, very
interesting for Ference and Vladis as well, and for Pedy(ANTIGOD) too, as the
last named was invited to join and for whom values the DC since the age of 14.
Just a few days before the DC birthday show, the confrontation happened between
Hadgi and Milhaus, who showed interest to be a part of this experiment as well.
From original Milhaus’s hosting on the birthday show , which was set to be for
4 songs, the birthday surprise arose, where instead of these 4 songs Milhaus
finished the whole concert, not only side to side with Vladis, Hadgi and
Ferenc, but Pedy as well. This was a clear sign that DC could work as before ,
with two guitars, but the fact that the band is doing great and could rock on
as well! The responses were more than positive, even including the previous
members of the band from the strongest era of the band. All of this had a
strong influence on the fact, that this might be the time to restore the
DISFIGURED CORPSE.
The
final straw of this process and therefore the decision of coming back of the
band was concert of the band KRABATHOR in a Barrak club, which was unknown to
DC at the time. Hadgi realized the reality that we will be a part of a very
special tour of the legend that is KRABATHOR, from the poster he’d seen about
this concert. After immediately contacting all the members of DC and receiving
only the negative responses, he contacted the organizer of this event who told
him (whilst laughing) that he somehow forgot to tell this to DC. The band found
this very funny as well as appealing. The new era of DISFIGURED CORPSE had started.
All of the members of the band agreed on that this return will be celebrated
with joy and humour, which was absent years ago and therefore the band won’t be
prioritised but will serve as a tool to relax. That’s why, in the year 2016
there were only few concerts where the band preformed, but the concerts such as
GUTTURAL GORE GRIND MAFIA fest with PUNGENT STENCH in front, or warming up for
the band BRUJERIA is really worth it.
There
are, of course, important decisions being made during 2016. The question “how
to present the band to the fans?” is answered by the original idea – CD with
covers of the bands that affected, helped or inspired DISFIGURED CORPSE in any
way. In the July of 2016 band moves to the studio SHAARK, where the most of the
original records were being made. Last but not least, the question of composing
priority is given fully to Milhaus to everyone’s approval. The return of the
band is finally finished in August 2016 by publishing of the mentioned CD with
covers in PARAT magazine. 11 bands were chosen, which have marked the DC with
indelible ink( to mention – DEBUSTROL, ROOT, TORR, KRABATHOR, HNF, MALIGNANT
TUMOUR etc…). This CD was published by the band itself as a digipack in limited
number of 100 copies. The record is baptised in club Stolarna (Havířov) in
December 2016.
The band is planning to release a new EP with new
songs in 2018…
The DC commando:
Vladis –
vocals
Milhaus
– guitar
Hadgi –
bass guitar
Pedy –
guitar
Ferenc –
drums