Killitorous

Killitorous
Background information
Genres Technical Death Metal, Grindcore, Death Metal
Years active 2006 (2006)–present
Labels Galy Records, Trendkill Recordings
Associated acts Cryptopsy, Vital Remains, Blind Witness, The Kindred, Erimha
Members
  • Youri Raymond
  • Aaron Homma
  • Eric Morotti
  • Nick Miller
  • Mathieu Dhani

Killitorous is a Canadian technical death metal band based in Ottawa, Ontario. The band is known for is unorthodox blend of Technical Death Metal, Grindcore and Hardcore as well as using comedy and pop culture references rather than stereotypical death metal themes.

Formed in 2006 the band has seen multiple line up changes leaving founding guitarist Aaron Homma as the only original member, although Eric Morotti and Nick Miller from the debut 2014 full length Party, Grind still remain in the band.

History

Demo (2006-2008)

The band was formed in 2006 by guitarists: Aaron Homma, Andrew Allston, Alan Steinke, Bryan Lomas and Matt Milford in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.[1] Killitorous immediately recorded a demo which featured the songs: "Fecal Fellatio" and "Carving A Totem Pole A Top Blood Mountain Whilst Enslaving The Local Mountain Folk Population As Cattle". Following the release of the demo the band started working with Canadian guitar company Indie Guitars exclusively.[2]

Pretend To Make Babies EP (2009-2010)

The band solidified its line-up by adding drummer Eric Morotti and guitarist Derek St-Amour for the release of the Pretend To Make Babies EP.

The EP was recorded in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada at Addictive Sound Studios with Dean Hadji.[3]

Hiatus (2011-2013)

Following multiple shows to promote the EP the band decided they would be going on hiatus. Aaron and Matt were busy toured with Immersed(Unique Leader Records) and Eric with Blind Witness(Mediaskare Records).

In mid-2011 Nick Miller joined the band plans to reunite for a mini-tour in 2012 began. Following the success of the reunion the band announced plans for their new album.

Party, Grind(2014-2015)

The band recruited Immersed vocalist Mark Phillips[4] and started working on the first full-length album "Party, Grind". Tracking of the album started in 2012 at Garage Studios/The Grid Studios in Montreal, Quebec with producer Chris Donaldson from Cryptopsy.[5]

"Party, Grind" was premiered in 2014 online via MetalSucks[6] and was independently released in physical format.[7] The band also released two music videos for the songs: "It's not Stanley, It's Stan Lee"[8][9][10][11] and "Fecal Fellatio".[12] The music video for "It's not Stanley, It's Stan Lee" helped boost the bands following greatly, making the Kerrang Magazine list of "Best superhero songs of all time".[13]

Following the album release tour in 2014, Mark Phillips and Matt Milford parted ways with the band. In 2014 Youri Raymond from the bands Cryptopsy and Unhuman joined on vocals. In 2015 Szymon Szańczuk joined on bass.

The band announced via Facebook they are writing the new album scheduled to be released in late 2015.

Members

Current members

  • Mathieu Dhani - vocals (2015–present)
  • Aaron Homma - guitar (2006–present)
  • Nick Miller - guitar (2011–present)
  • Youri Raymond - bass/vocals (2014–present)
  • Eric Morotti - drums (2009–present)

Live Members

  • Marc Roy - bass (2015–present)
  • Szymon Szanczuk - bass (2015–present)
  • Eric Castilla - bass(2014–present)

Past members

  • Lanie Klipp - vocals (2014)
  • Mark Phillips - vocals (2012-2014)
  • Luke McIsaac - vocals (2011-2012)
  • Franky Falsetto - vocals (2010-2011)
  • Bryan Lomas - vocals (2006-2010)
  • Alan Steinke - guitar (2006-2008)
  • Andrew Allston - guitar (2006-2009)
  • Derek St-Amour - guitar (2009-2010)
  • Matt Milford - bass (2006-2014)
  • Adrian Taylor Chasse - drums (2008)
  • Adrian Blackburn - drums (2008)
  • Dave Maclean - drums (2008)
  • Tyler Black - drums (2009)

References

  1. ↑ "Killitorous metal archives..", Encyclopedia Metallium, retrieved 24 April 2015
  2. ↑ "Killitorous Indie Guitars", YouTube, retrieved 6 March 2010
  3. ↑ "Album Reviews", Sputnik Music, retrieved 6 June 2015
  4. ↑ "Killitorous recruit new singer...", Lamgoat, LLC, 7 November 2012, retrieved 24 April 2015
  5. ↑ "Killitorous to Record new album with CRYPTOPSY'S Christian Donaldson...", BraveWords, LLC, 14 November 2012, retrieved 26 June 2015
  6. ↑ Rosenburg, Axl (24 June 2014), "Exclusive Full Album Stream: Killitorous' Party, Grind...", MetalSucks, LLC, retrieved 24 April 2015
  7. ↑ Whitmore, John (5 September 2014), "Killitorous "Party, Grind" Album Review", TheCirclePit.com, retrieved 25 April 2015
  8. ↑ Melrose, Kevin (13 February 2014), "There's a death metal song about Stan Lee because why not?", ComicBookResources.com, retrieved 25 April 2015
  9. ↑ Kennelty, Greg (12 February 2014), "Marvel Comic's Stan Lee Get the Metal Song Treatment and it's Heavy as Fuck", Metal Injection, LLC, retrieved 25 April 2015
  10. ↑ Rosenburg, Axl (10 February 2014), "At Last, Someone Has Written an Awesome Death Metal Song About Marvel Comics' Stan Lee", MetalSucks, LLC, retrieved 24 April 2015
  11. ↑ Elliot, Griffin (16 December 2013), "Killitorous release debut music video for its not stanley its stan lee", The Scene Magazine, retrieved 25 April 2015
  12. ↑ Rosenburg, Axl (12 May 2014), "Exclusive Full Album Stream: Killitorous don't suck sh!t", MetalSucks, LLC, retrieved 24 April 2015
  13. ↑ Garner, George (1 January 2015), "Greatest Superhero Songs Ever", Kerrang Magazine, retrieved 25 April 2015
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