All Shall Perish
is a deathcore quintet from Oakland, California formed in 2002, which combines various genres, including death metal, deathgrind and grindcore. As of 2009, they have released three albums through Nuclear Blast.
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History
In 2002, the duo Caysen Russo and Beniko Orum formed the band. They then released their demo in 2003 and caught the attention of Japanese label Amputated Vein Records. On April 19, 2003, they released their debut album
Hate, Malice, Revenge
. In 2005, it was re-released by Nuclear Blast and since then has received mostly underground acclaim. In 2006,
The Price of Existence
was released to largely positive critical reaction. Their first
single, "Eradication", was made into a video and was played on
MTV2's
Headbanger's Ball, and a viral video of the song "There Is No Business To Be Done On A Dead Planet" set to the boy band
*NSYNC's video for "Bye Bye Bye" helped to garner a new fanbase for the band. The group released their third studio album,
Awaken the Dreamers
, on September 16, 2008 through Nuclear Blast. It debuted at number 126 on the
Billboard
200 and number 1 on the
Top Heatseekers charts,
with 5,000 copies sold in its first week. Guitarist Caysen Russo and vocalist Craig Betit only appear on the band's first studio album, and were replaced, respectively, with Chris Storey and Hernan "Eddie" Hermida.
All Shall Perish have completed several successful tours across America in 2006, and were also on The Darkness Over Europe 2007 tour. Bray Almini occasionally fills in for Mike Tiner on bass during tours. In September 2008, they toured parts of
Russia and became the first all-American metal band to tour
Siberia, playing shows in
Irkutsk,
Novosibirsk,
Tomsk, and
Omsk.
[1] The band was also part of the European leg of the Hell On Earth Tour 2008. On November 11, 2008, the band recorded the video to their single "Never... Again" in downtown Los Angeles, directed by Gary Smithson.
[2]
On February 5, 2009, All Shall Perish released on their website that they would be parting ways with guitarist Chris Storey and replacing him with Jason Richardson. The band issued the following statement: "We will be doing all upcoming tours and fests! We have an unbelievable replacement named Jason Richardson. Can't wait to see everyone on the road! We will be doing a small headliner, the Atticus Clothing tour and then a ton of major fests in Europe. We have some surprises in store as well!"
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Musical style and lyrical themes
The bands lyrical content combines traditional grindcore imagery of politcal righteousness, with political themes and a left wing radical political perspective, similar to grindcore band
Napalm Death. The band's musical style is basically just a fusion of
technical death metal,
grindcore,
deathcore, yet very melodic
Band members
Current members
- Hernan "Eddie" Hermida – lead vocals
- Jason Richardson – lead guitar
- Beniko Orum – rhythm guitar
- Mike Tiner – bass guitar
- Matt Kuykendall – drums, percussion
Former members
- Caysen Russo – lead guitar (On Hate, Malice, Revenge
)
- Craig Betit – vocals (On Hate, Malice, Revenge
)
- Chris Storey – lead guitar (On The Price of Existence
and Awaken the Dreamers
)
Touring/Session members
- Bray Almini (Suffokate, ex-Antagony) – bass guitar, tour support
- Jeremy Cohen – bass guitar, tour support
- Joey Ellis – rhythm guitar, tour support
- Ian Webb – rhythm guitar, tour support
Discography
Studio albums
| Year
| Album details
| Notes
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| 2003
| Hate, Malice, Revenge
- Released: April 19, 2003
- Label: Amputated Vein Records, Nuclear Blast (NB 1401-2)
- Format: CD
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- Originally released in 2003 by Japanese label
Amputated Vein, the worldwide reissue almost
two years later by Nuclear Blast [4]
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| 2006
| The Price of Existence
- Released: August 8, 2006
- Label: Nuclear Blast (NB 1670-2)
- Format: CD
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| 2008
| Awaken the Dreamers
- Released: September 16, 2008
- Label: Nuclear Blast
- Format: CD
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- Peaked at number 126 on the Billboard
200
and number 1 on the Top Heatseekers chart [5]
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Music videos
| Year
| Title
| Director
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| 2003
| "Deconstruction"
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| 2006
| "Eradication"
| Richie Valdez [6]
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| 2008
| "Never... Again"
| Gary Smithson
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References
- [1]
- All Shall Perish Parts Ways With Guitarist, Announces Replacement
- All Shall Perish And Guitarist Part Ways
- Hate, Malice, Revenge > Review
- Artist Chart History - All Shall Perish > Albums
- Eradication