Divine Empire, Death/Thrash Metal Options

[Thiarnan]

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Genre(s):
Death/Thrash Metal
Lyrical Theme(s):
Murder, Death
Origin:
United States of America (Boca Raton, Florida)
Formed In:
1997
Status:
Unknown
Current line-up:
Jason Blachowicz - Bass, vocals (Malevolent Creation, Murder 101)
Marco Martell - Guitar
Gus Rios - Drums (Sickness, Upon Infliction, Manntis, Malevolent Creation)
Former/Past Member(s):
Drums:
Alex Marquez (Malevolent Creation, Solstice (US), Demolition Hammer, Hellwitch, Disincarnate, Resurrection (US), Anger)
Derek Roddy (Hate Eternal, Nile, Malevolent Creation, Internecine, Deboning Method, Aurora Borealis (US), Council of the Fallen)
Duane Timlin (Broken Hope, Dying Fetus, Forest of Impaled, Judas Iscariot (session), Sarcophagus (US), Weltmacht, Krieg, Anal Blast, Eternal Ruin (US), Funeral Rites (US), Ingurgitate, Reign of Vengeance, Torrent (Ger))
David Kinkade (Insatanity, Malevolent Creation, D.O.T.A.C., Council of the Fallen)
Guitars:
John Paul Soars - Guitars, vocals (Malevolent Creation, Wynjara,Burner (US), Paingod)
Chris Defaut (Chronzon, Bloodsoaked Glory, Awakening (US), Scaphism)

Additional Notes

Divine Empire has recently schismed, with Jason forming a new line up (seen above) after firing Duane and John-Paul leaving to form his own band. Due to this conflict, they had to drop off of the Origin/Malevolent Creation tour of 2005.

Divine Empire was formed in late "97" by Jason Blachowicz, J.P. Soars & Derek Roddy, the trio played together on Malevolent Creation's sixth CD "In Cold Blood", Jason is Malevolent's original "Thunderous" bass player performing on their first six albums during a ten year career with the band ("The Ten Commandments" through "In Cold Blood", performing all vocals on "Eternal", "Joe Black" & "In Cold Blood") so yes, there is definitely Malevolent blood in this band. The trio quit Malevolent on different occasions due to personal reasons, they connected well when they jammed together & weren't doing anything at the time, so the three of them stayed in contact with one another, then decided to reform & record a seven song demo achieving interest from many labels, signing with Olympic Recordings distributed through Mercury & resulting in their first album "Redemption" released in 1998, which did very well & landed them on two successful major US tours, one with Cryptopsy, Gorguts & Vader, the other with Witchery, Borknagar & the almighty Emperor! After the second tour, Jason & J.P. parted ways with Derek Roddy due to personal reasons (Got that everybody! Derek did not leave Divine Empire to join Hate Eternal; he was fired due to personal reasons.)

Contrary to what he might say, David Kinkade was never in Decrepit Birth. According to Matt Sotelo (Decrepit Birth guitarist/vocalist), Kinkade tried out for the band but didn't meet the grade so didn't get the slot, but decided to go around telling people he used to be in Decrepit Birth.
It has also been called into strong question as to whether he was in any of the other two reknowned bands he claims to have been a part of - with no mention of him on either Nile, or Vital Remain's pages.

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Discography:
Divine Empire - Redemption [full-length] - 1998
Divine Empire - 98 Demo [demo] - 1998
Divine Empire - Doomed To Inherit [full-length] - 2000
Divine Empire - Nostradamus [full-length] - 2003
Divine Empire - Method Of Execution [full-length] - 2005

*****
Official site:
Divine Empire Homepage
Divine Empire @ Myspace

This post has been edited by satanath: Jul 15 2012, 20:13:49

[smolet]

Надо сказать очень клёвая команда. Правда о ней многие знатоки деза не знают, а зря, есть что послушать, ну хотя бы чередование вокалов...

[satanath]

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[Язва]

smolet+1

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