Odious Mortem

Odious Mortem
Origin	San Francisco, California, USA
Genres	Death metal, technical death metal
Years active	2001 - Present
Labels	Willowtip, Unique Leader
Associated acts	Decrepit Birth, Severed Savior, WARBREAKER
Website	Official Site
Members
Anthony Trapani KC Howard Dan Eggers Joel Horner David Siskin
Past members
Lee Smith Ivan Munguia

Odious Mortem is a death metal band from San Francisco, California, USA, currently signed to Willowtip Records. They have released two studio albums, through Unique Leader Records and Willowtip Records, as well as an independently released demo in 2003.

Style

Odious Mortem's musical style features technically complex, down-tuned guitars and relentless pummelling drum work. Lyrical themes include, humanity, Earth, drugs, psychosis, greed, fear, suffering, possibility, social situations, annihilation, human consciousness, and the collapse of civilization.

Biography

Odious Mortem was formed in 2000 in Encinitas, CA by KC Howard (drums), David Siskin (guitar), and Dan Eggers (guitar, vocals). In 2003, they recorded and independently released a demo, Gestation of Worms which led to a deal with Unique Leader Records. The band recorded their debut album, Devouring The Prophecy with engineer Matt Sotelo of Decrepit Birth, in March 2004 at Legion Studios in Santa Cruz, CA. It was released on February 8, 2005.

In 2004, KC Howard joined death metal band Decrepit Birth as a full-time member. By 2006, after their Bloodletting North America tour with Deeds of Flesh, Odious Mortem had completed work on their second album and headed into Castle Ultimate Studios in Oakland, CA that November to record new material. The resulting album, Cryptic Implosion was released on April 24, 2007. That year they also played at the Maryland Deathfest.

In 2007, David Siskin left the band (later returning to the band) to focus more on his professional career and to rehash his love of the jungle, drum & bass genres. He is currently djing and producing under the alias WARBREAKER and can be found in the bay area playing lots of shows and focusing on the more experimental, drum driven, idm aspects of drum & bass. David Siskin recently released a single on the Flatwoods Creative imprint under this guise. Check out [1] along with [2] for more details on that.

As of early 2009, the band are engaged in other projects and are planning a number of live performances including a new album.

Other projects

Dan Eggers, Joel Horner and KC Howard were members of Decrepit Birth until 2010, and Anthony Trapani recently joined renowned death metal outfit Severed Savior. David Siskin is playing electronic music under the alias WAR//BREAKER. [3]

Discography

Albums

Date of Release	Title	Label	Charted	Country	Catalog Number
Albums
2003	Gestation of Worms (Demo)	self released
February 8, 2005	Devouring The Prophecy	Unique Leader			B0007GAE26
April 23, 2007	Cryptic Implosion	Willowtip			WT-050

Members

Current members

• Anthony Trapani - Vocals
• David Siskin - Guitars
• Dan Eggers - Guitars
• Joel Horner - Bass
• KC Howard - Drums

Past members

• Lee Smith - Drums
• Ivan Munguia - Bass

External links

• Official Site
• http://www.last.fm/music/Odious+Mortem
• Cryptic Implosion at Willowtip Records
• J. Campbell (July 2007). "Cryptic Implosion review". Metal-rules.com. http://www.metal-rules.com/review/viewreview.php?month=July&year=2007&pos=48. Retrieved 2009-02-22. 
• Chad Bowar. "Cryptic Implosion review". Heavymetal.about.com. http://heavymetal.about.com/od/cdreviews/fr/odiouscryptic.htm. Retrieved 2009-02-22.