Ghoul (band)

Ghoul is an American thrash metal band from Oakland, California, United States. Though the members' actual identities are meant to be concealed, it is known that some members or past members of Ghoul also play or have played in other bands such as Impaled, Dystopia, Wolves in the Throne Room, Exhumed, Phobia, Asunder and Morbosidad. Ghoul released their debut album in 2002 and since then have released four studio albums.

History

Not much is known about Ghoul as they are always seen wearing masks. The members go by the stage names Cremator, Fermentor, Digestor, and Dissector.^[1] The band has a large line-up of characters in their lyrics, including the four of themselves. Most of the information about them comes from the "Curio Shop Owner" one of the many characters mentioned in their songs. They claim to be mutants that come from Creepsylvania.^[2] Ghoul was signed after self-releasing a demo. Their musical style is best described as a blend of thrash and grindcore with death metal vocals and lyrics. In 2008, Ghoul released a split 7" with Brody's Militia.^[3] In November 2011, the band released their fourth album, Transmission Zero, and embarked on a North American tour opening for shock rockers Gwar.^[4] In early 2012, Ghoul once again toured the United States, opening for Gwar.^[5] In mid-2012, Ghoul toured the U.S. on a headlining run, playing festivals such as Maryland Deathfest, Chaos in Tejas, and the third annual GWAR B-Q.^[6] The band teamed up with Cannabis Corpse for a brief tour of Europe in January/February 2013.^[7]

Members

• Cremator (Ross Sewage) – vocals, bass
• Digestor (Sean McGrath) – vocals, guitar
• Dissector (Peter Svoboda) – vocals, guitar
• Fermentor (Peژ Mon) – vocals, drums

Live crew/character performers

• Scott Bryan
• Peter "Pove" Povey
• Scotty Heath
• Tennessee Dave
• Peter "Hmong The Living" Vang

Former members

• Fermentor (Raul Varela) – drums
• Cremator (Andrew LaBarre) – guitars, bass, vocals
• Fermentor (Dino Sommese) - drums and vocals
• Dissector (Dan Randall)
• Sean Smithson – character performer
• Justin Green – drums

Characters

• Mr. Fang – The Curio Shoppe owner
• The Swamp Hag - witch
• The Mutant Mutilator – aka The Gore Boar
• Killbot – Mark I and Mark II (with Walt Disney's brain)
• The Ghoul Hunter
• Kogar the Destructor
• The Grand Basilisk – The Cult Leader
• Skuz – Crusty punk and owner of the dog Armpit
• Kreeg – Motorcycle and surfing enthusiast, monster
• Commandant Yanish Dobrunkum – Ruler of Creepsylvania
• Bernard Fussbottom – Tech entrepreneur and inventor of the I-Eye Mark I

Discography

Studio albums

• We Came for the Dead!!! (2002, Razorback Records)
• Maniaxe (2003, Razorback Records)
• Splatterthrash (2006, Razorback Records) (reissue 2011, Tankcrimes)
• Transmission Zero (2011, Tankcrimes)
• Hang Ten (EP) (2014, Tankcrimes)
• Dungeon Bastards (2016, Tankcrimes)

Compilation and split albums

• We Came for the Dead & Maniaxe (2008, Tankcrimes)
• Ghoul / Brody's Militia (2008, Rescued from Life Records)
• Splatterhash (Split with Cannabis Corpse, 2013, Tankcrimes)

Demo

• Ghoul's Night Out (2001, self-released demo)

1. "Graveyard Mosh"
2. "Ghoul"
3. "Rot Gut"
4. "Ghouls Night Out" (Misfits cover)

Single

• "Kids in America" (2012, Tankcrimes; Kim Wilde cover)

References

External links

• Official site
• Ghoul at MySpace
• Bandcamp