The Body (band)

The Body
The Body in Greensboro, North Carolina in 2015
Background information
Origin	Providence, Rhode Island, United States
Genres	Experimental metal[1] sludge metal[1] doom metal[1] noise[1]
Years active	1999–present
Labels	At A Loss Recordings Thrill Jockey
Associated acts	Thou Krieg Full of Hell
Website	www.myspace.com/thevisionshallcometopass thebody.bandcamp.com
Members	Chip King Lee Buford

The Body is an American experimental metal duo formed in 1999 in Providence, Rhode Island and composed of Chip King (guitar, vocals) and Lee Buford (drums, programming). As of 2018, they have released six studio albums as well as a number of other records.

History

Drummer Lee Buford started the band with hometown friend Chip King after one year of school at the Museum School in Boston and moving to Manhattan in a four-month stint with Blue Man Group. They released their eponymous first full-length in 2004. Six years of touring and small releases passed before they released their second full-length album, All The Waters of the Earth Turn to Blood, in collaboration with the Assembly of Light choir. This album was met with some critical acclaim.^[2][3] They followed this in 2011 with a full length collaboration with noise project Braveyoung, called Nothing Passes.

Members

• Chip King – guitars, vocals
• Lee Buford – drums, programming

Discography

Studio albums

• The Body (2004)
• All The Waters of the Earth Turn to Blood (2010)
• Christs, Redeemers (2013)
• I Shall Die Here (2014)
• No One Deserves Happiness (2016)
• I Have Fought Against It, But I Can’t Any Longer. (2018)

Collaborative albums

• Nothing Passes (with Braveyoung) (2011)
• Released from Love (with Thou) (2014)
• You, Whom I Have Always Hated (with Thou) (2015)
• xoroAHbin (with Vampillia) (2015)
• The Body & Krieg (with Krieg) (2015)
• One Day You Will Ache Like I Ache (with Full of Hell) (2016)
• Ascending a Mountain of Heavy Light (with Full of Hell) (2017)
• Mental Wounds Not Healing (with Uniform) (2018)

EPs

• The Body Demo (2004)
• Cop Killer/Dead Cops (2005)
• Even The Saints Knew Their Hour of Failure and Loss (2006)
• 2008 Tour EP (2008)
• The Cold, Suffocating Dark Goes On Forever, And We Are Alone (2012)
• Master, We Perish (2013)
• A Home on Earth (2017)

Splits

• Split 7" (with Get Killed) (2004)
• Split 7" (with Whitehorse) (2011)
• Split LP (with Sandworm) (2014)

Compilations

• Anthology (2011)

References