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Biography
Infobox musical artist| name = Immolation| image = Metalmania 2008 Immolation 03.jpg| caption = Immolation at Metalmania in 2008| image_size = 250| landscape = Yes| alias = Rigor Mortis| background = group_or_band| origin = Yonkers, New York , United States | genre = Death metal | years_active = 1988–present| label = Roadrunner Records|Roadrunner , Metal Blade Records|Metal Blade , Listenable Records|Listenable , Nuclear Blast | associated_acts = Rigor MortisIncantation (band)|Incantation | website = http://www.everlastingfire.com/ www.everlastingfire.com| current_members = Ross Dolan Steve Shalaty Bill Taylor Robert Vigna | past_members = Immolation is a death metal band from Yonkers, New York .
History
The band formed in May 1986 by Andrew Sakowicz (bass guitar, vocals) and Dave Wilkinson (drums) under the name Rigor Mortis (NY). The name was changed to Immolation in April 1988, after the Warriors of Doom demo which was recorded as Rigor Mortis and Demo I which was recorded as Immolation. The band signed a record deal with Roadrunner Records and released their debut album Dawn of Possession through them. They were dropped when the label controversially dropped nearly all of their death metal bands. Later, they were picked up by Metal Blade Records and released the three succeeding albums through them: Here in After , Failures for Gods , and Close to a World Below . After their second album Here in After , drummer Craig Smilowski left the band and was replaced by Alex Hernandez (drummer)|Alex Hernandez . Their next three albums, Unholy Cult , Harnessing Ruin , and Shadows in the Light were released by French label Listenable Records , the same label which released an album by Hernandez's previous band Fallen Christ years before.
In May 2001, the band were the headliners for a tour in Europe with supporting bands: Deranged, Deströyer 666 , Decapitated (band)|Decapitated and Soul Demise .cite web|url= http://www.musicmight.com/artist/united+states/new+york/yonkers/immolation|title=Immolation Biography|last=Young|first=Garry-Sharpe|publisher= MusicMight |accessdate=2009-11-05Unholy Cult saw the departure of guitarist Thomas Wilkinson and the installation of ex- Angelcorpse guitarist Bill Taylor. Steve Shalaty replaced Hernandez on Harnessing Ruin . In February 2008, Immolation toured the US alongside bands such as Rotting Christ , Belphegor (band)|Belphegor and Averse Sefira .cite web|url= http://heavymetal.about.com/b/2008/01/03/immolation-tour-dates.htm|title=Rotting Christ, Immolation, Belphegor and Averse Sefira Tour Dates|last=Bowar|first=Chad|date=January 3, 2008|publisher= about.com |accessdate=2009-11-05 During January and February 2010, Immolation toured with headliner Nile (band)|Nile along with Krisiun , Rose Funeral, and Dreaming Dead.cite web|url= http://www.metalinjection.net/latest-news/nile-announces-tour-immolation-krisiun-abigail-williams-dreaming-dead|title=Nile announces first metal tour of 2010 with Immolatiom, Krisiun, Dreaming Dead, and Rose Funeral |date=July 15, 2009 |publisher=metalinjection.net|accessdate=2009-11-05
In March 2010 Immolation released their eighth full-length album, Majesty and Decay through Nuclear Blast . In 2011 they released the 5-track Providence EP through Scion A/V as a free download. http://scionav.com/collection/808/Scion-A/V-Presents:-Immolation---Providence
Musical style and lyrical themes
Immolation relies on riffs written in dissonant Harmony|harmonic patterns, often dueling between the two guitars, to progress songs, typically over Time_signature#Complex_time_signatures|complex rhythm and drum pattern s.cite book|last=Purcell|first=Natalie J.|title=Death Metal music: the passion and politics of a subculture|url= http://books.google.com/books? id=AwJJR5vvlIsC& pg=PA21|accessdate=November 8, 2010|date=May 5, 2003|publisher=McFarland|isbn=9780786415854|pages=19–21 Drum parts are often written to follow the guitar riffs in a way that is unusual for most death metal. They and fellow New York death metal band, Incantation (band)|Incantation , helped bring the New York death metal scene to the attention of the underground.
Guitarist Robert Vigna and vocalist/bassist Ross Dolan have been the only constant members throughout the band's history. Vigna is considered to be one of the most talented death metal guitaristscite news|url= http://decibelmagazine.com/Content.aspx? ncid=102306|title=#15 Robert Vigna (Immolation)|last=Dick|first=Chris |date=August 2007|work=Decibel Magazine|accessdate=25 January 2010Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot and is well known for his complex riffing and wailing solos.
Their lyrics are almost entirely anti-religion , especially Anti-Christianity . On the band's 2005 album, Harnessing Ruin , there are more lyrics touching on other subjects such as politics. This lyrical direction is further explored on the band's 2007 album, Shadows in the Light (Immolation album)|Shadows in the Light and the EP Hope and Horror , which preceded the album. On later albums, the lyrics are considerably less explicit.
Steve Shalaty - Drums (Odious Sanction, ex-Gutted)
Former members
Guitars
John McEntee (musician)|John McEntee - Guitar (Incantation, Funerus, ex-Mortician, live-only member. Performed live shows between Thomas leaving the band and Bill joining)
Thomas Wilkinson - Guitar
Drums
Neal Boback - Drums
Craig Smilowski - Drums (RELLIK, ex-Goreaphobia)
Alex Hernandez - Drums (ex-Fallen Christ)
References
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External links
commons category|Immolation
http://www.everlastingfire.com/ Official website
http://www.myspace.com/immolation Official myspace
DEFAULTSORT:Immolation Category:Death metal musical groups from New York Category:Musical groups established in 1986
