Crepitation

Crepitation is a death metal group from Australia that forms in the late 2000s and works in brutal death metal and slam death metal styles, with an emphasis on slamming guttural brutal death metal. The group is influenced by U.S.-style brutal death metal as well as the Texan and Colombian slam death metal scenes.

History

The first line-up includes the Whitehead brothers, Ollie and Paul Whitehead, who provide vocals using non-lyrical guttural noise. Early recordings include a three-track promo CD made with programmed drums, followed by plans for a five-track demo once a human drummer joins.

Drummer Lyn Jeffs joins after hearing the promo release. The band then plays early shows in Manchester and Birmingham supporting Insidious Decrepancy, Godless Truth, Infected Malignity and Infected Disarray.

Original guitarists Shane and Dan leave the band after the first shows. Sean Hynes joins on guitar, Ollie Whitehead later leaves to focus on academic work, and Morbid Mark Pearce takes over guttural vocals. Liam Millward joins on second guitar, and original bassist Matt is replaced by Matt Jones. This line-up records five tracks for the North-West Slam-Fest 3-Way Split CD with Kastrated and Ingested, released by Grindethic Records and Clanglestrim Pro-Duck-Shins.

In September 2007 the band records two new songs, Opthalmic Arterial Hammerage and Pathological Armoured Ferret Tank, for promo use. Sean Hynes and Lyn Jeffs leave in January 2008, which leads to the band splitting up. It reforms in March 2008 without Liam Millward. Session players Jonathon Rushforth, Tom Blackwell and Adam Hooton then join, with Rushforth on drums and Blackwell and Hooton on guitars.

In April 2009 Tom Blackwell and Adam Hooton’s session roles end. They are replaced by Paul McGuire on guitar, Matt moving to six-string guitar, and Joe Mortimer on bass. Paul “Gek” Whitehead leaves after a final show at Obscene Extreme Fest in the Czech Republic.

Line-up and connections

Over time, members and contributors have also included musicians associated with Ingested, Amputated, Theoktony, Neuroma, Decrepit Womb, Cerebral Bore, Blasphtized, Days Of Perversion, Gorerotted, Infected Disarray and other extreme metal acts. The band’s members live across the UK, and its activity continues at a slow pace.