Dead Jesus

Dead Jesus

Dead Jesus is a melodic death metal band formed in Edmonton, Canada in 1998. The band has become notorious for its live performance which often involves blood and viscera being hurled into the audience. Dead Jesus derives its name from the core belief that all organized religions are detrimental to human progress, and should be laid to rest.

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Biography

When Your Soul Is The Sickness

Dead Jesus was formed in 1998 by core members Evilglen (guitar & vox), Org666 (vox) and Lord Bedingfield (bass). Being unable to decide upon a full-time fourth member, the band played early shows with no drummer at all, often presenting the crowd with an un-manned kit upon which audience members were encouraged to play along. After a few months however, Dead Jesus was introduced to Alex Macintosh, and recorded a four song demo entitled Into Mourning. Due to the band's abject poverty, the release was limited to a couple of hundred casettes, but copies circulated rapidly by word of mouth with at least one copy surfacing in New York City.

In 1999, Dead Jesus bore witness to the breakup of local competitors Perceptual Distortion, and seized the opportunity to replace Macintosh with drummer Trevor Loney. With this adjustment made, the band entered Powersound Studios and recorded their full-length debut, When Your Soul Is The Sickness, featuring raw, albeit spirited takes of such classics as Roadkill, A.F. and Mortuary. The success of the release earned Dead Jesus opening slots for Cannibal Corpse, Incantation, Cryptopsy,and Napalm Death.

Let Them Suffer

Following the release of When Your Soul Is The Sickness, Loney and Bedingfield took their leave of Dead Jesus, citing personal reasons, and were replaced by Travisty and Mike Sparks respectively. Shortly thereafter, a second guitar was added to the attack in the form of Sol, and Dead Jesus re-emerged more powerful than before. In 2004, the band again recorded at Powersound, this time producing the more polished Let Them Suffer. Let Them Suffer was an immidiate success, consolidating the band's local reputation as well as garnering tour dates across Canada with such bands as Deicide and Infernal Majesty. At this point Dead Jesus was approached by Nuclear Blast America, who offered to sign the band on the condition that they change the name. Dead Jesus refused.

More Funerals

In 2007, change again blew the branches clean with the return of Lord Bedingfield. The band had been suffering with personality differences teetering on the brink of all-out fist fights and it was clear that something had to give. There was however, new music being written, and Dead Jesus returned to Powersound with Lord Bedingfield playing bass. The result was More Funerals, a four song EP packaged with a short documentary edited by Drew Copeland (Death Toll Rising). The documentary features members not likely to be seen on stage with Dead Jesus again, but serves as a highly entertaining glimpse of the band during this tumultuous period.

God And The Devil

In the aftermath of More Funerals, nothing short of brilliance would be tollerable, and with this in mind Dead Jesus undertook their most ambitious and successful project to date. In hiatus, Lord Bedingfield had written a novel which he had planned to publish privately, an endeavor which had yet to see the light of day. The book was in fact gathering dust in the face of insufficient funding. One night following rehearsal, a drunken conversation with Evilglen gave rise to the notion that the novel could be paired with the band's next release, the music reflecting themes of the story. It soon became apparent that not only would more music than was currently on hand be required to properly represent the idea, but that new blood was essential to rebirth. Enter Blagerbaas (lead guitar) and Father Twelve (drums).

The skills of these new conscripts ushered in a new era for Dead Jesus, and a frenzy of writing followed. In September 2008, Dead Jesus released God And The Devil, a punishing double disc bound hard-cover including the entire text of Bedingfield's novel. The album was released at Edmonton's Starlite Room with a performance featuring 19th century prostitutes, executioners, lesbian angels, and a nine-foot effigy of christ.

Plans to tour this release in Europe and South America are incipient at the time of writing.

Discography

  • 1999 - Into Mourning (Four song demo).
  • 2000 - When Your Soul Is The Sickness (Full length debut).
  • 2004 - Let Them Suffer (Full length CD).
  • 2007 - More Funerals (Four song EP with DVD).
  • 2008 - God And The Devil (Double disc with novel).
  • 2009 - Let Them Suffer (Remixed and remastered).

Band members

Current Lineup

  • Evilglen Botchenstein - Rhythm guitar and vocals.
  • Daemonikus - Vocals.
  • Blagerbaas - Lead guitar.
  • Father Twelve - Drums.
  • Lord Bedingfield IV - Bass.

Former Members

  • Org666 - Vocals
  • Alex Macintosh - Drums (Into Mourning).
  • Trevor Loney - Drums (When Your Soul Is The Sickness).
  • Mike Sparks - Bass (Let Them Suffer).
  • Sol - Lead guitar (Let Them Suffer, More Funerals).
  • Travisty - Drums (Let Them Suffer, More Funerals).

External links

Official website: http://www.deadjesus.net [1] See Magazine Review: http://www.seemagazine.com/article/music/cd-reviews/whats-the-best-kind-of-jesus-1156/[2]


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